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January, 2020

  • 28 January

    Lime knows when you’re riding on a sidewalk, and will warn you if you do

    Not all electric scooter riders follow the rules of the road. Those rules include obeying traffic signals, signaling, and not riding on sidewalks where the motorized vehicles can endanger pedestrians.  Lime said Tuesday that it’s launched a new initiative aimed at stopping such sidewalk riding. The scooter company calls it a “first-of-its kind technology” that …

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  • 28 January

    Walmart vs. Best Buy vs. Target vs. Costco: What’s the best store for buying a TV?

    The easiest way to buy a TV is online, right? A few clicks and a few days, and there’s a TV on your porch. But if you’re not sure exactly which one you want, or you at least want to physically check out the TV before you buy it, you’re going to have to head to a store. This is …

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  • 28 January

    Huawei is the world’s top 5G phone vendor, analyst says

    Huawei was the world’s top 5G phone vendor in 2019, with 37% market share (or 6.9 million devices), according to a Tuesday report from Strategy Analytics. Global 5G phone shipments reached 19 million units last year, the report says.   “Demand for 5G smartphones is higher than many expected,” Ken Hyers, director at Strategy Analytics, said in a release. “Fierce …

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  • 28 January

    Step into mirrorless photography with a Canon EOS M5 and 15

    In the same way that digital photography made film cameras obsolete, mirrorless cameras are inevitably replacing DSLRs. Old-guard camera-makers such as Nikon and Canon got off to a slow start, but the Canon EOS M5 was Canon’s first serious effort to make a mirrorless model that could go toe-to-toe with DSLRs, and right now, you can get it for half …

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  • 28 January

    iPhone 11’s new multicam app lets you shoot video with two cameras at once

    Your phone is studded with cameras. You’re probably only using one at a time, though. That could change in the near future: imagine shooting video with two, or even someday three or four simultaneously. I’ve gotten a brief taste of what that weird phone future will feel like. I spent some of the weekend trying out two-camera simultaneous recording on …

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  • 28 January

    Google paid out $6.5M in bug bounties in 2019

    Google forked out more than $6.5 million in bug bounties during 2019, the tech giant said Tuesday. Its Vulnerability Reward Programs provide payouts for security researchers who find and report bugs in Google’s services. Of the total amount, $2.1 million was paid from the Google program, $1.9 million from Android, $1 million from Chrome and $800,000 from the Google Play program. …

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  • 28 January

    Justice Department targets robocalls with two major court cases

    The Justice Department’s first enforcement of a civil complaint against carriers for facilitating robocalls on their networks saw “two major actions” filed in courts Tuesday morning. The calls, originating from India, have spoofed caller IDs from numbers like 911, Social Security and the IRS, and are causing “devastating financial harm,” Assistant Attorney General Jody H. Hunt of the Civil Division …

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  • 28 January

    Phones in 2020 are coming with more killer cameras, 5G and foldable screens

    This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. In exactly two weeks, Samsung is set to reveal the Galaxy S20 series of flagship phones and the Galaxy Z Flip, a foldable clamshell device whose screen folds from top to bottom down the middle. Rumors are pouring in that the …

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  • 28 January

    Amazon employees mass

    More than 350 Amazon employees defied the company’s corporate communications policy on Sunday, with a Medium post criticizing its contribution to climate change. The move comes weeks after workers alleged that Amazon threatened to fire them for speaking out. The post from Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, an internal activist group that started in late 2018, includes comments from 357 …

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  • 28 January

    Dyson Lightcycle Morph: The ultimate LED lamp

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