This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Siri was more than happy to chat about Apple’s WWDC on Monday, but it turns out she was talking about last year’s developers conference. Now, if you ask Siri about Apple’s upcoming WWDC, the digital assistant says, “You …
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Let’s do some good today. The $59.99 Cheapskate Mystery Box is packed with hand-picked goodies from yours truly. But in another way it’s packed with food, because all net proceeds from each box will be donated to The Hunger Project — a global, nonprofit organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. The idea for this was born from …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In April, Apple killed off its entire networking product line. The company announced that it would be sunsetting the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme and AirPort Time Capsule. You can still buy the remaining stock (if you don’t mind Frozen-era networking tech), and they’ll …
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HMD Global, the Finnish startup that makes Nokia phones, just scored itself $100 million in funding, which it will use to “aggressively expand” its product lineup, it said on Monday. HMD, which licenses the Nokia brand to make phones bearing its name and logo, was founded in December 2016 and burst onto the scene at Mobile World Congress 2017, where …
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The pressure is easing off on Huawei, and the company is taking full advantage. The Chinese mobile hardware manufacturer first announced its MateBook Pro X laptop at MWC in February. But thanks to bad karma such as government agencies banning its phones and Best Buy dropping its products, the laptops been scarce in the US. Now that things are cooling off a …
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The UK Parliament on Tuesday published a list of over 50 points it wants the European Parliament to quiz Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on when he gives evidence later in the day. Zuckerberg is set to talk to lawmakers in Brussels where he will be quizzed over Facebook’s role in foreign elections in a meeting that will be streamed live on …
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Denon’s parent company Sound United has announced it has reached a settlement with Sonos over potential patent infringement by Denon’s HEOS wireless speakers. Sonos sued Denon back in 2014 as it said the HEOS lineup was too similar to Sonos’ own and infringed on at least four of its patents. “Our direction with HEOS is unchanged, and we’ll continue providing …
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Apple quietly dropped the price of its Lightning to USB-C cable in the Apple store, which is sure to please some iPhone fans, and some people think it may hint at what’s to come for future Apple products too. When it was released in 2016, $25 for the one-meter Lightning-to-USB-C cable was a hefty price to ask. Now, at $19 …
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Mignon Clyburn is concerned the Federal Communications Commission is prioritizing corporations over consumers, according to Ars Technica. Before leaving the agency this month, the former commissioner told the publication that the FCC’s top priority is to ensure all Americans have “affordable, efficient, and effective” access to communications services. If the agency doesn’t work to make affordable services a reality, “our …
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Facebook and Qualcomm are teaming up to bring super-fast Wi-Fi to built-up urban areas, the two companies announced Monday. Qualcomm said it will integrate Facebook’s Terragraph technology, which uses high-frequency radio waves to speed up networks where populations are dense, into its upcoming chipsets. Terragraph is a millimeter-wavelength, 60GHz wireless system that serves as an alternative when laying fiber becomes …
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