Twitter appeared to have a service disruption on Thursday morning, as some people reported that the social network was down or not loading some features. The phrase “Did Twitter” began trending as the social network returned, with people asking if anyone else had been hit by the outage. Problems with Twitter began around 6:43 a.m. …
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The LG Wing, a unique dual-screen phone that you swivel open, will launch on Verizon on Oct. 15 for $1,000. The phone will be available for preorder starting on Thursday. The Wing has two screens, one of which swivels on top of the other, allowing for things like multitasking and unique gameplay experiences. It also has three rear cameras, including …
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AT&T on Monday said it’s giving wireless customers more flexibility by letting them pick a different unlimited plan for each line on their account. The program, which AT&T is calling Unlimited Your Way, lets you select the unlimited plan you want — Starter, Extra or Elite — instead all lines having to use and pay for the same plan. “We …
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Dell’s thin and light XPS 13 laptops are getting an upgrade from Intel’s 11th-gen Core processors, known as Tiger Lake. On Monday, Dell unveiled the new XPS 13, XPS 13 2-in-1 and XPS 13 Developer Edition. All three models will come with Intel’s Tiger Lake chips, which should deliver faster speeds for everything from word processing to streaming online games. In addition …
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More than a dozen app makers and other companies have joined together to form the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that’s taking aim at Apple and its App Store rules. Among the founding members are Spotify, Epic Games and Match Group, all of which have been vocal critics of the fees Apple charges developers. “As enforcers, regulators, and …
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Amazon on Thursday is holding a virtual event where the retail giant is expected to show off new hardware and services. We may be getting an early peek at one of those devices: a new Fire TV Stick Lite. The Fire TV Stick Lite will replace Amazon’s $40 TV streaming dongle, which came out in 2019 and is currently unavailable, and include …
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TikTok removed more than 104 million videos from its platform during the first half of 2020, according to the company’s latest transparency report, released Tuesday. TikTok said that’s less than 1% of all videos uploaded to the popular app between Jan. 1 and June 30. The update comes as TikTok’s fate in the US remains in jeopardy, pending the finalization …
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Samsung’s free, ad-supported streaming service is headed to some phones. The Samsung TV Plus mobile app will launch Wednesday in the Galaxy Store and on Google Play and work with Galaxy Note 20, Note 10, S20 and S10 series phones, the tech giant said Tuesday. The streaming service was previously only available on some Samsung TVs. Samsung TV Plus offers …
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Facebook on Monday said it’s expanding its tools to help creators and publishers protect their intellectual property. Similar to its tools for managing video and music rights, Rights Manager for Images uses “image matching technology to help creators and publishers protect and manage their image content” across Facebook and Instagram, the company said in a blog post. The tool is …
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Update, Sept. 23: The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE has been officially unveiled. Original story follows. The rumored upcoming fan edition of Samsung Galaxy S20 appears to have leaked on the tech giant’s German website. A support page for the Galaxy S20 FE 5G (seen above) was live Thursday on Samsung’s site, revealing the name of the device and an image of …
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