August, 2019

• 28 August

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  T-Mobile knows that even after years of growth and changes it still has a reputation problem. Many people still think of it as an inferior carrier network to rivals Verizon and AT&T.  In a bid to change that narrative, the company on Wednesday is pulling out an old move from its “un-carrier” playbook: giving interested …

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• 28 August

  Two airlines ban all MacBook Pros from checked luggage

  

  Two Australian airlines are prohibiting all 15-inch Apple Macbook Pros from being transported in the jets’ cargo holds and those in the cabin must be turned off for the duration of the flight. The new rules apply even to MacBook Pros that weren’t subject to a recent recall. At the top of Virgin Australia’s Dangerous Goods information page, which identifies …

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• 28 August

  Microsoft adds dark mode to Outlook on mobile, Office on web

  

  Dark mode has taken its time to arrive, but in 2019 it finally seems to be catching on. The latest to join the fun: Microsoft, which finally brought the new color option to more of it its Office suite of apps.  After first giving desktop users the option in Office 2010, mobile versions of Outlook on iOS and Android will …

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• 28 August

  Equifax FTC settlement: How to pick between the free credit monitoring or $125 cash

  

  If you’re reading this, then you — or someone you know — was probably affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach that exposed personal data of 147 million people to hackers. (To check if you were part of the breach — and therefore eligible to file claims to recover expenses and losses — go to the official data breach settlement website, …

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• 28 August

  Apple won’t listen to Siri recordings without your permission anymore

  

  Your conversations with Siri won’t be going directly to Apple anymore. The tech giant said Wednesday that it will stop retaining voice recordings by default.  Apple announced the Siri privacy changes after The Guardian reported in July that contractors were regularly listening to conversations from people giving voice commands. While the data is anonymized, those conversations included identifiable details like …

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• 28 August

  Sony A6600, Canon EOS M6 Mark II show there’s still a little life in APS

  

  Sony and Canon announced updates to their mainstream APS-C cameras — the Sony A6100 and A6600 and the Canon EOS M6 Mark II and EOS 90D — and as if it wasn’t already obvious, they make it clearer that cameras based around the APS-C-size sensor have very much ceded place to their larger-sensored full-frame siblings when it comes to innovation. …

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• 28 August

  Insta360 Go is an incredibly small wearable camera with big image stabilization

  

  The Insta360 Go is a tiny wearable camera for capturing life’s little moments and then easily sharing them with family, friends and followers. It’s a camera category that hasn’t really caught on like its counterpart the action cam, though, and while I don’t think the Go will be any different, it’s certainly an interesting entry. One of the biggest things the …

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• 28 August

  Axon 10 Pro: ZTE’s ‘comeback phone’ available in US for $549

  

  The Axon 10 Pro, which debuted in February at MWC 2019 as ZTE’s first 5G handset, is coming to the US. But instead of having 5G connectivity, the device will be sold unlocked as a 4G phone through ZTE, Newegg and B&H Photo’s online stores. Already being sold in Germany, this variant of the Axon 10 Pro starts at $549 (8GB/256GB). There …

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• 28 August

  Google is shutting down another service

  

  Google has announced it’s shutting down Google Hire. The job application service will be gone by Sep. 1, 2020, Google said this week. The tech giant will be focusing its resources on “other products in the Google Cloud portfolio.” Google Hire was designed to help smaller companies find and recruit job candidates. It integrates with Gmail and Calendar, so job …

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• 28 August

  Uber, Lyft driver caravan lands in California capital demanding a living wage

  

  A caravan of Uber and Lyft drivers concluded their journey on Wednesday in Sacramento, California, with one message to state lawmakers: pass Assembly Bill 5. The proposed state law could allow for drivers to be classified as employees, rather than independent contractors, which advocates say would give them more worker protections, including overtime, minimum wage and the right to unionize. …

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