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Flashback: LG G3 pioneered 1440p phone screens and Laser AF

The LG G2 showed the world that a screen with thin bezels is a great thing. The LG G3 pushed that design further with a larger and sharper display - the first 1440p panel in the industry. And it came surprisingly fast. LG G3 The HTC Butterfly had the first 1080p screen on mobile, it came out in January 2013. A year and a half later, the G3 arrived with the first-ever 1440p display. Technically, Oppo announced the Find 7 first, but LG was first to market so we think it's fair to call the G3 "first". The 5.5-inch "True HD-IPS+" LCD panel had a pixel density of 534ppi, which is... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2uIsiIT

Xiaomi Black Shark 3 triple main camera shines through in a new drawing and a live photo

Xiaomi is expected to take the wrapping off of its new Black Shark 3 gaming handset in just a few days, on March 3 and naturally, the leaks have been intensifying accordingly. While cameras are understandably not going of be the main focus of this device, it is still good to get at least part of the scoop early. A new rough drawing of the phone has surfaced online, offering a better look at its back design, including what is a rather particular arrangement of a triple-camera setup. #Xiaomi #blackshark3 #blackshark3pro This is what the new gaming smartphone will look like. The render of the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2TcK1RS

YouTube TV will keep streaming Fox RSNs and YES Network during negotiations with Sinclair

Sports fans don’t have to worry about their local teams disappearing from YouTube TV after all. Not yet, anyway. Last night, YouTube tweeted that it has agreed to a temporary extension with Sinclair Broadcast Group, which now owns many Fox-branded regional sports networks (RSNs) and the YES Network, to keep those channels in its lineup as the two sides hammer out a longer-term carriage agreement. Earlier in the week, YouTube TV emailed customers to notify them that the sports networks would likely be leaving the service on February 29th due to stalled talks on a renewal. “This is a reflection of the rising cost of sports content,” the company said in a follow-up tweet. “You may have noticed several other TV services have also decided to... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2VvMQ22

9 new trailers you should watch this week

Image: Amazon As the leader of The Verge’s Pride & Prejudice (2005) fan group, I obviously went to go see Emma last weekend. It was great! The trailer made me worried that the film would be too stylized and stark, but I was actually really impressed at how it balanced those elements were while still telling the straight story. The film uses a lot of the stylized humor to set up its characters and world, then slowly fades it out as the drama ratchets up. Emma’s father is constantly ridiculous, a key love interest is dressed down before he’s built back up, and a secondary character is annoying to exaggerated lengths, nicely setting up how she later impacts the plot. Finding that balance between stylized humor and natural storytelling always seems... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2VvX0jm

How to stop Spectrum junk mail

Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images For years, I have been getting inundated with physical junk mail from my internet service provider (ISP), Charter Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable). In huge red capital letters, the envelopes are stamped “OPEN UPON RECEIPT” or “NOTICE” or “IMPORTANT ACCOUNT INFORMATION.” I always open them, just in case there is a legitimate problem and my internet is about to be shut off. Every single time, I get duped. Instead of legitimate account notices, the mailers are ads trying to get me to upgrade my plan or buy more services from Spectrum. In addition to tree-killing paper mailers I can at least recycle, Spectrum often likes to mix in unrecyclable thick plastic cards . It’s not like I can switch internet service providers to get away from... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2Tb4dDQ

Rockstar's cryptic new logo appears to be teasing something

Case in point: as spotted by GamesRadar and the Reddit community, Rockstar has debuted two new logos. One could attempt to talk this away as a simple brand refresh, a supposition that does have some merit. However, it seems deeper than that. from TechSpot http://bit.ly/2TmBhro

The Microsoft Surface Duo could arrive ahead of schedule, but with last-gen hardware

Back in October, Microsoft delivered at least a couple of surprise announcements with a re-imagined new take on the foldable form factor. There was the dual 9-inch display laptop/tablet, dubbed the Surface Neo and more-interesting for us - the Surface Duo. A dual 5.6-inch handset device, running Android, of all things. Both of these gadgets were shown-off in a really early stage of development and promised with a vague time frame of Holiday season 2020. That was kind of the plan in the first place - to try out a new, more open development process on the pair, with plenty of outside... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/385XKhD

Bob Iger got Disney into the streaming wars, so what happens once he’s gone?

Between 2006 and now, Disney spent around $100 billion to become the unbeatable giant it is today, snapping up Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm , BAMTech , and 21st Century Fox . While the acquisitions were made as the result of teamwork across a number of divisions, they were mostly led by two people: Bob Iger, who was CEO up until Tuesday, and Kevin Mayer, head of Disney’s direct-to-consumer division and the man in charge of all things streaming . Now, with Iger preparing to leave by the end of 2021, all eyes are on what comes next for Mayer. Mayer helped develop Disney’s current streaming landscape and was largely seen as the company’s heir apparent . So it came as a surprise to many when Disney announced its parks head, Bob Chapek , would... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/38csyNK

Samsung Galaxy A41 renders reveal Infinity-U display and triple rear cameras

Renders of the Samsung Galaxy A41 that passed through Geekbench last month have surfaced, revealing its design. The Galaxy A41 will pack an Infinity-U display, which is said to measure between 6" and 6.1" diagonally, and house a 25MP selfie camera inside the notch. Around the back, it has a triple camera setup with a 48MP main unit. The back panel doesn't have a fingerprint reader, which means the phone will either come with an in-display solution or will rely on Face Unlock for biometric authentication. The images also show us the volume rocker and power button - placed on the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2PDe0Ay

Vivo Apex 2020 With 120-Degree Curved Edgeless Screen, In-Display Selfie Camera Unveiled: All You Need to Know

Vivo Apex 2020 has finally been unveiled after many teasers. The phone brings many disruptive features – no physical buttons, no notch or hole-punch or even a pop-up selfie camera setup, and amped up optical image stabilisation. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com http://bit.ly/2vuzQPN

Nubia details the new active cooling fan solution on the upcoming Red Magic 5G

Despite its mouthful of a name, the ZTE nubia Red Magic 5G has really been blowing-up in the rumor mill lately. Joking-aside, the new gaming powerhouse is now a bit overdue, since it was originally supposed to be unveiled at MWC 2020 and is now headed towards a domestic market release instead. That could potentially lead to a major change in media exposure, which is why the company appears to be taking steps to keep the hype train going for as long as it can. President Ni Fei already has a history of teasing certain aspects of upcoming products, including the Red Magic 5G. Though,... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/39lSd8p

Samsung Galaxy A11 appears in a render with punch hole display and triple rear cameras

Earlier this month, an image of the Samsung Galaxy A11's back panel surfaced, revealing a triple camera setup aligned vertically in the upper-left corner. Today, an official-looking press render has leaked, giving us our clearest look yet at the Galaxy A11 while also revealing a few more bits about it. The image reveals that Galaxy A11 will sport a display having a punch hole in the top-left corner. Around the back, we already know it will have a triple camera setup. But this time, we see an oval-shaped fingerprint reader on the panel. You can also see the power button and volume rocker... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2Pz8oHo

Oppo Find X2 live images surface

As Oppo is getting ready to introduce the world to the Find X2 on March 6, the company has been teasing a lot of aspects of its next flagship smartphone (and its even more premium sibling, the Find X2 Pro). Now though, it's time to take a look at a bunch of leaked live images of the Find X2. Oppo Find X2 live images As you can see, the camera island on the back seems to protrude a lot from the phone's body, but at least it's not as wide as those on recent Samsungs. There's a periscope zoom module in there, up top, given away by the square opening and the "hybrid zoom"... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/389o5vp

FCC proposes over $208 million in fines for all major US carriers over selling customer location data

Early February, the FCC wrote a letter to the US Congress where it explained that "one or more" major US carriers was selling its customers' location data to some agencies. This practice was initially discovered back in 2018 and only how has the FCC done something to discourage it. On Friday, the FCC revealed that it was issuing a total of over $208 million in fines to all four major US carriers. T-Mobile is looking at $91 million in fines, AT&T faces $57 million, $48 million for Verizon, and Sprint may have to pay $12 million. Currently, these are proposed fines based on the FCC's... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2I7pKqQ

Hilary Duff publicly asks Disney to move Lizzie McGuire reboot to Hulu instead of Disney Plus

Photo by: Aaron Poole/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images New Disney CEO Bob Chapek has only been on the job for a few days , and he’s already got a controversy to deal with. Hilary Duff, whose career was launched by the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire , is asking the company to move the in-the-works reboot off of Disney Plus and onto Hulu instead. The actress and singer posted the request on her Instagram on Friday night. “Was incredibly excited to launch ‘Lizzie’ on D+ and my passion remains,” Duff wrote. “However, I feel a huge responsibility to honor the fans’ relationship with Lizzie who, like me, grew up seeing themselves in her. I’d be doing a disservice to everyone by limiting the realities of a 30-year-old’s journey to live under the ceiling of a PG rating.” View this... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/39aIe5C

Redmi Note 8 Pro Android 10 update escapes China

The Redmi Note 8 Pro has been running the latest MIUI 11 for a while now, and yet everywhere across the world except China it's still been based on the rather ancient Android 9 Pie. An update to Android 10 has been in the works for months for global Redmi Note 8 Pro models, but for some reason it took this long to actually start rolling out. Don't get the champagne out yet, though. For now, a new update for the Redmi Note 8 Pro bringing Android 10 to the immensely popular mid-range device, is only going out in Pakistan, seemingly. It's unclear how long it will take for us to see it in... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2I1KccC

The Internet Archive’s VHS Vault will send you on a 90s nostalgia trip

Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images The Internet Archive, perhaps best known for the extremely handy Wayback Machine you can use to find older versions of webpages, also has free movies, books, software, and music. Yet a little known part of the organization’s media trove includes uploaded recordings from VHS tapes, as I learned today thanks to this Vice article . They live on The VHS Vault , and as of this writing, there are more than 20,000 recordings you can peruse. A lot of the recordings are from the 90s, which is when I was a kid, so I’ve found a lot of stuff that has given me all sorts of nostalgic feels. Take, for example, this collection of Nickelodeon commercial breaks recorded in April 1998 : True 90s kids will also remember the greatest late-90s/early 2000s trend... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/3acnzy6

GDC postponed to later this year over coronavirus concerns

This year’s annual Game Developers Conference has been postponed amid growing concern about the international coronavirus outbreaks. The event, which has run since 1988, was expected to take place from March 16th–20th in San Francisco. “After close consultation with our partners in the game development industry and community around the world, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March,” reads a note posted to the official GDC post Friday evening . “Having spent the past year preparing for the show with our advisory boards, speakers, exhibitors, and event partners, we’re genuinely upset and disappointed not to be able to host you at this time.” GDC is postponed after big names like Epic Games... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/3ac5X5q

Another coronavirus case of unknown origin identified in California

A researcher works on developing testing for the novel coronavirus at a lab in New Jersey. | Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images A second case of COVID-19 with an unknown origin has been identified in Santa Clara county, California on Friday. This indicates to health experts that the novel coronavirus — which causes the disease COVID-19 — is likely spreading through more than one community in the US. The Washington Post first reported news of the second case of community transmission in the US — a 65-year-old woman who had no known history of travel to any of the countries that have been hardest-hit by the disease. So far, more than 84,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed around the world, and more than 2,800 people have died of the respiratory disease. Most of these cases are concentrated in China, where the virus was first identified, but the disease has... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/384FDIV

EVE Online's annual gathering is off over the coronavirus scare

EVE Fanfest 2020 will not be held this year. The company regretfully issued a statement saying it decided to pull the plug on the event due to concerns over the coronavirus. It was previously scheduled for April 2 through 4. from TechSpot http://bit.ly/38csHkm

Pre-release nubia Red Magic 5G revealed in first live photo

Smartphone companies have been racing each other to introduce a handset with a 120 Hz screen, but nubia is about to one-up them all. The upcoming Red Magic 5G will have whopping 144 fps that is the true improvement in screen performance - that is the equivalent of a gaming PC with a 144 Hz monitor. GameBench got its hands on a pre-release nubia Red Magic 5G that has Snapdragon 865 chipset, 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. There is also active cooling to keep the internals at a lower temperature, so there won't be any thermal throttling. Interestingly enough, the battery is listed as... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2uHPerK

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman calls TikTok a spyware, asks users to uninstall app

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Apple iPhone XR and iPhone 11 were the top selling smartphones in 2019: Report

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Astronomers discover existence of a minimoon three years after Earth captures it

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Pre-approved antiviral drugs could be first line of defense for COVID-19 infection

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Vivo Apex 2020 ‘Borderless’ Display, Gimbal Camera, 60W Fast Charging Teased Ahead of Launch

The first teaser shared on Weibo shows off Vivo Apex 2020’s curved edges, with slightly tapered corners for better protection. The company has already teased that the edges are curved at an angle of 120 degrees. In the post, the company also confirms that the phone will be unveiled at 4pm local time (1.30pm IST). from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com http://bit.ly/3cflEdQ

WhatsApp Tricks: Know how to make GIF by shortening your gallery video

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John Tenniel, the illustrator for 'Alice in Wonderland', celebrated in today's Google doodle

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Realme confirms that Realme X50 5G already supports NavIC, as will just about every new phone that launches this year

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Indian women scientists stress on pay gaps, equality, fair policies in research

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WhatsApp beta for Android gets new solid colour options in dark mode

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Telcos should act fast to counter online frauds: Paytm

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Realme 6 Pro Spotted on Geekbench Ahead of Launch Next Week, 8GB RAM Tipped

The upcoming Realme 6 Pro smartphone seems to have surfaced on Geekbench, tipping key specifications ahead of launch next week. Realme 6 series launch is set for March 5, and the Chinese smartphone maker is hosting an event in New Delhi to unveil the Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com http://bit.ly/32yXRkF

Black hole explosion, 390 mn light years away, carves out crater from surrounding hot gas

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Apple Powerbeats 4 design revealed by FCC listing

Apple's is preparing to release a new pair of wireless headphones called the Powerbeats 4. Late last month, we saw a glimpse of the earphone's design thanks to a set of icons found in iOS update 13.3.1. Powerbeats Pro (left) • Powerbeats 4 (middle) • Powerbeats 3 (right) Thanks to a new filing with the FCC, we are able to see more about the Powerbeats 4's design. It carriers a model number of A2015 and first began testing in November. A description in the filing reads the following: A2015 is wireless headphone with integrated battery, microphone, and antenna. It... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2VsOm53

Realme 6 Pro stops by Geekbench

Realme has already confirmed that it's launching the Realme 6 and 6 Pro in India next week, on March 5. The phones will be joined by the company's first fitness band. The Realme 6 Pro has so far been rumored to sport the Snapdragon 720G chipset, and today it's been spotted in the Geekbench results database. The model number RMX2061 has been associated with the Realme 6 Pro through a previous IMDA certification. The SoC isn't specified in the benchmark listing, but we do get to find out that at least one version of the handset will come with 8GB of RAM. It will also run Android 10... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/32AD7cc

WeWork’s fall is so wild that it’s getting a second TV series, this one for Apple

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WeWork was 2019’s soap opera of a company , and its story was so wild that it will be the focus of a second TV series, Variety reports . The second series will be developed by Apple and the showrunner of Apple TV Plus series Little America , according to Variety . (Disclosure: Little America is adapted from a series by Epic Magazine , which is owned by Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company.) The series will be based on David Brown’s WeCrashed podcast from the podcast network Wondery. WeWork’s story should make for good TV Variety’s report doesn’t indicate when the series might be released. But if or when it does, WeWork’s story should make for good TV. Last summer, WeWork was gearing up for massive initial public offering. Shortly after its... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/32wNw8Q

Horror story subreddit goes dark to protest Youtubers ripping off writers

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The popular horror story subreddit r/nosleep has set itself to private until Monday to protest YouTube creators stealing stories and turning them into videos without permission from their original creators ( via Tubefilter ). R/nosleep, which hosts an array of short stories and other horror-related writing, is in the top 50 most popular subreddits, with nearly 14 million subscribers, according to the website Reddit Metrics . So it draws a lot of readers for the scary stories users submit. (The term “nosleep” comes from the idea that if you read the stories, they’re scary enough that they’ll keep you from going to sleep.) Some YouTube creators will take those stories and make dramatic readings of them on their YouTube channels, like this... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2TjW3YN

Microsoft and Epic are the latest to pull out of GDC due to coronavirus fears

"After a close review of guidance by global health authorities and out of an abundance of caution, we’ve made the difficult decision to withdraw from participating at Game Developers Conference 2020 in San Francisco," Microsoft wrote in their Game Stack blog. "The health and safety of players, developers, employees, and... from TechSpot http://bit.ly/2wUcRxW

Unions are pushing the FTC to investigate Amazon for anti-competitive practices

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A coalition of some of the largest labor unions in the US have formally petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for anticompetitive practices. The petition, filed Thursday, is a 28-page document with nearly 150 footnotes, and it asks the FTC to conduct a study exploring Amazon’s effects on the economy and whether the structure of its sprawling empire gives it unfair advantages in the marketplace. The collective union members total more than 5.3 million. The groups participating include the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which includes 1.4 million truck drivers and other transportation-related workers; the Communications Workers of America, a media labor union including millions of telecommunications and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/32vVPlu

Stone tools show humans in India survived the cataclysmic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago

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First US COVID-19 case confirmed with unknown connection; no recent foreign travel or contact with traveler

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OnePlus 8 Pro photos leaked; show off display design, punch-hole selfie camera

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iQoo 3 First Impressions

iQoo has entered the Indian smartphone market with the iQoo 3, does it have what it takes to succeed? Here are our first impressions of the device. from RSS Feeds | ANDROID - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com http://bit.ly/2VivjKM

Our Huawei Mate XS hands-on video is up

Huawei's Mate Xs is a refreshed version of the Mate X, the company's first folding smartphone. In contrast to the Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Mate X's display folds around the exterior of its hardware (the Galaxy Fold's display folds inwards). The design is mostly similar, but there are some updates worth noting. To start off, the Mate XS feels like a more polished product than the Mate X did. The chipset was updated to a Kirin 990 CPU, and the interface was refined for this kind of form factor. In addition, Huawei updated the hinge, which is calls the Falcon Wing. Starting with... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2PqNcmI

A Californian has contracted coronavirus from an unknown source

Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images A person in California has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus , despite having not having any “relevant travel history” or exposure to someone who was known to have the illness, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an emailed statement today. This may be the first instance of “community spread,” which is a term the public health community uses to say the source of the illness is unknown, the CDC said in its release. It’s also possible that the patient was exposed to a person who’d traveled, and didn’t realize they were infected. The Washington Post reported this person was in Northern California. The CDC statement came just after President Donald Trump ended a press conference where he named Vice President Mike... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2ThLKo2

Samsung pledges to improve Galaxy S20 camera after reviewers see issues

Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge Samsung has responded to some issues that early reviewers have found with the camera system on the new Galaxy S20 Ultra. The company says it’s working on an update to improve the camera, though it doesn’t acknowledge any specific problem or confirm when the fixes will be available. We have seen the issues ourselves with both focus hunting and overbearing skin smoothing. Our review will be posted soon. “The Galaxy S20 features a groundbreaking, advanced camera system,” Samsung says in a statement to The Verge . “We are constantly working to optimize performance to deliver the best experience for consumers. As part of this ongoing effort, we are working on a future update to improve the camera experience.” Reviews from publications... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2HYjy4b

Mike Pence, who enabled an HIV outbreak in Indiana, will lead US coronavirus response

Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence will take charge of the US response to the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump announced today. “Mike is not a czar,” Trump said. “I don’t view Mike as a czar.” Pence is not a public health expert, either. Instead, as governor of Indiana, he slashed public health spending and delayed the introduction of needle exchanges, which led to the state’s worst outbreak of HIV . He takes over from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar who has been heading the White House coronavirus task force since the beginning of January. Yale epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves, who conducted the research linking the Indiana HIV outbreak to Pence’s policies, tweeted that the decision “speaks to a lack of seriousness by the... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts http://bit.ly/2T35P2l