July, 2019

• 25 July

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  Samsung’s Galaxy Fold may finally be going on sale in September, but it appears that it won’t have the same carrier support the original release promised, despite a promised redesign.  When the nearly $2,000 Fold was first announced earlier this year, Samsung said it would be available from AT&T and T-Mobile in the US. According to The …

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• 25 July

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  T-Mobile is continuing to add subscribers, even as its merger with Sprint remains in a regulatory holding pattern.  For its second quarter, the self-proclaimed “Un-carrier” had 1.8 million total net additional subscribers, of which 1.1 million were traditional monthly postpaid users. Of those 710,000 were postpaid phone subscribers, with the rest using connected devices such as tablets and smartwatches. It …

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• 25 July

  Motorola’s Moto E6 is a $150 phone that feels like a $150 phone

  

  As Samsung, Apple, Google and others prep their next high-end flagship phones, Motorola is bringing out something for those on a budget. At $150, the Lenovo-owned company’s new Moto E6 won’t rival those aforementioned brands on power, but it does offer decent specs and hardware for those seeking a cheaper device.  With a plastic body, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 chipset and …

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• 25 July

  Apple’s new MacBook Pro keyboard could launch this year

  

  Update, Nov. 13, 2019: Apple has introduced a new 16-inch MacBook Pro with a larger screen and improved keyboard. It completely replaces the previous 15-inch model.  Apple is reportedly planning to launch a scissor keyboard on its rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro later this year. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the tech giant would be replacing the unpopular butterfly keyboard in 2019 rather than …

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• 25 July

  Microsoft cuts the cord on Cortana for Xbox One

  

  Microsoft has a message for Xbox gamers: It’s removing virtual assistant Cortana. Instead of talking to Cortana via their headset, users will have to use the Xbox Skill for Cortana via the Cortana app on iOS, Android or Windows, or use a Harmon Kardon Invoke speaker, according to a blog post by Microsoft Wednesday. The change comes at a time …

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• 25 July

  Facebook cleans out fake accounts from Thailand, Russia, Ukraine, Honduras

  

  Facebook removed nearly 300 accounts, along with multiple pages, groups and Instagram accounts, as part of its latest purge of “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The social network on Thursday said the accounts stemmed from four unconnected campaigns originating in Thailand, Russia, Ukraine and Honduras.  In total, 294 accounts, 1,509 pages and 32 groups were removed in the past week. Facebook said …

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• 25 July

  Sony RX100 VII focuses on video and speed improvements

  

  Taking direct aim at Canon’s G7 X III, Sony’s refocusing the marketing of its top-end RX100-series compact on vloggers and adding features from its A9 sports-shooting and new A7R IV mirrorless models; these include an improved autofocus system with real-time tracking and real-time Eye AF for video (in addition to stills), a mic jack, vertical recording and improved stabilization for shooting …

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• 25 July

  Amazon’s Prime Day is about to deliver for investors too

  

  We already knew Amazon’s annual Prime Day summer sales event was huge, but it turns out the e-commerce giant’s business is growing aside from that too. For the current quarter, which includes Amazon’s record-breaking Prime Day event last week, the company said it expects revenue of between $66 billion and $70 billion, the midpoint of which is above the $67.3 …

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• 25 July

  O2 finally announces 5G launch will take place in October

  

  UK carrier O2 will switch on its 5G in October 2019, the company said on Wednesday. It’s the last of the country’s four major carriers to announced its 5G rollout plans, as EE and Vodafone have already hit the on switch on their own next-generation networks, and Three is due to do so next month. Much like its competitors, O2, …

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• 25 July

  John McAfee tweets photos of jail stay

  

  John McAfee has tweeted photos of his time in jail this week after being released Wednesday after apparently going missing. “My second arrest in one week – a record I think,” he tweeted alongside one photo of himself sitting under a bed in his cell. Operating his Twitter account Tuesday, his campaign manager Rob Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Loggia-Ramirez had said McAfee had been detained …

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