Your next iPhone might come from Vietnam as manufacturers seek to avoid trade war fallout TechSpot

It's no secret that big tech is scrambling to move production out of China: PC makers like Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo and HP, console manufacturers like Nintendo and Sony, Amazon with Kindle and Echo, Google, Samsung and Apple with their tablets and phones. Some of them have even went to publicly...





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Jaybird's Vista are the latest AirPods competitor TechSpot

The new Jaybird Vista earbuds are aimed at runners and athletes with IPX7 certification and 6 hours of continued playback (10 additional hours from the case). Certain features are missing, but they don't seem to detract much from the overall experience.





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FTC recommends free credit monitoring over $125 cash in Equifax settlement TechSpot

About a week ago we reported that you might be eligible to receive up to $125 from the class-action lawsuit that Equifax recently settled. The response for claims was so “overwhelming” that people who have applied are probably going to be quite disappointed.





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Android Auto's major overhaul rolls out today, bringing a darker interface, better multitasking, and more TechSpot

Today, those features are finally rolling out to the public. If your car has Android Auto compatibility, you should start seeing the new functionalities and interface elements sometime today. You'll be able to do things like use Maps to navigate on the top portion of the screen, while using the...





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Diablo is available to play for free in your web browser TechSpot

Diablo, the beloved action role-playing game from Blizzard, is now available to play in your web browser courtesy of RivSoft.





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Federal judge dismisses DNC election-hacking lawsuit TechSpot

Although US District Judge John Koeltl, a Clinton appointee, agreed that the Russian Federation was “undoubtedly” behind the hack, he ruled that it could not be sued. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act indemnifies foreign government from facing civil lawsuits.





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Tim Cook says Apple wants to continue making the Mac Pro in the U.S. TechSpot

On Tuesday, Apple posted its financial numbers for the second quarter of 2019, and once again saw a bump in stock price even though it had no growth story to tell. A small detail, however, is that a 41 percent chunk of all earnings came from U.S. customers, which is...





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Congress asks the self-driving car industry for feedback on upcoming legislation TechSpot

The self-driving car industry is growing quickly; almost too quickly. It's been tough for the federal government, and local governments throughout the US to draft and pass solid regulations for the industry. So far, things have been handled mostly on a case-by-case basis, with some of the bigger players manually...





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Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab S6 with 10.5-inch OLED display, Snapdragon 855 and magnetic S Pen TechSpot

Samsung in a surprise move on Wednesday officially unveiled its latest Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab S6. Most didn’t expect the slate to break cover until next month – perhaps during the Unpacked event on August 7 – but Samsung had other plans (perhaps spurred by leaks a couple of weeks back).





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Spotify hits 108 million paying subscribers but is still bleeding money TechSpot

Spotify's numbers for the second quarter of 2019 are in, and it looks like the paying userbase now stands at a strong 108 million, an impressive result that is downplayed by less than stellar results on the business side. The company fell a bit short of its estimates that it...





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This tiny ThinkPad has a functional TrackPoint and even plays games TechSpot

The pint-sized ThinkPad is powered by an ATtiny1614 microcontroller that sends output to an SSD1306 monochrome OLED graphic display. A 300mAh lithium-ion battery supplies the juice from what looks to be a micro USB port.





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Verizon activates 5G network in four additional US cities TechSpot

Verizon on Wednesday announced the expansion of its 5G ultra wideband service to four additional US cities. Now, customers in parts of Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis and Washington DC have access to the same next-gen network as those in Chicago, Denver, Providence, St. Paul and Minneapolis.





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Hoverboard inventor will make second attempt at flying over English Channel this weekend TechSpot

Zapata had announced that he would be flying his “personal aerial vehicle” from Calais in Northern France to St Margaret's Bay in Dover, UK, a total of 22 miles of flight across the English Channel.





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Facebook is playing with brain implants for AR wearables TechSpot

Back in 2017 at the F8 conference, Facebook told everyone it was working on a technology that would read a person's brainwaves and allow them to compose messages and emails without using an actual keyboard, by just thinking about the words that needed to be written.





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Sony says its PlayStation consoles could get more expensive if China tariffs are expanded TechSpot

Tariffs were raised from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese products back in May, but the US is threatening to expand this to an extra $300 billion of Chinese exports. As previously reported, the list of affected items includes "video game consoles and machines," meaning...





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Samsung's Q2 profits down 55.6% on back of weak S10 and chip sales TechSpot

While Samsung’s revenue was slightly higher than predicted in its guidance report earlier this month, operating profit was lower than expected.





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Congress wants to limit your social media time by law TechSpot

On Tuesday, Republican Senator Josh Hawley introduced a measure called the Social Media Addition Reduction Technology Act or SMART Act.





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