After years of trying to crack the US market, Huawei was poised to get a big boost via a partnership with AT&T that would grant carrier support to its flagship phone, the Mate 10 Pro. That deal was nixed at the last minute — but the phone will still be sold in the US. Preorders …

“Don’t be nosey!” That’s what I used to tell my friends when they borrowed my phone. Inevitably, they would swipe through my photos or put a silly comment on my Facebook. But you can stop this kind of intrusion by setting up either a guest mode or privacy mode on your Android phone.  How to use guest mode Not all …

Scoop up an unlocked Moto Z2 Play for $350, $150 off of its usual retail price. The offer is part of a Valentine’s Day promotion available now through Feb. 17, 2018. The deal covers the 64GB storage model with 4GB of RAM along with the 32GB handset that’s equipped with 3GB of RAM. Motorola is slashing the cost of its …

The stellar OnePlus 5T, which earned our Editors’ Choice last year for its high-end hardware, speedy performance and affordable price, will come in a new Lava Red color. It will go on sale Feb. 6 and cost $559 and £499 with 128GB of storage (that converts to about AU$740). This red version is the latest color variant OnePlus rolled out …

Apple is set to ditch Qualcomm as a baseband chip supplier and to exclusively use Intel chips in future iPhone models, according to a report published Monday. At the moment, Apple uses a mixture of Qualcomm and Intel baseband chips, which power all the iPhone’s antenna functions. It has done so since the iPhone 7, but is set to part …

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A giant Silicon Valley company decides you might like to wear a computer on your head — so you can see helpful digital information floating right in front of your eyes. But this time, the company is Intel, not Google — and these smart glasses look like a regular pair of glasses, …

HP’s most popular desktop workstation, the Z4, has been the province of Intel’s Xeon line of workstation CPUs. Now, in a push to reach more VR-creation pros, the company has added options for Intel’s most powerful consumer-grade processors, the Core X series, along with a commercial version of its Windows Mixed Reality headset. You’ll be able to equip it with …

More than one in seven people in the US struggle with substance abuse and addiction. That’s 40 million Americans, aged 12 and older, with a substance problem. For decades, a key part of nearly every accepted treatment for addictive behaviors involved face-to-face meetings. And no wonder: Research has shown that people who regularly attend in-person meetings at Alcoholics Anonymous and …

If dropping your phone and cracking the screen is your worst phone nightmare, you’re not alone. Phonemakers use chemically strengthened Gorilla Glass, shatterproof coatings and sometimes sapphire crystal toppers to help ward off cracks should your phone take a tumble. Now, one company says it’s working with a phonemaker to test the first phone screen made with diamond glass. You …

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