Update, Sept. 5: We’ve gone hands-on with Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold ahead of its revised release later this month. Original story, last updated in May, follows. Samsung may have come up with solutions for the Galaxy Fold’s defects weeks after review units experienced screen breaks, flickering and bulges. The Korean electronics giant solved the problem with the …
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16 May
First Sprint 5G devices go on preorder Friday, available May 31
We still may not know when Sprint’s 5G network will be turned on, but we know where it’ll happen first. And now we know when its first 5G devices will be available. On Thursday the company announced that it will begin taking preorders for its first 5G phone and hotspot, LG’s V50 ThinQ 5G phone and the HTC 5G Hub …
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16 May
ZTE Axon 10 Pro 4G flagship phone arrives in Germany
After a wobbly 2018 where the company had to address a US government ban, ZTE seems to be finding its balance with the new Axon 10 Pro, a beautiful 4G flagship phone now available in Germany. Announced in February at the Mobile World Congress, the Axon 10 Pro is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and comes with three rear-facing …
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16 May
Huawei says Trump’s ban will hurt US 5G deployment
An executive order from President Donald Trump that effectively bans Huawei will leave the US “lagging behind in 5G deployment,” the Chinese networking giant reportedly said. The response, reported by Reuters, came after Trump signed an executive order that declares foreign adversary threats to communications networks, technology and services a national emergency. Trump’s order, called Securing the Information and Communications …
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16 May
Instagram adds shopping and IGTV to Explore
Instagram is bringing three new updates to its Explore feature, including a new navigation bar for shopping and IGTV. The changes will make it easier to find the people, creators, communities and brands that users most want to see, the social network said. The first change is a fresh design of the navigation bar, including shortcuts to IGTV, shopping, food, …
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16 May
Facebook makes News Feed ‘more personal’ with ranking algorithm changes
Facebook has added data from surveys to better predict what pages users want at the top of their News Feed. Posts from family and friends, and news articles or videos from pages followed, will now be ranked at the very top of the page, Facebook said Thursday. The changes focus on quality of user experience over quantity of time spent …
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16 May
Best TVs and streaming boxes for Father’s Day
This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. From Netflix to YouTube, streaming video is where our entertainment comes from these days. If your dad is yet to join the streaming revolution here are some easy gifts that will help bring him up to speed. If he needs a new …
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16 May
Amazon updates $50 Fire 7 tablet with faster processor, more storage
We always thought Amazon’s entry-level tablet, the Fire 7 ($50, £50), was a good value, particularly when it was discounted by $10 or even $15 during flash sales. Now Amazon is updating it with a faster processor and bumping the base storage from 8GB to 16GB. The “all-new” Fire 7 is available for preorder now and will ship June 7. The …
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16 May
Google’s Live Transcribe will now show when dogs are barking
Google has added sound events to its Live Transcribe app, which it said will help the hearing impaired become more immersed in the audio world. Live Transcribe will now transcribe not only speech, but also sounds like dogs barking, door-knocks, applause, laughter, music, whistling and passing cars, thanks to an update of Google’s machine learning and speech recognition technology. The …
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16 May
Huawei says US ban will ‘significantly harm’ American jobs, companies
Chinese tech giant Huawei says its blacklisting by the US will harm jobs, industry and economics in the states. “This decision is in no one’s interest,” Huawei said in a statement Thursday. “It will do significant economic harm to the American companies with which Huawei does business, affect tens of thousands of American jobs and disrupt the current collaboration and …
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