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Wireless Charging and Our Autonomous Electric Future 2019-02-18 08:00:00One of the biggest problems for those of us who have electric cars is charging. Chargers that drop the charging time to a few minutes have been coming

Apple's Plans for Subscription News Service Irk Publishers 2019-02-14 08:00:00Apple plans to launch a subscription news service at an event next month. Described as "Netflix for news," it would let customers access an unlimite

Amazon Meshes With Eero 2019-02-13 08:00:00Amazon has scooped up mesh WiFi network maker Eero, the home network company known for making an easy-to-set-up product that can blanket a home with h

Trump Order Gives Artificial Intelligence a Boost 2019-02-12 08:00:00President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at boosting artificial intelligence R&D in the U.S. The order sets up the American AI I

How IBM'S Project Debater Could Fix the State 2019-02-11 13:24:30Last week, like a lot of you, I imagine, I watched the State of the Union and tried to figure out what was true and what was fiction. Tied into severa

Wireless Carriers Caught Playing Fast and Loose With 2019-02-08 12:28:18AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have sold access to subscribers' real-time location data to aggregators, which in turn have sold it to about 250 bounty

Linux Task Apps: Plenty of Goodies in These 2019-02-07 15:45:03If you need a task manager application to run on your Linux operating system, tap into a software category filled with options that go far beyond the

E-Ticketing Flaw Exposes Airline Passenger Data to Hackers 2019-02-07 14:21:06The e-ticketing systems of eight airlines, including Southwest Airlines and Dutch carrier KLM, have a vulnerability that can expose passengers' perso

Apple to Raise Barrier Against VR, AR Websites 2019-02-06 08:00:00The next upgrade of Apple's mobile operating system will come with an annoying surprise for VR and AR developers. It reportedly will block Web access

New Android Apps Come to the Aid of 2019-02-05 08:00:00Google has announced two new Android applications designed to make life easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. One of the apps, Live Transcribe,

FTC v. Qualcomm: What Really Is Going On 2019-02-04 08:00:00I've been watching antitrust cases actively since the 1980s. I had to study historical antitrust cases going back to Standard Oil and RCA, in order t

A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Privacy Online 2019-02-01 11:47:34Do you take your online privacy seriously? Most people don't. They have an ideal scenario of just how private their online activities should be, but

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Hands on: How to use Wireless PowerShare on 2019-02-20 18:30:00Samsung is so confident in the Galaxy S10’s battery that it’s letting you give away some of your precious percentage points. A new feature

The Samsung Galaxy Fold goes on sale April 2019-02-20 16:34:00It’s been a long time coming, but now it’s here. Samsung has unveiled its first foldable smartphone that isn’t a pie-in-the-sky conc

Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e hands-on: A 2019-02-20 14:35:00With the screen off, the Galaxy S10+ is virtually indistinguishable from the Galaxy S9+. It’s not until you turn it on that you notice just how

10 Samsung Galaxy S10, S10e, and S10+ features 2019-02-20 14:30:00At long leak, the Samsung Galaxy S10 has arrived. And, well, it’s pretty much exactly what we thought it would be, with three sizes, a hole in t

Best headphones: Our top picks for personal listening 2019-02-20 12:53:00Whether you're looking for an over-the-ear, on-ear, or in-ear model, we'll help you find the perfect pair.

Give your dumb devices brains with a 2-pack 2019-02-20 11:03:00Smart plugs add extra control to any device, smart or not, and today you can grab a pair at impulse prices. A two-pack of Anker’s Eufy smart plu

Master Machine Learning and AI For Just $14 2019-02-20 10:16:00You’re probably familiar with the terminology, but do you understand what data science is and how it fits in the big technological picture? Disc

Save big on storage and networking gear in 2019-02-20 09:51:00Amazon’s running another of its one-day deals today, and this one’s a doozy. The online retailer is throwing a massive networking and stor

Age of Wonders: Planetfall preview: A sci-fi melange 2019-02-20 09:00:00Space dinosaurs. Time travel. Cyborgs. Alien parasites. The decaying ruins of an imperial pleasure palace. Giant bugs. Even larger mushrooms. Mind-con

This is how Android will work on the 2019-02-20 06:00:00While mobile phones used to come in all shapes and sizes, device makers have largely standardized around the flat glass slab. But we could be looking

Sonarworks True-Fi review: The promise of studio-quality sound 2019-02-20 06:00:00True-Fi will correct your headphone's frequency anomalies with the click of a button.

Master & Dynamic MW07 review: These true wireless 2019-02-20 06:00:00Don’t like the look of bubbly blobs or skinny drain pipes hanging off your ears? Here’s a handsome alternative.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone starts at $2G's 2019-02-20 14:49:00Samsung today announced the nation's most expensive, and possibly most innovative smartphone: the $1,980 (and up) Galaxy Fold, a 4.6-inch smartphone

Pentagon cloud-computing contract sought by Amazon faces new 2019-02-20 13:36:53A federal judge delayed a lawsuit over a massive Pentagon cloud-computing contract Amazon.com Inc. was favored to win so the government

Microsoft: Russian hackers are trying to infiltrate European 2019-02-20 12:11:37Microsoft said Wednesday they identified an online campaign by a group affiliated with the Russian military to interfere with European think tanks tha

Google admits it didn’t tell Nest users about 2019-02-20 12:06:04Google is under fire after admitting that Nest users were not told about the existence of a microphone on their devices.

Jeff Bezos just taught us all a lesson 2019-02-20 09:44:23Every text message you send is susceptible to hacking. This also includes the baby photos you send over Facebook Messenger and every weird Snapchat yo

iPhone, iPad, Mac to run the same apps 2019-02-20 09:39:00App developers targeting Apple's platforms currently need to create at least two versions of their apps.

YouTube introduces one-time warning, new strike penalties 2019-02-20 09:29:00YouTube today announced new penalties for creators who violate its Community Guidelines.

Do AirPods make you look rich? These millennials 2019-02-19 15:48:45Fueled by internet memes, the explosion of expensive-yet-attainable AirPod headphones as the luxury item of the moment for millennials shows no signs

Navy makes next 2 Ford-class aircraft carriers 'more 2019-02-19 15:45:33The Navy is making lethality enhancing “modifications” to its next several new Ford-class aircraft carriers, to include integrated “

Amazon sets 'shipment zero' goal for lower emissions 2019-02-19 11:56:00The bigger the scale a company works at, the more of an impact even the smallest change can have.

Intelligence community migrates to cloud technology at lightning 2019-02-18 12:42:34The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is moving at lightning speed to harness the advantages of migrating its networks to the cloud, enabling faster da

German lawmaker wants to ban smartphones for kids 2019-02-18 12:32:56Children under the age of 14 should not be allowed to use smartphones because they may be exposed to pornography, according to a German gove

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Companies including Nestle, Epic and reportedly Disney suspend 2019-02-20 23:14:50Days after a YouTube creator accused the platform of enabling a “soft-core pedophilia ring,” several companies have suspended advertising

On-demand logistics startup Lalamove raises $300M for Asia 2019-02-20 20:00:50Lalamove, a Hong Kong-based on-demand logistics startup, has closed a $300 million Series D round as it seeks expansion across Asia. In doing so, the

This robotics museum in Korea will construct itself 2019-02-20 19:49:48The planned Robot Science Museum in Seoul will have a humdinger of a first exhibition: its own robotic construction. It’s very much a publicity

Security token offerings aren’t looking much better in 2019-02-20 19:04:21Pressed to explain who is using them, and why, 99 percent of cryptocurrencies let out all their air, go flying around the room making a raspberry soun

Can you guess which face is real, and 2019-02-20 19:01:58Computers have recently gotten much, much better at a somewhat unsettling skill: generating fake human faces. As in, creating an image of a human who

On-demand shuttle startup Via enters South American market 2019-02-20 18:46:03Via, the on-demand shuttle startup backed by Daimler, has expanded into South America. The company launched a service in Goiânia, Brazil wi

Trustpilot is revealing more data about how businesses 2019-02-20 18:14:46Review site Trustpilot says it’s creating more transparency around how businesses respond to consumer reviews. Founder and CEO Peter Mühlma

This custom ‘hyperfisheye’ lens can see behind itself 2019-02-20 18:09:28If you're doing ordinary photography and videography, there's rarely any need to go beyond extreme wide angle lenses — but why be ordinary? Th

Highlights & transcript from Zuckerberg’s 20K-word ethics talk 2019-02-20 18:05:20Mark Zuckerberg says it might be right for Facebook to let people pay to not see ads, but that it would feel wrong to charge users for extra privacy c

Here’s everything announced at Samsung’s Galaxy S10/Galaxy Fold 2019-02-20 17:53:35Missed today’s Samsung Unpacked event in San Francisco? In all, we have five new phones — one of them a foldable — some new ear

Lyft reportedly plans to debut on Nasdaq next 2019-02-20 17:31:21Ride-hailing company Lyft plans to file its initial public offering in March, possibly beating rival Uber to the milestone. Two reports, one from Reut

Twitter opens applications for its ‘prototype’ program, first 2019-02-20 17:00:34Twitter today is opening up applications for its new testing program, first announced at CES in January. The program potentially can cover any and eve

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Samsung Galaxy S10E vs. iPhone XR: two budget 2019-02-20 21:00:11

Samsung’s vision of tomorrow’s phones doesn’t include the 2019-02-20 19:01:29

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold might only launch on two 2019-02-20 18:01:42

How the Samsung Galaxy S10 measures up against 2019-02-20 17:18:58

Twitter is launching a public test of its 2019-02-20 17:00:00

Fortnite has an exclusive K-pop skin for those 2019-02-20 16:49:39

You can remap the Bixby button on Samsung’s 2019-02-20 16:48:11

Samsung’s Galaxy Home smart speaker will launch by 2019-02-20 16:28:00

Hands-on with Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch Active 2019-02-20 16:25:12

Apple’s secretive self-driving car project is starting to 2019-02-20 16:19:26

The 5 biggest announcements from the Samsung Galaxy 2019-02-20 15:49:15

Samsung’s Bixby now understands British English, Spanish, German, 2019-02-20 15:37:48

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China’s Kandi announces US approval to sell EX3 2019-02-20 15:05:01 China’s Kandi says it has received approval from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to import two of its electric cars to the U

Tesla promotes a new general counsel – third 2019-02-20 13:44:49 Tesla’s general counsel, Dane Butswinkas, confirmed that he is leaving the automaker two months after taking his position. A longtime lega

Bipartisan Solar Bill of Rights publicly introduced in 2019-02-20 13:41:53 California state senators formally introduced a Solar Bill of Rights on Tuesday. The bill aims to defend the rights of home and business owners who w

Green Deals: Sun Joe 14-inch 12A Electric Lawn 2019-02-20 12:52:07 Amazon offers the Sun Joe 14-inch 12A Electric Lawn Mower with Grass Bag for $69 shipped. Also at Home Depot. That’s good for $30 off the

40 years before the LiveWire, engineers built this 2019-02-20 12:27:20 Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire electric motorcycle has been making waves ever since the production version was unveiled last November. Despite its

Tesla hires Cookie Monster to demonstrate new Sentry 2019-02-20 11:59:22 Tesla released a full demonstration of its new Sentry Mode car alarm system using none other than Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. more… The

Indian Road tested Maruti Suzuki Wagon R EV, 2019-02-20 11:11:09 The Maruti Suzuki Wagon R EV is expected to launch next year in India, and the car has been spotted road testing. It could be one of the most importa

Tesla’s Self-Driving system is coming by the end 2019-02-20 09:37:10 Over the past few months, Elon Musk has been saying that Tesla is aiming to release its self-driving system by the end of 2019, but now the CEO adds

EGEB: EU renewable energy targets, Texas solar farms, 2019-02-20 09:08:36 Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Today in EGEB, a progress up

Leviton launches smart Load Center with iOS app 2019-02-20 08:42:30 Leviton has unveiled its next generation electrical Load Center. The new breaker panel works with an integrated Wi-Fi or Ethernet hub to offer remote

There’s $200 million worth of Tesla cars in 2019-02-20 05:50:22 Tesla is preparing to ship a massive number of Tesla vehicles to Europe as part of its expansion of Model 3 sales on the old continent. more…

Tesla is preparing to offer Model 3 leasing 2019-02-19 19:15:57 Tesla has been keeping one card close to its chest when it comes to creating additional demand for Model 3: leasing options. Now Electrek has learned

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Samsung refreshes wearable line, including new Galaxy Watch 2019-02-20 15:15:41Lineup includes new true wireless earbuds and fitness tracker as well.

Samsung officially debuts Galaxy S10 smartphone after weeks 2019-02-20 14:32:34The Galaxy S10e starts at $749, while the S10 starts at $899 and the S10 Plus at $999.

Forget Airwolf: One of these is the Army’s 2019-02-20 14:20:16Video: A tiltrotor and an "X-wing" helicopter vie to be Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.

Samsung’s foldable phone is finally official—meet the Galaxy 2019-02-20 14:09:28Samsung's half-phone, half-tablet is real, starts at $1,980, launches April 26.

Ajit Pai says broadband access is soaring—and that 2019-02-20 14:06:33Pai's FCC takes credit for new broadband, but progress was similar in Obama era.

Liveblog: The Samsung Galaxy S10 launch 2019-02-20 13:30:21Read all about the S10, S10 Plus, S10e, and foldable phone!

Report: Trump officials tried to fast-track nuclear tech 2019-02-20 13:06:11"Middle East Marshall Plan" appeared to be mostly about money for ex-generals, not policy.

Users alarmed by undisclosed microphone in Nest Security 2019-02-20 11:00:59"The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret," Google says.

Microsoft, Paradox allow open game modding on Xbox 2019-02-20 10:54:20No pre-approval needed for player-made content on Microsoft's console.

Tesla’s top lawyer leaves after two months—but don’t 2019-02-20 10:06:02Analysis: Elon Musk is difficult to work for. That doesn't mean Tesla is in trouble.

Apple reportedly planning to combine iPhone, iPad, and 2019-02-20 09:26:04Project Marzipan and a new Mac Pro could be talking points at WWDC in June.

Nasty code-execution bug in WinRAR threatened millions of 2019-02-20 09:00:26If you're one of the 500 million utility users, now would be a good time to patch.