On this podcast, we talk about: Android P is Pie! Are we happy about that? Facebook, Apple, YouTube and others banning Alex Jones and Infowars. What does this mean? FCC Chairman Ajit Pai admits there was no DDoS attack on the agency’s comment system. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top …
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In a piece of good news for the troubled manufacturer, Essential has announced its PH-1 phone has become the first non-Google phone to receive the latest Android operating system on the day of release. Though this is a welcome development for the Android OS in general, Essential’s own future is uncertain. While the company says that its PH-1 phone will continue to receive updates …
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Update, Aug. 9: The Galaxy Note 9 is now official, and we’ve gone hands-on. Original story follows. Get ready for Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9. But if it’s anything like the Galaxy S9, don’t expect to be blown away. On Thursday, Samsung will introduce the Galaxy Note 9, its premium large-screen smartphone sporting an S Pen stylus. The stylus could include …
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Check out photos, videos and first impressions at CNET’s Galaxy Note 9 hands-on first take. Today Samsung launches its biggest phone of the year — both literally and in terms of what it can do. The Galaxy Note 9 is scheduled for a grand introduction this morning at Samsung’s signature Unpacked event. The Galaxy Note is Samsung’s top-of-the-line phone and the …
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is quickly disappearing from the internet, though some accesses to his site Infowars is still available on the web. After we inquired this afternoon about the Infowars company page, LinkedIn responded that it has removed the page from its platform. “We have removed the InfoWars company page for violating our terms of service. We value the …
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In a move presaged by weeks of mounting pressure, Apple, Facebook, Google’s YouTube and Spotify cracked down on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars media empire, removing wide swathes of content or terminating his accounts entirely. All the actions seemed to happen within 24 hours. Was it a long-overdue crackdown or a conspiracy of censorship? That depends on who you …
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It was a pretty typical weekend project: My daughter’s graduation party was coming up, so I wanted to put together a photo slideshow. Of course, like most parents, my wife and I had years’ worth of photos trapped on our iPhones. How could we quickly and easily move them to a laptop and into a slideshow-builder? It proved a surprisingly …
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iPhone chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. saw several of its factories knocked offline Friday night because of a virus, but it’s unclear whether production of the iPhone components was affected, said a report Saturday by Bloomberg. The virus wasn’t introduced by a hacker, TSMC told the publication, adding that the company had contained the problem and restarted some manufacturing, …
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Logitech’s new Powered Wireless Charging Stand will be available in August. The $70 charger, which the company designed with Apple, keeps your phone stable and upright in either portrait or landscape mode, the company said in a blog post on Monday. “Unlike traditional flat chargers, there’s no need for exact alignment — just drop your iPhone in the cradle and go,” said Michele …
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The next generation of Android is on its way. And you guessed it — the P is for Pie. Android Pie, the new version of Google’s mobile operating system, previously called Android P, comes first to the search giant’s Pixel smartphones starting Monday. Google initially announced a preview version of the software in March, then demoed some features at its annual I/O developer …
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