Corinne Reichert

Xiaomi shows off camera built into display

Xiaomi’s future phones could have an in-screen camera, the Chinese phone maker revealed Monday alongside a video. “Do you want a sneak peek at the future?” the tweet says. “Here you go … introducing you to Under-Display Camera technology!” Do you want a sneak peek at the future? Here you go…introducing you to Under-Display Camera …

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Google Fi resolves outage that prevented calls nationwide

Google confirmed that the widespread outage of its Google Fi phone service had ended as of 11:38 a.m. PT on Monday. “This issue should now be resolved. Please let us know … if you continue to experience any additional issues,” the company said on a support page. “Thank you for your patience, and sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused.” Google Fi …

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Cleveland has the fastest mobile download speeds

Want the fastest mobile download speeds possible? Move to Cleveland. On networks in the 50 largest US cities, mobile analytics company Opensignal found that Cleveland provided about double the speeds of Oklahoma City, which came in last: 32.8 megabits per second versus 16.9Mbps.  The top five fastest cities were Cleveland, Minneapolis, New York, Detroit and Pittsburgh, while the bottom five were …

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Huawei wearables shipments quadruple in first quarter

Huawei is rapidly ramping up its global shipments of wearables. While Apple is still the biggest seller of wearables globally, the Chinese tech giant shipped 282.2% more wearables in the first quarter than it did a year ago, according to market researcher IDC. In comparison, Apple’s year-on-year growth was 49.5%, IDC said. Huawei’s 10% wearables market share ranks third behind …

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Amazon wants to buy Boost Mobile from Sprint and T

Amazon is interested in snapping up the Boost Mobile prepaid wireless service if Sprint and T-Mobile decide to divest it to push through their $26.5 billion merger, a report says. The online retail giant wants Boost so it can use T-Mobile’s wireless network for the next six years as part of an attached wholesale deal, Reuters reported Thursday. “Amazon would …

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Huawei scientists reportedly banned from reviewing IEEE science papers

The saga of Chinese phone maker Huawei continues, with its scientists now reportedly banned from reviewing science papers from US-based publisher the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The IEEE told its editors that it fears “severe legal implications” if they continue using Huawei scientists in the journal vetting process, according to Science Mag. The IEEE has 422,000 members across 160 countries and …

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Twitter makes students dumb, study finds

Using Twitter to teach literature is producing lower test scores, especially for usually high-performing students, says a new study. Scores on a standardized test were reduced by between 25% and 40% of a standard deviation, says a paper published this month by researchers in the economics and finance department at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.  Twitter use caused …

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MacOS 10.15 leak shows new Music and TV apps

Images have leaked of Apple’s MacOS 10.15, showing off the new look of the Apple TV and Apple Music apps. The screenshots, published by 9to5Mac, show the apps as having a gray sidebar on the left-hand side to list content sections of each app, and a large white section on the right to display the content.  The in-app icons, like …

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Gmail confidential mode for G Suite launching in June

 Gmail’s confidential mode will be launching in G Suite on June 25, Google announced in a blog post Wednesday. The mode will be on by default in Google’s suite of tools for business, and allows workers to set expiration dates and revoke access to emails. Users can also require recipients to go through text message authentication before being allowed to …

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Google Lens gives you shopping, dining and translation help

Google on Tuesday launched five new Lens filters for subjects ranging from food to foreign languages. The new Google Lens features will provide better and faster overlays of information over real-world objects, the company said.  Google gave CNET’s Scott Stein an early look at what Lens filters can do just ahead of its I/O developer conference earlier this month. The …

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