LG G6 hands-on: sleek design, easy one-handed use, but no Snapdragon 835, loses removable battery for water resistance, and many apps are buggy on 18:9 screen
Cutting corners in the best way possible — With the G6, announced today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG is changing its own definition of “flagship” phone.
LG G6: metal body, thin bezels, 5.7" 2880x1440 display, 18:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 821, 4GB RAM, dual 13MP rear cameras, 5MP front cam, IP68, 3300mAh battery
Today in Barcelona, LG officially unveiled the G6, the next installment of the venerable G-series that's now classified as a lower-end flagship below LG's V-series.
Huawei unveils €649 P10 with 5.1" display and 3200mAh battery, €699 P10 Plus with 5.5" display and 3750mAh battery; both have dual 20MP/12MP cameras
The Huawei P9 was one of my favorite phones of 2016, combining rock-solid build quality with a minimalist design and a very attractive price.
Google Assistant begins rolling out to non-Google devices running Android Nougat and Marshmallow, starting in the US
Google continues its march to expand its place in the mobile ecosystem, anchored by the fact that its Android OS is by far the most ubiquitous smartphone platform in the world.
Study finds Wikipedia bots often undo each other's edits, engage in years-long editing wars
Revision wars on Wikipedia amongst human editors is an all-too-common occurrence, but new research from the UK shows that similar online battles are being waged between the site's software robots.
Huawei debuts €329 Watch 2, €379 Watch 2 with 4G, €399 Watch 2 Classic; all models have Android Wear 2, NFC, GPS, IP68 water resistance, 1.2" screen, 45mm case
The original Huawei Watch is perhaps one of the most popular Android Wear devices to ever exist.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai plans to halt rule that would require ISPs to protect the security of their customers' personal information
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EFF: Half of web traffic is now encrypted
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Nokia to kill Withings brand and relaunch fitness devices under Nokia name this summer, will also overhaul Health Mate app and launch Patient Care Platform
Announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) today, Withings, maker of an entire ecosystem of health tracking products …
Misconfigured backup drive at New York's Stewart International Airport exposed highly sensitive data to the public internet for almost a year
Exclusive: The files included gigabytes of emails, sensitive government files, and a password list, which researchers say could give hackers ‘full access’ to the airport's systems.
TCL debuts $549 BlackBerry KeyOne with hardware keyboard, Snapdragon 625, 4.5-inch 1620x1080 display, and Android 7.1; phone ships “as early as” April
BlackBerry wants $549 for mid-range device Alex Wagner / TmoNews : BlackBerry KEYone is a new Android phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority : Hands on with the BlackBer...
Startups that once aimed to disrupt big banks in the US are now working with the banks and building services on top of existing financial infrastructure
SAN FRANCISCO — In 2011, Brett King was promoting his book, “Breaking Banks,” and creating a start-up that he hoped would do to the banks …
Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app, on April 17, will make app read-only on March 3
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police :
Baidu reports 2.6% sales dip, its second straight quarterly decline, says “revenue impact” of 2016 medical advertising scandal is “largely behind” it
Meng Jing / South China Morning Post :
Inside Facebook's Applied Machine Learning Group and how AI became an integral part of company's strategy for the future
When asked to head Facebook's Applied Machine Learning group—to supercharge the world's biggest social network with an AI makeover—Joaquin Quiñonero Candela hesitated. Thanks: @nicolenumrich
YouTube has attracted little scrutiny for hosting and rewarding creators of fake news, conspiracy theories, and hate speech
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @bernstein , @bernstein , and @bernstein Tweets: Joe Bernstein / @bernstein : To prove they take fake news seriously, YouTube pointed me to their special news ve...
Twitter opens up Periscope Producer to all users; the service lets broadcasters incorporate live video from sources other than their mobile device
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Bigscreen, an app that enables people to use their computer desktops in VR while communicating in a shared virtual space, raises $3M led by a16z
Ben Lang / Road to VR :
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