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LG’s rollable OLED TV is now on sale in South Korea for $87,000

LG’s rollable Signature OLED R television has wowed CES attendees for the past two years, but now you can actually buy the futuristic TV. Well, so long as you’re in South Korea and have $87,000.  On Tuesday LG announced that it’s launched the 65-inch television in its home country. Showcased in “seven premium consumer electronics …

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Sony’s $5,000 eye

Glasses-free 3D isn’t a new thing, but there’s a new generation of technology that could resurrect the idea for a world full of VR and AR headsets. Sony’s Spatial Reality Display is a pro monitor designed specifically for looking at 3D objects on a desktop without a headset, and it’s arriving next month.  We got an in-person demo of a …

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Lenovo’s $2,499 foldable ThinkPad is ready for preorder, joined by its lightest X1 laptop ever

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is the future of the PC market. Or not. It really all depends on where you fall on the value of foldable displays. Having a 13.3-inch OLED tablet PC that folds in half is ostensibly cool, as is the option to use it as dual, 9.6-inch screens. You can fold it a little to read …

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Samsung’s less expensive Galaxy S20 FE is ‘very much a response’ to the pandemic

Samsung has another Galaxy S20 for its fans, and the device has been tailored for our unusual times. The Galaxy S20 Fan Edition, also known as the Galaxy S20 FE, packs some high-end features found in the rest of the S20 lineup — like low-band 5G connectivity — but at a starting price of $700 (£699, AU$999). That’s $300 less than …

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The world’s first foldable phone gets a next

Chinese phone-maker Royole put itself on the map when it beat Samsung and Huawei to the punch in releasing the world’s first foldable phone last year. Never mind that it was a spectacular failure. This week the company launched a next-generation version of that phone, the Flexpai 2, during an online event streamed from the Chinese city of Shenzhen on …

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MWC 2021 rescheduled for late June to contend with COVID

Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile show, takes place every year in Barcelona, Spain — every year except this year, that is. The 2020 show, which was scheduled for late February, was one of the first major tech events to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. But while MWC 2020 didn’t take place at all, the expectation now …

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Samsung cancels 2020 developers conference as pandemic continues raging

Samsung’s developers conference will take a break this year, as the novel coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible to gather thousands of people in one place.  The company said on its developer website that it has canceled its 2020 Samsung Developer Conference and that it’s “disappointed that we will not be hosting the event this year and getting the chance to …

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Verizon to trumpet 5G in all

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg will give the kickoff keynote speech at CES 2021, the Consumer Technology Association said Thursday. The keynote presentation will focus on 5G and how it will impact telemedicine and education, a relevant topic given this year’s sudden transition to working and learning at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The CTA already announced in late July that CES 2021 will be …

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‘False alarm’ between T

When it comes to openly taking shots at the competition, few industries compare to the wireless sector. For years T-Mobile has branded itself as the “un-carrier,” knocking rivals AT&T and Verizon in press releases, earnings calls and in marketing campaigns. As 5G expansions and the rumored iPhone 12 loom, the battle between the carriers is only getting testier as evidenced …

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Apple delays iOS privacy change that critics say will disrupt ad market

Apple is delaying plans to require iOS developers to request permission from app users before collecting their unique device ID for the purposes of ad tracking, the company said Thursday. “When enabled, a system prompt will give users the ability to allow or reject that tracking on an app-by-app basis,” Apple told CNET. “We want to give developers the time …

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