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T-Mobile offers Starlink beta sign-up for customers and non-customers

Wireless carrier T-Mobile announced the availability and pricing details of its T-Mobile Starlink service during the Super Bowl, indicating that the service is open beyond T-Mobile customers. The company has begun taking sign-ups for the T-Mobile Starlink beta, and access will be free until it exits beta in July. The carrier will allow customers of […]

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Group of lost teenage hikers located, rescued via iPhone Emergency SOS feature

Because iOS features can sometimes be a good thing. A group of 10 teenage hikers who spent last Friday night lost was located by a search and rescue team with the help of Apple’s Emergency SOS feature. Members of the group — who are all 16 to 18 years old — spent about three hours […]

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip features anti-spoofing technology

Snapdragon’s latest chip could help prevent spoofing and privacy invasion. Per an article from PCMag, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip features anti-spoofing technology to help protect against Stingray and spoofing attacks: Spoof cell sites can now be run on small, widely available boxes that pass bad data and phishing messages, Qualcomm said at its […]

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Rumor: 2019 iPhone XR batteries said to have entered mass production, have a six percent greater capacity than current models

Apple’s next-gen iPhone batteries are said to be in production, with the overall capacity increasing about six percent this year. Apple is said to still be purchasing batteries form Chinese supplier Contemporary Amperex Technology, with the component said to have an increased capacity from the current model that adds nearly six percent more power.  CATLis […]

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Ohio-based iPhone XS Max owner cites catastrophic battery failure, explosion

There are times when a battery catastrophically fails within a product. This apparently occurred for Josh Hillard, an Ohio-based iPhone XS Max owner, whose handset reportedly caught fire and exploded on December 12th. Hillard, who reported that around 3 PM of that day, he noticed a smell and felt a “large amount of heat” and […]