Month: February 2020
Kashmiri authorities crack down on VPN usage
Authorities in the India-controlled region of Kashmir have begun an investigation into hundreds of residents they suspect used VPNs to bypass social media restrictions. India cut internet access across Kashmir in August after it withdrew the region’s semi-autonomous status. The government-imposed blackout endured for six months. After services were partially…
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Huawei loses US government ban challenge
Huawei’s bid to overturn a ruling that prevents US government agencies from dealing with the company has failed. The Chinese mobile giant had argued the ban, issued by Congress as part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, was unconstitutional. However a judge in Texas ruled that Congress was well…
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The Batman: why Ben Affleck didn’t direct and star in the movie
Ben Affleck’s Batman was the best part of 2016’s otherwise-middling Batman v Superman movie. One promising element of Affleck becoming the Dark Knight that we never got to see, though, was a self-directed movie from Affleck called The Batman, which for a while he was co-writing with comics superstar Geoff…
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Samsung’s Z Flip glass covering is ready for non-Samsung foldables
Samsung’s display unit has provided further details on the glass used in the Galaxy Z Flip and pointed to its potential wider adoption on non-Samsung foldables in the future. Yonhap reports that the 30-micrometer-thick covering is the result of a collaboration with glass manufacturer Dowoo Insys, in which Samsung Display…
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Electric Citi Bikes are back after braking malfunction grounded the fleet
Electric bikes have returned to Citi Bike, after a braking malfunction led to their temporary removal from the nation’s largest bike-share system. Starting this week, Citi Bike will begin adding “several hundred” e-bikes to its network of 900 stations in New York City. The rollout will increase gradually over the…
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Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 might debut with a key Galaxy Note 20 feature inside
We were expecting the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 to simply be a version of the original Galaxy Fold with improved specs for 2020 – that could be totally wrong though, as it seems the new folding phone could have plenty of new and impressive features. Specifically, the phone could have a…
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