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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The world’s fastest growing mobile company has long had a chip on its shoulder when it comes to Apple and Samsung. For too long, the company has had to go out of its way to remind the world that it’s… Continue reading Huawei Unveils the Mate X, a Foldable 5G Smartphone That Costs $2,600
“It’s an unnerving sensation, being alone with your thoughts in the year 2019,” writes New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose, in an article shared by DogDude. “I don’t love referring to what we have as an ‘addiction.’ That seems too sterile a… Continue reading NYT Reporter ‘Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain’
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The Galaxy S10’s in-screen fingerprint scanner may look just like the one on the OnePlus 6T, but don’t be fooled. Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus are the first phones to use Qualcomm’s ultrasonic in-screen fi… Continue reading Samsung’s Newest Phones Read Your Fingerprints With Ultrasonic Sound Waves
The police are increasingly getting search warrants for information about all cell phones in a certain location at a certain time: Police departments across the country have been knocking at Google’s door for at least the last two years with warrants to tap into the company’s extensive stores of cellphone location data. Known as "reverse location search warrants," these legal… Continue reading Reverse Location Search Warrants
Qualcomm has unveiled its latest 5G modem, the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55. The chip is the company’s second-generation 5G modem and successor to the Snapdragon X50 that was announced back in 2017. “Headline features of this new chip include multi-mode 4G … Continue reading Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 Modem Is the 4G/5G Solution We’ve Been Waiting For
LG’s next upcoming flagship smartphone is the LG G8, which is expected to debut at Mobile World Congress at the end of the month. While much of the phone is similar to last year’s model, LG yesterday announced some news on the phone’s audio capabilitie… Continue reading The LG G8 Has a Vibrating OLED Screen For a Speaker
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It is inevitable that artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation will take over some jobs, internet entrepreneur Arianna Huffington told CNBC in a recent email exchange, but that will place a premium on un… Continue reading Is the Next Big Thing In Tech — Disconnecting From It?
TechCrunch’s Devin Coldeway picks apart a new study by Oxford scientists that questions the basis of thousands of papers and analyses with conflicting conclusions on the effect of screen time on well-being. “The researchers claim is that the science do… Continue reading Is Screen Time Good or Bad? It’s Not That Simple
A new report from The Wall Street Journal says the Motorola RAZR might be making a comeback as a $1,500 foldable screen smartphone, and it could launch as early as February. The Verge reports: The original RAZR was one of the most iconic cellphones eve… Continue reading Motorola’s RAZR Is Returning As a $1,500 Folding Smartphone
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: LG’s next smartphone may have you seeing double. And no, it’s not because of a foldable display. The company will launch a smartphone, whose name hasn’t been finalized, that will have an option for a secon… Continue reading LG Will Launch a Phone With a Second Screen Attachment