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Daily Crunch: iPhone sales decline in Q1

Apple’s earnings show the impact of COVID-19, NVIDIA’s top scientist shares an open source ventilator design and Amazon anticipates big spending in the coming months. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 1, 2020. 1. iPhone sales are down, ahead of uncertain times for the industry Apple device sales have taken a hit, but the company’s […]





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Yahoo Mobile is a $39.99 unlimited phone and data plan

As a cell phone plan, Yahoo Mobile seems pretty straightforward — there’s just one pricing tier, where you pay $39.99 per month for unlimited calls, data and mobile hotspot usage. But you may be wondering why Yahoo is getting into the phone business. It makes more sense when you recall that Yahoo is owned by Verizon, […]




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Fairphone teams up with /e/OS on a box-fresh ‘deGoogled’ handset

The makers of the world’s most ethical smartphone, the Fairphone 3, have teamed up for a version of the device with even less big tech on board. The Netherlands-based device maker has partnered with France’s /e/OS to offer a “de-Googled” version of its latest handset, running an Android AOSP fork out of the box that’s […]




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Dani Dyer looks glued to her phone on stroll... after ex Jack Fincham's drunken display at the NTAs

She recently hit headlines when it emerged her ex-boyfriend Jack had secretly become a father.  Yet Dani looked in good spirits as she headed out on a stroll around Essex on Wednesday.




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Lucy Mecklenburgh shares snap from phone chat with boyfriend Louis Smith

Lucy Mecklenburgh shared a picture on her Twitter page on Tuesday, showing off a FaceTime conversation she was having with new man Louis Smith.




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Laverne Cox received surprise phone call from Meghan Markle to ask if she'd appear on Vogue cover

Orange Is the New Black actress Laverne Cox, 47, from Alabama, was shocked to get a call from the Duchess of Sussex asking her to appear on her Vogue cover - and praised the ex-Suits star.




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Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte dumped by British girlfriend Jamiee Hollier over the phone

Couple have had a long-distance relationship for four years.




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Girl snaps the Loch Ness Monster on her iphone while on holiday

Charlotte Robinson from Leeds who was staying at Loch Ness Highland Lodges in Invermoriston snapped Nessie with her iPhone. An expert has called it the best picture taken 'in years'.




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Senator Rand Paul considering Supreme Court challenge to government monitoring of phone records

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants to bring a class-action lawsuit to the Supreme Court against the government's phone and Internet anti-terrorism surveillance programs




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'What you do on your cell phone is none of their damned business!': Rand Paul thrills libertarians and unites CPAC with anti-NSA stemwinder

Paul got the Conservative Political Action Conference's loudest applause -- by far -- and figures to be a major force in the 2016 presidential season.




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Commuters could be made to book slots at train stations using smartphone app to stop overcrowding

Commuters on Britain's railways may have to book allotted times to travel to stop overcrowding once coronavirus lockdown measures start to ease. Rail operators are said to be considering a new app.




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Chrissy Teigen will never 'do anything ever again' after epic Halloween where she lost her phone

Chrissy Teigen was a bit worse for the wear in the aftermath of her Halloween night and vowed to her fans that she was never going out ever again in hysterical video on Friday.




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Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose Depp on the phone after kissing Timothée Chalamet

She confirmed her romance with actor Timothée Chalamet in a series of steamy make-out photos in Capri, Italy that made headlines last week. 




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Contact-tracing app will only fully stop coronavirus if 80 PER CENT of smartphone owners use it

The team from the University of Oxford simulated how COVID-19 might spread in order to support the development of contact-tracing apps across Europe.




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Leroy Sane 'exchanged 30-minute phone call' with Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick

Sane has been the Bundesliga side's No 1 target since last summer but a knee ligament injury picked up in August's Community Shield ended any hopes of a transfer.




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Australian Survivor's Lee Carseldine reveals his last phone call to his mother before she died

Lee Carseldine found out his mother had a stroke and wasn't likely to survive on Monday night's episode of Survivor: All Stars.  




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Yoga instructor beats a fellow moviegoer for using his phone during movie screening

Nicholas Glasgow, a yoga instructor in Iowa City, Iowa, was arrested for beating a fellow moviegoer for using their cell phone during a screening of Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood




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Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus dupe Maxine Waters in phone call posing as Greta Thunberg

Rep Maxine Waters was duped into thinking she was speaking with Greta Thunberg in a prank phone call with Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov published on YouTube Thursday.




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High-tech phone cameras to catch drivers texting to be switched on in NSW this SUNDAY

High-tech cameras that can capture clear images of drivers illegally using their mobile phones will go live on Sunday in 45 unknown locations across New South Wales.




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Mobile phone cameras to catch texting drivers in NSW turned on today

NSW drivers who threaten lives by using mobile phones behind the wheel risk being caught by unmarked cameras as new technology rolls out across the state today.




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Mobile phone detection cameras go live in NSW this weekend

Every day Australian drivers are caught on camera using their phones eating, reading and even doing drugs at speeds of up to 100km/h.




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Man, 57, 'had sex with girl, 14, and gave her a cellphone so he could send her explicit texts'

Francisco Alcala, from Indianapolis, was arrested after the teen's father quizzed his daughter about the cell phone, which she said the man had given to her.




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Australians could be tracked via their mobile phone amid coronavirus

Australians could be tracked via their mobile phone amid coronavirus crisis




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Australian Government considers mobile phone tracking app to monitor coronavirus

Health authorities are mulling over how closely Australians could be monitored once travel restrictions and social distancing rules are relaxed.




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How police can monitor Australians during coronavirus COVID-19 lockdowns with mobile phone data

Terry O'Gorman, a criminal defence lawyer for 43 years, has explained how police can issue COVID-19 fines of at least $1,000 based on them accessing your mobile phone and bank data.




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Selena Gomez drops video recorded entirely on iPhone for new self-love song Lose You To Love Me

Selena Gomez dropped a back-and-white video recorded entirely on iPhone for her new self-love song Lose You To Love Me.




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Meghan Markle phones to thank Labour MP Holly Lynch for letter

The Duchess of Sussex called Halifax MP Holly Lynch to thank her for spearheading an open letter accusing media outlets of sexist coverage with colonial undertones.




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Phones4U founder John Caudwell slams Labour tax plans

John Caudwell said 'nearly every wealthy person I know is thinking of leaving the UK including me if Labour get in' as he challenged John McDonnell during a face-to-face meeting.




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Zika-carrying mosquitoes can be tested with smartphones

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a device they call a LAMP OSD which can plug into a smartphone to reveal whether a mosquito is the Aedes aegypti species.




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Phone shop worker is electrocuted by mobile phones he was charging with extension cable in Thailand

Kanchamaiporn Saithong, 35, was found sprawled on the floor of his room lying on top of the two phones after he failed to turn up for work in the city of Chonburi.




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Man is electrocuted after using headphones connected to his charging mobile phone in Thailand

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Supakhet Saraboon, 35, was discovered sprawled across his bed in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, central Thailand, on Monday night.




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Gamer is electrocuted as he played on his phone while charging it in Thailand 

Delivery company employee Tinnakorn Rattanauppaphan, 32, had the smartphone plugged in to an extension cable while using it at his rented room in Nan, northern Thailand.




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Motorola announces that pre-sales for its $1,499 foldable Razr phone will open on January 26th

Motorola disappointed consumers last month when it delayed the release of its Razr, but the firm has officially announced pre-sales start Jan. 26th with purchases beginning Feb. 6th.




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Apple's secret new $149 headphones are shipped to a Walmart in New York BEFORE officially released 

Apple's$149 Powerbeats 4 were spotted at a Walmart in New York over the weekend before the tech giant was able to make the official announcement of the new earbuds on Monday.




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Relieved mother of James Foley reveals Trump phoned her after the al-Baghdadi raid

James Foley's mother has said that President Trump phoned her after the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid on Sunday that killed the ISIS leader to personally inform her the terror leader was dead.




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Bus passenger hit with TFL fine and criminal record after iPhone died

Jemima Kelly tapped in on a London bus in October using Apple Pay on her phone to pay for the £1.50 ticket between zone one and two. Her phone died and she was charged £476.




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Paris attack mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud had photos of UK targets on his phone

Investigators have discovered that Abdelhamid Abaaoud had pictures of places in Birmingham stored on his smartphone, raising the chilling possibility that his cell was planning atrocities in Britain




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Paris attacks leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud ‘orchestrated Bataclan over his phone’

A eyewitness said they saw Abdelhamid Abaaoud standing in a doorway shouting down his phone for around an hour on November 13 - the night 90 people were slaughtered in Paris's Bataclan theatre.




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Paris attacks' first officer at Bataclan phoned his girlfriend to say goodbye

The unnamed officer described the horrific sight of 'bodies piled on top of each other' in the Paris concert hall, where 90 rock fans were slaughtered.




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Image on Paris attacks jihadi's phone points to Birmingham bomb plot

Bullring in Birmingham is one of the busiest shopping centres in the UK. Pictures of the site were found on Abdelhamid Abaaoud's phone by police. It was one of several 'targets' on the device.




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Apple 'won't co-operate to break into Paris attackers' mobile phones'

Apple and other tech companies have been accused of not doing enough to help French security services access two phones which belonged to suicide bombers from the Paris attacks.




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iPhone case that can encrypt calls could help terrorists carry out a Paris or Brussels style attack

The Vysk device clips to the phone and, with the flick of a switch, can be put into stealth mode to stop hackers from gaining access to its data, but there are worries terrorists could take advantage.




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UK terror cell was arrested after phone of Brussels terror suspect was hacked

Four men and a woman were held after a device linked to Abrini, 31, was cracked by American investigators. It is believed the phone contained images of several Birmingham landmarks.




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Jeff Bezos had his phone 'hacked' in 2018 after receiving WhatsApp from Saudi Arabian crown prince

Jeff Bezos's cell phone was hacked in May 2018 after he was sent a malicious video filed from the personal phone number of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, it is claimed.




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UN investigators say US should 'immediately' investigate Bezos phone hack

David Kaye and Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteurs, say they have seen evidence suggesting Bezos was hacked after he was sent a video from Bin Salman's WhatsApp account.




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Saudi Arabia 'is using mobile phone data to track its citizens' movements in the US'

Saudi Arabia's three biggest mobile phone providers sent millions of requests for location data to a major US carrier starting in November last year, which can be used to track the phones' users.




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The real reason Melissa Leong took a phone call in middle of filming MasterChef cliffhanger moment 

Melissa Leong shocked audiences when she took a phone call in the middle of a cliffhanger moment on MasterChef Australia: Back To Win on Monday night.  




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Osher Gunsberg says coal-powered stations are like using an old Nokia 3210 instead of an iPhone

The Bachelor host, who has become a vocal environmental activist, criticised the push by some MPs to increase Australia's coal capacity.




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Netanyahu denies putting cellphone listening devices around the White House to capture Trump's calls

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a report Israel most likely spied on President Trump using devices that mimic cell towers a 'blatant lie.'