Apple published its biannual transparency report Friday, revealing how many requests were made worldwide by governments for user data. Between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2019, Apple said governments made 31,778 requests for devices — around 500 more than in the first half of 2018. Apple provided data including which customers are associated with which …
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Huawei’s rumored Mate XS foldable phone reportedly could be cheaper, smaller and tougher than the Huawei Mate X. The cost will be lower because foldable screens are now easier to manufacture, TechRadar reported Thursday, citing Chinese news site Yesky, which quoted supply chain sources. Despite a smaller phone, the screen on the Huawei Mate XS could still be the same …
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After being banned from US networks in 2019, Huawei reportedly plans to spend £20 million (around $26 million) to entice developers to create apps for its new phones. While Android is open source and can be used by Huawei, the Chinese tech giant is barred from using Google services like the Play Store. The new investment, announced in London on …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Even as her credentials as a tech expert were being challenged by prominent women in the industry, Ivanka Trump, described by the White House as an adviser to President Donald Trump, her father, appeared on the keynote stage Tuesday at the …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. AMD is kicking off the world’s biggest consumer tech show by unveiling the third-generation Ryzen 4000-series mobile processors, which will be used in upcoming laptops. A crowd of hundreds lined up for more than an hour before the CES 2020 announcement, filing slowly …
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Snap has purchased AI Factory, an image and video recognition startup, according to Variety on Friday. Snapchat reportedly used AI Factory’s technology to launch its new Cameos feature, which allows users to insert selfies into a scene to send as a looping video and raises concerns about the possibility of creating deepfakes. Deepfakes, video forgeries that make people appear to …
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Just days before CES 2020 kicks off in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, multiple images of the rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite phones have leaked online. According to a 9to5Google report Thursday, the more affordable phones could be announced during CES next week. The pictures show a more rounded screen, as well as a square rear camera module. The rumored …
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Venmo went down Monday, with the money-transfer service confirming the outage on Twitter via its support account. Venmo said its app was experiencing interruptions, with people complaining on Twitter that the desktop version wasn’t working either. “We are currently experiencing an interruption in service on the Venmo mobile app,” Venmo Support tweeted at 10:45 a.m. PT as people tweeted about having …
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Computers may be replacing a whole lot of human jobs, but we don’t think they’re quite ready for writing songs for the holidays. A research scientist trained her neural network on 240 different Christmas carols to see what the artificial intelligence system could learn about the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. She asked it what comes after the line “Rudolph …
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Update, March 26: The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and the P40 Pro Plus have now officially been launched. Read our first take here. Huawei will be upgrading its next line of flagship smartphones with a 10x optical zoom, according to a report Friday. There will be a periscope telephoto lens on the back of the device, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said …
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