Collaborate Disseminate
When Apple unveiled the iPhone Xs and Xs Max earlier today, it said they will contain the A12 Bionic chip — the first smartphone processor to be made using 7nm manufacturing technology. But, as IEEE Spectrum points out, Huawei made the same claim late… Continue reading Apple, Huawei Both Claim First 7nm Smartphone Chips
A new poll of 1,141 teenagers shows that teenagers prefer to text their friends than talk in person. The findings come from Common Sense Media’s 2018 Social Media, Social Life survey. Fortune reports: Only 15% of teens said Facebook was their main soci… Continue reading Teens Would Rather Text Their Friends Than Talk To Them In Person, Poll Shows
Uber is introducing a new safety feature called “Ride Check” that will use GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, and other sensors inside a smartphone to detect whether there has been a vehicle crash. The Verge reports: In the event of a crash, the Uber app w… Continue reading Uber Will Turn Your Smartphone Into An Automatic Crash Detector
It’s amazing that this is even possible: "SonarSnoop: Active Acoustic Side-Channel Attacks": Abstract: We report the first active acoustic side-channel attack. Speakers are used to emit human inaudible acoustic signals and the echo is recorded via microphones, turning the acoustic system of a smart phone into a sonar system. The echo signal can be used to profile user interaction with… Continue reading Using a Smartphone’s Microphone and Speakers to Eavesdrop on Passwords
It’s a well-documented, often criticized phenomenon that women’s pockets are too small to fit a smartphone, but “there’s been very little data to back up a wealth of anecdotal evidence,” writes Megan Farokhmanesh via The Verge. Now, The Pudding has use… Continue reading Science Confirms That Women’s Pockets Suck For Smartphones
The German Lifeguard Association (DLRG) has made a direct connection between children getting into difficulty in the water and parents being too busy on their mobile phones to notice. More than 300 people have drowned in Germany so far this year. The G… Continue reading Child Drownings In Germany Linked To Parents’ Obsession With Mobile Phones
Slashdot reader datavirtue writes:
I’ve tried a lot of phones for extended periods of time. Some of these have included the Samsung S4, S5, S8+, Note 4, S7, iPhone 5, and Huawei Honor 8. I have stayed away from Apple… My favorite phone was the Nokia … Continue reading Ask Slashdot: What’s the Best Unlocked Smartphone?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: For the first time in seven years, Samsung and Apple have not taken the top two positions in the worldwide smartphone market. All hail Huawei. Although Samsung held onto first place — the South Kor… Continue reading Huawei Passes Apple For Second Place In Smartphone Shipments
dryriver quotes Science Daily:
Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields may have adverse effects on the development of memory performance of specific brain regions exposed during mobile phone use. These are the findings of a study involving nearly 700 ado… Continue reading Cell Phone Radiation May Affect Memory Performance In Adolescents, Study Finds
Corning just announced its most durable glass yet: Gorilla Glass 6. “The company says that the glass will survive up to 15 drops from a one meter height and can be ‘up to two times better’ than Gorilla Glass 5,” reports The Verge. From the report: As p… Continue reading Corning’s New Gorilla Glass 6 Will Let Your Phones Survive 15 Drops