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Huawei doubles down on smartphones as EV sales slow
Chinese tech company Huawei wants to rebuild its consumer business after U.S. sanctions halved segment revenue.
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Your car can drive without the internet, so why is it always connected? The short answer is that cars are becoming rolling smartphones.
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Meadow lets you leave your smartphone at home without sacrificing the essentials
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OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's Portrait Mode.
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New York City's last pickpocket doesn't need a smartphone
New York City's last pickpocket doesn't need a smartphone
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Sub-$100 smartphones becoming a rarity as AI memory prices soar
The days of the sub-$100 smartphone may be numbered, including in China.
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How GoPro went from viral camera sensation to a victim of smartphone ubiquity
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Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone - a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone - in the US
More than a decade after launching in Europe, the Netherlands company is now selling its repairable phones in the US, starting with the Fairphone (Gen 6+).
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What comes after the smartphone? Amazon's Panos Panay will make his case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At Disrupt 2026, Amazon's Panos Panay will provide an exclusive vision for what's in store for us beyond the smartphone.
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One Tech Tip: Using your smartphone to capture the August total solar eclipse over Europe
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Some Gen Zers swap smartphones for "dumb" phones in a bid to unplug
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Should you still buy your next smartphone - or subscribe to it instead?
Apple's new Upgrade program is the latest sign that smartphone ownership is changing.
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From cutting smartphone glass to 'painting' with light: Three applications of femtosecond lasers
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AI-driven memory crunch jolts India's smartphone market
India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.
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Google Ordered to Give A.I. Rivals More Access on Android Smartphones
The decision by European Union regulators is a response to fears that Google will use its vast Android user base to gain an edge in A.I.
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India bets billions on breaking China's grip on smartphone manufacturing
New Delhi announced a $6.5 billion smartphone manufacturing program and a $13.3 billion semiconductor push to deepen India's electronics supply chain.
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This Luddite Puppet Hopes You're Not Reading This on Your Smartphone
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Smartphones Didn't Kill Reading; The Schools Did
People don't read as many books as they once did, and that makes me sad. I love books. I want everyone to love books and for children to learn to love reading.…
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Rise in memory chip costs puts pressure on retailers of laptops and smartphones
As the global race for AI moves forward, a shortage of memory chips has begun to drive up prices of consumer electronics and may lead to product shortages.
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Bitcoin's future as revolutionary as the smartphone, according to CoinDesk
CoinDesk's president of indices and data has a message for investors: Don't count out bitcoin.
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Retro Brand Revives Flip Phone To Take On Smartphone Addiction. But It's Not Cheap.
A retro tech brand known for defining the personal computer era is betting that some consumers are ready for a phone that does less, not more. Commodore, a onc…
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The smartphone era created an attention crisis. Slowtech is fixing it
"People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They're down for whatever helps them do that."
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Taliban order ban on smartphones as officials shown destroying devices
Directive aimed at government workers, but reports of wider implementation spark warnings of future Afghanistan-wide prohibition. The Taliban have ordered a sw…
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Snap unveils 'Specs' augmented reality glasses with $2,195 price - and goal of replacing smartphones
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America's fertility rate has never been lower. Blame smartphones - and these 4 financial realities.
Having as many children as families want requires "gender equality, economic stability, decent health and confidence in the future."
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Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?
Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introdu…
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American's birth rate has plunged. Are smartphones to blame?
The iPhone was introduced in 2007, the same year the U.S. birth rate started to slide. The issues could be linked, a new analysis finds.
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Unravel the tangled world of cords and find the ones you need to charge your gadgets and transfer data.
