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You're overpaying for phone data during the outbreak

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  We’re certainly using our phones a bit differently while we shelter-in-place to ride out the outbreak – binging more media, chatting over video, and taking breaks from social media. But it took us a couple months to realize something else: since we’ve spent most of our time in our apartments and homes, we’re rarely out of Wi-Fi range, and our LTE data consumption has plummeted. Which has led us to a new suggestion: perhaps it’s time to dial down your data cap and save some money on your monthly plan, at least for the foreseeable future.  This advice isn’t for everyone: there are still plenty of you who are still leaving home often enough to keep your data plan right where it is, and are benefiting from US carriers relaxing late fees , UK carriers giving 10GB of extra data per month, or other such relief amid the outbreak.    Data use (in GB) by month: March, April, and May But we, working from home, found our cellular data use plummeting: one of our editors, who regularly

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 sales offer $110 price cuts at Best Buy

If you're after a powerful tablet for flexible work, streaming, or gaming, you'll want to check out the latest Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 deals at Best Buy. While an iPad Pro will set you back closer to $900 right now, you'll find these cheap tablets up for just $549 at the cheapest end .  That's the price of a 128GB Tab S6, but if you can stretch just a little further you can double your storage for just $619 this weekend . That's a $110 discount on the larger model, and a fantastic price cut on one of Samsung's most recent releases.  The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 combines a lightweight, slimline design with powerful octa-core processing and the flexibility of a more laptop-based design once a keyboard is attached. If you do opt for the cheaper model this weekend, you'll also be glad to know that you can always upgrade your capacity thanks to the microSD slot.  We're rounding up these Samsung Galaxy Tab deals below, but you can also find more Samsung tablet p

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How to get a six pack: Start with diet, not exercise - CNET

A doctor weighs in on why they're so hard to get. from CNET How To https://ift.tt/36Occf6

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: release date, cast and what we know

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Exploring strange new worlds, seeking new life and new civilisations, and boldly going where no one has gone before has been hardwired into Star Trek’s DNA since day one. Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard may have taken a more cynical – and serialized – view of the future, but recently announced spin-off Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is set to get back to basics… When (spoiler warning!) the crew of the USS Discovery warped into the distant future in the season 2 finale, Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and first officer Number One stayed behind in the 23rd century. The trio were such a hit with fans, however, that they’re getting their own show, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a new series set on the USS Enterprise a decade before James T Kirk took control. “When we said we heard the fans’ outpouring of love for Pike, Number One and Spock when they boarded Star Trek: Discovery last season, we meant it,” executive producer and franchise overlord Alex Kurtzma

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Google Stadia could soon be available on a lot more phones

Right now Google Stadia only works on a limited number of smartphones, including newer Pixel models , but that could be about to change. Code spotted in the latest Stadia app for Android suggests support for devices that haven't been "certified" is coming. As discovered by 9to5Google , the change would mean you could at least give Stadia a go on any Android phone you like, even if it hasn't been specifically approved by Google. The new feature would likely be marked as experimental. While Stadia also works on TVs and the Chromecast Ultra, as well as in Google Chrome on computers, letting more phones into the fold would undoubtedly add to the game streaming service's appeal – and probably get more subscribers on board. Hidden gems for the Nintendo Switch Call of Duty: Warzone is getting new modes Everything we know about the Xbox Series X Google Stadia remains a work in progress to some extent, with new features and new games rolling out regularly. A few

Pssst... That face mask isn't a coronavirus force field - CNET

Commentary: While COVID-19 thrives, are some people are letting their guard -- and masks -- down too early? Here's what I see where I live. from CNET How To https://ift.tt/3gDtYGt

Google Home is better at math than you are. 12 useful questions it can instantly answer - CNET

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Turn your phone into a security camera for free - CNET

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iPhone screenshots: How to capture your screen every time - CNET

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Xiaomi starts teasing the Mi Notebook in India

Update (May 29): A new report suggests that it will be an entirely new model to launch in India. Update (May 31): The Mi Notebook "1C" will launch in India on June 11, according to Ishan Agarwal . At the start of 2020, Xiaomi had confirmed its plan to launch laptops in India. After months of silence, the company (and its officials) have finally started teasing the launch of its first laptop in India. Xiaomi’s Manu Kumar Jain just uploaded a teaser video on Twitter which shows him shut a laptop, followed by exclaiming “It’s time!”. He was quickly joined by other key people from the Mi team in sharing similar teasers. All of them used the same iconic matte grey laptop, clearly hinting at the long-due launch of Xiaomi laptops in India. Best 2-in-one laptops for 2020 in India Best laptops under Rs.40000 in India during May 2020 Best 13-inch laptops for May 2020 in India This certainly looks like a laptop from the house of Xiaomi. All the tweets also included #Whatsne

Justice League Snyder Cut: release date, Darkseid, trailer and everything we know

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The Justice League Snyder Cut is real, and it's coming to HBO Max in 2021. The film is a new version of 2017's pretty bad Justice League movie, finished by its original director Zack Snyder, who left the project during production at the time for personal reasons. Expect a vastly different and far longer film this time, possibly split into episodes.  Originally intended as the DC Comics equivalent to Marvel's enormously successful Avengers films, Justice League was a follow-up to Man of Steel and Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice that didn't feel like it was part of the same series of films. The Snyder Cut should correct this, but whether it'll be a great film or not is yet to be seen. Expect a fascinating finished result, though. Here's what we know about the Justice League Snyder Cut so far, including its release date, budget, trailer and Darkseid's appearance in the movie.  What is the the Snyder Cut of Justice League? The Snyder Cut is a new versio

Intel Xe DG1 graphics card 3DMark leak again suggests AMD and Nvidia won’t be troubled

Intel’s Xe DG1 graphics card has been spotted in a 3DMark benchmark, or at least the rumor mill believes that result is for Intel’s first crack at a discrete GPU. As ever, we shouldn’t read too much into this given that it is just speculation that this is DG1, although the source is a reliable one, the ever-present TUM_APISAK. But even if the leak is on the money, remember that this is an early sample GPU, and won’t reflect the exact performance Intel may achieve with the final product. At any rate, the purported DG1 graphics cards scored 5,538 in 3DMark’s Fire Strike test (paired with an Intel Core i9-9900K processor) and hit a graphics score of 5,960. That’s not a massively impressive result, but as we’ve already mentioned, it must be treated with caution. It’s in the ballpark of a graphics card as old as the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, albeit a bit faster than that veteran GPU (which scored 5,402 for graphics in a 3DMark result highlighted on Twitter). Intel Tiger Lake release date, s

Amazon is discontinuing its Echo Look fashion advice gadget

Here's another reminder that the gadgets you buy aren't necessarily going to be supported forever: Amazon has decided to discontinue its Echo Look smart speaker/camera device, and existing Looks will stop working on July 24. As reported by Voicebot.ai , people who've bought an Echo Look should already have been notified about the move, and a lot of the functionality first offered by the device has since made its way into other Amazon apps and hardware. If you've never heard of the Echo Look before, the smart camera worked together with your phone and some computer learning magic to give you an assessment of how good your outfits looked. Hidden gems on the Nintendo Switch Smart speaker sales are slowing You can now hire Ubers by the hour The device and its companion app could also help you keep track of what you wore when, and of course tapped into Amazon's various shopping services to help you pick out new outfits to suit you as and when needed. Don't

Need a live football fix? Watch live matches ahead of the Premier League's return

For football fans the past three months have been a strange, quiet time. What should have been another dramatic climax to an action-packed and VAR-influenced season was cut down in its prime back in early March. While the English Premier League doesn't return until June 17, there's good news if you can't wait for Premier League football to restart. You can treat your sporting soul to live games from around the world. Some of the top leagues are back playing right now, and you can even watch some of them live from the comfort of your home. Sky Sports and BT Sport reveal what the Premier League restart means for your bills Germany – Bundesliga Germany's top-flight league, The Bundesliga, is one of the best leagues in the world, with giants such as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund on the fixture list and a host of world-class players.  The German Bundesliga restarted on May 16, 2020 and its bumper fixture list has games running through to the new season end date

SpaceX launch: live stream video, liftoff replay and docking time with ISS

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The SpaceX launch live stream video concludes with the capsule docking with the ISS (International Space Station) Sunday, almost exactly 19 hours after Saturday's liftoff. Docking takes place today, May 31 at 10:29am EDT, according to SpaceX, with the two NASA astronauts, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, preparing for a stay of up to three months. It's going to make for some exciting video to watch. What time is the SpaceX capsule docking with ISS in your region of the world? How can you watch yesterday's SpaceX launch video if you missed the liftoff live stream? We have a full list of otherworldly videos below, as well as the global docking times. SpaceX docking time with ISS The SpaceX Dragon capsule will dock with the International Space Station at 10:29am EDT (local liftoff timezone). Around the continental US, that's 9:29am CDT / 8:29am MDT, 7:29am PDT (local time zone for SpaceX's home in Hawthorne, California). In the UK, the docking time will be 3:29pm BST,

The TCL 10 Pro isn't the best phone of 2020, but it's exciting nevertheless

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The TCL 10 Pro isn’t the best smartphone in the world - and in fact, it didn’t even break into our main list of the top 15 phones you can buy right now - but nevertheless, I'm excited to see it on virtual shop shelves. The TCL 10 Pro received three stars out of five from TechRadar, and we called it “not a bad phone” with a further (and more damning) clarification that “you can get so much more for the money, whether you’re minded towards Android or iOS.” For clarity, I didn’t review the TCL 10 Pro for TechRadar so I haven’t used the handset extensively, but I’m excited because this phone shows there’s still space for new entrants in the mobile market. Welcome to a new contender That quote from our review is quite damning, right? But that doesn't mean we want TCL to give up. In fact, I want TCL to see that criticism (and it’s not just us, a lot of our rival tech publications seem to agree with our review of the phone) and run further with a sequel. TCL entering the phone

Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps: Which Countries Are Doing What

As countries emerge from lockdowns imposed to blunt the coronavirus pandemic, dozens have rolled out phone apps to track a person's movements and who they come into contact with, giving officials a vital tool for limiting contagion risks. from Gadgets 360

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Samsung aims to kill server CPUs with this special new SSD

At this week's OCP Global Summit, Samsung disclosed more information about a new type of solid state drive (SSD) it's working on - one that only makes sense in a data center context, for now. When it comes to flash memory, the most common configuration in data centers worldwide is JBOF (or just a bunch of flash), which uses NVMe SSD storage attached to PCIe switches, processors and NICs (network interface cards). There are two rather significant issues with this system, to do with the lack of scalability of the storage controller and limited bandwidth; a classic case of too many middlemen.  EBOF - or Ethernet SSD Bunch of Flash, as Samsung puts it - aims to solve this issue by putting the Ethernet ports (two of them for redundancy) on the SSDs themselves. Check out our list of the best portable SSDs available Here's our list of the best external hard disk drives of 2020 We've built a list of the best rugged storage out there These are not your usual Ethernet

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This extraordinary 12GB for £8/pm SIM only deal from Three ends soon

Three doesn't often do 'flash sales'. But when it does, it really makes them count. And the network's current blink-and-you-miss-it SIM only deal is no exception. As long as you grab it by June 1 , Three is offering a SIM only tariff that will give you 12GB of data a month with unlimited calls and texts for a mere £8 per month ! - Click here to sign up to this SIMO deal on the Three website That is genuinely outstanding value. 12GB each month is enough for hours of Spotify streaming, the odd Netflix or YouTube video and downloading plenty of podcasts, all without having to hold back on the usual social media scrolling and Google Map exploring. Frankly. Three SIM only deals have the market cornered at the moment, and if you still think that 12GB won't quite be enough for your streaming and downloading habits then there may be an even better option for you. Three is currently also offering its unlimited data SIM plan for an unheard of £16 per month - a trai

Samsung releases 8GB variant of the Galaxy M31 in India

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Samsung has announced a maxed out 8GB variant of the Galaxy M31 in India. The smartphone that launched a few months back comes with a maximum of 6GB of RAM. The new variant of the device is listed at Rs.19,999 and is expected to go on sale soon. The listing on Samsung’s official website shows the 8GB RAM, 128GB storage variant of the device at a price tag of Rs.19,999. The model, like the previous ones, has two color options -Blue and Black. It is listed under Notify Me section indicating the device is not available for sale yet. However, this could mean the device might be available across all offline and e-commerce sites in the coming days. If we recall, the device launched in India back in February. It came with a 6GB RAM and a price tag of Rs.16,999 for the 64GB model and Rs.17,999 for the 128GB storage option.  The Galaxy M31 has a very good selling point of a 64MP Samsung GW1 sensor equipped quad camera setup on the back. Talking about other specs, it has a 6.4-inch FHD+ Su

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This faulty WordPress plugin could allow hackers to wipe your website

Researchers have uncovered two severe vulnerabilities in the PageLayer WordPress plugin that could allow hackers to hijack websites that employ its design features. The affected plugin is used to build custom web pages via a simple drag-and-drop mechanism - a boon for users without programming expertise - and is deployed across more than 200,000 websites. Identified by security firm Wordfence, the two bugs could also be manipulated by cybercriminals to inject rigged code, meddle with existing website content, and even perform a total content erasure. Yet more WordPress plugin flaws undermine website security This buggy WordPress plugin allows hackers to lace websites with malicious code WordPress security flaws hit online learning platforms WordPress plugin bugs According to the researchers responsible for the discovery, the pair of vulnerabilities stem from unprotected AJAX actions, nonce disclosure, and a lack of measures to safeguard against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSR

Xiaomi hikes prices of its budget phones yet again

Redmi India has hiked the prices of its budget phones yet again . The latest hike of Rs.500 will be reflecting on its official website and all offline retail stores starting today. Previously, the company had hiked the prices of its phones twice for various reasons including a GST hike by the government. The smartphones affected by the latest hike are the Redmi Note 8, Redmi 8 and Redmi 8A dual. This price hike of Rs.500 has increased the price of the Redmi Note 8 to nearly Rs.2,000 from the launch price. The third price hike, however, as spotted by 91Mobiles is for an unknown reason. The same handsets have now had a price hike twice in a span of two months. Redmi launched the Redmi Note 8 in October last year at a price tag of Rs.9,999. The budget models like the Redmi 8 and the Redmi 8A came prior to the Note 8. You can find the details of the new price hike below: Model Variant Previous Price New Price Redmi note 8 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM Rs 11,499 Rs 11,999 Redmi Note

Zoom Meeting App Plans to Offer Strong Encryption for Paying Customers

Zoom plans to strengthen encryption of video calls hosted by paying clients and institutions such as schools, but not by users of its free consumer accounts, a company official said on Friday. from Gadgets 360

Netflix Acquires Hollywood's Historic Egyptian Theatre

Netflix completed its purchase of Hollywood's historic Egyptian Theatre on Friday, helping to confirm the streaming giant's newfound central position in the movie industry. from Gadgets 360

Google's New Sodar Tool Helps Android Smartphone Users Maintain Social Distancing

Google-developed Sodar tool available this week taps into Android smartphone cameras to put users in the center of a white circle with a radius of about two meters, or 6.5 feet. from Gadgets 360

Samsung Galaxy M01, Galaxy M11 expected to launch in India next week

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Update(May 30) : The Samsung Galaxy M01 and M11 will be launching in India on June 2, the teaser is now live on Flipkart.  Update(May 27) : Added price Samsung is getting ready to announce two more M series devices in India soon. Last week, we reported that the company is gearing up to announce the Galaxy M31s and M51s in India. Now, we’ve got new information about Samsung Galaxy M01 and Galaxy M11. Samsung has already announced the Galaxy M21 and  M31 in the M series. Now it looks like Samsung is looking to fill the void with the numeric lineup with the launch of Galaxy M01 and M11 smartphones.  According to a report from 91mobiles , the Samsung Galaxy M01 and M11 will be launched in India in the first week of June, i.e. next week. The Galaxy M01 was announced a couple of months back in UAE and the Galaxy M11 is the new device the company is set to launch in India. Here’s everything we know about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy M-series devices.  Samsung Galaxy M01 Specs (expected)

Google's New Sodar Tool Helps Android Smartphone Users Maintain Social Distancing

Google-developed Sodar tool available this week taps into Android smartphone cameras to put users in the center of a white circle with a radius of about two meters, or 6.5 feet. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/36IOn8v

OnePlus McLaren phones are officially cancelled

The rumors were true: a McLaren official has confirmed that there won’t be another OnePlus McLaren edition.  The luxury automaker recently dropped the OnePlus logo from its Partners page , leading to speculation that the refined and pricey OnePlus McLaren editions had been cancelled. The car company finally confirmed that there wouldn’t be another partner-produced version of a OnePlus phone in a statement sent to Android Au t hority : “Our partnership with OnePlus, which came to its scheduled conclusion recently, has been a highly successful collaboration between two iconic and innovative brands,” McLaren’s statement read. “Since the start of this partnership in 2018, OnePlus has been a supportive, valued partner and we wish them well and hope to see them in the future.” We’d seen exactly two of the fancy editions starting with the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition in 2018 and followed with the OnePlus 7T McLaren Edition .  At CES 2020 , the phonemaker showed off the OnePlus Concept One

Little-known Japanese CPU threatens to make Nvidia, Intel and AMD obsolete in HPC market

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Sandia National Laboratories has announced it will be the first Department of Energy labs in the US to deploy the Fujitsu A64FX, the only ARM-based processor designed from ground up for HPC projects and supercomputers. Fujitsu is known primarily for its business laptops , tablets and desktops , but is a behemoth in its own right when it comes to processors, having been in the business for well over half a century. Launched in 2019, the CPU has 48 cores, a theoretical peak performance of 3.38 TFLOPS, runs at 2.2GHz and has 32GB HBM2 memory on the die itself. Check out our list of the best small business servers of 2020 Here's our list of the best dedicated server hosting services around We've built a list of the best Windows server hosting services available What makes it ideal for the HPC market is that it provides far higher bandwidth performance between memory and the CPU - up to 1TBps. Moving data to and from the CPU is the biggest obstacle by far to what resea

A popular encryption algorithm is being killed because it is too weak

The developers of two open source code libraries for Secure Shell, which is the protocol used by millions of computers to create encrypted connections, have decided to no longer support the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 ( SHA-1 ) due to growing security concerns. As reported by Ars Technica , developers using the OpenSSH and Libssh libraries will no longer be able to use SHA-1 to digitally sign encryption keys going forward. In its release notes , OpenSSH explained why it will no longer support SHA-1, saying: “It is now possible to perform chosen-prefix attacks against the SHA-1 algorithm for less than USD$50K. For this reason, we will be disabling the "ssh-rsa" public key signature algorithm by default in a near-future release. This algorithm is unfortunately still used widely despite the existence of better alternatives, being the only remaining public key signature algorithm specified by the original SSH RFCs.” Open source code flaws may lead to a new Heartbleed Millions of

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Exclusive: Vivo X50 to launch in India soon

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The Vivo X50 series has been gaining a lot of attention off late. The new device may represent an even more important event for Vivo as a brand in India as it may be just the right one to mark its return to the high-end smartphone space in the country. Sources aware of the developments have confirmed to us that the upcoming Vivo X50 will indeed be making its way to India, soon after the Chinese launch, which is scheduled for June 1. It’s unclear which variant will be coming, but the teaser did suggest that it will be the Vivo X50 Pro . This will mark the return of Vivo’s X series to India after over two years, with the last one being the Vivo X21 in 2018. Even more recently, it has primarily focussed on the budget and mid-range segments, but a proper flagship has always eluded India.  The Vivo X50 Pro is a camera-centric premium mid-ranger which will be powered by the Snapdragon 765G with at least 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. If the same specifications make it to India, it wi

Windows 10 May 2020 Update Is Out With Upgraded Notepad, Wi-Fi 6 Support, and Much More

Windows 10 May 2020 update has been released by Microsoft as the latest bi-annual software update for Windows PCs with a list of features and enhancements. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2M8hPeR

Apple Starts Allowing Customers in India to Configure MacBook, Mac Computers Based on Their Requirements

Apple has started allowing customers in India to configure iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and other Mac computers based on their requirements. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2X6bWoK

Redmi Display 1A Monitor With 23.8-Inch Full-HD IPS Screen Launched

Xiaomi has launched its first monitor, the Redmi Display 1A in China. It is priced aggressively at CNY 599 (roughly Rs. 6,400) from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2AhJcjG

HP EliteBook, EliteBook X360, ZBook Series With 10th Gen Intel vPro, AMD Ryzen PRO Processors Launched

HP has announced several new laptops as part of its EliteBook series aiming to empower more people as they work from home during the lockdown. They are part of the HP EliteBook 800 G7 and 805 G7 series, as well as HP EliteBook x360 series, and are spread over the next three months for release. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2XCZ60j

Global Mobile Phone Shipments to Fall 14.6 Percent in 2020 Due to Coronavirus Pandemic: Gartner

Global shipment of mobile phones is forecast to decline 14.6 percent in 2020, while the smartphone shipments will witness a relatively lower fall of 13.7 percent this year, shows Gartner forecast. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3ddxcPa

Lenovo Yoga Duet 7i, IdeaPad Duet 3i 2-in-1 Windows 10 Tablets With LTE Support Launched

Lenovo has launched two new 2-in-1 Windows tablets, called the Yoga Duet 7i and IdeaPad Duet 3i. These ship with detachable Bluetooth keyboards and are designed for creators and illustrators. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2AbIBQG

Russian agents have been hacking major email program

The US National Security Agency ( NSA ) has issued a cybersecurity advisory warning that the Russian military hacking group responsible for interfering in the 2016 presidential election has been exploiting a critical vulnerability in Exim since last August or earlier. For those unfamiliar with Exim, the software is a mail transfer agent (MTA) that runs in the background of email servers. The software is currently the most popular MTA and a big reason for this is due to the fact that it is bundled with many popular Linux distros including Debian and Red Hat. The timing of the NSA's advisory is a bit strange though as the critical vulnerability in Exim was identified 11 months ago and a patch has already been released to fix the issue.  World's biggest email server hit with security flaw Hackers turn supercomputers into cryptocurrency mining rigs Also check out our roundup of the best email service providers According to the president of Rendition Infosec and former US