July, 2020

• 16 July

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  Although T-Mobile focused on its new robocall and spam protection features at its event on Thursday, the self-proclaimed “un-carrier” had some other news to share. Beginning Aug. 2, the carrier will combine its main T-Mobile brand with Sprint’s, completing a long process that first began with the companies’ merger ananouncement in 2018, before the deal finally closed this past April.  …

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• 16 July

  Vivo’s X50 series with gimbal

  

  Vivo announced three phones with 5G capabilities Thursday as part of its X50 series, kicking off the international launch of the Chinese company’s first flagship handsets for the year. Positioning the handset line as a “professional photography flagship,” Vivo introduced a gimbal camera system to the series. The company says the system has a 300% increase in performance over more traditional stabilization …

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• 16 July

  Apple banishes ‘blacklist’ and ‘master branch’ in push for inclusive language

  

  Apple has joined an industry trend toward more inclusive language in its technical domain, replacing terms with racial overtones like a “master” branch of a software project or a “blacklist” to describe resources a computer might be blocked from accessing. Apple started making the changes in its own documentation and beta software released last month at its WWDC conference. But …

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• 16 July

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  Odds are good that several months ago you hadn’t been planning to spend a lot of time working from home, but here you are — trying to make the best of your laptop when you used to have an enormous monitor on your desk at work. A second monitor can give you a lot more screen room, but who has …

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• 16 July

  Watch AI edit my skate video

  

  It only takes a couple scrolls through my Instagram feed to find a bunch of people using Insta360 cameras to get some pretty mind-blowing shots. The company has designed accessories like the Invisible Selfie Stick to make it look like a drone is flying right in front of your face. The Bullet Time Handle puts you in a scene like …

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• 16 July

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  T-Mobile says it’s getting more aggressive in fighting scammers who use robocalls to take advantage of American wireless customers. The company made the issue the subject of its latest Un-carrier marketing event via webcast Thursday.  It’s the first Un-carrier announcement since T-Mobile’s acquisition of Sprint, which was finalized in April. The big news? T-Mobile is packaging a set of old and …

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• 16 July

  Apple brings coding and app design to more Black universities and colleges

  

  Apple has announced extending its education partnerships, adding 10 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to its Community Education Initiative. The schools will have coding centers to become “technology hubs” for their regions, Apple said Thursday. There, people can learn coding and app design using Apple’s Everyone Can Code and Everyone Can Create courses. “At Apple, we believe in the …

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• 16 July

  Lenovo brings AMD to its gaming laptops

  

  It’s a big week for AMD and Lenovo’s partnership: On Wednesday, the two co-launched the new Ryzen Threadripper Pro processor for Lenovo’s new ThinkStation P620, and Thursday, Lenovo followed up with new gaming systems. They’re essentially variations on the Intel-based systems announced in May. The laptop CPU of choice for the laptops is unsurprisingly AMD’s Ryzen 4000 H series, the …

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• 16 July

  Google combines shopping and entertainment in experimental Shoploop app

  

  Google’s startup incubator, Area 120, launched Shoploop on Thursday, an experimental mobile app that puts entertainment and shopping in one place.  Shoploop lets you scroll through 90-second video clips with the aim of discovering new products in an entertaining way, Google said. You can also follow Shoploop creators and share their videos with friends and family.  Once you find a …

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• 16 July

  Save $20 keeping tabs on your dog with a Whistle Go Explore tracker

  

  You’re likely not spending as much time outside these days — at least not without a face mask — but your dog certainly still needs to take care of their business outdoors. And if your dog happens to be a professional backyard escape artist (Trance, I’m looking at you), then you might want to get a tracking collar to prevent …

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