Tag: phones
Google denies claims that your Pixel phone sends it private data 4 times an hour
Google has denied claims that Pixel phones provide the company with private user data such as location, network status, phone number, and app list every 15 minutes. Cybernews published a report containing these allegations on October 9, citing its own research team’s findings as evidence. In short, the report claims…
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Android 15 lets you turn your phone into a handy smart-home dashboard – here’s how
Android 15 has been out for a while now, but we’re still discovering new features – such as a screensaver that allows you to control your smart home without even unlocking your phone. The Home Controls feature turns your phone into a smart-home dashboard when the phone is docked –…
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The Samsung Galaxy S25 might use the chipset we were hoping for after all
One of the biggest questions around the Samsung Galaxy S25 series is what chipsets these phones will use. Typically, Samsung uses a mix of Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets and its own Exynos chipsets. But leaks suggested that Exynos might not be in the mix this year, and instead a MediaTek chipset…
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Is Verizon down again? Live updates on the service outage
Refresh 2024-10-10T19:03:09.195Z While Down Detector’s outage map for Verizon shows a spike of reports in Los Angeles, Seattle, Kansas, Washington, DC, and New York, Verizon’s own tool isn’t reporting issues in all of these cities yet. When inputting Los Angeles, CA, Verizon’s tool answers, “We aren’t aware of any issues in Los Angeles,…
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Verizon went down again – everything to know about the latest network outage
Refresh 2024-10-11T01:57:14.014Z It’s been several hours since Verizon stated the outage was resolved, and since then, Down Detector reports have continued to decrease. As it’s approaching the 10pm ET hour in the US, we’re going to pause on live updates. Still, we’ll be sure to resume if outages spike again,…
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Circle to Search expands to Honor phones, ending its Samsung and Pixel exclusivity
Honor has confirmed that Circle to Search will begin rolling out to two of its most popular smartphones, the Honor Magic V3 and Honor 200 Pro, in the coming months, signaling an end to the feature’s exclusivity for Samsung and Google Pixel phones. The AI-powered Google tool – which allows…
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