Apple’s wireless charging mat, called AirPower, was officially canceled last year, but images shared on Twitter by Front Page Tech host Jon Prosser suggest the product — or a charging mat like it — might be back in development. Well, you guys wanted a better picture of “C68”… 😏Remember how I said that the main …
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If you have an iPhone, you’ve no doubt heard one of the main criticisms leveled at your phone by Android users: You can’t expand its memory with a microSD card. Well, that’s true. But with a little cleverness, you can expand your iPhone’s storage capacity with a flash drive. Sort of. With caveats. But I’ll get to that in a …
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The leak machine is warming up. With supposed specs and photos of the Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Buds Live beginning to appear, Samsung fans might not have to wait until the company’s yearly summer Unpacked launch event. Add to that new information claiming the Watch 3 will come with 1.2- and 1.4-inch displays, ECG, blood-pressure monitoring and more. The …
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This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. Father’s Day is this Sunday, and you could do a lot worse for dear old Dad than snag him a new pair of AirPods Pro. Normally $249, we’ve seen Apple’s noise-canceling earbuds sell for $235, $230 or even $220 on Woot, but …
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After debuting on Huawei‘s P40 series in March, the Chinese telecom announced Wednesday that 14 of its phones will receive EMUI 10.1, the latest version of its custom skin EMUI 10, as part of an international rollout. This update means most Huawei phones will soon have the same user interface. Huawei will begin the rollout of EMUI 10.1 later this …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. On June 22, Apple will kick off one of its most important events of the year, the Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC for short. The event will have all the pageantry we’ve come to expect from the iPhone and Mac maker: CEO Tim Cook, …
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HBO Max is here and streaming to subscribers now, serving up episodes of Friends and The Big Bang Theory, movies from Joker to Casablanca to Howl’s Moving Castle and tons of kid-friendly shows including a new Elmo series and Looney Toons. There’s a lot we already know about the service, including the fact that it’s still maturing and adding new …
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Qualcomm on Tuesday introduced the newest 5G chip in its lineup, and this one’s targeted at cheap smartphones. The processor, called the Snapdragon 690, marks the first time Qualcomm has offered 5G toward the lower-end of its smartphone chip lineup. It’s had 5G modems for premium smartphones since 2016 (though they didn’t start appearing in devices until a couple of …
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Within the course of a single day, Apple has found itself the subject of two new EU antitrust probes. Europe’s Competition Commission announced on Tuesday that it is opening dual investigations into Apple Pay and the App Store. The App Store investigation was triggered by a complaint from Spotify over a year ago tied to the high fees Apple charges …
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Apple’s head of diversity and inclusion is reportedly leaving the company as tech giants ramp up efforts to fight racial injustice and inequality in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd. Christie Smith, who took on the role in 2017, left the company on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Smith’s departure comes …
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