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Google Phone Screens Could Sing

Google Phone Screens Could Sing

Google has bought a company that’s developing a way to make smartphone screens double-up as speakers. It could mean slimmer…

6 years ago

Fingerprint Sensor Built Into Phone Display

Vivo has made the first phone with a fingerprint sensor built directly into the display. While it brings some practical…

6 years ago

Passenger ‘Drone’ Grounded By Light Drizzle

A demo of a drone that carries passengers – or as some cynics call it, a helicopter – had to…

6 years ago

Samsung Shows Latest ‘Biggest TV Ever’

Whatever the trend for the latest gadgets at the annual CES event in Vegas, there’ll always be room for humongous…

6 years ago

Banana Hides In Plain Sight As Bogus Toaster Rules

Google researchers say they can fool image recognition tools by distracting them with shiny stickers. It’s an alternative to trying…

6 years ago

Roombas Could Find Wi-Fi Dead Zones

A Roomba robot vacuum will soon be able to map the Wi-Fi coverage in your home. It’s an official feature…

6 years ago

Gaming Addiction Officially Recognized

Addiction to video games is a mental health condition according to the World Health Organization. It’s going to add it…

6 years ago

Apple Cuts Battery Replacement Cost Immediately

Apple says it will offer reduced price battery replacements for iPhones immediately. It had previously said the move -- a…

6 years ago

Netflix Is Apple’s Most Likely Target, Analysts Claim

Apple has a 40 percent chance of buying Netflix in 2018 according to one pair of market analysts. While the…

6 years ago

The Year in News: What Happened Next (Stories From September-December 2017)

It’s that time of year again when we look back at some of the news stories we’ve covered in 2017…

6 years ago