Cord-Cutting Is Happening Faster Than Anyone Predicted
Cable companies have been terrified by the massive exodus that has become cord-cutting. People just don't want to fork over $120 a month for a…
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Google Kills Bid For $10 Billion Pentagon Contract After Employee Protests
Google has dropped a bid for a $10 billion Pentagon cloud computing project, the company announced Monday. The about-face comes after Google employees protested and…
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Google Is Killing Google+ After Security Flaw Exposed User Information
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal published Monday lunchtime, a software glitch within Google+ exposed the private profile data of hundreds of thousands of…
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The Netflix Vs. Amazon Prime Video War Is Making Piracy Cool Again
When Netflix's streaming service was still in the early stages of taking over the internet, the received wisdom was that it would kill piracy. Studies…
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Apple Hires Cops To Guard California Stores After String Of Robberies
Given that Apple Stores are literal showcases where tens of thousands of dollars of electronics is made available just a few steps from public streets,…
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Why Wi-Fi 6 Is Going To Make People Care About Good Wi-Fi
Since it was first introduced in 1997, the Wi-Fi protocol has changed from something that's slower than floppy disks into the backbone of people's home…
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Tim Cook Talks Privacy And Banning Alex Jones In Vice News Tonight Interview
Following a summer that's seen Apple launch three new iPhones and dodge most of the scrutiny that has been enveloping Facebook and Google, Apple CEO…
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LTE Speed Tests Show The iPhone XS Dominates The iPhone X
The iPhone XS has been criticized a little for only providing a marginal upgrade over the iPhone X. There's no killer feature in this year's…
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Facebook Says New Hack Leaked Data Of 50 Million Users
Facebook has announced that a previously unreported attack on its network exposed the personal data of nearly 50 million users. The company said that it…
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Verizon's Secret $40 Unlimited Plan Is Now Available To Everyone - You Just Need An iPhone
Earlier this year, it emerged that Verizon is very stealthily funding a company called Visible, which is offering a slightly different kind of wireless service.…
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Report: The White House Is Wading Into 5G
The Trump administration has shown more than a passing interest in telecoms and wireless in the past. Between the administration's difficult relationship with Huawei and…
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Yet Again, A Leak Suggests The OnePlus 6T Is Launching October 16th
OnePlus has been doing an objectively terrible job of keeping its upcoming OnePlus 6T a secret. Not only have we been overwhelmed by leaks, rumors,…
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Verizon Is Encouraging Employees To Retire Early To Cut Costs
Verizon, the nation's largest wireless network by subscribers, has launched a program to incentivize employees to take early retirement. The move is one of a…
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The iPhone XS Max Was Awarded Best Smartphone Display By DisplayMate
DisplayMate Technologies, a long-running company that does its own evaluations on consumer electronics displays, has published its evaluation of the new iPhone XS and iPhone…
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The iPhone XS And XS Max Might Have A Problem With Poor Cell Reception
According to reports trickling in from around the internet, some iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max users are seeing worse cell and Wi-Fi reception on…
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Don't Fall For This Clever Netflix Phishing Email Scam
People are used to phishing emails from Nigerian princes and Western Union by now, but it's not only financial institutions that get impersonated by scammers.…
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Report: Apple Stores Are Having Problems With iPhone And Apple Watch Pickups Worldwide
According to MacRumors readers and social media users around the world, Apple Stores have been having technical issues with completing in-store pickup orders for customers. People with…
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AT&T Has A Fantastic $30-A-Month, Totally Unlimited Data Plan - But You Need An Airstream To Buy It
While all four major carriers all offer "unlimited" data plans these days, every one of them comes with more strings attached than something called "unlimited"…
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Report Details How Fake Apple Products End Up Sold By Amazon
Apple sees nothing wrong with charging $19 for a single Lightning-to-USB cable and $9 for the privilege of using your headphones with your $1,000 phone,…
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FCC Leak Suggests Google's Home Hub Display Is About To Be Released
Google is holding an event on October 9th, at which we're expecting to see the new generation of Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. But…
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The First iOS 12.1 Public Beta With Group FaceTime Is Available Right Now
iOS 12 was released to the masses last week, so as per Apple's tradition, we're getting our first look at the next version of iOS…
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Undercover Report Details How Ticketmaster Is Shadier Than You Could Possibly Imagine
Ticketmaster is one of the few companies that can compete with Comcast or payday lenders in the stakes to be America's most-hated company, and a…
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That Apple Wireless AirPod Charging Case Is Delayed, So Huawei Is Making One Instead
One of the minor new products that we were expecting to see at Apple's fall iPhone event last week was a new wireless charging case…
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Report: Apple Expects The iPhone XR To Sell More Than The iPhone XS And XS Max Combined
Reviews of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are starting to flood in, and while the phones get top marks across the board, there's…
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AT&T Is Already Dreaming Up Ways To Milk 5G For Every Possible Cent
After literal years of breathless hype, 5G is finally set to arrive. Verizon is rolling out the first sorta-5G network in a handful of neighborhoods…
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Smart Speakers Might Be Popular, But The HomePod Sure Isn't
Five years ago, "digital prophets" were predicting that the future would be made up of digital villages and brand mindshare. Even the more grounded technologists…
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The First iOS 12.1 Developer Beta Is Available For Download Right Now
Apple only released iOS 12 to the general public yesterday, but seemingly no one takes time off at the iOS development HQ. The first decimal-point…
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