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I had high hopes for the Galaxy S9‘s and Galaxy S9 Plus‘ battery life when Samsung announced the two phones in late February. Despite the fact that the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have the same battery capacities as last year’s Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus — that’s 3,000mAh and 3,500mAh respectively — I expected them …

Apple appears to be making some big changes to the chips in its upcoming iPhones — and that could mean your next iPhone downloads data slower than rival Android devices. Qualcomm, a major supplier of 4G chips for smartphones, on Wednesday said it doesn’t expect to supply modems for any upcoming iPhones. “We believe Apple intends to solely use our …

Google’s campus boasts fewer hacks and greater security over the last year and a half, thanks to little keychains that replace entering passwords. Google is selling its own Titan Security Key later this summer, in both USB/NFC and Bluetooth versions. CNET’s Alfred Ng has already been using one. Last year, I tried something similar, briefly: the Token Ring, a wearable with its …

When you pair a couple of Bluetooth devices, like your phone and computer, they exchange encryption keys. But it turns out the Bluetooth specification didn’t require that both of them completely validate those keys. Well, it does now.  This comes after it was revealed Tuesday that an attacker within wireless reach could insert themselves into communications between the two devices …

I live in San Francisco, which is one of the most beautiful cities in the world but also one of the most expensive. For that reason, I’m always on the lookout for ways to save money. Fortunately, Motorola has my back with a slew of budget and ultra-budget phones that don’t skimp out on features. In the US, there are …

Qualcomm’s proposed $44 billion takeover of Dutch chipmaker NXP has become a casualty of the US trade war with China. Qualcomm on Wednesday didn’t extend its deadline for closing the deal, opting instead to buy back up to $30 billion in shares from investors. The deal had been on hold for nearly two years as China mulled the regulatory implications …

Xiaomi may be the champion of phone teasing, as it came all the way to London to show me the Mi A2: a solid all-round phone with a highly affordable price tag. The downside for me? This phone won’t be coming to the UK, the US or Australia. Xiaomi’s Mi A2 shows that cheap doesn’t mean ugly +8 more See …

Update, August 2018: The Samsung Galaxy Watch has been officially announced. Samsung’s next big event is coming soon, and the Note 9 is expected to make its official debut there. But Samsung might also reveal a new smartwatch, too. It’s been a while since Samsung had a new, big watch release. The Gear S3 arrived late in 2016, while a sport-oriented smaller …

Qualcomm has solved a big problem for a certain variation of 5G: getting the chips small enough to fit in handheld devices. On Monday, Qualcomm unveiled its new QTM052 millimeter wave and QPM56xx sub-6GHz radio frequency antenna module families. They work alongside the company’s Snapdragon X50 5G to bring superfast network speeds to smartphones. The modules will let phone makers …

There are over 130 million iPhone users in China, and their data is now being stored by a Chinese government-run company. China Telecom, a state-owned carrier in China, is now in control of storing Chinese users’ iCloud data, it announced on Tuesday. It takes this duty from Guizhou-Cloud Big Data, who controversially gained operation control over Apple’s iCloud business in …