The race to turn 5G from hype into reality has hit another gear. T-Mobile will deploy mobile 5G to 30 cities this year, including New York and Los Angeles, Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said Tuesday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company still plans to launch the service next year and provide nationwide …

You already know about the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) and S9 Plus‘ headliner improvements, like a dual aperture camera and shifted fingerprint reader on the back, a second camera lens for the S9 Plus and AR Emoji. Now playing: Watch this: Seven Galaxy S9 tricks you’ll want to know now 2:38 But you may not know about these hidden features, …

Google Lens was first revealed alongside Google’s Pixel 2 ($98 at Amazon) and Pixel 2 XL ($249 at Amazon) phones as a tool to help users identify real-world objects. Since then, Google has expanded Lens to more Android phones, and even plans on bringing the feature to the iPhone. Now playing: Watch this: Google Lens is smart enough to identify …

There’s no escaping the fact that the Asus Zenfone 5, and the 5Z, look almost identical to Apple’s iPhone X. There’s a copycat “notch” at the top of the screen, the edges are curved metal and the rear dual camera is in an awfully familiar portrait position. (Huawei’s rumored P20 and the Leagoo S9 will also give you iPhone X …

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation intended to curb online sex trafficking by holding website operators more accountable for their users’ activities. The measure, passed by the House 388-25, would amend a section of the Communications Decency Act by including the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, S. 1693. The bill would make it a crime to operate …

On Tuesday, congressional Democrats delivered on their promise to introduce a resolution to roll back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, led the charge in the Senate to introduce a bill that uses a legislative tool known as the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify the FCC’s December vote to …

Playstation Vue is opening up its virtual TV service for mobile sign-ups. It’s a move that’ll result in some small modifications on your subscription, but it means you don’t have be in your home and jump through as many hoops to create an account.  Signing up online won’t change how much Playstation Vue costs. The service’s monthly rates start at …

Read our full review of the Nokia 8 Sirocco, the latest Nokia phone from HMD Global.  HMD Global, maker of Nokia phones, laid bare its ambitions for capturing every corner of the phone market when it unveiled five new devices at its Mobile World Congress press conference in Barcelona on Sunday. Appealing to a spectrum of consumers from “The Matrix” fans and …

The Asus Zenfone 5 is a series of 3 new phones. The company has just unveiled the trio on stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The differences between the Zenfone 5 Lite, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 5Z are being described in detail now. What we know so far: Zenfone 5 Lite: 6-inch display dual rear cameras, dual front cameras …

Google is firming up a tool that should help programmers bridge the divide between Android phones and iPhones. It’s hard to write software that matches the appearance of both Apple’s iOS software and Google’s Android operating system, which is one reason developers often hire separate teams to create two versions of the same product. Google, though, is finishing up a …

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Having a beautiful Retina display doesn’t do you any good if you can’t see what’s on it. Thankfully, MacOS has a number of settings to help you see more clearly what’s on your Mac’s screen, from making text and icons larger to increasing the contrast and reducing the transparency of windows. Now playing: Watch this: 7 settings that will help …

Per the norm, Samsung just announced the latest iteration of its wildly popular flagship line of phones, the Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay), at Mobile World Congress. Save for some larger storage options, dual-aperture camera and AR emoji, there’s not a lot to set it apart from the Galaxy S8. Maybe you’re long overdue for an upgrade, you can’t afford …

If you’re excited about the Fitbit Ionic, Fitbit’s feature-studded fitness smartwatch that debuted last fall — hang on. There’s a new Adidas-branded version. The Fitbit Ionic: Adidas Edition comes with its own unique-colored bands, like Apple’s Nike-branded watch. And it comes with a handful of new workouts, too. But it also costs $30 more than last year’s Ionic, at $330 …

The Samsung Galaxy S9 ($198 at eBay) has arrived, and by all accounts it improves on the already-pretty-good Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay). It also comes with a higher price tag: The S9 will cost between $720 and $800 in the US, while the S9 Plus will sell for anywhere from $840 to $930. We’ve already covered how to preorder …