Zagg’s cases and screen covers have been protecting phones for years. This week, the InvisibleShield maker unveiled Zagg Protect, a repair and protection plan. For an annual fee of $99, you can get up to two incidents of accidental damages covered per year, including cracked screens and liquid damage. The plan also covers failure of a …
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The World Wildlife Fund UK launched a line of NFTs called “nonfungible animals,” or NFAs, this week. The digital art centers on 13 endangered animals, and each NFA is limited to that species’ population. That means there are two Northern white rhino and about 1,800 giant panda NFAs available. Other animals include the Amur leopard, the vaquita and the African wild …
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T-Mobile added 2.9 million phone subscribers in 2021, the carrier said during its fourth-quarter earnings call Wednesday and forecast its midband 5G network would reach 300 million people by 2023. In three months ending Dec. 31, T-Mobile added 844,000 postpaid customers, a subscriber category prized by carriers for long-term revenue and overall success. It also added 224,000 net customers of …
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If you’re anything like me, your day starts with an empty grid on your phone’s screen. Those tiny squares are waiting to be filled with guesses at the correct five-letter word, a mystery I usually crack by the fourth or fifth try. I’m talking about Wordle, the daily online word puzzle that’s seemingly dominated the internet’s attention over the last two …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek spoke publicly on Sunday about the controversy that’s blown up over the Joe Rogan podcast and COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, sparked by an ultimatum from famed rocker Neil Young. Ek said in a blog post that doctors, scientists and Spotify subscribers …
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Amazon interrogated and surveilled warehouse workers in Staten Island, where some workers are seeking to form a union, prosecutors for the National Labor Relations Board said in a complaint Wednesday. The allegations come one day after the agency said the warehouse workers have collected enough signatures to move forward with a union election. According to Bloomberg, the NLRB complaint alleges …
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Apple updated the classic iPad and iPad Mini last year, and new versions of the iPad Pro and iPad Air could be on the way in 2022. While it’s tempting to snag the newest, most pristine model, you can potentially save yourself a lot of money by going with a refurbished iPad instead. You’d be keeping more electronic waste from …
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Record online shopping this holiday season has fueled another record for e-commerce companies: returned goods. Prompted by a clogged supply chain, millions of shoppers got an early start on searching Amazon, Walmart and other online retailers for deals even before Black Friday, when holiday discounts traditionally start. Cooped up at home because of the pandemic, people didn’t stop clicking. Online …
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Attorneys general from Indiana, Texas, Washington state and Washington, DC, filed suits against Google over its use of location data, they announced Monday. The lawsuits, filed separately in each jurisdiction, allege that the search giant makes it “nearly impossible” for people to stop their location from being tracked, accusing the company of deceiving users and invading their privacy. DC Attorney General …
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Twitter on Wednesday made its Communities feature available to Android users around the world. The option, launched on iOS and the Web in September 2021, lets users tweet within a group about a specific topic. The feature is similar to Facebook Groups but remains more public-facing. Within Communities, “people can Tweet directly to a specific audience instead of to all …
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