YouTube’s ties to videos with children just got even more awkward. In the first week of 2019, videos featuring children under the age of 13 brought in three times as many views as any other content, according to a new study by Pew Research Center released Thursday. The details come a week after YouTube parent company Google …
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26 July
Apple listens to some Siri recordings to make it better
There’s a lot Apple’s done to improve the Siri voice assistant since its launch in 2011. The company’s made it capable of doing more things, like calling an Uber or looking up a dictionary term. Apple’s also making its voice sound more human. Still, it needs to check to make sure Siri’s getting things right. A team of contractors around …
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26 July
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Company T-Mobile (TMUS) Sprint (S) Ranking by total number of customers No. 3 No. 4 Employees 52,000 30,000 Revenue $43.3B $33.6B Price per share (Following announcement 7/26/19) $82.53 $7.90 Shares outstanding 854,303,011 4,090,807,600 Market cap $70.51B $32.32B Total wireless customer count 81.3M 54.5M Total wireless postpaid 45.54M 32.77M Total wireless prepaid 21.2M 8.8M Coverage map https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/coverage-map https://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp? Retail store numbers …
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26 July
Get an unlocked Google Pixel 3A for $365 or Pixel 3A XL for $410
Happy Friday, cheeps! A few quick housekeeping notes: First, my summer vacation starts next Tuesday, so Cheapskate duties will be in the hands of my super-savvy CNET colleagues. When I return, be ready for big news regarding the next Cheapskate Mystery Box! It’s happening, and soon. Second, you’ve probably noticed this sentence in recent posts: “Note that CNET may get …
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26 July
Galaxy Fold: Samsung will relaunch its foldable phone in September
91 days after it was supposed to go on sale, Samsung announced a new release window for the Galaxy Fold, its first foldable phone. Or rather, a release month: September. And only in select countries, as initially planned. Samsung said it would share specific sale dates as the month nears — we’d guess as early as August. With this announcement, the …
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26 July
How to set a video as your wallpaper on your phone screen
Making a wallpaper for your phone screen is one of the best ways to customize it and set it apart from everyone else’s phone. Normally when you choose a wallpaper, you might select one of the default images that came with your phone, or search your camera gallery for one of your own photos to really add that personal touch. …
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26 July
Adobe’s mixed
Adobe’s research team has created an experimental display prototype that blends digital and physical worlds, the company said in a Friday blog post. The project, called Project Glasswing, features a transparent display that lets users tweak a screen’s opacity to reveal objects on the other side. They can also interact with or reposition images and videos on the screen, which …
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26 July
Sony’s mini air conditioner can fit in your pocket
If it’s always been your dream to have air conditioning with you wherever you go, Sony might have the solution. The Reon Pocket, from the company’s startup acceleration program, is a small device that fits in a shirt pocket and can keep you cool or warm at the touch of a smartphone app. The device slides into the back of …
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26 July
John McAfee apparently in London after detainment
After tweeting a photoshoot of his time in jail this week, John McAfee is offering a little more detail on what went down. Saying he’s now in London, McAfee is laying the blame on the CIA and an “extremely corrupt Bahamian official.” The latest chapter in his continuing saga began this week. Operating McAfee’s Twitter account, McAfee 2020 campaign manager …
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26 July
Trump tweets about retaliation against France’s tax on tech giants
President Donald Trump has tweeted a response to a law passed in France two weeks ago that will require American tech giants to pay higher taxes. Trump hinted that French wine could be subject to a new tariff thanks to what he called French President Emmanuel Macron’s “foolishness.” France passed the law a day after the Trump administration announced plans …
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