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Here are our favorite laptop brands of 2020

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From gaming laptops to 2-in-1 options, rugged designs to ultra-thin models, these are our favorite brands for laptops this year. ...

It’s ‘bullshit’ that VCs are open for business right now (but that could change in a month)

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Earlier today, to get a sense of what’s happening in the land of venture capital, the law firm Fenwick & ...

After an extended quarantine, the next ISS crew arrives in orbit

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Working from home is easy for some and difficult for others, but one place it’s downright impossible is the International ...

Facebook’s new ‘Quiet Mode’ option lets you turn off the app’s push notifications

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Facebook today is launching a new feature called “Quiet Mode” that will allow you to minimize distractions by muting the ...

Starship Technologies is sending its autonomous robots to more cities as demand for contactless delivery rises

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Starship Technologies has launched a robot food delivery service in Tempe, Ariz., as part of the autonomous delivery startup’s expansion ...

$75M weed giant Caliva ditches Eaze, launches delivery

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It’s a brutal time for marijuana startups. I’m hearing some are raising at 1/5th of their 2019 valuation amidst rampant ...

Here’s how the Pixel 4a XL probably looked before Google scrapped it

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If you’re disappointed to hear that Google has no intention to release a jumbo-sized variant of , a fresh new ...

Apple will reportedly allow iOS 14 users to access parts of apps they haven’t installed

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that allows interactive parts of a third-party app to appear in Google Search and Google Assistant. This helps Android users ...

The feature-packed Misfit Vapor and Vapor 2 smartwatches are almost unbelievably cheap now

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Misfit is not exactly what we’d call a household name in the , but if you like robust Wear OS ...

The Motorola razr is now available in a new color from Verizon

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There was plenty of excitement in February when the foldable smartphone launched on Verizon. But that excitement dissipated quickly because ...

PhoneArena is hiring: News writer

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PhoneArena is looking for a part-time news writer to produce coverage during daytime United States hours, including over the weekends. ...

Amazon devices are being built illegally by children working ‘grueling’ shifts, documents reveal

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Chinese schoolchildren are producing Amazon’s Alexa and Echo devices in grueling shifts in order to meet certain production goals, according to a ...

People lost their damn minds when Instagram accidentally went horizontal

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Earlier today, when Instagram  suddenly transformed into a landscape-oriented Tinder-esque nightmare, the app’s dedicated users extremely lost their minds and immediately took ...

Epic Games Earns Big in 2018, Mostly thanks to Fortnite

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Epic Games had as good a year in 2018 as any company in tech. Fortnite became the world’s most popular game, ...

China’s WeChat is the latest to get Snap-like ‘Stories’

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WeChat,  the Chinese messaging giant with over 1 billion monthly active users around the world, just added a Snap-like ephemeral video ...

Uber continues to lose money as it scales scooters, bikes and other newer businesses

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Uber,  which is expected to go public sometime next year, just released its Q3 2018 financial results. Uber’s net losses increased ...

Mozilla adds website breach notifications to Firefox

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Mozilla  is adding a new security feature to its Firefox Quantum web browser that will alert users when they visit a ...

How XRP’s Tech Differs from Other Crypto Assets

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In times of volatility, it can seem like there really isn’t anything supporting public cryptocurrency networks. But that isn’t exactly ...

Trump 2020 Manager Brad Parscale Warns Big Tech: ‘We Are Watching’

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AP/Andrew Harnik/File by ALLUM BOKHARI7 Mar 2018129 Brad Parscale, who was recently appointed as campaign manager for Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection bid, has ...

Reloaded: Nokia brings back the 8110 ‘Matrix’ banana phone

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HMD Global bets on nostalgia once more after the successful relaunch of the 3310 last year In 1996 the original ...

Manafort Left an Incriminating Paper Trail Because He Couldn’t Figure Out How to Convert PDFs to Word Files

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There are two types of people in this world: those who know how to convert PDFs into Word documents and ...

technology allowed a blind girl to watch an NHL game for the first time

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For people like Olivia, a legally blind 11-year-old from the Calgary area, the game has been experienced in an entirely ...

Disney is opening an immersive Star Wars Hotel where each guest gets a storyline

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AHHHHHHH. Disney just announced something that’s potentially so damned cool that I hardly need complete sentences here: Immersive. Star Wars. ...

8 Construction Tech Trends To Watch in 2018

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Technology is having an ever-greater impact on the construction sector. Many ideas that were once thought of as gimmicks – ...

MAZDA’S CRAFTY NEW ENGINE MAKES MORE MILES FROM LESS FUEL

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DIESEL CARS, NO longer popular in Europe, are definitely a pariah in the US. Americans never warmed to them, and VW’s ...