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If your T-Mobile service was down on Monday, you were not alone. The third-largest wireless carrier had widespread issues across the country impacting the ability to make calls and send text messages starting shortly after 9 a.m. PT Monday and ending more than 12 hours later.  At 10:03 p.m. PT Monday, Neville Ray, T-Mobile’s president of technology, tweeted that texting …

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Go flying for Father’s Day: Save up to $270 on DJI drones

As long as antigravity never becomes a real thing, I predict that drones are unlikely to go out of style anytime soon. For geeks who grew up loving everything about aircraft, flying and gadgets, drones tick all the boxes. They’re easy to fly, they can shoot virtually cinema-quality video and they are an excellent hobby even in the social distancing …

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Get the AirPods Pro for $220 at Amazon

This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. Father’s Day is this Sunday, and you could do a lot worse for dear old Dad than snag him a new pair of AirPods Pro. Normally $249, we’ve seen Apple’s noise-canceling earbuds sell for $235, $230 or even $220 on Woot, but …

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Galaxy Watch 3 specs, photos leak ahead of rumored July reveal with Galaxy Buds Live

The leak machine is warming up. With supposed specs and photos of the Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Buds Live beginning to appear, Samsung fans might not have to wait until the company’s yearly summer Unpacked launch event. Add to that new information claiming the Watch 3 will come with 1.2- and 1.4-inch displays, ECG, blood-pressure monitoring and more. The …

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Twitter will let you record and post short audio tweets

Twitter is testing out a new feature that lets people record and share short audio clips, what the company is calling “tweeting with your voice.” “Sometimes 280 characters aren’t enough and some conversational nuances are lost in translation,” wrote Twitter product designer Maya Patterson and senior software engineer Rémy Bourgoin in a blog post. “So starting today, we’re testing a …

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Dish deal to acquire Boost from T

Satellite TV provider Dish Network looks set to close its $5 billion deal with the new T-Mobile on July 1, according to a filing Wednesday with the SEC. Under the deal, which allowed for the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, Dish is acquiring Sprint’s prepaid mobile carrier Boost Mobile as well as Sprint’s 800MHz wireless spectrum to help it …

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Relying on Silicon Valley to organize makes some protesters uneasy

For Erin Feher, protesting systemic racism after the death of George Floyd meant relying heavily on one app: Google Maps.  Feher, a magazine editor in San Francisco, organized a caravan of automobiles to drive through some of the city’s sleepier neighborhoods earlier this month, in order to bring the protest to places other than downtown centers. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, …

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