Verizon’s $50 5G home broadband service just launched

Verizon has turned 5G into reality. Sort of.  Last month, Verizon unveiled its plans for its 5G home broadband service, called Verizon 5G Home. Installation began today, with customers in select neighborhoods in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento, California, able to order the service, which costs $50 for Verizon Wireless customers and $70 for …

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The most adorable wireless speaker I’ve ever seen is on sale for $79

I’m traveling today, cheeps, but I’m excited to bring you a rerun of one of my favorite discoveries from earlier this year — and at a Cheapskate-exclusive lower price! In my tenure as the Cheapskate, I’ve seen a lot of Bluetooth speakers. Big ones, small ones, cute ones, stylish ones. But this one? This one makes my heart go pitter …

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Steve Wozniak’s Woz U is ‘a $13,000 e

Steve Wozniak’s Woz U may not give students the programming skills they need. A number of former students and employees told CBS News the 33-week online program has many problems that make it not worth the $13,200 tuition fee. Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976, launched the digital institute in 2017. Among the complaints, former student Bill …

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California’s net neutrality law sparks Justice Department lawsuit

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law the strictest set of net neutrality protections ever seen in the US — and the Trump administration immediately said it’d challenge the state’s authority in court. Up against a midnight deadline, Brown, a Democrat, signed a bill that uses Obama-era net neutrality protections as the basis for state law. Those earlier …

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Sprint says its 5G phone with LG will look ‘distinct’ from other devices

A Sprint exec has reportedly hinted at a “distinct” look for the 5G phone it’s creating with LG. “What’s really remarkable about the LG device that you’ll see is it’s going to be immediately recognizable,” Mishka Dehghan, vice president of 5G development at Sprint Business, told Mobile World Live. “Everybody around you will know it’s a 5G device.” It’ll still …

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FCC’s Ajit Pai plans to free up spectrum for 5G, Wi

The Federal Communications Commission is trying to pave a smoother road to our 5G future.  The government agency plans to consider freeing up more radio airwaves for use in 5G networks in its next monthly meeting, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement. The commission will look to the 3.5 gigahertz spectrum band as a potential source of radio …

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LG V40 ThinQ lets you add a splash of motion to still photos

LG’s next flagship smartphone, the LG V40 ThinQ, hasn’t even been officially announced yet, but that’s not stopping the company from touting one of the device’s marquee features.  The upcoming smartphone will be able to take cinemagraphs, which are still photos with minor bits of repeated movement. Creating a cinemagraph normally requires the composition of a series of photographs or …

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MoviePass is confusing loyal and lapsed customers with new plan

MoviePass’ latest attempt to win back customers may be burning its current subscriber base. Over the weekend, lapsed MoviePass subscribers who opted out of the service’s three-movies-for-$10-per-month plan are discovering that doing this did not cancel their accounts after all. On the contrary; their accounts are being reactivated with a new kind of unlimited plan. New York Magazine Associate Editor …

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FBI unlocked an iPhone X by forcing suspect to use Face ID

Your face can and will be used against you. During an FBI investigation of six Ohio men charged with sexually abusing children and creating child pornography, agents forced one of the suspects to unlock his iPhone X by showing his face to the phone. On Aug. 10, federal investigators searched Grant Michalski’s home in Columbus, Ohio, and found an iPhone …

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Google Maps adds detailed commute information

Google Maps is rolling out a commute feature for its Android and iOS apps with extra information to help with your trip to and from work. The commute section will suggest alternative routes if there are problems. Google Maps The new section will show details for each leg of your journey, including disruptions to traffic and to bus or train …

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Top 5 gadgets in the past 30 days

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NASA’s trying to solve the biggest problem facing lightweight planes

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2018 McLaren 570GT delivers huge driving thrills without much sacrifice

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NASA came pretty close to using nuclear space rockets

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All the ways satellites have changed our lives

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