An FCC proposal to offer a portion of new radio spectrum for ordinary Wi-Fi use would make car-to-car communications unsafe and could squelch advancements in self-driving cars, Ford warned in comments filed Monday. The automaker wants all the spectrum in a swath of airwaves near the 5.9GHz frequency band to be available for a technology …
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From bank statements to personal letters, and even password reset requests, your Gmail account holds an abundance of personal information. If someone were to access it, they’d effectively have access to the rest of your online identity. Instead of just hoping that hackers don’t find you, take 10 minutes and secure your Gmail account right now. Read more: 6 clever Gmail …
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The Pixel Slate will soon be a collector’s item. Google announced last year that it’s getting out of the tablet game, making the current crop of Pixel Slate tablets the company’s last. There are three models in the Pixel Slate line, and Google has slashed the price at the top and bottom. The entry-level model is now $499. The midrange …
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Best Buy has kicked off another weekend sale with solid deals on a wide range of products. This one runs through Sunday, March 8 at 10 p.m. PT, meaning you just have a few hours left to take advantage these deals. As usual, there are discounts on TVs, headphones and laptops — and a noteworthy deal on the newest MacBook Pro. …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra is all about the camera. It packs a sensor that can take 108-megapixel images and offers a whopping 100x zoom to close up on distant details. But it’s not alone in having an impressive camera: Top-end handsets such as the iPhone 11 Pro and Google Pixel 4 tout cameras that can rival DSLRs in their abilities too. Neither phone …
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After Samsung’s launch event in February, preorders for Samsung’s three new Galaxy S20 phones have kicked off. The phones are set to ship out today and of the three, the Galaxy S20 Ultra is Samsung’s most premium. Its hardware includes monster camera specs, a generously sized 6.9-inch display and a 5,000-mAh battery. The phone also has a high price tag, starting at $1,399. …
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Musician John Legend’s celebrity cameo as a voice for Google Assistant is coming to an end this month. In a tweet Thursday, Google said the fun voice option will cease on March 23. Google added the option last April and made Legend its first celebrity voice to serve as your digital helper. But we knew from the start that his voice …
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In its idealized form, your laptop is untethered, free to embrace its potential as a mobile computer, going from lap to desk to table at will. In reality, we’ve got to pause and plug these suckers in sometimes, which is where one of my top computer pet peeves comes from. We’ve all figured generally where the space bar should be …
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YouTube TV and Sinclair have struck a deal that will save live sports for most users across the country, but fans in bigger markets such as New York or Los Angeles may want to look for a different streaming TV provider. In an announcement Thursday, Sinclair said that 19 of its 21 Fox Sports stations will continue to be carried …
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When we last saw TCL’s prototype for a crazy triple folding phone last October, it was in the preliminary stages. The concept was there, with the “DragonHinge” allowing it to bend in multiple directions, but a working screen was not. This week, however, we had a chance to get our hands on the wacky phone-tablet hybrid, and while it is …
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