August 30, 2019
Daily Crunch: Apple will unveil the next iPhone on Sept 10
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August 28, 2019
ZTE tries for a US return with an affordable flagship
ZTE’s U.S. government dealings have never been as high-profile as fellow Chinese smartphone maker Huawei, but it has had its fair share of scuffles. Last summer, the company…
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Behold, the shark-fin selfie camera on Oppo’s latest
You would, of course, be completely forgiven for not recognizing Oppo’s name here in the States. In its native China, however, the company is a powerhouse, regularly capturing…
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Hackers to stress-test Facebook Portal at hacking contest
Hackers will soon be able to stress-test the Facebook Portal at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, following the introduction of the social media giant’s debut hardware device last…
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Insta360’s tiny new GO stabilized camera could be game-changer for social video
Insta360 has quickly established itself as the leader in 360-degree video capture, at least for the consumer market, and its new GO stabilized camera builds on that legacy…
Read articleAugust 27, 2019
Switch Lite is the portable Nintendo fans deserve
It’s the plight of the early adopter. A few years from now, there will be a new version of the console — one that works out the biggest…
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Can Fairphone 3 scale ethical consumer electronics?
Fairphone, the Dutch social enterprise that’s on a mission to rethink the waste and exploitation that underpins the business of consumer electronics, has unboxed its third smartphone. The…
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Smartphone sales declined again in Q2, surprising no one
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Smartphone sales are down. Again. After years of growth, the smartphone market’s recent slide has continued into the second quarter…
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IBM’s quantum-resistant magnetic tape storage is not actually snake oil
Usually when someone in tech says the word “quantum,” I put my hands on my ears and sing until they go away. But while IBM’s “quantum computing safe…
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Samsung’s Note 10 is available today, starting at $949
Samsung’s settled into a nice little twice-yearly schedule for releasing flagships. That’s allowed the company double the opportunity to introduce some nice upgrades to their high-end Android handsets.…
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