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Earlier this month, Apple announced it would be adding coronavirus testing locations to its Maps app for iPhone ($500 at Best Buy), and it’s now live in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The testing sites include hospitals, urgent cares, health departments, but we’re not seeing drive-through locations yet. The company also has a webpage …

There’s little debate that, as tech pushes further into our lives, we’ll soon be using augmented reality glasses that overlay computer images on the real world. While we still don’t know when that’ll happen, or what companies we’ll be buying them from, investors are making their bets — including a $159 million bet with a small contact lens startup called …

Yes, the iPad is a computer. But is it a computer that can really replace your laptop or desktop? That depends on whether you can deal with the opportunities and restraints of iOS (or as it’s now called for iPads, iPadOS). Seriously, iPads can do a heck of a lot. Your iPad can supplement your Mac or PC to the …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As companies and governments around the world battle the coronavirus pandemic, Apple and Google are making changes to the contact tracing technology they’ve developed to help inform people when they may have been exposed to the virus. The contact tracing technology, which the …

Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 lineup and Galaxy Z Flip weren’t enough to boost phone demand in the first quarter, and the worst is yet to come. The novel coronavirus, which is sweeping the globe, will “significantly” hurt the South Korean electronics giant’s operations in the coming months, Samsung warned Tuesday.  The company’s memory chip business is benefiting from “robust” demand …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. You might start seeing Apple Stores opening their doors again in May, weeks after the company closed all its retail locations outside China due to the coronavirus pandemic. Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s vice president of retail and people, told retailer workers that she expects …

LG has been drip feeding us details about its upcoming Velvet phone for weeks, having revealed its “raindrop” camera array and Qualcomm 765 5G chipset, but it opted on Tuesday to reveal pretty much all the phone’s specs on its South Korean site ahead of its May 7 launch event. The phone is 2.9 inches wide and 0.26 inches thick, with …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple will delay the mass production of its upcoming iPhone 12 lineup by about a month, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, due to the coronavirus pandemic‘s impact on manufacturing in Asia and on consumer demand globally. The Cupertino, California, company typically kicks …

By packing the big A13 chip into its small iPhone SE, Apple has made its budget smartphone a more compelling product at just the right time for a coronavirus-spooked world. Where most budget phones cut costs by using lower-end processors, the new $400 iPhone SE uses the same flagship chip that powers the $1,450 iPhone 11 Pro Max, which launched last year. That …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The UK on Tuesday explained why it won’t be adopting Apple and Google’s contact-tracing system for fighting the spread of the coronavirus, opting instead to use its own. In a House of Commons select committee session, Matthew Gould, CEO of NHSX, the UK …