Collaborate Disseminate
Cellphones “can be transformed into surveillance devices,” writes the Guardian, reporting startling new details about which innocent people are still being surveilled (as part of a collaborative reporting project with 16 other media outlets led by the … Continue reading Investigation Reveals Widespread Cellphone Surveillance of the Innocent
“This week, a 22-year-old self-described Bitcoin millionaire introduced the Freedom Phone, a $499 device meant to be completely free from ‘Big Tech’s’ censorship and influence,” reports PC Magazine.
“But it turns out the same smartphone is actually f… Continue reading Right-wing Activist’s $500 ‘Freedom Phone’ Actually Cheap Rebranded Android Model Made in China
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi was the second-largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, overtaking Apple, according to analyst firm Canalys. CNBC reports: Xiaomi had a 17% share of global smartphone shipments, ahead of Apple’s 14% and behind Sam… Continue reading China’s Xiaomi Overtakes Apple In the Global Smartphone Market
A few months ago PC Magazine explained eSIMs:
You almost certainly have a SIM card: a thumbnail-sized chip that sits in your mobile phone, telling it which carrier and what phone number you use. Now those SIMs are going digital (or “e”) and moving your… Continue reading Ask Slashdot: How Secure Is a Cellphone’s eSIM?
Motherboard bought an FBI “Anom” phone that the agency secretly sells to criminals to monitor their communications. Joseph Cox reports: The sleek, black phone seems perfectly normal. Unlocking the Google Pixel 4a with a PIN code reveals some common app… Continue reading ‘We Got the Phone the FBI Secretly Sold to Criminals’
Popular benchmark site Geekbench has removed OnePlus 9 benchmarks from its charts due to allegations that the company designed Oxygen OS optimization tools in such a way that they could be viewed as cheating. Android Authority reports: Yesterday, Anand… Continue reading OnePlus 9 Benchmarks Deleted From Geekbench Over Cheating Allegations
“Walmart will give 740,000 employees free Samsung smartphones by the end of the year,” reports CBS News, “so they can use a new app to manage schedules, the company announced Thursday.”
The phone, the Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro, can also be used for pe… Continue reading Walmart Will Give 740,000 Employees a Free Smartphone
The American Heart Association is a research-funding nonprofit. One of its publications, The Journal of the American Heart Association, “has concurred with a previous report by the Heart Rhythm Journal which said close contact with an iPhone 12 affecte… Continue reading Apple’s MagSafe Devices May Affect Pacemakers
The three major carriers in the U.S. have now agreed to start providing vertical location data for 911 calls, which will help first responders quickly locate 911 callers in multi-story buildings. XDA Developers reports: The FCC wrote in its announcemen… Continue reading Carriers Agree To Start Sharing Vertical Location Data For 911 Calls
According to The Guardian, a man in Catalonia died after becoming trapped inside a large dinosaur statue while trying to retrieve his smartphone. From the report: Officers were called to the statue in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a satellite town of Barce… Continue reading Man Dies Inside Spanish Dinosaur Statue After Trying To Retrieve His Phone