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Cheeps! I’m back from across the pond. Here’s what I learned on my summer vacation (aside from the fact that London is awesome): AirPods aren’t good for airplanes. I mean, I kind of knew that already, but these flights confirmed it. AirPods offer zero noise isolation, meaning you have to crank the volume against engine …

Comcast’s Xfinity is suffering nationwide outages, according to Down Detector and Twitter users, with the internet service down altogether or slowing right now. The problem is hitting areas of California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington state. damnit xfinity I was literally 5 minutes from the end of the second to last episode of …

Huawei apparently decided that one way to address the controversy over its alleged links with the Chinese government was to run a poll on its official Twitter account, asking people who they think owns Huawei. The poll started Friday and got 56,790 votes before it closed down. “Who do you think owns Huawei? #WhoRunsHuawei,” the Chinese phone manufacturer wrote. Who do …

Pokemon Go brought Team Rocket trouble in its latest update, and you can take them on in battle. By defeating them, players catch newly added Shadow Pokemon in the augmented reality (AR) mobile app game. You can battle grunts at some PokeStops, which will appear on your map as black and warped instead of light blue. Shadow Pokemon also have a dark aura, …

Over the past year or so we’ve seen a flurry of creative-focused laptops launched with “Pantone Validated” screens. Asus‘ ZenBook Pro and more recently Acer’s Concept D lines, for instance. But much of the marketing seemed to imply that a color-credible Pantone sticker meant a laptop had a general-purpose color-accurate display. How did this come about? The number of people who care …

Update, April 22: Read our iPhone SE 2020 review. Original story follows. Rumors about a 3D camera system and 5G connectivity on the 2020 iPhone are gaining traction as iPhone sales continue to fall. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we’re also taking a look at all the Apple products, iPhone or otherwise, that could arrive before the end of the …

You already know how important it is to monitor your blood pressure on a daily basis if you’re worried about high blood pressure or have hypertension. If you own an Apple Watch ($70 at Amazon), you already have a good starting point for tracking your blood pressure at home. Daily tracking can help you establish a baseline for your version …

Google is testing a monthly subscription service that lets you access a library of Android games and apps on its Play Store, Android Police reported Wednesday. We got the first hints about the search giant’s Play Pass service last year, but it seems even more relevant with Apple Arcade looming. The report showed screenshots of Play Pass signup page with …

There’s a whole lot going on in Pokemon Go, with Team Rocket is bringing chaos and shiny Ralts coming on Saturday. That isn’t enough for developer Niantic, so it’s bringing Rayquaza back to raids on Wednesday. Rayquaza is normally green, but lucky players might encounter its cool black shiny form — which hasn’t been available in the game before. The …

Huawei on Tuesday reported revenue growth of 23.2% for the first half of the year, even though the Trump administration’s ban basically stopped it from accessing US suppliers. The controversial Chinese phonemaker said it made 401.3 billion yuan ($58.3 billion), compared with 325.7 billion yuan ($47.3 billion) in the same period of 2018. Company Chairman Liang Hua acknowledged that US …