Huawei Unveils Flagship Foldable Smartphone
BEIJING (AP) — Struggling under U.S. sanctions, Huawei unveiled a folding smartphone with an 8-inch-wide screen Monday to show off
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5G Phones May Interfere With Aircraft: French Regulator
The latest generation of smartphones, 5G, can interfere with aircraft altitude instruments, the French Civil Aviation Authority warned Tuesday as it recommended they should be turned off during flight.
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Huawei Smartphone Sales Plunge as US Sanctions Bite
Sales of smartphones made by Chinese telecom giant Huawei plunged in the latest quarter of 2020 as they were hit by U.S. sanctions on its suppliers, research firm Canalys said on Friday.
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China Orders Removal of 105 Apps, Including Tripadvisor
Companies including the Chinese arm of TripAdvisor Inc. have been ordered by regulators to overhaul their mobile phone apps in what the Chinese government said is a crackdown on pornography and other improper content.
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Apple to Pay $113 Million to Settle Investigation Over Slowed IPhone Batteries
California-based Apple settled an investigation by nearly three dozen states Wednesday, agreeing to pay $113 million in a global settlement to rectify its practice of slowing down older model iPhones to preserve the devices’ aging batteries.
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Huawei Selling Honor Phone Brand in Face of US Sanctions
Chinese tech giant Huawei is selling its budget-price Honor smartphone brand in an effort to rescue the struggling business from damaging U.S. sanctions imposed on its parent company.
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A federal court in California ruled that some misrepresentation claims against Apple can proceed in a proposed class action dispute alleging the company misled consumers about the capabilities of the iPhone XR. The plaintiffs claim Apple did not disclose the difference in antenna types between the iPhone XR and the iPhone XS and XS Max.
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Apple Dodges IPhone Radiation Class Action Suit
A federal judge Thursday nixed a class action claiming Apple failed to warn consumers about dangerous radiation from iPhones, finding it has twice demonstrated that its smartphones comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s radiation exposure limits.
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WeChat Ban Will Stay on Hold, Ninth Circuit Rules
Finding no risk of incurable harm to national security, a Ninth Circuit panel on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s request to stay an injunction temporarily blocking its ban on the Chinese messaging app WeChat.
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Final Reckoning in Copyright Case Poised to Upend Coding Practices
The Supreme Court laid bare the so-called copyright lawsuit of the decade on Wednesday: a clash between Google and Oracle with the potential to rewrite the rules of computer coding.
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Facebook Plans Ray-Ban Smart Glasses as It Eyes AR
Facebook on Wednesday announced it would launch its own smart glasses next year which connect to smartphones as part of an alliance with eyewear titan EssilorLuxottica.
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Sorry Europe, You’re Sitting More Too, Study Finds
Contrary to previous studies that found Europeans haven’t been sucked ever more into sedentary lifestyles, a new study says Europeans, just like Americans, are spending more time sitting – the posture of the digital age.
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Wobbly Walking Can Tell Your Phone You’ve Had Too Much to Drink
Remember that time you were out with some friends and tripped on a curb, but it definitely had nothing to do with the fact that you’d been drinking all night because you’re just clumsy all the time? Your phone knew it was the booze.
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Virginia Rolls Out Virus-Exposure Smartphone App
The same day Virginia announced over 95,000 total confirmed coronavirus cases, the state’s governor rolled out a new phone app that notifies people if they have been near someone infected with the virus.
Read moreApple Says Jury Trial on Phone Radiation Would Undermine FCC Authority
Pushing to defeat a class action claiming Apple failed to warn consumers about dangerous radiation from iPhones, an Apple attorney told a federal judge Thursday that bringing the case to a jury will undermine the Federal Communications Commission’s authority.
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Spanish Politics Jolted by Claims of Government Spying
Spanish politics was rocked Tuesday by allegations that the Spanish state may have hacked a smartphone used by the pro-independence president of the Catalan parliament and spied on him and others during a tense period in the run-up to a politically explosive trial against Catalan leaders.
Read moreTokyo Suburb Bars Pedestrians From Smart Phoning
A Tokyo suburb on Wednesday imposed Japan’s first ban on a habit seen around the world: pedestrians glued to their phone screens while walking, sometimes dangerously oblivious to their surroundings.
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Top Indiana Court Holds Police Can’t Force Suspects to Unlock Phone
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a woman accused of stalking and harassment should not have been held in contempt for refusing to unlock her phone for law enforcement officials.
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A Tradeoff: Covid-19 Tracing and Privacy
As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many betting on smartphone apps to help squelch the pandemic.
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European Officials Set Controls for Virus Tracking Apps
The European Commission has released a set of guidelines for coronavirus tracking apps in the European Union but privacy watchdogs are still skeptical.
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