Apple’s game service? Foxconn shifts factory plans

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Huawei illuminates its foldable phone in MWC 2019 teaser photo

We’ve known for a while that Huawei’s planning to unveil its first foldable phone at MWC 2019, joining the minor parade led by the Samsung Galaxy X (or whatever it’s called), but this is our first peek at what Huawei’s foldable effort will look like. Come with us to explore #ConnectingTheFuture LIVE from #MWC @GSMA. Are you ready to reveal the …

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CNET Asks: Do you use a password manager?

Think of all the sites and all the apps you’ve signed up for — that’s a lot of passwords. Some people choose to write theirs down in case they forget, or they use the “remember me” function when they log in, or worst of all, and very commonly, use the same exact password for everything. Many people have their own …

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How to stream Dolby Atmos from Netflix, iTunes, Vudu and Amazon

If you’re looking for the best home theater experience, you’ve probably considered Dolby Atmos audio, the most cutting-edge “object-based” surround sound format available.  If you decide you want it, your biggest investment will be the extra money for an Atmos-capable sound bar or an AV receiver with a full complement of surround speakers. But even then you’re only halfway there. You also …

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Q Acoustics Concept 300 speakers stand on spindly alien spider legs

Q Acoustics is following up its high-end Concept 500 floorstanders with a model that’s even more striking: the Concept 300 stand mount speaker, announced Friday. The most attention-grabbing part of the 300’s design is the new Tensegrity tripod stand, which is a combination of high-tensile wire and aluminum rods. The company says this stand is less subject to vibration than other …

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Super Bowl 2019 stadium pestered by drones, despite ban

The FBI has already confiscated several drones for flying too close to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta ahead of Super Bowl LIII. “#FBI Atlanta is reiterating the message that #ATLSB53 is a #NODRONEZONE after six were confiscated yesterday for violating the current TFR in place,” the bureau’s Atlanta field office tweeted Friday, referring to a temporary flight restriction. #FBI Atlanta is …

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Google+ pages will shut down on April 2

Google+ content will start vanishing on April 2, the company said Wednesday. We’ve known the search giant planned to “sunset” the consumer side of its also-ran social network since its October admission that the personal data of up to 500,000 users was exposed between 2015 and March 2018. Originally, Google said the service would close in August 2019, but it …

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Galaxy S10E leaked photos may reveal Samsung’s iPhone XR rival

Just weeks before Samsung is expected to announce the next generation of Galaxy phones, photos allegedly show off a budget version of the Galaxy S10. On Friday, German publisher WinFuture published photos and specs for what is supposed to be the Galaxy S10E. The photos show off the front, back and sides of the phone. It has thin bezel around the …

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Apple fixes its FaceTime bug. You’ll get a software update soon

Apple has closed the Group FaceTime security bug that put users at risk of eavesdropping. The company said in a statement Friday that it has fixed the vulnerability on its servers and that it will issue a software update to re-enable Group FaceTime next week. The bug had meant that any Apple device — including iPhones, iPads and Macs — …

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How to set a darker dark mode on MacOS

Apple has been holding out on us. With MacOS Mojave, Apple finally introduced a system-wide dark mode to Macs that  turns the background black and text white in Apple’s apps. But there’s a darker version of dark mode if you know where to look (and don’t mind sacrificing a little color). Darker dark mode To enable dark mode, go to …

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My favorite AirPod

I’m a little obsessed with truly wireless earbuds right now. Here’s what I’ve learned after testing a variety of inexpensive, off-brand products: Smaller is not necessarily better. The tinier they get, the worse battery life is likely to be. They’re also harder to get in and out of your ears (and, often, the case as well). Avoid the ones with …

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Wireless carriers prepare for Super Bowl 2019

Wireless carriers have spent millions of dollars and years for preparing for one day. Which makes sense when that single day is the 2019 Super Bowl.  The carriers have installed hundreds of new antennas and small cells (think mini cellular towers) in and around Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to increase the capacity of the network for the more than 1 …

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Net neutrality goes to court

The fate of the Obama-era net neutrality rules could come down to whether the FCC followed proper procedure when it wrote and implemented its repeal of the controversial regulations. That’s the takeaway from nearly five hours of oral arguments Friday, during which the agency defended its “Restoring Internet Freedom” order in the US Court of Appeals for the District of …

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Movies Anywhere: Everything you need to know

There’s a streaming movie service called Movies Anywhere, and if you’re used to having to navigate multiple apps to get to the content you own, it’s almost too good to be true. It not only puts most of your purchased online movies in one place, it puts them everyplace.  And now that its predecessor UltraViolet is shutting down, it’s more …

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Microsoft’s Edge browser warns you about fake news

Microsoft is helping you battle fake news on your phone: Its Edge browser now tells you how reliable sites are. The company started installing the NewsGuard plug-in — which you previously had to download manually — on all mobile versions of the browser, as reported by The Guardian. After turning on news rating in Edge’s settings menu, you can see …

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