June, 2018

• 7 June

  FCC officially bans the dirty ‘cramming’ and ‘slamming’ practices

  

  The Federal Communications Commission is putting its foot down on some shady practices in the phone industry.  The agency voted to establish a clear ban on the practice of “cramming,” which forced unauthorized charges onto your phone bill, and “slamming,” which switches your service without your consent or knowledge. The ban extends to lies said …

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• 7 June

  No keyboard, no problem: Welcome to the dual

  

  We keep hearing that voice is the next interface, but the tech world is still pretty darn obsessed with screens. At Computex in Taipei this week, the world’s biggest PC and gaming manufacturers have been showing off their latest kit, and there’s one overwhelming trend: Why have one screen when you can have two? Since the very first laptops started …

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• 7 June

  This $1M XPrize

  

  When Anu Jain was raising her daughter, she was worried.  Jain had many concerns about the dangerous world her daughter was heading into, and didn’t feel comfortable with her loved one heading into it alone. Violence against women runs rampant across the world, with one-third of women experiencing physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives, according to …

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• 7 June

  Google brings free Wi

  

  Google announced Thursday that it hit its target in bringing free Wi-Fi to 400 train stations across India, with 8 million people using the service each month. The initiative began in 2015, the company says in its blog, when it partnered with Indian Railways and RailTel to offer public Wi-Fi to the country’s travellers. It kicked off with Mumbai Central, …

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• 7 June

  EU decision in Google’s Android antitrust case expected in July

  

  The European Commission may announce its decision in its antitrust action involving Google’s Android software in July. The European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, accused the search and mobile software giant of forcing phone makers to install its apps in return for access to Google’s Play Store in 2016. Sources close to the probe told Politico that an announcement might …

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• 7 June

  ZTE will reportedly pay total of $1.7B to lift US Commerce Department ban

  

  Embattled Chinese telecommunications manufacturer ZTE may be alive after all.  The company has agreed in principle to a settlement that would lift the Commerce Department ban preventing US companies from doing business with ZTE, according to a Reuters tweet on Tuesday. In exchange, ZTE would have to pay a total of $1.7 billion in penalties, according to the the report. The …

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• 7 June

  Watch Sophia the robot take its first steps

  

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• 7 June

  LG’s G7 Thinq is a solid but forgettable phone

  

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• 7 June

  BlackBerry Key2: CNET editors react

  

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• 7 June

  Is virtual reality actually just a hot, tangled nightmare?

  

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