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Apple and Samsung finally settle their patent dispute

The long-running patent battle between Apple and Samsung is finally over. The two phone giants on Wednesday notified a district court in San Jose, California, that “they have agreed to drop and settle their remaining claims and counterclaims in this matter.” Judge Lucy Koh, of the Northern District of California, signed the order dismissing all …

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How to install MacOS Mojave

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2018 earlier this month, Apple unveiled its next Mac operating system, MacOS Mojave 10.14.  If you’re ready to use dark mode, Stacks and the Home app on your Mac, along with the enhanced security features that Mojave will introduce, then you need …

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Find out if your MacBook qualifies for Apple’s keyboard repair program

I have a strict no-everything-bagel-near-my-MacBook policy, and even then my MacBook’s butterfly switch keyboard cuts out from time to time. It’s usually the spacebar or another key along the bottom row that starts sticking and stops working. I’ve been able to return my MacBook’s keyboard to full working order by holding it up so the keyboard is nearly vertical and …

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The MacBook shopper’s dilemma: Buy last year’s models, or wait?

It’s the tech shopper’s eternal dilemma: Buy now or wait? With the better, faster model inevitably and perpetually on deck, you always hesitate before pulling the trigger. For products with regular upgrade cycles, it’s easier: We can reasonably expect a new Galaxy Note every August, a new iPhone every September and a new Pixel phone every October. And new HP, …

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Are you going to download Apple’s iOS 12 public beta? (The 3:59, Ep. 420)

Now playing: Watch this: Are you going to download Apple’s iOS12 public beta?… 5:12 On this podcast, we talk about: Testing out Apple’s iOS 12 public beta Instagram estimated to be worth more than $100 billion Tech giants met with US officials in aim to stop the next election hacks The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the …

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Qualcomm bets more kids will wear smartwatches

Qualcomm is betting more kids will soon be sporting smartwatches. The San Diego chipmaker on Tuesday in Shanghai (Wednesday, China time) unveiled its new Snapdragon Wear 2500 Platform to help make watches geared toward kids. Yes, that’s right. Smartwatches for children. Qualcomm makes chips for everything from smartphones to Windows 10 tablet-laptop hybrids. While it already provides processors for wearables, …

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How to stereo pair two Apple HomePod speakers

If you happen to own a couple of HomePod speakers, you can now place them in the same room and create a stereo pair. While it’s a simple process, it’s not quite as intuitive as you might think if you don’t know where to look. With that in mind, here’s a short step-by-step setup guide. For starters, you’ll need an …

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Lucid wants your next dual

Cameras have become one of the most important features on our phones. In phones’ early days, cameras were an afterthought — the original iPhone didn’t even record video. But now phone cameras can record 4K video, slow-mo and shoot beautiful portrait photos with artistically blurred backgrounds (bokeh). Phone makers have largely improved phone photography in two ways. The first was …

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Face unlock is coming to new Nokia 6 and 7 Plus in ‘coming months’

Nokia says you’ll soon be able to unlock a handful of its phones with your face. Nokia confirmed in a tweet, spotted by Android Headlines, that face unlock technology is coming to at least four of its devices in an over-the-air update in “the coming months.” The company said the  Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6 and Nokia …

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This smart desk has a built

I know what you’re going to say: $4,000 (around £3,000 or AU$5,400 converted) is a lot for a desk that isn’t made of mahogany and didn’t bear witness to the signing of a historic document. But this isn’t a desk like any you’ve ever seen. The CemTrex SmartDesk is a glass-topped Intel Core i7 computer. A computer with three 24-inch …

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