This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. Apple’s fall product launch event is almost here, and the first sign is that the Apple Store’s website is down. When the store comes back online, the company is likely to have the iPhone …
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When you think of Sky, you think of a dish (or at the very least a box). Not any more: UK broadcaster has created Sky Glass, a line of 4K TVs with all the hardware and software rolled into the telly itself. Oh, and you can pay for it with a contract like you do with your mobile phone. The …
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The camera in your pocket is pretty amazing. Today’s smartphone cameras feel like they’re a million miles away from earlier photography tech, but digital cameras had to start somewhere. Back in the 20th century when cameras needed film, digital camera technology began as a sat-nav for astronauts. Since then, Kodak, Apple and many others have played important roles in developing …
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As US election results continue to roll in, one measure that has passed is California’s controversial and bitterly fought Proposition 22. The proposition allows companies such as Uber, Lyft and Instacart to avoid providing benefits, health insurance or minimum wage to the people who work for them. Proposition 22 won approval with 58% of the ballots favoring it, according to …
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Samsung unpacked pop stars BTS for a cameo appearance at Wednesday’s Galaxy Note 20 launch. Ahead of their forthcoming new single Dynamite this month, the Korean pop superstars played around with the new folding Galaxy Z Fold 2. The hugely popular band will no doubt influence its army of fans to consider Samsung devices through the endorsement deal, even if the actual appearance at …
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Now playing: Watch this: CNET UK Podcast 545: iPhone charging woes, Facebook’s… 29:05 Is it too much to ask that when you plug in your iPhone to charge, it charges? Apparently so. But a fix is on the way for a charging bug in Apple’s new iPhone XS. CNET’s Katie Collins and Richard Trenholm concentrate their very hardest to learn …
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Now playing: Watch this: CNET UK Podcast 544: We debate 8K and Twitter faces the… 35:10 Twitter, Facebook and Google are in a showdown with politicians. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg were the latest tech titans to face questioning. Katie Collins and Richard Trenholm weigh up Dorsey’s performance this week as he tackled questions about alleged …
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The whole point of cryptocurrency is that it’s virtual money stored in the ether. But you can still carry bitcoins in your pocket, as long as you have a Sirin Finney. The Sirin Finney joins a selection of new phones dedicated to accessing the blockchain while you’re away from your PC. And it does so in safety with a nifty little …
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Instagram users across the globe were reporting that the photo-sharing site was down Thursday. Website checker Down For Everyone Or Just Me? says the ‘Gram should be functioning. But just before 6 a.m. PT, Instagram’s website was showing a server error and the mobile app wouldn’t refresh. So users vented their frustration on Twitter, using the hashtag #instagramdown. First published, …
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Smartphones are cool and all, but sometimes you just want to answer a call by pressing a button and having your phone snap open. Sometimes you just want to pretend you’re in “The Matrix“. Welcome back, then, the Nokia 8110 4G, a new, updated version of the classic 20-year-old phone. Woah. Enlarge Image The original banana phone is back. Andrew …
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