5G phone prices are about to get a lot cheaper. Next year, Qualcomm will expand its 5G modems across its Snapdragon 8 series, 7 series and 6 series processors, the company said Friday at the IFA electronics show in Berlin. The company’s 8 series chips are aimed at high-end phones like the Galaxy S10, and …
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6 September
OnePlus CEO teases new TV, shows off Apple TV
A new, cheaper phone isn’t the only new product OnePlus has in the works. The company is also planning to debut its first smart TV this year, with founder and CEO Pete Lau continuing to tease the forthcoming television in new tweets. After previously revealing that its new Android-powered TV will be called the OnePlus TV and have a QLED …
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6 September
Your YouTube videos are too slow. Here’s how to fix it
When you’re super interested in a new video your favorite YouTuber just released, the last thing you want to deal with is buffering or a playback error. It’s annoying, it’s frustrating and it can be fixed. If you’re constantly seeing notifications saying an error has occurred, the connection to the server was lost or something else went wrong, then it’s …
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6 September
Defense Department wants Apple, Google to reveal names of gun scope app users, report says
The US federal government has filed a court order asking Apple and Google for the names of at least 10,000 people who use a gun scope app, according to a Friday report from Forbes. The data requested would also include phone numbers and other identifying information, according to the documents. The Department of Defense didn’t immediately respond to a request …
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6 September
Samsung sells 2 million 5G smartphones so far, projects 4 million by year’s end
Samsung’s first 5G phones have only been on the market since May, but the company has already sold 2 million of them, an executive said Friday. That number should increase to 4 million by the end of 2019, he predicted. “Today more than 2 million consumers around the world can connect to 5G networks using Samsung 5G smartphones,” JuneHee Lee, …
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6 September
Apple pushes back against Google on iOS hack targeting Muslims
Apple vulnerabilities are rare and often worth millions, so it was a revelation when Google disclosed a string of security flaws that allowed for the hacking of any iPhones used to visit certain websites laced with malware. Now Apple is responding to those attacks, offering more details on the scope of the security issues, in a post on Friday. On Aug. …
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US mobile carrier T-Mobile suffered an outage Friday night, with customers on the East Coast unable to make voice calls. Calls immediately disconnected after dialing a number, users said. T-Mobile didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but as of 3:20 p.m. PT, there were around 14,500 reports of the service being out, according to Down Detector. Most of those reports …
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6 September
Huami’s new Amazfit smartwatches give you two weeks of battery life
As Apple gears up to show off its latest smartwatch, rival Huami has developed a couple new models of its own: a square Amazfit GTS and a round sports watch, the Amazfit Stratos 3. The company showed off the new watches at the IFA electronics show in Berlin on Friday, and CNET got a sneak peak. It hasn’t yet detailed …
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6 September
Over 600,000 China
Chinese-made GPS trackers, which can track you anywhere you go, are marketed as a way to keep children and senior citizens safe. But security researchers have found that the devices, which are being used in the US, Europe and other regions, have a handful of dangerous vulnerabilities. For starters, the T8 Mini GPS trackers from Shenzhen i365 Tech have “123456” …
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6 September
Huawei skirts US ban with ‘new’ P30 Pro, but only the colors are new
Huawei unveiled what it called its “new” P30 Pro flagship smartphone on Friday at IFA 2019 in Berlin, but it turns out to be the same P30 Pro handset, just in two new colors. Richard Yu, who’s CEO of Huawei‘s consumer business unit, said the new colors were “inspired by nature.” They are mystic blue, which is supposed to look like …
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