Google Maps tries to chart out the globe for more than a billion users around the world. But it’s not so simple when those people disagree on where the lines should be drawn. So the search giant displays political borders differently depending on where a viewer is, according to a report Friday by The Washington …
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14 February
Huawei gets another 45
Huawei is getting a 45-day reprieve from the US Commerce Department, which announced Thursday it’s extending a temporary general license allowing American companies to do business with it. The reprieve is half the period of its prior extensions — Huawei previously got 90-day reprieves in May, in August and in November. Huawei was blacklisted by the US in May when it was …
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14 February
Best last
There are probably just a few beings in your life who love you more or less unconditionally: your parents, your kids (if you have them), your dog (or cat) and your relationship partner. There are other days to celebrate parents and kids, but Valentine’s Day is here. Hopefully you’ve already lined up an awesome gift for that very special person …
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14 February
Windows 10 tips: 40+ tweaks that make Windows easier to use
Windows 10 power users and novices alike can benefit from customizing the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system to fit their unique needs. Whether it’s removing an unwanted app, tweaking the Windows Taskbar, or swapping the Microsoft Edge browser for another browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, there are dozens of ways to make every Windows install more efficient …
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14 February
Get a refurbished Samsung Galaxy S9 for $235
When Samsung announced the Galaxy S20 lineup earlier this week, I made the case for considering the Galaxy S10 instead. That previous-generation model is about to get a price cut, and you can already get it pretty cheap if you’re game for a refurb. OK, but let’s go back another generation. Way back in 2018, the Galaxy S9 was the …
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14 February
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is a beautiful phone, until you touch it
On Tuesday at the Samsung Unpacked event in San Francisco, the new Galaxy Z Flip was announced. The phone, which has an ultra-thin glass screen, folds in half to form a perfect square kind of like the Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP. But it’s the exterior of the shiny $1,380 flip phone that is catching our attention… or rather our fingerprints. …
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14 February
YouTube TV to quit Apple in
YouTube TV, the live-channel streaming service from Google’s video giant, is pulling out of Apple’s in-app payment system as of March 13. It will make Google the latest tech giant to withdraw from the payment system built into iOS apps, as Apple’s fees and other App Store policies have raised complaints that Apple‘s own services have a built-in competitive advantage. “YouTube TV …
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14 February
Apple’s 16
Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro arrived late last year and made a lot of people happy with its excellent design. Despite Taika Waititi’s Apple trash-talk at the Oscars last week, CNET’s Dan Ackerman suggested in his MacBook Pro review that “new 16-inch MacBook will make you actually like MacBook keyboards again.” But if the price has kept you at bay, here’s …
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14 February
Galaxy Z Flip camera test in beautiful Edinburgh
I picked up the folding Galaxy Z Flip from Samsung’s Edinburgh store the minute the doors opened. You can read my early thoughts on what the phone is like to use, how it bends and so in my ongoing review, but here, I want to give some early impressions of the camera. With a 12-megapixel standard zoom lens and a …
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14 February
HQ Trivia is dead, report says
HQ Trivia is reportedly calling it quits. The live mobile trivia game is shutting down and will lay off its 25 full-time employees, according to a Friday report by CNN. The live streaming game, in which participants could use their phones to tune in twice a day and play for a chance to win real money, became one of the …
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