This week, the attention of the country — and the world — has been on the US presidential election. While the results were up in the air, we kept you informed on key topics: how election officials and others were tackling cybersecurity, what social media companies were doing to fight misinformation, and how tech is …
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Back in September, ahead of the launch of the Apple Watch 6, iPhone 12 and a slew of other hardware, software and services products, Apple quietly made a change to its AppleCare Plus protection service plans. Instead of covering two incidents of accidental damage every 24 months, it will now cover two incidents every 12 months — doubling the number …
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Apple is ramping up efforts to develop its own search engine, according to a Financial Times report published Wednesday, as US antitrust authorities threaten a lucrative deal that sets Google’s search engine as the default option on iPhones and Samsung phones. The iPhone’s latest operating system version, iOS 14, has started to show its own search results and to link directly …
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Apple’s iPhone 12 is winning praise for its new design, strengthened screen and better cameras. Now we’re about to learn if that’s enough to sell a phone that starts at $799 in the middle of a global pandemic and economic catastrophe. On Thursday, Apple is due to report results for its fiscal fourth quarter, and Wall Street analysts on average …
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Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup may not include reverse wireless charging — when a device being charged wirelessly can charge another device — but a set of FCC filings highlighted by VentureBeat’s Jeremy Horwitz hint that it’s capable of doing so. This feature wasn’t highlighted during the iPhone 12 launch event earlier this month, when Apple announced the return of its …
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OnePlus boldly chose to launch its new 5G phone a day after the debut of the iPhone 12. The $749 OnePlus 8T is the Chinese phone-maker’s attempt at “raising the bar,” after it launched the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro in April. (The OnePlus 8T’s UK price of £549 converts to about AU$1,000.) Although the timing seems curious, it follows OnePlus’ usual …
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Apple’s iPhone sales plummeted 20% as consumers awaited the release of its iPhone 12 amid the continued spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended lives, disrupted business and slowed manufacturing across the globe. But Apple executives said they aren’t terribly worried about it. That’s primarily thanks to Apple’s delay releasing the iPhone 12, creating a fluke in financial reporting that artificially made the …
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You may have no idea what Apple Clips is, or maybe you use it all the time. The video-editing app has been living in parallel with iMovie for years: While it’s full of interesting effects and tricks, it could only shoot and edit square videos. But a new update hitting today could make it far more useful as an iMovie …
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Startup Backbone’s inaugural product, an app-integrated game controller for the iPhone that the company considers more a “gaming content creation tool” than the typical run-jump-crouch-shoot accessory, has a very well-thought out design and novel feature set that raises the bar for its category. Like the Razer Kishi, the $99 Backbone One expands to slip on either end of the iPhone …
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No sooner has the dust settled on CNET’s jaw-dropping iPhone 12 drop test than another rival has stepped up to claim its alternative “glass” for protecting electronics like phones and smartwatches is three times harder than the iPhone’s ceramic screen. Why? Because it’s made of diamond. Specifically, diamond glass. Let’s back up for a minute. The iPhone 12 uses a …
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