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LG to unveil V40 ThinQ smartphone in New York on Oct. 3

LG is bringing its next flagship smartphone to the Big Apple.  The Korean consumer electronics conglomerate sent out a save-the-date note for its LG V40 ThinQ launch event, to be held Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT in New York.  There’s little to the message beyond the tagline, “Take 5.” Is the smartphone …

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Apple’s ‘Shot on iPhone XS’ video shows off slo

Apple’s new iPhone XS boasts a 12-megapixel dual-camera that can shoot 4K video with slo-mo and time-lapse modes, and the company is eager to show off its video skills. Apple posted a video to YouTube on Wednesday titled “Shot on iPhone XS” that gives us a taste of what video on the iPhone XS actually looks like. Apple uses ingredients like …

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How to preorder the Apple Watch Series 4

Apple on Wednesday unveiled its new Apple Watch Series 4 from the Steve Jobs Theater in its Apple Park headquarters. The new watch has a larger face, louder speakers and a faster S4 chip.  It also packs an electrical heart sensor that can perform an EKG and detect atrial fibrillation (AFib), while the improved accelerometer and gyroscope can detect if …

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Apple’s iPhone XS, XS Max, XR test the limits of your budget

Apple’s standout feature in its new lineup of iPhones isn’t an upgraded camera or even new design. It’s a higher price tag. The company on Wednesday launched a trio of phones — the iPhone XR, the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max — in its most important product event of the year. But regardless of which iPhone you choose, …

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Can’t wait for AirPower? $50 Hyper adapter charges AirPods wirelessly

AirPower is nowhere to be found, but Hyper has an alternative. On Wednesday, the Apple accessories maker said it was selling a wireless charger adapter that will juice up your Apple AirPods for $49.99. The HyperJuice Wireless Charger Adapter clips onto your AirPod charging case, allowing you to charge the earbuds wirelessly with a 5W Qi charger. Make your own Apple …

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Apple’s $29 iPhone battery replacements will cost $69 after December

Apple has added the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR to its battery support page and revealed 2019 prices for replacing batteries in older iPhone models.  Battery replacement for an out-of-warranty iPhone in the X line — which includes the original 2017 iPhone X — will cost $69 next year, the site noted after Wednesday’s unveiling of the newest iPhones. For older …

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iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, Apple Watch 4: Everything Apple just announced

Welcome to the 2018 Apple September launch event, where the company delivered the long-awaited (well, since this time last year) details on its new iPhones, the flagship iPhone XS Max, its little buddy the iPhone XS and a mainstream replacement for the iPhone X, the iPhone XR. Plus, the Apple Watch Series 4 goes all-in on health with a built-in …

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Our big iPhone XR, XS, XS Max, Apple Watch breakdown (The 3:59, Ep. 457)

Now playing: Watch this: Our big iPhone XR, XS, XS Max, Apple Watch breakdown… 4:38 On this podcast, we talk about: Everything Apple announced on Wednesday What wasn’t announced at the Apple event The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and …

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UK’s mass surveillance violated human rights convention, court rules

Mass surveillance carried out by British intelligence agency GCHQ violated the European Convention on Human Rights, a court ruled Thursday. Judges in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, voted 5 to 2 that some aspects of the UK’s surveillance activities violated people’s right to a private life. These included indiscriminate “population-level” data collection, a lack of oversight …

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iPhone XR, XS, XS Max: Apple’s three new iPhones start at $749, $999, $1,099

Yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. These three new iPhones for 2018 officially replace the iPhone X, which Apple pulled from its store after the announcement. So if you’re looking for a new “IPhone X” this year, one of these three will have to be it. While the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have …

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