Cell phones and health: California issues guidance

A California state agency this week issued guidelines for reducing exposure to wireless signals. The guidelines, which come from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), don’t state that cell phone are dangerous, nor do they push to abandon cell phone use completely. Instead, they take a more cautionary tone by stating that multiple studies have …

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I play music all the time at home, but I couldn’t help but notice that my wife was grooving and dancing more when I played tunes on the Pro-Ject Classic SB belt-drive turntable. She didn’t have to say it’s a great sounding turntable, her actions spoke louder than words. Before we go any further, the Classic SB is the upgraded …

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Net neutrality isn’t dead, says Sen. Brian Schatz

Democrats on Capitol Hill say they aren’t giving up on their fight to preserve Obama-era net neutrality rules, which were eliminated Thursday by Republicans in the FCC. U.S. Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Brian Schatz of Hawaii are leading more than a dozen senators to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution aimed at undoing the FCC’s actions and fully …

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FCC rolls back net neutrality, Disney to buy 21st Century Fox

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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ spoilers and reactions

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What Disney’s Fox deal means for you and the video you stream

With Disney buying Fox, are your online video options about to resemble a map of Disneyland? Disney knows its future is streaming. Even before Thursday’s tectonic deal to buy large swaths of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion, Disney was already laying the groundwork to move into online entertainment in a big way. It has its own streaming services for …

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Norway becomes the first country to end nationwide FM radio

Norway has completed the move from analog to digital radio, making it the first country to shut down national FM radio broadcasts. The transition began in January to allow for better sound quality and more channels.  The switch officially took place on Wednesday, as noted in a statement from Digitalradio Norge (DRN), an arm of Norway’s public and commercial radio. …

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Instagram is ruining your life and hashtags aren’t helping

Instagram is giving more power to the hashtag. As of Tuesday, it announced, you can now not only follow people, but hashtags too. There’s some good news and bad news here. Spoiler: it’s mainly bad news. First, the good news. This is quite a nifty feature. I, having completely mainstream hobbies, have been getting really into Japanese pro wrestling recently, …

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Here’s the secret to giving a new phone as a gift

Whether you have a kid who is finally of the age you deem it appropriate he or she has a phone, or your spouse is overdue for an upgrade, the holidays make for a good occasion to get a new phone. But instead of activating the phone right away, potentially revealing your intentions, there’s a way to keep a phone …

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Google Maps now helps you as you’re riding public transit

If you’ve ever worried about missing your stop, take heart: Google Maps will help you manage public transit a little better now. For people using the navigation service on Android phones, Google Maps now will offer departure times, estimate when you’ll arrive and alert you when you’re at your bus stop or have to transfer to another train line. For …

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How I shot a rock concert on the iPhone X

Normally my iPhone ($285 at Amazon) wouldn’t be my first camera choice for taking photos at a concert. Rock gigs are dark, fast-paced, and the iPhone’s small image sensor doesn’t let in much light — typically a perfect storm of shoddy images. But considering how impressed I’ve been with the iPhone X’s camera so far, I decided to give it …

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Facebook widely releases snooze feature to mute certain friends

Sometimes there are people on your Facebook feed you just don’t want to see for a while. The social network says it wants to help. Facebook on Friday globally released a feature called Snooze that lets users hide certain people, groups or brand pages for up to 30 days, without permanently unfriending or unfollowing them. When the snooze window is …

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Wireless charging tech means 2018 will be the start of cord

You may not remember, but there was a time when you had to plug a cable into the side of your computer if you wanted to check your email. Today, Wi-Fi’s wireless connections make physical network cables a rarity. But that’s just the beginning. Technological forces are converging to make a lot of other wires in our lives look like …

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Report: Samsung and LG to unveil budget phones at CES

Samsung and LG could both be on the hook for launching new low-cost phones at CES 2018 in January. Which phones, you ask? According to Korean news site ETnews, Samsung may unveil its new Galaxy A8 and A8+ devices, while LG is reported to announce its next K series phone. Exact dates weren’t shared, but CES will run from Jan. 9-12, which …

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Samsung Bixby speaker could rival Amazon Echo in early 2018

Samsung may finally make its move against the Amazon Echo and Google Home with a smart home speaker powered by its Bixby software. The speaker is slated to arrive in the first half of 2018, Bloomberg reports.  Early rumors of the smart speaker date back to July, but they gained credence when Samsung Mobile president DJ Koh confirmed that the …

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