Some iPhone 8 Plus owners report swelling battery problem Some iPhone 8 Plus owners report swelling battery problem:- SAN FRANCISCO — Reports of a small number of batteries in Apple’s new iPhone 8 Plus phones swelling and causing the case to pop open have been circulating since just after they […]
U.S. House committee calls new hearing on Kaspersky software U.S. House committee calls a new hearing on Kaspersky software:- WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Friday that it has scheduled a new hearing on Kaspersky Lab software as lawmakers review accusations that the Kremlin could […]
Google to use balloons to provide Puerto Rico cell service Google to use balloons to provide Puerto Rico cell service:- WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said late on Friday it had approved Alphabet Inc’s application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons. In the […]
Apple Watch connection snag: Apple issues fix Apple has released a software update to address a connectivity snag that impacted some of the folks who bought the company’s brand-new Apple Watch Series 3, the first Apple smartwatch with cellular. The pricey ($399 on up) watch is supposed to automatically choose […]
Google launches $49 Google Home Mini, rival to Amazon Echo Dot, and $399 Home Max Google Home is going big and going small, as Google challenges Apple and Amazon for smart speaker supremacy. On Wednesday, Google announced a $49 Google Home Mini speaker that will inevitably draw comparisons to Amazon’s […]
Hello, Google Pixel Buds (and real-time translation). Goodbye, headphone jack. SAN FRANCISCO — Hey, Google: Say it ain’t so. At a splashy event in San Francisco to unveil its latest generation of Pixel smartphones, Google debuted Google Pixel Buds, its own Bluetooth earbuds priced at $159. Their biggest selling point […]
These are the best phones that still have a headphone jack It shouldn’t be this way, but it is: the headphone jack is going away. The old, reliable 3.5mm port that has been on every electronics gadget for decades is suddenly considered out of date. Though plenty of phones still […]
FedEx and UPS shares take a dive after reports Amazon will deliver more of its own items FedEx and UPS shares take a dive after reports Amazon will deliver more of its own items:- UPS and FedEx shares took a dip Thursday in the wake of reports that Amazon is […]
YouTube alters algorithm after searches for Las Vegas shooting turn up conspiracy theories YouTube alters algorithm after searches for Las Vegas shooting turn up conspiracy theories:- SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube has changed its powerful search algorithm to promote videos from more mainstream news outlets in search results after people looking for […]
$5,000 cell phone bill while traveling abroad: How to avoid this nightmare scenario You can still be tripped up by painful cell-phone bills while traveling outside the U.S. How badly? One reader showed us a $5,000-plus roaming bill. It required an especially awful set of circumstances—a confusing mix of Google […]
