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38 Best President's Day Sales on Laptops, TVs, Gear (2019)
Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000
We found the best tech bargains for the long holiday weekend from Apple, Google, Amazon, Dyson, and more.
10 Best Cheap Headphones and Earbuds for 2019 (Under $100)
Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000
We’ve picked the best affordable in-ear, over-ear, and on-ear headphones in every budget price bracket.
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Wireless Charging and Our Autonomous Electric Future
One of the biggest problems for those of us who have electric cars is charging. Chargers that drop the charging time to a few minutes have been coming to market, but the cars that can use those chargers haven't yet begun to ship. What this means for most of us is that we are talking anywhere from 45 minutes to several days to fully charge our cars, depending on the charging system we have access to. Another problem is that it is still easy to forget to plug in our cars at night.
Apple Squashes FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug
Apple has suspended its Group FaceTime application following reports that a bug in the software allowed callers to eavesdrop on the people they were calling. The flaw let a person making a FaceTime call listen through the phone of the person called before the call was accepted or rejected. It reportedly also allowed access to the front-facing camera in an iPhone. After making a FaceTime call from an iPhone X to an iPhone 8, a user could hear audio from the iPhone 8 before any action was taken on the call.
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Rail firms say pre-paid ticket issue 'now resolved'
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:20:57 GMT
Passengers were not able to collect pre-paid tickets from machines across the country.