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A special report by Tom’s Guide crowned the OnePlus 5T as the winner of a fast-charging showdown between current flagship smartphones. The iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus, meanwhile, failed to keep up with their Android counterparts. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The Samsung Galaxy S9 might come in a purple color. Its predecessor, the Galaxy S8, was rumored to have a variant that sports the same color but it never emerged. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Google Pixelbook and Samsung Chromebook Pro and Chromebook Plus users can get free six months of Netflix, courtesy of Google. Hurry, though, as the offer ends Dec. 31. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Computers

Dec. 3 marks 25 years since the first text message was sent. SMS technology has since ballooned in popularity, though communication apps requiring internet connections have provided users with alternatives. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Devin Coldewey Cars these days are basically computers with wheels, and as with other computers, you’ll probably want to make a few changes to protect against cyberthreats. Trillium, presenting today at Disrupt Berlin’s Startup Battlefield, is looking to be the security solution for in-car computer systems, adding extra encryption, intrusion detection, and other firewall-like…

By John Biggs Notch creators Eszter Ozsvald and Stepan Boltalin have been working on their project since 2013 and are finally ready to unveil their final product on the Disrupt Berlin stage. The company, which received funding through SOSVentures and Hax Accelerator, allows users to scan their bodies in motion, allowing for powerful analytics on…

By Sarah Perez The traditional pregnancy test hasn’t seen any innovation in over 30 years, with the exception of adding a digital component. Lia Diagnostics, launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, wants to change that. The Lia pregnancy test will be the first-ever flushable test to hit the market, offering a more sustainable, disposable, convenient…

By John Biggs even years ago, watch fan Andrew Dakin bought a Movado watch on eBay for $500. It looked like a mint timepiece, well-maintained and classically styled. He had just started collecting watches, so he was happy to get a deal on a unique and valuable timepiece. “At that point I was probably like…

By Mike Williams Liberty Shield is a UK-based proxy and VPN provider, previously known as UK Proxy Server. The company offers the usual range of software clients, along with a preconfigured router, both of which give you access to the same small network of eight locations: UK, US, Ireland, Germany, Canada, Spain, France and Switzerland.…

By Devin Coldewey While some spacecraft get the chance to go out in a blaze of glory, others are in it for the long haul – Voyager 1 more so than any other. The mission celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, but it’s not just a lump of metal floating through interstellar space: that baby…

The Samsung W2018 has a lot more going on than just its flip phone design. It also has the widest camera lens aperture to date, and to make things even better, it’s variable to boot. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

iPhone X deliveries have ramped up during the Thanksgiving weekend and are closing the supply-demand gap. Online Apple store in the US is showing Dec. 8 as the delivery date. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Romain Dillet Apple released an iOS update in the middle of the night (Cupertino time). iOS 11.2 brings Apple Pay Cash, but the feature is not live yet. The company still needs to flip a switch on its servers to enable it. Today’s update also enables support for faster 7.5W Qi wireless charging. If…

By Paul O’Brien Around 10 years ago, the computing world was obsessed with the idea of ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). Although there were some impressive devices for the time (the Sony Vaio and Toshiba Libretto, for example), the reality was that the technology wasn’t available to make the machines viable for most users. The small screens…

By Emma Boyle While Far Cry has never been a series that’s seemed particularly averse to controversy, the latest game in the franchise, Far Cry 5, seems to be courting it more than most. We got the chance to sit down with the game’s creative director Dan Hay to chat cults, the real-life parallels that…