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Samsung talked a big game at its Note 9 event, but where was Gear VR?

Note 9 phones, Bixby smart speakers, Galaxy smartwatches, Spotify partnerships, Fortnite exclusives and even a little toss-in mention of AR. Samsung’s latest Unlocked phone event had everything. Except for one technology the company’s been pushing for years. VR. I realized it only after I left the event in Brooklyn. After I’d worn smartwatches and looked at speakers and played Fortnite …

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Blue light from phones and tablets can speed up blindness, study finds

Blue light from your smartphones and laptops can accelerate blindness, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Toledo say long periods of time exposed to blue light, the kind phones, tablets and televisions give off, can damage vision and generate poisonous molecules in the eye’s light-sensitive cells. The researchers suggest this could accelerate macular degeneration and other …

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