Apple is reportedly in “advanced talks” to buy Intel’s smartphone modem business. The deal is pegged to be around $1 billion and would include Intel’s expansive patent portfolio along with the entire modem team. Intel and Apple have been in discussions about the modem business acquisition since 2018 itself. The Apple-Intel discussions began last summer, […]
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SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, has inspected a newly built submarine, the state news media reported on Tuesday, a provocative move as the United States struggles to resume dialogue on ending the country’s nuclear and missile threats. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the country planned to deploy the […]
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Alongside iOS 12.4, Apple also released the watchOS 5.3 update for all compatible Apple Watch. The update fixes the eavesdropping bug with the Walkie-Talkie app and re-enables it once again. Apple had disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch last week after it discovered a major eavesdropping bug. The company had mentioned in its […]
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Meet Sigma. Blizzard Overwatch, Blizzard’s successful “hero shooter” that combines MOBA elements with the best of games like Team Fortress, has announced its latest character: Sigma, a scientist with the power to control gravity. Blizzard announced the new character via an animated short. We’ve seen little with regard to how Sigma will actually play in […]
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Multiple airstrikes hit a busy market in a rebel-controlled town in northwestern Syria on Monday, killing at least 27 people and turning several buildings into piles of rubble, according to opposition activists and a war monitor. Shortly after the strikes, state media said rebels shelled a government-held village, killing seven. The high […]
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This new Transformers: War For Cybertron Unicron figure is both huge in size and price. Mike Sorrentino/CNET Unicron is the kind of character who makes other Transformers and Decepticons look downright puny. It debuted in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie. Now fans have a chance to buy the massive figure via the Hasbro Pulse […]
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Much of Venezuela, including the capital, Caracas, was without electricity Monday evening, as the country suffered its fourth major blackout in less than five months. The country’s communications minister, Jorge Rodríguez, blamed “an electromagnetic attack” on Venezuela’s hydroelectric system for the power failure. He provided no details about who might have been […]
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Facebook’s messaging app for kids. Jason Cipriani/CNET Facebook said Monday that a “technical error” allowed thousands of kids who used the company’s messaging app for children to join group chats with people who weren’t approved by their parents. The app, called Messenger Kids, lets children between 6 and 12 years old send messages and video chat […]
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The power of fashion Step into the biggest celebration of geek fashion during San Diego Comic-Con: the Her Universe Fashion Show. This year the show celebrated its sixth anniversary with the theme “power of fashion,” inspired by She-Ra and the princesses of power. Ashley Eckstein, founder of Her Universe and the voice of Star Wars’ Ahsoka […]
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