Verizon, AT&T and T

Apple’s iOS 12.1 update brought digital eSim support to the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR on Tuesday, but US carriers won’t support the feature until later in the year due to reported technical problems. eSIM is the software-based version of the traditional plastic chip that identifies you to your carrier, and Apple highlighted it …

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New iPad Pro: 5 reasons not to upgrade

Any time a new gadget comes out like the new iPad Pro, it’s exciting. But let’s take a step back and analyze what we saw beyond the slick hardware and snazzy demos. Here’s why you should maybe hold off on getting the new iPad Pro. (There are plenty of reasons to upgrade, of course, but we’ll double back here and …

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UK, Canadian politicians push for Mark Zuckerberg privacy hearing

Politicians from the UK and Canada want to hear from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a joint hearing in London next month, the latest effort to get him to testify in Britain. The UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and its Canadian counterpart wrote to Zuckerberg on Wednesday. Damien Collins, a member of Parliament who heads the UK committee, …

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Sprint customers ebb as it awaits lifeline from T

Sprint is in the midst of a “lame duck” session as it awaits a takeover by bigger rival T-Mobile. And it’s been keeping itself busy with an upgrade to — what else? — 5G . The smallest of the four national wireless carriers, which earlier this year struck a deal to be acquired by T-Mobile to create a larger No. …

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The iPad Pro’s USB

When Apple announced Tuesday that its iPad Pro had ditched the proprietary Lightning port in favor of USB-C, my eyes lit up. Lightning has had a good run, but I’d be happy to toss my collection of Lightning cables into my junk drawer alongside the ones for Firewire hard drives, VGA video and printers that perversely used those weird squarish …

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Facebook bans pages linked to far

Facebook is banning individual accounts, pages and groups linked to far-right extremists the Proud Boys. People started reporting the takedown on Twitter on Tuesday, according to Business Insider, in the wake of Proud Boys members’ arrests following a brawl on Manhattan’s Upper East Side earlier this month. The group and its founder Gavin McInnes were removed from Facebook and Instagram, …

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Sprint rolls out Gigabit LTE in more than 225 cities

Sprint is taking another step toward a nationwide 5G network. The carrier said Wednesday that its LTE Advanced network is now available nationwide. This upgraded form of 4G means that internet speeds are up to twice as fast as before. In addition, the company said that Gigabit-class LTE is available in more than 225 cities for phones capable of running …

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Blackmagic eGPU Pro sounds spooky, makes Mac graphics faster

Blackmagic’s next Apple Mac graphics accelerator, the Blackmagic eGPU Pro, will feature an AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics processor. The unit is designed for Macs with a Thunderbolt 3 port — such the new Apple MacBook Air — and Blackmagic says it has 22 times the graphics performance of a 13-inch MacBook Pro. Blackmagic The tall desktop device was designed in …

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iPhones reportedly malfunction after helium exposure

If you’re one of those people who actually reads the iPhone user guide, you know there are certain things you should keep your device away from. That apparently includes helium.  “Exposing iPhone to environments having high concentrations of industrial chemicals, including near evaporating liquified gasses such as helium, may damage or impair iPhone functionality,” the user guide says.  But for …

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The Smove Mobile three

In my next life, I’d really like to write and direct movies — especially now that the tools for doing so are incredibly cheap. I mean, heck, I’ve already got a 4K camcorder in my pocket! Ever priced a Steadicam, though? Decidedly not cheap. So how can budding filmmakers hope to capture silky-smooth footage, especially while moving around? For that …

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The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio deserves the S in SUV

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Apple’s new iPad Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini: CNET editors react

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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K review: Dolby Vision for cheap(er)

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This smart mirror puts Alexa at your bathroom sink

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Apple’s announcements include long overdue updates

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