January, 2018

• 3 January

  Roku smart speakers are coming

  

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• 3 January

  Double

  

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• 3 January

  Spot fake Amazon reviews in a flash

  

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• 2 January

  iPhone battery: Apple will replace yours even if it passes a test

  

  When Apple revealed that it was secretly slowing down old iPhones as their batteries aged, some were understandably annoyed.  When Apple announced it would replace those batteries for just $29 each, some were still worried that their phones might not qualify for the fix. (The replacement cost has been lowered to £25 in the UK and AU$39 in Australia.)  After all, Apple …

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• 2 January

  iPhone X vs. original iPhone: How far has the camera come?

  

  Ten years is a long time in the tech world. In 2007, Facebook was only worth $1 billion — it’s about 500 times that now — and the Motorola Razr was considered the ultimate luxury phone. It was also the year the first iPhone was released. While the design and feature set of the phone has evolved over the past …

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• 2 January

  A foldable Samsung Galaxy phone? Here’s why you may want it

  

  Samsung’s foldable phone for 2018 is pretty much a done deal — the head of Samsung mobile said so — but will you really want one? That will depend, for one thing, on what we mean by “foldable.” We’ve seen one Samsung patent application for a handset that bends at the middle so the top of the phone can touch …

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• 2 January

  Google search glitch says LaVar Ball founded NBA

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. What would a LaVar Ball NBA have looked like?  Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images The machine has replaced the customer in being always right. Except, that is, when it’s flamingly wrong. For a short time on Tuesday, a search for “NBA founder” offered the answer “LaVar Ball” …

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• 2 January

  Spotify hit with $1.6 billion lawsuit over Tom Petty, Neil Young songs

  

  Spotify has been sued for allegedly playing thousands of songs from the likes of Tom Petty, Neil Young and The Doors without permission. Wixen Music Publishing, a song licensee, sued Spotify last week in California federal court, alleging the music-streaming startup is using its songs without the proper license or compensation to the music publisher. The lawsuit seeks $1.6 billion …

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• 2 January

  LG 2018 TVs tap Google Assistant, Alexa for voice control

  

  LG has announced that select 2018 televisions will feature Google Assistant built in, which will enable users to issue voice commands directly via the remote. LG’s “Intelligent Voice Control with Integrated Google Assistant” will enable users to control numerous functions on the TV, as well as search from information taken from the Electronic Program Guide (EPG). LG says users will …

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• 2 January

  VR, IoT, smart cities, driverless cars: 5G will shape CES 2018

  

  At this year’s CES you’ll hear plenty of talk about driverless cars, connected homes and the internet of things. (Yes, we promise IoT, perhaps the buzziest of tech trends, is more than just hackable baby monitors and $400 internet-connected juicers.) Here’s the technology that will drive all of those innovations over the next decade: 5G. The shorthand tag “5G” stands …

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