Notch no more: Oppo makes in

Editors’ note: Oppo just announced its latest flagship phone, the Oppo Find X2 Pro.  How do you make a phone that’s got close to a 100% screen-to-body ratio but still crams in a selfie camera? Samsung’s Galaxy S10 range has an Infinity-O notch, Asus‘ ZenFone 6 has a rear camera that protrudes and rotates to become …

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Hackers infiltrate mobile carriers, 5th annual Prime Day details

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How robots like Aibo play to your emotions

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Apple Watch could get a band with a camera

Future versions of the Apple Watch could feature a band with a built-in camera, according to a patent published Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Apple envisions a watch band with an adjustable camera or some other kind of optical sensor at the end. The watch display would serve as the viewfinder.  Apple’s sketch for a watch band …

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US companies reportedly bypassing Trump ban on sales to Huawei

US chipmakers are still selling millions of dollars of product to Huawei, sidestepping a Trump administration order barring the sale of US technology to the Chinese telecom giant, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Components began shipping to Huawei three weeks ago, the newspaper reported. Sources told the newspaper that Intel and Micron are taking advantage of a provision concerning …

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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite beats Pokemon Go every way but one

I’m standing on a corner near my office in San Francisco. A few blocks away, I can see pointy fortresses and rounded greenhouses. Nearer, a smoking chimney of a tall, blue-roofed inn signals something’s cooking inside. Owls and colorful paper airplanes glide by, and frequently an object appears near to me, including a bit of frog brain and ginger root. …

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YouTube’s kids content prompts calls for FTC to hold site accountable

A US senator and a pair of consumer privacy groups sent letters Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission expressing concern over YouTube‘s practices surrounding kids content. They called on the agency to take action against the Google-owned video site for any wrongdoing. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, urged the FTC to “hold YouTube accountable for any illegal activity affecting children that …

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Samsung’s 65

Break open your piggy banks, cheeps. This might be the TV deal you’ve been saving for. It’s a rerun, sort of, because last time out it was a smaller model (55-inch) at a higher price ($1,400). You know what I always say: Cheap things come to those who wait! For a limited time, and while supplies last, BuyDig has the …

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Wayfair employees plan walkout to protest furniture sales to border camps

Employees at the online furniture retailer Wayfair plan to walk off the job Wednesday in protest of the company’s sale of bedroom furniture to operators of detention centers for migrant children at the southern US border. The protest comes after employees learned last week that a $200,000 order of bedroom furniture had been placed by BCFS, a government contractor that …

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OnePlus 7 Pro Almond is shipping now in the US, Canada

The limited edition OnePlus 7 Pro in Almond started shipping in the US and Canada on Tuesday.  The cream-colored phone has a pop-up camera coated in 24-karat gold and costs $699. It also features triple-rear cameras, an in-display fingerprint reader, a 6.67-inch display that refreshes 90 times a second (most phones refresh 60 times) and fast-charging technology. It doesn’t include wireless charging or …

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Apple updates Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS and Mac

Apple has added a bunch of new features to its Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps in an update across both iOS and MacOS. One common addition for all six apps is the ability to stylize your text by adding images, gradients and new outline styles. The three apps make up Apple’s iWork productivity suite. Some of the additions in Pages …

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Microsoft’s new OneDrive Personal Vault ups your cloud storage security

It seems when one box closes, another box opens. Microsoft announced Tuesday it will add a new feature to its OneDrive cloud storage service called Personal Vault, which provides a secure solution for your most sensitive and important data. This new service may fill a vacuum left by Dropbox’s recent transition from its original online data storage model to a central collaboration …

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Mophie’s new Powerstation Hub has built

Mophie’s got a new battery pack and it’s not skimping on the ways to charge your phone. Called the Powerstation Hub, the new $100 6100 mAh portable battery loads up on outputs offering three USB ports (one USB-C, two full-size USB-A) and doubling as a wireless charging pad to charge up to four devices simultaneously.  The new Hub can be …

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AT&T 5G: Our tests yield the wildest speeds yet

It’s fitting that I tested AT&T’s 5G network at the Warner Bros. studio in Los Angeles. Both Hollywood and 5G aim to take our wildest ideas and make them real. In AT&T’s case, it’s the promise of high-speed mobile data over a cellular network, which could revolutionize how we use our phones, computers and connected devices. In the little time …

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Amazfit Bip smartwatch dips to $64 (Update: Expired)

Honestly, I hadn’t touched my Amazfit Bip for several months. Most days I wear my Apple Watch, but with a four-day vacation looming and no desire to hassle with charging it, I reached for the Bip. I’m glad I did. It worked like the wellness champ I remembered it to be, and after five days off the charger, the battery …

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