Samsung QLED TVs take on OLED with style, improved picture

Samsung wants you to forget about OLED and go for the Q instead. The company on Wednesday took the wraps off its 2018 lineup of higher-end QLED TVs, providing more details on new features and specific models that were absent from its CES announcements in January.  The biggest news for video quality fans is the confirmation that the two highest-end …

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Brain.fm’s attention

App developer Brain.fm has received a $225K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research the effect of music on people who suffer from inattention at work, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Brain.fm is a mobile app that uses AI to generate music according to four different moods: “focus”, “meditate”, “sleep” and “nap”. The company says …

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Use Find My Mobile to find a lost Samsung Galaxy device

So you’ve just lost a brand-new Samsung Galaxy phone. It’s OK! You’re fine. Samsung’s Find My Mobile feature is here to help. It’s free, and if you signed into your Samsung account when you first set up the phone, then it’s already set up. Let’s assume you still have the phone to hand. Instead of waiting for something unfortunate to happen, …

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iPhone X’s Face ID is two years ahead of Android competition

If you want a phone with secure 3D facial recognition, Apple’s iPhone X is your best choice. And it may stay this way for a while. Apple’s facial recognition technology, embodied by Face ID on the iPhone X, is estimated to have a two-year lead on the Android competition, according to “three major parts producers” who talked to Reuters.  This means you …

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Cambridge Analytica CEO filmed boasting about Trump role

Exactly how much involvement did Cambridge Analytica have in Donald Trump’s election campaign? It’s a question that’s been asked multiple times over the past few days, and thanks to undercover reporting by British broadcaster Channel 4, we finally have some answers straight from the mouth of now-suspended Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix. In a video published Tuesday, the broadcaster showed …

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The OnePlus 6 may come with the iPhone X’s notch

The Oneplus 6 has been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus.  OnePlus fans may have a sneak peek at what the OnePlus 6 will look like. Chinese phone maker Oppo has just announced the Oppo …

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How to delete your Facebook account, once and for all

You have a gambling addiction. A pretty serious one, actually. You rise each day and take a trip to Mark Zuckerberg’s bustling casino. You arrive, hoping you might see familiar faces, but all the other gamblers are people you don’t give a crap about. You shrug and head to a slot machine. You crank the lever for the thousandth time, …

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5 tips for using Google Clips

The Google Clips ($90 at Walmart) is a hands-free camera that can capture spontaneous moments throughout your day. There are a few rules you need to follow to get the best shots. Plan on photographing things with faces If you want a Clips to take photos of your dinner or that fabulous sunset, you’re out of luck. The tiny cube camera …

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Things you can do in Apple Maps that you can’t in Google Maps

After its rocky start years ago, Apple Maps may have been banished to an out-of-the-way folder on your iPhone — or deleted altogether — while Google Maps occupies a coveted spot on your home screen. Google Maps remains my iPhone navigation app of choice, but Apple Maps isn’t without its charms. Here are four reasons to use Apple Maps instead …

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AT&T, Time Warner go to court in antitrust case over $85B merger

Will AT&T get its hands on “Game of Thrones” and CNN? That’s what a federal judge will decide as AT&T and Time Warner head to court this week to defend their proposed $85 billion merger, which would marry one of the nation’s largest wireless and broadband networks with one of the largest media companies. On the other side is President Donald Trump’s …

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Oppo’s R15 features, yep, an iPhone

Here’s a basic rundown of Oppo, a company you may or may not have heard of: It’s the fourth biggest phone brand in the world and it makes some great phones — but they usually look way too much like iPhones. The Chinese giant’s newest phones, the R15 and the R15 Dream Mirror Edition, were officially unveiled on Tuesday. In …

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Facebook ignored data breach potential, says ex

The data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users could’ve been harvested by private companies under the social network’s previous rules, an ex-employee said Tuesday. Sandy Parakilas, who was Facebook’s platform operations manager between 2011 and 2012, told the Guardian that he warned senior executives at the social network there was risk of a major data breach, but was ignored. Parakilas, …

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Insta360 One update adds super

The feature-packed Insta360 One camera just got even better.  The 360-degree 4K camera impressed me with its range of tricks last August. And a new major update has now added a digital-stabilization feature called FlowState along with editing tools and smart tracking. FlowState claims to let you capture video that’s even better than using a phone on a gimbal. And if …

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The state of the smart garden

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