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Sprint posts another loss as T

As Sprint’s pending $26 billion merger with T-Mobile continues to face regulatory scrutiny, the nation’s smallest nationwide carrier continues to chug along. Just how much longer it’ll be able to do so independently remains a growing concern.  Sprint’s fiscal fourth-quarter results aren’t going to quell those questions. On Tuesday, the company reported a loss of …

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Google Pixel 3A at $399 is a response to crazy

Google hopes a more wallet-friendly price tag will have you looking at its Pixel family again. The search giant on Tuesday unveiled the Pixel 3A, a mid-tier version of its flagship Pixel 3 phone released in October. The biggest difference between the two phones: about $400. The 3A costs roughly half as much as its predecessor, starting at $399 for …

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Sprint to show off 5G at Google I/O

Google I/O 2019 starts Tuesday, and attendees of the event will get to try out 5G speeds thanks to Sprint. The mobile carrier said it’ll provide its Sprint 5G network at the conference, held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Sprint said it’ll use Ericsson 5G Massive MIMO radios to deliver both a 5G and LTE signal. Since …

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Mother’s Day gifts: 7 great TV and video streaming options, starting at $30

This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. Mother’s Day is coming up, so why not get Mom the gift she really wants? A new video streamer or smart TV says “I Love You” almost as much as flowers, and will definitely last longer. Streaming video can be …

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Game of Thrones season 8: How to adjust your TV for a cinematic picture

Lots of viewers complained that the third episode of Game of Thrones season 8, The Long Night aka The Battle of Winterfell, was too dark. In response, the episode’s cinematographer Fabien Wagner channeled Steve Jobs and essentially said you’re holding it wrong. “A lot of the problem is that a lot of people don’t know how to tune their TVs properly,” Wagner said in …

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After Galaxy Fold fiasco, Note 10 may be the hero phone that Samsung needs

In a reversal nobody expected in February when Samsung announced its first-ever foldable phone, it could be the rumored Note 10 and not the Galaxy Fold that becomes the highlight of Samsung’s six Galaxy phones for 2019. After Samsung delayed the Fold after five early review units malfunctioned, the Fold is no longer the brightest star in Samsung’s galaxy.  The Note is usually the height …

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Moto Z4 leak suggests Moto Mods will still be hanging around

While the attention around Motorola of late has been on a possible foldable Razr revival, it appears that the foldable isn’t the only higher-end phone the company has in the works. Read: CNET’s in-depth review of the Motorola Moto Z4  According to a new image posted on Twitter late on Wednesday by noted leaker Evan Blass, a new Moto Z4 may be on …

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The Game of Thrones

Let’s table, for a moment, the pacing and plotting problems from last Sunday’s Game of Thrones episode, The Long Night. The real problem was how dark the episode was — and I’m not talking about character deaths. Rather, many scenes were so dark, it was hard to tell what was happening. In fact, the effect was so pronounced that CNET …

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OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro: May 14 launch, rumors, price, specs and everything else

Update, Sept. 26: CNET’s OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7T reviews are here. Read more about the new phones from OnePlus. Original story follows. This year, OnePlus is doing something a little different. Not only is it anticipated to launch the successor to its OnePlus 6T soon (expected to be called OnePlus 7), but the company also confirmed that it will release another …

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LG halts phone manufacturing in South Korea for 2019, relocating to Vietnam

LG is making some literal moves. The South Korean electronics and phone company is relocating their mobile production facility in South Korea for the year, and focusing instead on one of its plants in Haiphong, Vietnam, according to Reuters and first reported by South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency. Though LG overall is profiting, its mobile division posted a $172 …

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