Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile show, takes place every year in Barcelona, Spain — every year except this year, that is. The 2020 show, which was scheduled for late February, was one of the first major tech events to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But while MWC 2020 didn’t take place …
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23 September
Snag a refurb Apple Watch Series 5 for up to $120 off
The best time to buy an Apple device — or any piece of tech, for that matter — is when the next model arrives. That’s why Apple is quietly discounting its refurbished Apple Watch Series 5 after the announcement of the Series 6. Grab a refurbished Apple Watch Series 5 (44mm GPS) in gray aluminum starting at $329 — that’s …
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23 September
Pinterest mimics Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat with Story Pins
Pinterest is testing a tool that allows certain people to post a series of photos and videos that include text, music or voiceovers. “As we look to the future, we’ve decided it’s time to push our mission to inspire even further. It’s time to do more than connect people to what inspires them,” Evan Sharp, Pinterest’s co-founder who leads design efforts …
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23 September
TikTok to start cracking down on weight loss ads
TikTok will implement a new policy cracking down on advertisements for dietary fasting and weight loss supplements, the company said Wednesday. While the new policies don’t altogether ban ads for weight loss products, they limit the scope and restrict certain messaging in the ads. The move comes just weeks after a cybersecurity report found scammers were purchasing ads on TikTok, …
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23 September
Apple CEO says climate change is here with wildfires, hurricanes, flooding
Get Tim Cook talking about privacy, renewable energy or even the coronavirus pandemic, and he’s happy to give you his perspective. Talk about President Donald Trump, and he almost immediately wants to change the topic. The dynamic played out several times with Cook, who participates in only a handful of interviews per year, while talking with the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey …
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23 September
Does fast charging affect battery life? 6 phone battery questions, answered
Does your phone last all day on a single charge? How about a year from now? Battery anxiety is real, and if you’re contemplating a new phone like the Motorola Razr, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 or the upcoming iPhone 12, its battery life is an increasingly important factor in deciding if that device is worth the money. As we expect …
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23 September
How to avoid PS5 and Xbox Series X preorder FOMO
Update, Nov. 6: Read our reviews of the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PS5. PlayStation 5 preorders were a trash fire, with Sony even taking to Twitter to apologize for the mad rush that left most potential buyers empty-handed. Xbox Series X and Series S preorders were slightly better, if only because they started at the announced time — though Microsoft’s consoles sold …
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23 September
Samsung debuts next
Whether you work with 4K or 8K video or simply want to eliminate as much lag as possible while gaming, Samsung says its new PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid state drive, the Samsung SSD 980 PRO, was designed for you. The company says its new storage drive doubles the read/write speeds of previous-generation PCIe 3.0 technologies to 7,000 MB/s and 5,000 …
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23 September
Twitter resolves issues with accounts locked by mistake
Twitter reported two problems for users early Wednesday afternoon, with a delay in tweets showing up on timelines as well as accounts being locked “by mistake.” “We’re seeing a number of accounts that have been locked or limited by mistake and not because they tweeted about any particular topic,” Twitter Support tweeted. “We’re working to undo this and get those accounts …
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23 September
Sling TV launches Watch Party feature with text and video chat
Sling TV on Wednesday launched a co-watching feature in beta that lets customers tune into live programming with up to three other people. Watch Party also allows participants to connect via text and video chat. The feature is currently available to existing Sling TV customers via Google Chrome web browsers on laptop and desktop computers. As part of a beta …
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