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China eclipsed the US as the largest smartphone market on Earth years ago, but now Americans can't even claim second place. Counterpoint Research estimates that India overtook the US to become the second-largest market, with 158 million phones shipp… Source: Engadget | India is now a larger smartphone market than the US
January 26, 2020 | by RaheelWhen Jeff Bezos accused the National Enquirer of trying to blackmail him with leaked text messages, this raised a question: how did those messages escape Bezos' phone? Apparently, they might have come from Bezos' girlfriend Lauren Sanchez. Wall Str… Source: Engadget | Jeff Bezos' leaked text messages may have come from his girlfriend
January 26, 2020 | by RaheelHulu's animated Marvel show lineup won't be quite as extensive as you might have hoped. Hollywood Reporter understands that Marvel has cut two of the shows, Howard the Duck and Tigra & Dazzler, in favor of focusing its energy on the remaining MO… Source: Engadget | Marvel axes two of its Hulu animated shows
January 25, 2020 | by RaheelThere have been Super Bowl ads for electric cars before, but they've tended to treat EVs as novelties. BMW's 2015 ad for the i3 was practically a crash course in EVs, while Audi's 2019 spot was more to advertise electrification than the still-unavai… Source: Engadget | Porsche's first Super Bowl ad in 23 years is …
January 25, 2020 | by RaheelSo much for the Uncharted movie having a reasonably firm release date. Sony's Columbia Pictures has delayed the release of the game-inspired swashbuckler from its earlier December 18th, 2020 slot to March 5th, 2021. There wasn't a specific explanat… Source: Engadget | 'Uncharted' movie delayed to March 5th, 2021
January 25, 2020 | by RaheelApple won't have to pay WiLan as much as expected for alleged patent violations. A retrial jury has reduced the damages from WiLan's lawsuit from the original $145.1 million (determined in 2018) down to slightly over $85.2 million. That's still no… Source: Engadget | Apple gets its WiLan patent payout reduced to .2 million
January 25, 2020 | by RaheelTesla's Autopilot driving assist technology has come under fire over safety concerns, and now a US politician wants changes to put drivers' minds at ease. Senator Ed Markey has issued recommendations for Autopilot changes after Tesla both answered q… Source: Engadget | Senator calls on Tesla to make Autopilot safety changes
January 25, 2020 | by RaheelHey, good morning! You look fabulous. This week took some interesting turns between a possible peek at the Xbox Series X back panel and rumors of an iPhone SE2. Among the stories below that you might have missed, we've also launched a series of smar… Source: Engadget | The Morning After: Vine is back, but …
January 25, 2020 | by RaheelThe secretive company that might end privacy as we know it Kashmir Hill, The New York Times Clearview is a startup that developed a facial recognition system that matches a photo of a person to publicly available images. Those can be from Facebook… Source: Engadget | Recommended Reading: Facial recognition, police and privacy
January 25, 2020 | by RaheelThere was a time when you probably wouldn't even think of Netflix when discussing films that should be in The Criterion Collection. Now, the streaming giant has announced that four of its originals will be part of the film archive. The Irishman and M… Source: Engadget | Four Netflix originals are coming to the Criterion …
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