Wireless association CTIA has failed again to get the city of Berkeley, California, to stop warning people that using a cellphone could expose them to radiation. As part of the long-running debate over health concerns in using mobile phones, Berkeley’s “Right to Know” ordinance, which came into effect in 2016, was upheld by a court …
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It’s not just Uncle Larry who’s confused. Potentially millions of people don’t appear to understand whether their smartphone is capable of running on 5G wireless technology, or whether they’re even surfing with it now or not. Decluttr, a phone refurbishment service, surveyed 2,000 US smartphone owners in late May and found that about a third of respondents believed they had a …
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The Chinese government is reportedly forcing foreigners to download malware onto their phones when crossing into the country. The malware downloads people’s text messages, phone logs and calendar entries, and scans the device for around 73,000 other files, according to a joint investigation by The New York Times, the Guardian, Motherboard, Süddeutsche Zeitung and German broadcaster NDR. The reports follow …
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5G has launched on all four major US carriers — Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile — and we got a chance to test them all, from Los Angeles to New York. (We tested 5G in the UK and Australia, too.) After dozens of tests in cities across the US, we can firmly say that fast 5G is coming, and with it, one of …
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It’s official. Samsung said Monday it’ll hold its next big product launch on Aug. 7 in New York, confirming CNET’s scoop from last month about the launch plans. Samsung will show off what’s likely to be the Galaxy Note 10 at 4 p.m. ET at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The event venue is the same place the South Korean technology …
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Even though there’re only a couple of phones that are 5G-enabled, carriers across the globe have already begun testing their 5G networks. They’re preparing for the big upgrade in data speed that one research firm says will be the norm in four years. 5G phones will outsell their 4G counterparts in 2023, according to researcher Canalys on Monday. The firm estimates …
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President Donald Trump agreed Saturday to lift some restrictions against US companies selling high-tech gear to Chinese telecom giant Huawei, says a report. “We’re talking about equipment where there’s not a great national-emergency problem with it,” Trump said after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to The Wall Street Journal. In May, Trump signed an executive order essentially banning …
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At a Mobile World Congress keynote panel in late February on the timing of 5G devices, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon declared with confidence, “The phones are ready; we’re just waiting for the networks.” About an hour later, in a briefing room a mere 10 feet below that keynote hall, AT&T Chief Technology Officer Andre Fuetsch told CNET, “The issue is …
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T-Mobile is the fourth and final major US carrier to turn on its 5G network and today, with the help of a Galaxy S10 5G phone provided by Samsung, I’ll become one of the first people to try it out. I’ve just run the first test and guess what — it’s really fast. Today I’m running dozens of speed tests …
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Verizon is ready to turn on its next two 5G cities. After announcing in April that Denver and Providence would be among 20 cities to get 5G in 2019, on Thursday the wireless carrier revealed that they in fact are the next two to get the service. Verizon’s new network is now live in Denver, with Providence set to be …
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