Two new reported Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite renders have shown off some of its specs, with the device apparently bringing back the headphone jack that disappeared on the Galaxy Note 10. It also looks like the Note 10 Lite will come with an S Pen and a centered punch-hole display, 91mobiles reported Wednesday. Partnering …
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Apple is reportedly planning to use Qualcomm’s new ultrasonic fingerprint reader in its future iPhones. The tech giant is partnering with Taiwanese touchscreen maker GIS to develop an iPhone for 2020 or 2021 that can use the under-display tech, according to MacRumors citing Economic Daily News. Qualcomm unveiled its new 3D Sonic Max ultrasonic fingerprint reader earlier Tuesday during its …
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o The tax discriminates against US tech giants Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, the Trump administration says. Angela Lang/CNET The US has proposed a series of tariffs on some French products following an investigation into France’s recently passed digital taxation laws. The tax discriminates against US companies, especially Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, according to the US Trade Representative. There …
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Amazon Web Services has announced three quantum computing services that’ll bring the super-futuristic supercomputing technology within reach of everyday folks, as reported Monday by CNET sister site ZDNet. During its annual AWS re:Invent conference, it unveiled Amazon Braket, the AWS Center for Quantum Computing and the Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab. AWS noted in its announcement that it had joked 10 …
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TikTok hid videos posted by people with disabilities, as well as those made by LGBTQ and overweight users, German site Netzpolitik reported Monday, citing leaked documents and an internal source. No matter the content of the videos, they were marked as being uploaded by special users who could be at risk of being bullied, the report said. The moderation rule …
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TikTok has published a lengthy blog post addressing the “interest and confusion” surrounding an anti-Chinese video that went viral earlier this week. A young TikTok user had posted a makeup video while raising awareness about Uighur Muslim community being detained in China. TikTok said Wednesday it wanted to “clarify” and apologize for human error in removing the video. TikTok, a social media …
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Facebook has brought Beat Games into the Oculus fold, announcing the acquisition Tuesday afternoon. The virtual reality games studio will be an independently operated studio under Oculus in Prague. According to Facebook, Beat Saber content and updates will continue, but with additional support from the social media giant. Beat Saber is the top-selling VR game on Valve’s Steam Store, with players …
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Verizon is throwing its 5G network into Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday. It’ll make the annual event an “augmented reality and hologram experience,” Verizon announced last week. 5G, already available in some parts of the US by Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, is being tapped by smartphones to provide faster speeds and more capacity, as well as AR/VR experiences. .shortcode.newsletter h2 {width:100%!important;} For the Thanksgiving parade, Verizon is …
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The US Commerce Department is moving closer to defining how it’ll assess and respond to national security risks posed by telecommunications equipment from foreign nations like China. The proposed rules, published Tuesday, would see the department decide on a case-by-case basis whether something is “an unacceptable risk to national security or to the security and safety of US persons,” and …
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Around 2.6 billion customers will have subscriptions to 5G service by the end of 2025, according to a forecast by Ericsson on Monday. The new wireless networks will cover up to 65% of the global population by then, and handle 45% of all mobile data traffic, the networking giant predicted. That’s quite a jump compared with two years ago when Ericsson predicted …
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