August, 2019

• 7 August

  Lyft’s second

  

  Lyft’s second spin around the block has been slightly smoother than its first. The ride-hailing company said that its revenue rose 72 percent year-over-year in its second-quarter earnings. It still had losses of $644.2 million, however. Lyft debuted on Wall Street on March 29 with a strong first day of trading and its share price rising …

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• 7 August

  Galaxy Watch Active 2 is cheaper than the Apple Watch, coming in September

  

  Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Watch Active 2 smartwatch just six months after the Galaxy Watch Active was released at the Galaxy S10 event in February, and two days before its expected Note 10 launch event. It’s not common to get a sequel in the same year as the original, but Samsung is bending the rules. Just like the company’s Note phone and Galaxy …

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• 7 August

  Facebook sues two app developers for ad fraud

  

  Facebook said Tuesday it’s suing two app developers in Asia for making money from advertising fraud, highlighting how the social network is cracking down on abuse on the platform. The app developers LionMobi in Hong Kong and JediMobi in Singapore released apps on the Google Play Store that infected a user’s phone with malware to make it appear as if …

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• 7 August

  Note 10 stylus has new ‘air gestures’ to let you wave commands like Harry Potter

  

  The Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus are packed full of features and specs, but there’s one new trick for the S Pen die-hards among you that Samsung hopes you’ll love. The digital stylus can now control the Note with gestures. Last year’s Note 9 introduced a Bluetooth connection that makes it possible to take photos from afar by clicking …

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• 7 August

  Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Note 10 Plus unveiled starting at $949: Everything Unpacked

  

  Samsung’s summer Unpacked event, traditionally the company’s annual unveiling of its big-screen Galaxy Note line of phones, brought us the Galaxy Note 10. We went into the event with some big expectations for it. The event took place just weeks after the company announced that the Galaxy Fold will relaunch sometime in September after fixing problems with the screen. But the Note, which …

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• 7 August

  The Galaxy Note 10 has no headphone jack, confirmed

  

  It’s official: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 has become the company’s first flagship phone to ship without a headphone jack, following other phones designed to work primarily with wireless Bluetooth headphones, such as the Apple iPhone and forthcoming Galaxy Fold. Samsung announced two main versions of the Note 10 at an event in New York today: the 6.3-inch Note 10 and the 6.8-inch …

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• 7 August

  Google’s Pixel 4 reportedly will come with a 90Hz ‘Smooth Display’

  

  Google is apparently stepping up its game when it comes to the screen for its next flagship handset. The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL will have 5.7- and 6.3-inch OLED displays, respectively, that feature a refresh rate of 90Hz, or 90 frames per second, according to 9to5Google. This higher refresh rate, which Google is reportedly calling “Smooth Display,” puts …

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• 7 August

  Microsoft workers listen to some Skype calls, report says

  

  Microsoft contractors listen to recordings of some Skype conversations to help improve its translation feature, Motherboard reported Wednesday. Skype’s website does state it “collects and uses” conversations that utilize the translation feature in order to improve products and services, but according to Motherboard it doesn’t specify that this includes human review. Microsoft’s practice with Skype appears similar that of Apple, Amazon and …

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• 7 August

  Galaxy Note 10 will let you 3D scan a physical object in seconds

  

  Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a quick scanning feature to its new Galaxy Note 10 phone that lets you walk around an object and quickly get a seemingly photo-realistic 3D scan of it in seconds.  During a demo at the Note 10 launch event, Samsung’s 3D scanner app created a virtual version of a stuffed pink animal called Bobby. By pacing …

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• 7 August

  Game of Thrones season 8 VFX breakdown

  

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