June, 2019

• 20 June

  Harry Potter: Wizards Unite available to play now in the US and UK

  

  Attention, witches and wizards: The much-anticipated Harry Potter: Wizard Unite mobile game launched today for Android and iOS. CNET confirmed the AR game is available in the US and UK. (Here’s how you get started playing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite on your iPhone or Android phone.) The Harry Potter game was originally supposed to debut Friday. The news …

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• 20 June

  House reveals bipartisan anti

  

  The US government continues to try and stop the scourge of robocalls affecting millions of phone users. In May, the Senate passed an anti-robocall bill and now the House has its own bipartisan bill to combat the phone menace. Rep. Frank Pallone, a Democrat from New Jersey and Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Greg Walden, a …

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• 20 June

  Samsung Galaxy Fold is ‘ready to hit the market’, exec reportedly says

  

  Samsung’s Galaxy Fold missed its release date in April due to screen problems with review units. Since then, the company hasn’t given a new release date for the foldable phone. Now one Samsung executive reportedly says the device is ready to go. Kim Seong-cheol, vice president for Samsung Display, said during a speech Tuesday that the Galaxy Fold is “ready …

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• 20 June

  Google courts local businesses with new profile features

  

  Google wants to become the go-to hub for people searching for restaurants or other local businesses. The search giant on Thursday announced new features to revamp business profiles on Google Maps and search. Those are the pages that give you a restaurant’s rating, a snapshot at popular dishes and general information like store hours or the restaurant’s phone number. Now, …

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• 20 June

  Google drops out of tablets and won’t make another Pixel Slate

  

  Google is abandoning its tablet-making efforts, confirming that no sequel to the Pixel Slate is coming. The tech giant will instead focus on making laptops, it said Thursday. The company announced the Google Pixel Slate in October 2018 and launched it that November, starting at $599. But though it had a nice display and support for a mouse and trackpad, …

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• 20 June

  Galaxy Note 10 will have physical buttons, new report claims

  

  Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 is just around the corner, with a debut set for August 7, but a number of questions remain about Samsung’s forthcoming phablet. One of the biggest ones: Will it drop physical buttons entirely?  It’s a rumor that changes by the day, with some reports saying it will drop physical buttons and others saying it will still …

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• 20 June

  Apple tells US that tariffs would hurt its ability to compete globally

  

  If the Office of the United States Trade Representative moves forward with more tariffs against China, it’d hurt Apple‘s competitiveness and the amount of money it contributes to the US economy, the company argued this week. It urged the US not to move forward with new fees that would affect the iPhone and its other devices. In a letter to US Trade …

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• 20 June

  Facebook accused of stealing Calibra logo from online bank Current

  

  Current, an online banking company, has accused Facebook of borrowing its logo for the social network’s newly unveiled cryptocurrency play. The Calibra logo bears a resemblance to Current’s logo, the company tweeted Thursday, as reported earlier by CNBC. Facebook earlier this week unveiled a global digital coin called Libra, to be managed by a governing body called the Libra Association. Calibra is the name …

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• 20 June

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  T-Mobile CEO John Legere is stumping for his company’s merger with Sprint again, arguing that the combined entity would be the only carrier to bring 5G nationwide, because rivals AT&T and Verizon are “locked in a meaningless race just to claim they’re first.” In a blog post Thursday, Legere said the new T-Mobile would “fix the broken, arrogant wireless industry.”  …

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• 20 June

  Apple recalls older generation 15

  

  Apple is recalling some older-generation 15-inch MacBook Pros over batteries that could catch fire, the company announced Thursday.  The voluntary recall, which is for 15-inch Pros sold between September 2015 and February 2017, appears to be limited to the older generation of the MacBook Pro, not the recent models that have USB-C or a Touch Bar.  Apple says that other …

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