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In mid-June, the European Parliament voted in favor of new legislation that would, among other things, require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. This week, the European Council officially agreed to t… Continue reading It’s Official: Smartphones Will Need To Have Replaceable Batteries By 2027
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Toronto Star: Nassir the gorilla, languid in the heat of a summer afternoon, sits just within reach of a faded sign taped to the glass of his enclosure at the Toronto Zoo, advising visitors not to share imag… Continue reading Toronto Zoo Urges Visitors To Stop Showing Cellphone Videos To Gorillas
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Amidst ongoing protests in France, the country has just passed a new bill that will allow police to remotely access suspects’ cameras, microphones, and GPS on cell phones and other devices. As reported … Continue reading France Passes New Bill Allowing Police To Remotely Activate Cameras On Citizens’ Phones
“It’s worth questioning the status quo of technology,” argues the Washington Post’s Tech Friend newsletter, “including apps as we know them.”
Then they tout the benefits of the “non-app app… a hybrid of a website and a conventional app, with feature… Continue reading Progressive Web Apps ‘Don’t Spy or Clog Your Phone’. Do You Use Them?
CNN’s chief medical correspondent spoke to psychology professor Jean Twenge from San Diego State University who in 2018 published a book which, even before lockdowns, warned that teenagers were missing crucial life experiences. Its title? “iGen: Why To… Continue reading Are Smartphones Costing Gen Z Crucial Life Experiences?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead t… Continue reading Re-Victimization From Police-Auctioned Cell Phones
“Deep in a pine forest in Wilcox County, Alabama, three workers dangled from the top of a 350-foot cellular tower,” reports the New York Times. “They were there to rip out and replace Chinese equipment from the local wireless network…”
As the United… Continue reading As Wireless Carriers ‘Rip and Replace’ Chinese-Made Telecom Equipment, Who Pays?
Trend Micro researchers at Black Hat Asia are warning that millions of Android devices worldwide come pre-infected with malicious firmware before the devices leave their factories. “This hardware is mainly cheapo Android mobile devices, though smartwat… Continue reading Millions of Mobile Phones Come Pre-Infected With Malware, Say Researchers
The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola is being launched today in the U.S. for $699. It’s the first co-branded phone from Motorola that arrives nine years after Lenovo purchased the Motorola brand for $2.91 billion. According to The Verge, the smartphone of… Continue reading Motorola Unveils Co-Branded Lenovo ‘ThinkPhone’
At Google I/O on May 10th, Google will launch its first foldable smartphone, “challenging Samsung’s market-leading foldable phone business,” reports CNBC. From the report: The Pixel Fold, known internally by the codename “Felix,” will have the “most du… Continue reading Google To Launch Its First Foldable Phone, the ‘Pixel Fold,’ In June