The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission still hasn’t said if it will dismantle the controversial net neutrality regulations, but it’s already picking apart the rules to make them less potent. On Thursday, the agency voted 2-1 along party lines to suspend the net neutrality transparency requirement for broadband providers with fewer than 250,000 customers. Under the …
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Disney Research is taking wireless charging to a whole new level. The scientific and tech arm of the entertainment giant has built a prototype room with “ubiquitous wireless power delivery” that allows several devices to be charged wirelessly in much the way we get internet access through Wi-Fi. By tapping quasistatic cavity resonance, researchers discovered they could generate magnetic fields …
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Freshly leaked images of what is purported to be Lenovo‘s upcoming Moto G5 show what appears to be a metal body and suggest the phone will feature a removable battery. The handset, which is expected to debut later this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, was shown in the hands-on images shared by Portuguese tech site Dudu Rochatec running …
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While Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was going up in smoke, the company’s reputation was going down in flames. The Korean electronics giant came in at No. 49 in Harris Poll’s annual US Reputation Quotient Report, the market researcher said Monday. Last year, Samsung was ranked No. 7 in the corporate reputation rankings for the 100 most visible companies in the …
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Hey, wanna watch the NBA slam dunk contest on Facebook along with basketball great Kevin Garnett? Well, you’re in luck. The NBA and Turner Sports are teaming up with Facebook Live for the annual All-Star slam dunk contest. The show will feature Garnett, an analyst at Turner-owned TNT, and some of his friends during the popular exhibition event, which features …
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LG’s G6, its new flagship phone, will feature a new mobile user interface when it’s unveiled later this month, the handset maker said Wednesday. The new user interface, dubbed UX 6.0, will allow the device’s 5.7-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio to shoot photos and review them simultaneously side by side in a new Square Camera mode. The new interface, …
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HTC will soon launch a new virtual reality toy you can use on the go. The device will be compatible with HTC’s new flagship phone, the U Ultra. But HTC says it won’t be just a simple headset like Samsung‘s Gear VR. VR, which puts headset wearers into a computer-generated digital world, has swept across the tech industry over the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image He looks excited. He’s paid to be. Verizon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You’re already excited by the news that Verizon is relaunching its unlimited plan. You know, the one that gave you what you wanted until Verizon decided that it wasn’t what it …
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Now playing: Watch this: This VR/AR headset uses your iPhone to make mixed reality 1:00 Odds are, you might have tried VR. But maybe you’re not as familiar with “augmented reality” or “mixed reality” headsets that blend virtual things into actual reality, like Microsoft’s HoloLens does. That could change once more affordable phone accessories start to arrive. Occipital Bridge is …
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