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Looks like Verizon is finally going to start introducing a Home Internet plan that is supposedly unlimited. We will have to read the fine print for $40/$60 price range with 25mbps down. We will see. The service is in a limited release area at this time but I am going to be calling tomorrow to at least get on a
If you are someone important a Twitter admin may be spying on you. Meanwhile, the real spies may release "some" UFO reports which will likely be super redacted. But the Pentagon appears to be ready to reveal what they describe as swamp gas and over-imaginative pilots chasing hot air balloons over the pacific. Have a conspiracy theory or saw something
In a pandemic-driven AR showcase, the new Nord smartphone arrived and returned OnePlus to the mid-range market with a phone sporting 5G, 90 Hz screen, 128 GB storage, dual selfie cameras and a very competitive price of GB£379. Let's take a look and see what's on offer for half the price of the 8 Pro. As expected, the Nord is
A reminder that there's a launch event tomorrow (Tuesday) by OnePlus, with full reveals of both the mid-range Nord smartphone and new wireless headphones, Buds. As ever, there has been a ton of leaks around the devices, some intentional, some less so. Many of the details have been disclosed already, such as the use of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 765G chipset, which
Twitter has posted an update about what happened regarding what they are calling their “security incident”. Not everything is being revealed right now, in order to protect the security of their efforts. Twitter said it will provide more details, where possible, in the future. The attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter's
Apple posted a press release in which it explains that they are working to remove and replace non-inclusive language. This decision comes at a time when several others are working towards removing terminology like master/slave and blacklist/whitelist from coding. At Apple, we're working to remove and replace non-inclusive language across our developer ecosystem, including with Xcode, platform APIs, documentation, and
Microsoft really wants players to use Xbox Series X (but is not going to force them into it). Instead, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer laid out several advantages that Xbox Series X has over previous Xbox consoles in post titled: “You Are the Future of Gaming”. One of the enticements described in that post is an enhancement to the Xbox
Those who looked at Twitter earlier today may have noticed some very unusual tweets from accounts that have a blue checkmark. TechCrunch reported that these high-profile accounts were simultaneously hacked and used to spread a cryptocurrency scam. According to TechCrunch, the hackers started by targeting cryptocurrency focused accounts like @bitcoin, @ripple, @coindesk, @coinbase, and @binance. It is possible that those
In a keynote online presentation today, Xiaomi showed off its upcoming new Mi products in a range of categories from smart bands to scooters. The company is 10 years old in 2020 and is ranked 24th in Boston Consulting Group's 50 most innovative companies, with its smartphones ranked in the top 5 in over 40 companies. Xiaomi has built a
Apple won its court battle over a $14.9 billion (13 billion-euro) Irish tax bill, Bloomberg reported. The EU General Court sided with Apple, saying the European Commission failed to show Ireland's tax arrangement with the company were illegal state aid. This decision can be appealed. Bloomberg reported that Apple welcomed the ruling, saying the case “was not about how much
Google Cloud has announced two new security products: Confidential Computing, and Confidential VMs. Google believes the future of cloud computing will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where users can be confident that they are in control over the confidentiality of their data. Confidential Computing is described by Google as: a breakthrough technology which encrypts data in-use – while it
The UK government will bar telecom companies from purchasing new equipment made by China's Huawei Technologies Co., The Wall Street Journal reported. The telecom companies have until 2027 to remove Huawei technology from their 5G networks. Senior executives from Vodafone Group PLC and BT Group PLC told a parliamentary committee last week that a five-to-seven-year time frame would be needed
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