June, 2019

• 26 June

  Notch no more: Oppo makes in

  

  Editors’ note: Oppo just announced its latest flagship phone, the Oppo Find X2 Pro.  How do you make a phone that’s got close to a 100% screen-to-body ratio but still crams in a selfie camera? Samsung’s Galaxy S10 range has an Infinity-O notch, Asus‘ ZenFone 6 has a rear camera that protrudes and rotates to become …

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• 26 June

  Hackers infiltrate mobile carriers, 5th annual Prime Day details

  

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• 26 June

  How robots like Aibo play to your emotions

  

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• 25 June

  Apple Watch could get a band with a camera

  

  Future versions of the Apple Watch could feature a band with a built-in camera, according to a patent published Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office. Apple envisions a watch band with an adjustable camera or some other kind of optical sensor at the end. The watch display would serve as the viewfinder.  Apple’s sketch for a watch band …

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• 25 June

  US companies reportedly bypassing Trump ban on sales to Huawei

  

  US chipmakers are still selling millions of dollars of product to Huawei, sidestepping a Trump administration order barring the sale of US technology to the Chinese telecom giant, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Components began shipping to Huawei three weeks ago, the newspaper reported. Sources told the newspaper that Intel and Micron are taking advantage of a provision concerning …

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• 25 June

  Harry Potter: Wizards Unite beats Pokemon Go every way but one

  

  I’m standing on a corner near my office in San Francisco. A few blocks away, I can see pointy fortresses and rounded greenhouses. Nearer, a smoking chimney of a tall, blue-roofed inn signals something’s cooking inside. Owls and colorful paper airplanes glide by, and frequently an object appears near to me, including a bit of frog brain and ginger root. …

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• 25 June

  YouTube’s kids content prompts calls for FTC to hold site accountable

  

  A US senator and a pair of consumer privacy groups sent letters Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission expressing concern over YouTube‘s practices surrounding kids content. They called on the agency to take action against the Google-owned video site for any wrongdoing. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, urged the FTC to “hold YouTube accountable for any illegal activity affecting children that …

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• 25 June

  Samsung’s 65

  

  Break open your piggy banks, cheeps. This might be the TV deal you’ve been saving for. It’s a rerun, sort of, because last time out it was a smaller model (55-inch) at a higher price ($1,400). You know what I always say: Cheap things come to those who wait! For a limited time, and while supplies last, BuyDig has the …

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• 25 June

  Wayfair employees plan walkout to protest furniture sales to border camps

  

  Employees at the online furniture retailer Wayfair plan to walk off the job Wednesday in protest of the company’s sale of bedroom furniture to operators of detention centers for migrant children at the southern US border. The protest comes after employees learned last week that a $200,000 order of bedroom furniture had been placed by BCFS, a government contractor that …

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• 25 June

  OnePlus 7 Pro Almond is shipping now in the US, Canada

  

  The limited edition OnePlus 7 Pro in Almond started shipping in the US and Canada on Tuesday.  The cream-colored phone has a pop-up camera coated in 24-karat gold and costs $699. It also features triple-rear cameras, an in-display fingerprint reader, a 6.67-inch display that refreshes 90 times a second (most phones refresh 60 times) and fast-charging technology. It doesn’t include wireless charging or …

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