Verizon: Next-gen 5G broadband won’t be as crappy as cell plans
In the next few years, Verizon is planning on replacing wired home broadband with a wireless 5G connection. It sounds great in theory, but anyone …
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Monoprice’s Black Friday 2017 deals: 20% (or more) off everything
Most Black Friday 2017 deals are complicated. There’s doorbusters, select limited-stock deals on certain items, blackout windows, and 30-page ads to wade through to get …
iOS 11.1.2 is here with the cold weather iPhone X bug fix
As the famous Game of Thrones saying goes: Winter is coming, so make sure you download the latest iOS update that patches the cold weather bug fix. …
Lenovo’s Black Friday ad is here, and it’s a great time to buy a laptop
With most of the big Black Friday 2017 deals already public, it’s only the smaller companies that still need to make their offers public. Lenovo …
Whole Foods just cut more prices for Amazon Prime members
In 10 years’ time, when Amazon-Whole Foods-Google has bought up the last remaining company in the US, we’re probably going to remember the Amazon Whole …
The best Black Friday iPhone deals are yet to come
By now, all the big-box stores and major online retailers have revealed their Black Friday deals. As you’d expect, the iPhone does feature, like Sam’s …
The Toys R Us Black Friday 2017 ad flyer just leaked, with some huge deals
Nearly all of the Black Friday 2017 ads have been posted by this point. The “big three” of Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart have all …
How does the iPhone X’s Studio Lighting compare to actual studio lighting?
In recent years, phone-makers have turned to software and alogirthms to catch up with pro photographers. The most common trick is to use the increasingly …
Apple’s AR glasses will come ‘no later than 2019,’ major supplier says
If you’ve been following Apple rumors for a while, chances are you’re already bored of hearing about the Apple Glasses. Speculation that Apple is working …
iPhone X vs Galaxy Note 8 LTE speed test: It’s not even close
One of the most common pieces of “fan-mail” I get concerns LTE-Advanced and Gigabit LTE technologies. Generally speaking, people wonder why phone manufacturers bother advertising …
There are two types of iPhone X, and one is faster than the other
There’s one little detail about the iPhone X that Apple likes to keep quiet: there’s really two different versions of the phone. Apple sourced baseband …
Report: Next-gen HomePod will have Face ID because sure why not
Although Apple’s first-gen HomePod is still nothing more than a twinkle in Jony Ive’s eye, a new report from Nikkei suggests that Apple is already working …
Report: Sprint to give customers free Hulu in attempt to stay relevant
T-Mobile customers get free Netflix. AT&T Unlimited customers get free HBO. So Sprint, according to a new report, will start giving customers something they can’t …
Stop freaking out: Face ID isn’t ‘broken’
Late last week, a video started doing the rounds showing that Face ID can be “hacked,” if you have a detailed scan of a user’s …
JD Power survey: The best home internet provider is your regional cable monopolist
Every year, JD Power surveys tens of thousands of US customers about nearly every product and service you can think of. It’s the most repeatable, …
iOS 11.2 beta 3 is here, go download it now
It’s a Monday, which means it’s time for Apple to push out a new developer beta of iOS 11.2. Today’s download marks the third revision …
Apple supplier Qualcomm rejects $105 billion takeover bid from Broadcom
Last week, chip giant Broadcom made an unsolicited takeover bid for Qualcomm, Broadcom’s rival and the largest manufacturer of modems and processors for high-end smartphones. …
The iPhone X’s Face ID can be broken with a 3D printer and a whole lot of time
Apple’s Face ID is supposed to be the most secure biometric security system ever put into a smartphone. The company claims a false-positive rate of …
StubHub caught offering special deals to prolific scalpers
The recently-released Paradise Papers has shone a bright light on tax evasion and international corruption. But it’s also throwing up some interesting tidbits about lesser-known …
Casey Neistat’s verdict on the iPhone X is in
This year, Apple went a different-than-normal route with iPhone X reviews. Rather than seeding review devices to big newspapers and tech blogs, as per usual, …
Behold: A next-gen iPad with Face ID and no notch
According to a Bloomberg report published last week, Apple is working on a 2018 iPad Pro that’ll take the edge-to-edge display and Face ID sensor from the …
T-Mobile is deploying gigabit LTE technology to fight Verizon and AT&T
T-Mobile has made remarkable strides in the last three years. Back in 2014, its network languished almost depressingly far behind Verizon and AT&T, and consumers …
The fastest cities in the US for LTE have been revealed, and it’s not where you think
When you think of the places in the US with the best cell service, you’re probably thinking bustling high-tech metropolises or the downtown of the …
This is the kind of dirty trick Comcast tries to keep its monopoly
In the three months that make up Q3 2017, Comcast’s cable communications operation pulled in $2.65 billion in income. Revenue was up 5.1%, even as …
The iPhone X will push Apple ahead of Samsung once and for all
In the decade-long battle between Apple and Samsung, the iPhone maker has traditionally been winning most of the categories that investors care about. It’s had …
How to make every tweet in your Twitter timeline 140 characters again
Yesterday afternoon, Twitter either ruined its entire platform, or made it easier to use, depending on who you talk to. There’s definitely an argument to …
The majority of iOS devices already run iOS 11
Apple’s never had a hard time beating Google when it comes to software updates. The number of devices in the Android system, combined with the …
Macy’s Black Friday 2017 deals flyer is out, with some of the best tech deals we’ve seen
Macy’s probably isn’t the first place you think of for big tech deals during Black Friday. But in 2017, it could be one of the …
Trump’s DoJ wants AT&T to sell CNN to secure Time Warner deal
According to reports from the New York Times, Financial Times, and Recode, the Department of Justice is asking AT&T to sell Turner, the broadcast TV arm of Time …
Apple’s next iPad will steal the iPhone X’s best features
Face ID and an edge-to-edge display will come to the iPad in 2018, according to a report from Apple insider Mark Gurman. He says that …
