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In July, the FCC asked for comments on a plan that would require carriers to conduct drive testing. Both AT&T and T-Mobile said it would be too costly to conduct those tests. The recently passed Broadband DATA Act requires the FCC to collect more granular data on coverage. AT&T and T-Mobile have come out against a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan that would require telecom operators to conduct drive tests to verify their coverage claims.
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Smartphone makers are in a constant battle to offer the best camera experience on their phones. From high-resolution sensors to AI-assisted photography features, cameras on phones are more diverse today than ever before. But good imaging skills are not enough to guarantee a great smartphone. There are many other factors such as the display, processor, software, fast charging, and more that can make or break a device.
You should have heard of virtual private networks (VPNs) by now. Previously only utilized by techies, they’re now part of the mainstream due to the rising threats online. If you’re not using a VPN yet, you may just want to consider what risks you’re taking.
Your ISP can sell data about you or share your activity to law enforcement or other 3rd parties. Advertisers want to track your preferences and location.
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Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 today. The tablet is the first to support DeX hardware and seems to be aimed as a replacement for your Surface. The tablet goes on sale on August 10 for $650 without the cover, which costs $150 on its own. The rumor mill has been churning for a while now surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4. Today, Samsung launched the latest-and-greatest in its tablet lineup, and it comes with a few new features that make it a viable replacement for your laptop.
If you’ve been eyeballing the Moto line for a while now but haven’t really been tempted enough to make the jump, the day might have finally arrived for you. The 64GB variant of the Moto X Pure Edition is going on sale for a cool $399.99 at B&H, and if you take advantage of this sweet deal, they’ll even throw in a $25 gift card to boot.
Seeing as this device currently sells for around $520 on Amazon, our back-of-a-napkin math says that this offer works out to about $145 in savings.
The Cyber Monday madness continues, and the latest price plunge to catch our attention is a big promo code saving on the popular School of Game Design. This enormous online learning kit teaches you everything you need to know about building and designing great games.
With over 120 hours of online video tutorials, you’ll learn both the coding skills and the design techniques required to produce visually pleasing games. When you sign up you get free access to thousands of dollars of game art, and textures you can download and use in your own games.
If you’re anything like me, heck, if you use the Internet at all, you have a password problem. Actually, two problems. First, you have to come up with unique, strong passwords for every service that you use, from Facebook to your online banking account. They can’t (shouldn’t!) be the same, because if one of them is compromised, all your accounts are at risk. The second problem is managing all those credentials – remembering dozens of user-password pairs can be difficult, if not impossible.
The headline above is going to confuse a lot of you without some backstory, so here’s what you should know: Opera has been making web browsers for as long as we can remember. They’ve always used their own browsing engines, and in 2003 they launched “Presto”. It’s an engine that’s served them well, but today’s world is dominated by WebKit. WebKit is the name of the open source rendering engine that Apple uses for Safari, that Google uses for Chrome, that Nokia used over half a decade ago in Symbian, and what RIM’s using in the latest version of their BlackBerry platform.
Google recently unveiled“desktop apps for Chrome”, a new initiative that runs special Chrome OS apps independent of the Chrome browser. This important change meant that Chrome OS would finally have an experience that was a bit closer to a traditional operating system. Alongside the announcement, Google also announced they were bringing a Chrome app launcher to Windows, which would allow Chrome apps to launch outside of the Chrome browser – just like a native Windows app.
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Samsung is tipped to drop the iris scanner on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10. The device is instead expected to get both an in-display fingerprint sensor and 3D sensor. The iris scanner has been around on flagship Samsung devices since the Galaxy Note 7. Samsung will reportedly ditch the iris scanner on the rumored Galaxy S10, with the manufacturer instead tipped to include an in-display fingerprint sensor and a 3D sensor on the phone.