The US Department of Defense reportedly blocked proposed regulations that would have made it even harder for US companies to do business with Huawei. After objections from the Pentagon, the Commerce Department pulled back a proposed rule that would have further limited what US companies can sell to Huawei from outside the country without an …
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Nvidia has lowered the price of its RTX 2060 Founders Edition graphics card to $299. The company confirmed the $50 price drop, spotted earlier by PCGamer, in an email Friday. In July 2019, Nvidia released an updated model of the graphics card, the RTX 2060 Super, for $399. The Super card essentially bumps up the specs from its predecessor to …
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Couldn’t get enough of Sunshine by Post Malone or Old Town Road by Lil Nas X last year? You weren’t the only one. Music streams in the US on services like YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music topped 1 trillion for the first time in 2019, according to Nielsen Music’s annual report. Old Town Road was the top-streamed on-demand song in …
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Federal agencies and local law enforcement in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska met this week to investigate a mystery that’s generated buzz in those states: swarms of drones. Since mid-December, sheriff’s departments in the border area of the three states have been flooded with at least 30 reports of nighttime drone sightings, sometimes groups of a dozen or more machines, and …
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Sprint is pulling the plug on its prepaid service Virgin Mobile. Starting in February, customers will be transferred to another Sprint prepaid service, Boost Mobile. Most customers should expect to keep their same phone and phone number, according to an FAQ on the Virgin Mobile site. A spokeswoman for Sprint said most customers will “receive a comparable or better Boost …
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TikTok on Wednesday published a lengthy update to its community guidelines, aiming to clarify what content isn’t allowed on the popular social video app and how the company handles moderation. “While the language and structure of our Community Guidelines are new, the fundamental values that shape them remain unchanged,” TikTok’s global trust and safety team wrote in a blog post. …
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Got the perfect shot of city skyline at night or friends hanging out at a favorite late-night haunt? If you took it using Night Mode on an iPhone 11, 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max, then Apple wants to see it. The company on Wednesday launched the #NightModeChallenge, its latest Shot on iPhone photo contest. Apple introduced Night Mode for …
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If Huawei wants to survive in 2020, it’ll have to go all out. That’s the message from rotating Chairman Eric Xu. In a New Year’s message, Xu said Huawei had a strong year but will face a “difficult” 2020 as the US continues to ban devices and equipment from the Chinese telecom giant and phone maker. The company estimates sales …
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Several US tech companies are being accused of benefiting from cobalt that’s mined by children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nonprofit group International Rights Advocates this week filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Washington on behalf of 14 plaintiffs who are the guardians of children either killed or seriously injured in tunnel or wall collapses while …
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Starting Tuesday, Apple Card users can buy a new iPhone on a 24-month installment plan and pay no interest. Under the program, each installment gets included in the Apple Card minimum payment, and users can track the remaining balance and payment history in the Wallet app. The Apple Card, which launched in August, is designed for iPhone users. It has …
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