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Manna’s 5G drone delivery deal will help you track your airborne pizza

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Manna, an Irish drone startup that — as its name suggests — sends food down from the heavens, has inked a deal with a Qualcomm-backed networking company to help its aircraft navigate the skies. The three-year …

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Hands

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. There’s no escaping the fact that foldable phones in 2019 cost double what they “should” for the specs they carry. Developing new technology is expensive, from the research to creating the hinge and flexible screen. There’s also the premium you pay …

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The 5G phone anyone can afford will sell this year for under $500

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. There’s going to be a new 5G phone in town and it isn’t made by Samsung, LG or OnePlus. Yet it has four cameras on the back and even a headphone jack. Called the TCL 10 5G, it’ll start selling around …

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Samsung sets Feb. 11 Unpacked event to unveil Galaxy S20, Z Flip

The Galaxy S20 (and probably not the Galaxy S11 as originally thought) is one step closer to reality. After a promotional video surfaced that accidentally revealed the date of the launch, Samsung has now made its Unpacked event official — the brand will reveal its first phones for 2020 on Feb. 11 in San Francisco at 11 a.m. PT. The event will take …

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MediaTek brings 5G to less

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Cheaper 5G smartphones are getting another boost: new processors from MediaTek. The Taiwan-based chipmaker unveiled its Dimensity 800 series chips Tuesday, saying they’ll “bring flagship features, power and performance” to midrange smartphones.  The processors include integrated 5G modems that can tap …

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Lenovo Yoga 5G promises 24

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Last May, Lenovo announced Project Limitless, its plan to make the first 5G laptop. That plan is now a reality with the Yoga 5G, the “the first-ever PC powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G Compute Platform,” Lenovo said. Well, it …

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CES 2020 Press Day: Foldable phones, veggie pork and LG’s $60K rollable TV

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. We’re almost at the end of the official CES press day. Typically the most exciting and jam-packed day of the show, it brings back-to-back press conferences from not just longtime tech stalwarts like LG and Sony, but also car companies and …

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5G hype may dominate CES 2020 even if big news remains scarce

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. If you believed the hype, 2019 was supposed to be the “year of 5G.” Lofty promises of new networks and supersonic phones were meant to usher in a radically new age. But it turns out radical change takes time. Instead of …

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Samsung reveals Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy Note 10 Lite ahead of CES 2020

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. After a bunch of rumors and days before its CES 2020 keynote, Samsung unveiled a pair of budget phones to build up the hype — the Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite. Each device includes 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Infinity-O displays …

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AT&T’s 5G Plus network expands to 10 more cities, total count now at 35

AT&T’s 5G buildout continues to grow even as the calendar flipped to 2020. On Friday the carrier announced that it has expanded its millimeter-wave 5G rollout to parts of 10 more cities at the tail end of 2019, giving AT&T 35 total cities where it has the speedy new service available.  Shared in a company blog post Friday, the list …

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