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Huawei’s launch last week of the Mate 60 Pro smartphone “shocked industry experts,” reports CNN, who didn’t understand how Huawei “would have the ability to manufacture such an advanced smartphone following sweeping efforts by the United States to rest… Continue reading Huawei Shocks With Advanced New Smartphone Built With South Korean Memory Chips
America’s teens hate Android phones, according to a new article from the Wall Street Journal:
Melissa Jones, a former teacher in Lebanon, Ind., observes that, among students, it’s considered most important to own a new, up-to-date phone. And judging by… Continue reading Do US Teens Hate Android Phones?
The Nokia 130 and 150 are two new updated feature phones from Nokia that ship “with the form of an earlier generation of tech but the software of the current time,” reports Gizmodo. From the report: The Nokia 150 is arguably the more worthy of the two;… Continue reading Nokia Keeps the Dream of the ’90s Alive With an Update to Its Dumb Phones
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?