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Frontier's Bringing Its 5-Gig Fiber Network Across the Country 61
Q4 2022 Was a Disaster For Smartphone Sales, Sees the Largest-Ever Drop 82
Apple Gives Some Older iPhones OS Updates, Going Back To iPhone 5S 45
Android 13 Is Running On 5.2% of All Devices Five Months After Launch 77
Gen Z's New Fascination With Flip Phones 126
Google's Stadia Controller Is Getting Bluetooth Support 18
Second-hand and Refurbished Phone Market Takes Flight Amid Inflation Hike 31
Microsoft Scraps Plans For Dual-Screen Surface Duo 3, Pivots To New Foldable Screen Design 25
The Fairphone 2 Will Hit End-of-Life After 7 Years of Updates 20
Apple Is Reportedly Making An All-In-One Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth Chip 36
France Fines Apple for Illegally Harvesting iPhone Owners' Data for Ads 15
Apple No Longer Planning To Launch iPhone SE 4 Next Year 24
Qualcomm's Going Toe-To-Toe With Apple's Satellite Messaging Feature 20
Wireless Power Consortium Works With Apple On Next-Gen 'Qi2' Standard Based On MagSafe 26
Verizon Warns Its Last 3G Customers to Upgrade Before Losing Service 101
NetGear Warns Users To Patch Recently Fixed Wi-Fi Router Bug 7
Developer Uses iOS 16 Exploit To Change System Font Without Jailbreak 22
Phone Manufacturers: Please Give Us the Power Button Back 163
FSF Warns: Stay Away From iPhones, Amazon, Netflix, and Music Steaming Services 199
Delta To Make Its In-Flight Wi-Fi Free 52
Samsung Ditches Samsung? New Team Formed for Building Its Own Chipsets 12
Tim Cook Admits That iPhones Use Sony Camera Sensors 76
Apple Fixes 'Actively Exploited' Zero-Day Affecting Most iPhones 38
Only a Quarter of US iPhones Are Sold Through Apple 31
Will USB-C Charging Standard Bring Fewer Other Proprietary Parts and Less e-Waste? 116
Apple Expands Self Service Repair To iPhone and MacBook Users in Europe 32
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China 101
Chinese Police are Using Cellphone Data to Track Down Protesters 67
iPhone 14 Satellite Feature Saves Stranded Man In Alaska 49
Smartphones Wiped 97% of Compact Digital Camera Market 96
More Than 1 Billion People Expected To Be Using 5G By Year's End 55
Apple's iPhone Pro Shipments May Fall 20 Million Units Short of Estimates 64
Influencers Were Paid By Google To Promote a Pixel Phone They Never Used 39
Apple Hobbled Protesters' Tool in China Weeks Before Widespread Protests 89
Violent Revolt at World's Largest iPhone Factory in China Could Strain iPhone Supply 90
EU Allows Smartphones During Flights 68
Brazilian Regulator Seizes iPhones From Retail Stores as Apple Fails To Comply With Charger Requirement 184
Violent Protests Break Out At Foxconn's 'iPhone City' 90
Do Screens Before Bedtime Actually Improve Your Sleep? 45
iPhone 15 USB-C Rumor Calls Out High-Speed Data Transfers As a Pro-Only Feature 139
Thanks To Open Source, 5G Cracks 50% of the Telecom Market 25
How Close Was America's FBI to Deploying Pegasus Spyware? 47
Apple Sued for Allegedly Deceiving Users With Privacy Settings 34
How Mem Plans To Reinvent Note-Taking Apps With AI 23
Apple Limits iPhone File-Sharing Tool Used For Protests In China 84
'Hey Siri' to Become Just 'Siri' 92
Is Iran Tracking and Controlling Its Protesters' Phones? 67
Five Years Later, Is eSIM Finally Ready To Take On the World? 89
Why Is My Cat Using Baidu? And Other IoT DNS Oddities 49
Samsung Privacy-Protecting Maintenance Mode Is Coming To Galaxy S22s Worldwide 13
Comcast's New Higher Upload Speeds Require $25-Per-Month xFi Complete Add-On 38
Pressuring Apple to Fix Texting, Google's Android Will Force iPhone Users to Read Descriptions of Reaction Emojis 213
Company Tries Selling a Screenless Smartphone 59
Visitors of Qatar World Cup Need To Install Spyware On Their Phone 110
Apple Bows To Pressure, Drops Plan To Buy Chinese Memory Chips 67
iOS 16 VPN Tunnels Leak Data, Even When Lockdown Mode Is Enabled 35
Lufthansa Changes Mind, Now Says Apple AirTags Are Allowed on Luggage 19
Apple Slapped With a $19 Million Fine in Brazil For Not Selling iPhones With a Charger 60
5.3 Billion Cellphones To Become Waste In 2022, Report Finds 58
Prison Inmate Accused of Orchestrating $11 Million Fraud Using Cell Cellphone 75
How Wi-Fi Spy Drones Snooped On Financial Firm 52
Android Leaks Some Traffic Even When 'Always-On VPN' Is Enabled 30
Lufthansa Says Passengers Can't Use Apple AirTags to Track Checked Bags 72
The iPhone 14's 'Crash Detection' Keeps Calling 911 on Rollercoasters 126
Apple Asks Suppliers To Shift AirPods, Beats Production To India 55
Matter Smart Home Standard Officially Launches 78
Apple Will Be Forced To Use New Charger After EU Votes for USB-C 314
FCC Threatens To Block Calls From Carriers For Letting Robocalls Run Rampant 78
Stadia Controllers Could Become E-Waste Unless Google Issues Bluetooth Update 51
Pfizer Pays Almost $120 Million For App That Detects COVID From a Cough 39
Europe Braces For Mobile Network Blackouts 132
Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners Through Mobile-Game Ads 17
Google Fiber Touts 20Gbps Download Speed In Test, Promises Eventual 100Gbps 56
Apple Begins Making the iPhone 14 In India 21
Ask Slashdot: What High-End Smartphone Is Best For Privacy? 196
iPhone 14 Pro Max Teardown Reveals Unused SIM Tray Area 25
Chinese Phonemaker Starts Copying iPhone 14's 'Dynamic Island' 35
Cutting Reliance on China, Apple To Move 25% iPhone Production To India By 2025 - JPM 57
Advocacy Group Asks FCC To Probe Efficacy of Wireless Industry's Voluntary Phone Unlocking Commitments 24
Bug in iPhone 14 Pro Max Causes Camera To Physically Fail, Users Say 66
Apple's Satellite-Based 'Emergency SOS' Prompts Speculation on Future Plans 34
FCC Approves Space-Based Texting Service From Lynk 13
iOS 16 To Gain 'Clean Energy Charging' Option Later This Year 117
Exploring GNOME-Based UIs For Mobile Linux Devices 38
Tim Cook Says 'Buy Your Mom an iPhone' If You Want To End Green Bubbles 358
A Text Alert May Have Saved California From Power Blackouts 135
Apple Removes SIM Card Tray On All iPhone 14 Models In US 153
iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max Announced With Animated Notches and Always-on Displays 109
The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus Are Official With Satellite-Based Emergency SOS 94
How China Has Added To Its Influence Over the iPhone 23
EU Wants Smartphones, Tablets To Be Repairable For At Least 5 Years 44
Apple Releases Rare iOS 12 Update To Address Security Flaw On Older iPhones, iPads 22
SmartDry's Useful Laundry Sensor To Be Cloud-Bricked Next Month 146
Sony's New PlayStation Studios Mobile Team is Making Spinoff Games For Your Phone 14
Websites Can Identify If You're Using iPhone's New 'Lockdown' Mode 55
Chattanooga, Tennessee offers America's First Community-Wide 25 Gig Internet Service 28
Apple Already Sold Everyone an iPhone. Now What? 113
Erik Prince Wants To Sell You a 'Secure' Smartphone That's Too Good To Be True 86
Apple Targets September 7 for iPhone 14 Launch in Flurry of New Devices 40
Court Upholds FCC's Decision To Reallocate Part of 5.9 GHz Band For Unlicensed Use, Including Wi-Fi 18
Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone 120
Cellphone at Third Base: Baseball Player Mistakenly Runs the Bases with His iPhone 38
'Samsung Still Hasn't Given Us a Good Reason To Buy a Foldable Phone' 73
Meta's Flailing Portal Repurposed As a Wireless Portable Monitor 15
What Happened After a High School Banned Mobile Phones? 289
Samsung Finally Starts Selling Parts for Smartphone Repairs at Home. Sort of 23
Intel To Introduce Wi-Fi 7 In 2024 As Apple Plans Imminent Move To Wi-Fi 6E 50
Samsung's 'Repair Mode' Lets Technicians Look At Your Phone, Not Your Data 29
T-Mobile Announces $350M Settlement Over Data Breach - Plus $150M Security Upgrade 18
Chromebooks With Mobile Data To Act As Wi-Fi Hotspots 15
GeForce Now Rolling Out 120FPS Cloud Gaming To All Compatible Android Smartphones 15
Homeland Security Records Show 'Shocking' Use of Phone Data, ACLU Says 47
Smartphone Shipments Dropped 9% in Q2 37
Are Lock Screens About to Change? 75
IPhone Sales Banned In Colombia 42
Arizona Makes It Illegal For Bystanders To Record Cops At Close Range 154
FCC Gets 90K+ Comments From Starlink Users Protesting Dish Mobile Service 47
Apple Launches iPhone Security Tool To Block Targeted Attacks 37
Sprint's Network Has Been Officially Retired 12
Brazil Is Also Considering Making USB-C Chargers Mandatory For iPhones 76
Apple Exec Says Samsung Copied iPhone and Simply 'Put a Bigger Screen Around It' 129
Solana Launches Web3-Focused Smartphone Saga To Improve Crypto-Mobile Relationship 52
58% of US Adults Say They Use Their Smartphone 'Too Much' 119
Verizon, AT&T Agree to Delay Some 5G Rollouts Near Airports 21
Apple Hit With Yet Another 'Batterygate' Lawsuit 62
LastPass No Longer Requires a Password To Access Your Vault 29
Apple 'Passkeys' Could Finally Kill Off the Password For Good 141
Apple iOS 16 Brings Massive Improvements To Lock Screen and Messages 32
GNOME Shell is Being Ported to Phones 15
Cringley Predicts Apple is About to Create a Satellite-Based IoT Business 48
Canon Wireless Printers Are Getting Stuck In Reboot Loops 85
Murena, the Privacy-First Android Smartphone, Arrives 62
The Underground Company That Hacks iPhones for Ordinary Consumers 17
Cydia's Antitrust Case Against Apple Can Proceed, Judge Rules 69
NYC Removes Last Payphone From Service 107
Palm OS Developer Releases Source To Classic Games, 20+ Years After Release 22
New Bluetooth Hack Can Unlock All Kinds of Devices 123
'I Want An iPhone Mini-Sized Android Phone!' 167
Researchers Devise iPhone Malware That Runs Even When Device Is Turned Off 54
San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars As Mobile Surveillance Cameras 50
Apple Testing iPhones That Ditch Lightning Ports in Favor of USB-C 91
'It's 2022, Phones Should Be Built To Last Five Years or More' 215
FBI Told Israel It Wanted Pegasus Hacking Tool For Investigations 7
Google Announces Its First Smartwatch, a New Budget Phone 29
Google Explains Why It's All In On Matter, the First True Smart Home Standard 66
Wi-Fi 7 Home Mesh Routers Poised To Hit 33Gbps 58
Apple Reaches Settlement To Pay $15 To Some iPhone 4S Owners Over Throttling 34
Apple Music Is Installing Itself To the Dock, Booting Out Other Apps 50
Spanish Prime Minister's Mobile Phone Infected By Pegasus Spyware 26
Apple Extends Its Grace Period for Deleting Old (and Unpopular) Apps from Its App Store 33
Nigeria Blocks 73 Million Mobile Phones in Security Clampdown 16
North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones To Access Forbidden Media 23
Apple iMac With M3 Set For 2023, iMac Pro Isn't Dead 47
Apple App Store Appears to Be Widely Removing Outdated Apps 76
California Net Neutrality Law To Remain Intact After Appeals Court Says It Won't Reconsider Earlier Decision 36
CNN's New Streaming Service, CNN Plus, Is Already Shutting Down 193
Delta Confirms It Worked With SpaceX To Trial Starlink's Satellite Internet 25
Volla Phone 22 Runs Ubuntu Touch Or a Privacy-Focused Android Fork Or Both 22
The Nord N20 Is OnePlus' Budget Offering For 2022 12
Ukraine War Stokes Concerns in Taiwan Over Its Fragile Internet Links 48
Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Fixated On Creating AR's 'iPhone Moment' 55
Virginia Police Routinely Use Secret GPS Pings To Track People's Cell Phones 59
'Slim' New BlackBerry Clone Is the Thickest Phone of the Year 65
US Extradites Man Who Allegedly Sold Backdoored Phones For The FBI 27
Apple Starts Manufacturing iPhone 13 In India 15
Has the Era of Fixing Your Own Phone Nearly Arrived? 62
Black Market SIM Cards Turned a Zimbabwean Border Town Into a Remote Work Hub 11
Apple, Facing Outcry, Says App Developers Are Thriving on iPhone 29
Top EU Court Says Phone Data Cannot Be Held 'Indiscriminately' 10
Four Indigenous People Killed In 'Clash' With Venezuelan Military Over Wi-Fi 18
Samsung To Provide Smartphone Parts, Tools, and Repair Guides Starting This Summer 11
T-Mobile Begins Shutdown of Sprint 3G Network 5
Apple Stores Will Now Decline to Repair iPhones Reported as Missing 42
Conflict, Inflation Lead To Cuts In iPhone SE Production, Report Claims 38
Apple Is Working on a Hardware Subscription Service for iPhones 67
Apple's iPhone Cameras Accused of Being 'Too Smart' 162
Has Apple's 'Pro' Branding Lost All Meaning? 84
'The Kremlin is Lying', Warn Text Messages Sent to Millions of Russian Cellphone Numbers 210
Router and Modem Rental Fees Still a Major Annoyance Despite New US Law 34
Apple Announces New iPhone SE With A15 Bionic and 5G 32
Samsung Says It Will Release An Update To Address App Throttling Issues 20
Samsung Is Reportedly Throttling the Performance of 10,000 Popular Apps 69
Meta Says Its Metaverse Ambitions Won't Be Possible Without Better Cellular Networks 43
Apple Announces March 8 Event, With the Tagline 'Peek Performance' 18
Volvo Ditches PCs and Paper In Favor of iPhone and Apple Watch 63
Samsung Shattered Encryption On 100 Million Phones 20
Behind the Stalkerware Network Spilling the Private Phone Data of Thousands 17
Qualcomm Will Support AV1 Video Codec In 2023, Report Says 36
OnePlus 10 Pro Snaps in Half in Durability Test 111
EU Accuses China of 'Power Grab' Over Smartphone Technology Licensing 88
BlackBerry's 5G Phone Is Officially Dead 19
FDA Clears First Smartphone App For Insulin Delivery 13
Samsung's New Galaxy Devices Will Contain Recycled Fishing Nets 31
Over 500 Mobile Apps Are Now Using the Term 'Metaverse' To Attract New Users 26
iPhone Flaw Exploited by Second Israeli Spy Firm 30
First US Mile of Wireless EV Charging Road Coming To Detroit 145
Samsung Led Smartphone Shipments For 2021, Beating Out Apple 39
Apple Might Let You Use Face ID With a Mask in the Next iOS Update 50
'Google Is Forcing Me To Dump a Perfectly Good Phone' 285
Hands-On Microsoft's Canceled Andromeda OS 13
FAA Estimates 78% of US Planes Can Now Land At Airports With 5G C-Band 59
How Europe Rolled Out 5G Without Hurting Aviation 120
Samsung Falling Behind Apple In AR/VR Space Due To 'Obsession' With Foldable Smartphones 67
The PinePhone Pro Brings Upgraded Hardware To the Linux Phone 23
Apple Tells US Senators Tech Bills Will Harm iPhone Privacy 45
Apple May Have Dropped Built-In Noise Cancellation On the iPhone 13 30
Chromebook 'Nearby Share' to Get 'Self Share' to Send Files to Our Own Devices 14
Why is Android 12 So Buggy? 80
Pine64's 'PineNote' E-Ink Tablet Now Available for $399 for Developers 36
Pine64's Newest Linux Smartphone 'PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition' Now Available for Pre-Order 27
Germany's Security Watchdog Finds No Evidence of Censorship In Xiaomi Phones 28
Raspberry Pi Can Detect Malware By Scanning For Electromagnetic Waves 14
Green Texts In iMessages Nudges Teens To Use iPhones 195
America's FAA Reveals 50 Airports Getting '5G Buffer' Zones for Six Months 57
Threat Actors Can Simulate IPhone Reboots and Keep IOS Malware On a Device 23
FAA Agrees Not To Seek Any More 5G Delays From AT&T and Verizon 19
Samsung's New TV Remote Uses Radio Waves From Your Router To Stay Charged 65
After US Sanctions, Huawei Revenue Plummets Nearly 30% In 2021 53
AT&T and Verizon Reject US Govt's Request to Delay New 5G Services 84
Canada's Public Health Agency Criticized for Tracking 33M Mobile Devices 49
US Government Requests Two-Week Delay for 5G Deployment, Citing Aviation Safety 36
Samsung Says Its Foldable Shipments Increased Four-Fold In 2021 56
BlackBerry OS Devices Will Stop Working On January 4, 2022 67
Federal Court Ruling Will Make Wifi 6E a Reality 52
T-Mobile Suffers Another Data Breach 6
A New Motorola Razr Foldable is Coming 27
Fisher-Price's Chatter Phone Has a Simple But Problematic Bluetooth Bug 27
5G Speeds In the US Rank Dead Last Among Early Adopters 77
Boeing, Airbus Executives Urge Delay in US 5G Wireless Deployment 82
Google OnHub Router Support Ending In 2022 29
iPhone 14 Pro To Feature 48-Megapixel Camera, Periscope Lens Coming 2023 45
Security Flaws Found in a Popular Guest Wi-Fi System Used in Hundreds of Hotels 25
Anti-5G Necklaces Found To Be Radioactive 80
Google Says NSO Pegasus Zero-Click 'Most Technically Sophisticated Exploit Ever Seen' 106
US Airlines Warn 5G Wireless Could Cause Havoc With Flights 89
Google Is Building a New AR Device and OS 20
USPS Built and Secretly Tested a Blockchain-Based Mobile Voting System Before 2020 60
Android 12 Go Edition Brings New Speed, Battery, Privacy Features To Lower-end Phones 10
Apple Reaches Quiet Truce Over iPhone Privacy Changes 43
Nine WiFi Routers Used by Millions Were Vulnerable to 226 Flaws 74
Comcast Reduced 'Working Latency' By 90% with AQM. Is This the Future? 119
Israel Halts Disputed Omicron Tracing Through Phone Surveillance 9
US State Department iPhones Hacked With Israeli Company Spyware 40
Apple Tells Suppliers iPhone Demand Has Slowed as Holidays Near 39
Qualcomm's New Always-On Smartphone Camera Is a Privacy Nightmare 53
The Virtual Phone Farms Scammers Use To Set Up Fake Accounts 22
Israel Authorizes Use of Phone Tracking Tech To Contain Spread of Omicron Covid Variant 70
Components Shortage Sends Smartphone Market Into Decline 25
US Rollout of 5G Frequencies Delayed Over Aviation Safety Concerns. Are They Warranted? 31
iOS 15.2 Beta Blurs Nude Images For Kids Using Messages App 92

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