Mobile Stories for 2019

Superphones, Hyperloops, and Other Tech Predictions That Haven't Happened (Yet) 39
'I Asked My Students To Turn In Their Cellphones and Write About Living Without Them' 77
Why Do 88% of Americans Use a Second Screen While Watching TV? 138
Do You Protect Your iPhone? It's a Case Study That Divides Americans. 177
T-Mobile/Sprint Deal Is Good Actually, Feds Tell Court In States' Lawsuit 17
The U.S. Navy Bans TikTok from Government-Issued Mobile Devices 26
Motorola Delays Razr To Meet Unexpectedly High Demand 11
Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites To Beam Data To Devices 46
Robocall Fines Rise To $10,000 Per Call Under Newly Passed Law 62
An Investigation Into the Smartphone Tracking Industry 52
FCC Funds 25Mbps, Data-Capped Satellite In Rural Areas 53
Night Mode Could Actually Be Worse For Your Sleep Pattern, Study Finds 41
UK Proposes Plan To Ban Sales of Locked Mobile Phones 36
Apple Pulls App That Let You Turn Your Phone Into a Virtual iPod With Click Wheel 39
Google Warns Turkish Partners Over New Android Phones Amid Dispute 16
America's FCC Votes Unanimously To Divide 'Safety Spectrum' Into Wifi and Auto Applications 64
When China and Other Big Countries Launch Cryptocurrencies, It Will Kick Off a Global Revolution 166
Windows 10 Mobile Reaches End of Support 55
Less Than 10 Percent of Americans Are Buying $1,000 Smartphones, Report Says 126
Samsung Has Sold 1 Million Galaxy Fold Smartphones 34
Apple's Ad-Targeting Crackdown Shakes Up Ad Market 105
Apple May Use Carbon-Free Aluminum In New iPhones 43
Apple Will Reportedly Release An iPhone Without Any Ports In 2021 91
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 765 Chip Could Usher In the First Affordable 5G Phones 39
The iPhone 11 Pro's Location Data Puzzler 74
Brother of Drug Lord Pablo Escobar Launches 'Unbreakable' Foldable Smartphone 107
Huawei Manages To Make Smartphones Without American Chips 123
Qualcomm's Next-gen Snapdragon 865 Mobile Chip Focuses on 5G 6
Putin Signs Law Making Russian Apps Mandatory On Smartphones, Computers 64
Huawei Is Now Making Smartphones Without American Chips 185
Millions of SMS Text Messages Exposed In Unencrypted Database 17
Jony Ive Has Left Apple 84
AT&T and Verizon Agree To Change Their eSIM Practices 15
Right-to-Repair Groups Don't Buy Apple's Answers To Congress 110
Smartphone Videos Can Now Be Analyzed To Locate a Shooter 40
Russia Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software 78
College Students Say Ditching Their Smartphones For a Week Changed Their Lives 91
Germany Forces Apple To Let Other Mobile Wallet Services Use iPhone's NFC Chip 56
Taiwan Stops Selling Huawei Phones That Identify It as Part of China 42
Motorola Resurrects the Razr As a Foldable Android Smartphone 77
Apple Is Finally Willing To Make Gadgets Thicker So They Work Better 75
UCLA Now Has the First Zero-Emission, All-Electric Mobile Surgical Instrument Lab 26
Smartphone Maker Realme is Taking India and Other Emerging Markets by Storm 10
Phones and PCs Sold In Russia Will Have To Come Pre-installed With Russian Apps 75
'Bring Back the Replaceable Laptop Battery' 216
Bill Gates Thinks Windows Mobile Would Have Beaten Android Without Microsoft's Antitrust Woes 254
Ahead of Merger, T-Mobile Announces Its Cheapest Phone Plan Ever and 5G Coming December 6th 37
Amazon Ring Doorbells Exposed Home Wi-Fi Passwords To Hackers 25
Apple Services Censored in China Where Devices Flourished 43
The Original Google Pixel Will Get One Final Update In December 47
Africa Should Look To India For Digital Inspiration 25
Android Bug Lets Hackers Plant Malware Via NFC Beaming 14
Google, Walmart Help Drive India Payments Past 1 Billion Transactions 8
Huawei Gave Its Blacklist Verdict By Posting 66 Percent Gain In Smartphone Shipments 134
Apple Just Killed Google's Killer Phone Feature 159
iOS 13.2 Released With Deep Fusion, Siri Privacy Settings 23
UK Set To Allow Huawei in 'Non-Contentious' Parts of 5G Networks 19
Red Founder Kills the Company's Holographic Phone Project, Announces Retirement 10
The Four Major Carriers Finally Agree To Replace SMS With a New RCS Standard 117
The Pixel 4's 90Hz Display Only Works At High Brightness Levels 29
Android Pie Passes 20% Adoption After 12 Months 36
Apple Pay Overtakes Starbucks as Most Popular Mobile Payment Platform in the US 67
SpaceX Plans To Start Offering Starlink Broadband Services In 2020 125
Verizon's 5G Network Can Only Cover 'Certain Seating Areas' In a Basketball Stadium 66
Google Says a Fix For Pixel 4 Face Unlock Is 'Months' Away 32
Teenagers Are Easily Bypassing Apple's Parental Controls 100
Is AT&T Hiding A Widespread Voicemail Outage? 70
Samsung Won't Support Linux on DeX Once Android 10 Arrives 39
Huawei Says US Firms Have Expressed Interest In Licensing Its 5G Technology 23
Unpatched Linux Bug May Open Devices To Serious Attacks Over Wi-Fi 21
California Launches First Statewide Earthquake Early Warning System 17
Motorola Teases the New Razr Phone In November Event Invitation 22
Google Announces the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL Smartphones 66
Study: Many Popular Medical Apps Send User Info To 3rd Or 4th Parties 18
Her iPhone Died. It Led To Her Being Charged As a Criminal 211
Carriers Want To Hide Detailed 5G Maps From FCC and Public 40
Rwanda Releases First Smartphone Made Entirely In Africa 45
Apple Has No Backbone 293
Researchers Created Lenses a Thousand Times Thinner To Hopefully Eliminate Ugly Smartphone Camera Bumps 132
Essential Reveals Project Gem Smartphone With Very Long, Unusual Design 89
'Call of Duty: Mobile' Smashes Records With 100 Million Downloads in First Week 43
Microsoft Plans To Bring Internet Access To 40 Million People By 2022 32
Senator Proposes Mandatory Labeling For Products With Mics, Cameras 42
D-Link Home Routers Open To Remote Takeover Will Remain Unpatched 92
Getting a New Mobile Number in China Will Soon Involve a Facial-Recognition Test 35
The Privacy Trade-Offs of Cheap Android Smartphones 22
Consumer Expert Argues Tech Addiction Is The User's Responsibility 133
Did MacOS Stop Allowing Changes to Wifi MAC Addresses? 118
Did a Poker Pro Use RFID Tags To Cheat? 158
Attackers Exploit New 0-day Vulnerability Giving Full Control of Android Phones 26
Typing Speeds On Mobiles Rival Keyboard Users, Says Report 145
Apple To Release 'iPhone SE 2' In Q1 2020 With iPhone 8 Design, A13 Processor 33
Samsung Ends Mobile Phone Production In China 71
Samsung Owes Galaxy S4 Owners $10 For Cheating On Benchmarks 32
Iraq Shuts Down Internet Access As Mass Protests Turn Violent 55
Zimbabwe Has Shut Down the Use of Mobile Money For Cash Transactions 22
The iPhone 11's Deep Fusion Camera is Now in the iOS 13 Developer Beta 10
Pager Services To End Tuesday In Japan After 50 Years 37
Woman Who Sleeps In $500 EMF-Blocking Sack Wants Area-Wide Wi-Fi Limits 301
Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Hack You Will Be Mass Produced and Sold 57
Apple's New iPhones Will Warn You If They Can't Verify a Replaced Screen 36
Both Apple and Amazon Are Quietly Building Networks That Know the Location of Everything 32
Purism's Librem 5 Phone Starts Shipping. It Can Run Linux Desktop Apps 46
New iPhone Feature Can Send Unknown Callers To Voicemail Automatically 104
Apple Considers Using Iconic Logo As a Notification Light, Patent App Suggests 42
The Heat Death of 5G 92
New Checkm8 Jailbreak Released For All iOS Devices Running A5 To A11 Chips 30
'My Galaxy Fold Display Is Damaged After a Day' 66
OnePlus 7T Brings Snapdragon 855+, More Cameras For $599 29
Why So Many Apps Are Asking To Use Bluetooth on iOS 13 51
Amazon Sidewalk Is a New Long-Range Wireless Network For Your IoT Devices 46
Android 10 Go Edition Improves Speed and Security For Low-cost Phones 18
Xiaomi's Mi Mix Alpha Has a Display On the Front, Sides, and Back 55
Xiaomi Launches Big 5G Challenge To Huawei in China 8
Samsung's Galaxy Fold, Still Extremely Fragile, Goes on Sale in the US on September 27 47
How the Microsoft Store Urges Customers To Trade In Their iPhones 64
iOS 13 Ships With Known Lockscreen Bypass Flaw That Exposes Contacts 19
Apple Is Trying To Trademark 'Slofie' 43
Have Flagship Smartphone Prices Peaked? 85
Faster Wi-Fi Officially Launches Today 30
Pine64 Confirms $25 'PineTime' Smartwatch for Linux Smartphones 43
FCC Fails, Robocalls (and Complaints) Increase, Along with Number-Hijacking 110
IOS 13 Lock Screen Lets Anyone See Your Address Book 45
iPhone 11 Lineup Said To Include Two-Way Charging Hardware, But Software Disabled 16
ASUS ROG Phone II Proves To Be the Fastest Android Phone On the Market Currently 36
Apple's iPhone 11 Pro Is Triggering 'Fear of Holes' Or Trypophobia In Some 158
Apple Just Turned Its Extended Warranty For iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Into a Monthly Subscription 70
Apple Watch Series 5 Has An Always-On Display, Comes In Titanium or Ceramic Finishes 68
Apple Launches iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max 91
Purism Finally Starts Shipping Its Privacy-Focused 'Librem 5' Smartphone 46
'It Shouldn't Be This Hard To Responsibly Fly a Drone' 67
Hong Kong Protesters Using Mesh Messaging App China Can't Block: Usage Up 3685% 57
Huawei Announces Kirin 990 and Kirin 990 5G: Dual SoC Approach, Integrated 5G Modem 7
Why Phones That Secretly Listen To Us Are a Myth 219
How Samsung Fixed the Galaxy Fold 72
Apple Plans Return of Touch ID and New Cheap iPhone 25
Apple Has Copied Some of the Most Popular Apps in the App Store For its iPhone 94
Google Search is Getting Personalized TV and Movie Recommendations 15
Android 10 Launches Today, and Pixel Phones Get the Day One Update 45
Samsung Is Secretly Working on a Foldable Phone That Collapses Into a Square 45
iPhone-Monitoring Crackers Also Targeted Android and Windows, Targeted Ethnic Group in China 25
Google Says Hackers Have Put 'Monitoring Implants' in iPhones For Years 68
Microsoft Unveils New Tablet Experience For Windows 10 21
Apple Will Launch iPhone 11 on Sept. 10 in Cupertino 72
Apple Reverses Stance on iPhone Repairs and Will Supply Parts To Independent Shops For the First Time 77
Google To Shift Pixel Smartphone Production From China To Vietnam 78
Wi-Fi 6 Will Upgrade Your Workhorse Wireless Network 66
The Fairphone 3 Packs in Features While Keeping Its Green Credentials 47
Netflix Tests 'Collections' That Are Curated By Humans Instead of Algorithms 32
Americans Are Waiting Three Years To Replace Their Phones, Study Finds 149
Apple Readies Camera-Focused Pro iPhones, New iPads, Larger MacBook Pro 79
Chicago Tribune Claims iPhone Radiofrequency Radiation Levels Measured Higher Than Legal Safety Limit In Tests 74
California High School In Silicon Valley Is Locking Up Students' Cellphones 319
The First Lightning Security Key For iPhones Is Here, and It Works With USB-C, Too 51
The Truth About Faster Internet: It's Not Worth It 253
Fearing Data Privacy Issues, Google Cuts Some Android Phone Data For Wireless Carriers 24
'Futurefon' Crowdfunded on Indiegogo Was Part Of a Multimillion-dollar Scam 27
Researchers Build a Heat Shield Just 10 Atoms Thick To Protect Electronic Devices 20
America's Elderly Seem More Screen-Obsessed Than the Young 38
Slashdot Asks: Do You Use Your Laptop's Headphone Jack? 283
Xiaomi Tops the World's Second Largest Smartphone Market For Eighth Straight Quarter 16
Researcher Makes Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables That Will Hijack Your Computer 42
CenturyLink, FCC Reach Settlement Over 'Cramming' Fees On Phone Bills 19
Samsung Just Made a 108MP Camera for Phones 63
Samsung is Spamming Galaxy Phones With Multiple Note10 Ads 72
'Who Owns Your Wireless Service? Crooks Do' 36
Another Google Service Closes: Texts with Voicemail Transcripts 30
Researchers Can Accurately Measure Blood Pressure Using Just A Cellphone Video Of Your Face 37
HarmonyOS is Huawei's Android Alternative For Smartphones, Laptops and Smart Home Devices 80
Samsung Hides Ads That Made Fun of Apple's Removal of Headphone Jack 188
Apple Confirms $1 Million Reward For Anyone Who Can Hack An iPhone 65
Verizon: 5G Speeds On Low-Spectrum Bands Will Be More Like 'Good 4G' 84
Apple Is Locking Batteries To Specific iPhones, a Nightmare for DIY Repair 281
Google Pixel 4 Will Have 90Hz 'Smooth Display and DSLR Camera Attachment 56
Samsung's DeX On Note 10 Brings Phone Apps To Your PC 32
Samsung Unveils Galaxy Note10, Note10+, and Note10+ 5G 86
UK-based Mobile-Only Bank Monzo Admits To Storing Payment Card PINs in Internal Logs 33
Huawei Tests Smartphone With Own OS, Could Potentially Start Selling Them Later This Year 70
New Vulnerabilities Found In WPA3 WiFi Standard 58
Comcast's 'Unlimited' Mobile Plan Now Costs $20 Extra For HD Video 52
Americans Are Making Phone Farms To Scam Free Money From Advertisers 94
82% of People Say They Connect To Any Free WiFi That's Available in a Public Place, Survey Finds 123
Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War. 173
iPhone Bluetooth Traffic Leaks Phone Numbers -- in Certain Scenarios 51
Apple Reports Declining Profits and Stagnant Growth, Again 154
The Hottest Phones For the Next Billion Users Aren't Smartphones 95
Sony and LG Continue To Struggle To Sell Smartphones 76
Apple's AWDL Protocol Plagued By Flaws That Enable Tracking and MitM Attacks 56
How You Move Your Phone Can Reveal Insights Into Your Personality 56
The Google Pixel 4 Will Have Built-In Radar and Unlock With a Face Scan 72
5G May Drain Batteries, While Base Stations Will Require Three Times As Much Power 137
T-Mobile Wins $26.5B Sprint Deal Approval With Plan To Create Rival 40
Apple Contractors 'Regularly Hear Confidential Details' on Siri Recordings, Report Says 91
Mozilla Debuts Implementation of WebThings Gateway Open Source Router Firmware 57
From Fitbits To Rokus, Hedge Funds Mine Data For Consumer Habits 60
Samsung Galaxy Fold 'Ready' For Launch After Screen Fix 80
RED Founder Blames Chinese Company For Hydrogen One Problems and Announces Hydrogen Two 36
Apple To Release Three 'iPhone 11' Models This Fall, Report Says 93
Asus Unveils High-End 'ROG Phone II' Smartphone With 120Hz Display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, and Giant Battery 102
Apple In Advanced Talks To Buy Intel's Smartphone-Modem Chip Business 64
Huawei Secretly Helped Build North Korea's Wireless Network, Leaked Documents Suggest 83
Russian Lawmakers Propose Making Local Software Mandatory on Smartphones 52
iOS and iPadOS 13 Beta 4 Signals Death of 3D Touch, Rise of Context Menu 47
Making the Case For a Microsoft Surface Phone That Runs Android 73
Bluetooth Exploit Can Track and Identify iOS, Microsoft Mobile Device Users 24
Nokia 2.2 Brings Back the Removable Battery 150
'Never Commit a Crime When Your Phone Is Connected to a Wi-Fi Network' 132
Amazon Continues Work On Mobile Home Robot As It Preps New High-End Echo, Says Report 52
FCC Photos Confirm Galaxy Note 10 Won't Have a Headphone Jack 148
Hong Kong's Protesters Use AirDrop To Spread Information To Mainland Chinese Visitors 85
T-Mobile Says It Can't Be Sued By Users Because of Forced-Arbitration Clause 151
Inside The Seamy World of Robocalling Schemes 82
International Crime Ring Suspected in 7-Eleven App Breach 37
Demand Grows For Tiny Phone Chargers Using 'New Silicon' 91
Samsung in Hot Water Over Splashy Australian Phone Ads 57
Frontier Refuses To Waive Router Rental Fee For Customer Who Brought His Own 254
Elizabeth Warren Accuses Advisory Panel For FCC of Corruption 167
'Motorola Has Let Me Down For the Last Time' 114
Samsung Chief Says He Pushed Galaxy Fold 'Before It Was Ready' 61
India Widens Antitrust Probe Into Google's Android Dominance 65
Nokia's CTO Accuses Huawei of Both 'Sloppiness' and 'Real Obfuscation' 67
Trump Relaxes US Ban On Selling To Huawei In Surprise G20 Concession 156
'Apple is Not in Trouble Because Jony Ive is Leaving, It Is in Trouble Because He's Not Being Replaced' 181
Slashdot Asks: Which iPhone Is Your Favorite? 203
Intel Launches Blockbuster Auction For Its Mobile Portfolio 30
A DIY Internet Network In NYC Now Covers Large Parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn 109
FCC Says Verizon Can SIM Lock Phones Again 53
Apple Hires Key Chip Designer From ARM As Own Efforts Ramp Up 38
Horns Are Growing on Young People's Skulls. Phone Use is To Blame, Research Suggests 139
Philips Hue Company Announces Lights That Beam Data At 250 Mbps 41
Samsung Galaxy Fold is Now Ready For Launch, Company Exec Says 49
Woman Knocked Down While on Phone Wins Payout From Cyclist 377
Cellebrite Says It Can Unlock Any iPhone For Cops 132
Retail Stores Use Bluetooth Beacons To Track Customers 47
In Stores, Secret Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move 173
Huawei Delays Foldable Phone Launch Until September To Do Extra Tests After Samsung's Troubles 26
Huawei Started Serving Ads On Phone Lock Screens Without Asking Users' Permission 71
Netflix Unveils Plans To Develop Original Shows Into Video Games 57
Google Drive Will Stop Syncing With Google Photos In July 48
Google Expands Android's Built-in Security Key To iOS Devices 39
Apple's US iPhones Can All Be Made Outside of China If Needed, Says Foxconn 126
Apple's US iPhones Can All Be Made Outside of China If Needed 186
Huawei is Reportedly Asking App Developers To Publish on its AppGallery 70
A Wave of SIM Swapping Attacks Targets Cryptocurrency Users 33
Cringely Predicts The End Of Broadcast TV Within A Decade 171
For Two Hours, European Mobile Traffic Was Rerouted Through China 57
Smartphone Shipment Forecast Cut To 1.35 Billion For 2019 as Uncertainty Prevails 44
Apple Is Still Trying To Sue the Owner of an Independent iPhone Repair Shop 115
The Clever Cryptography Behind Apple's 'Find My' Feature 91
Google Launches Android Q Beta 4 With Final APIs and Official SDK 13

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