HMD’s Nokia 7.2 could be the new mid-range smartphone to beat

I couldn't smuggle many sample photos out of my briefing, but I can't not share this anecdote: While there with a few other reviewers, I snapped a quick photo of a good friend just to see what the camera was capable of. Upon reviewing the results, we found the 7.2 had rendered his well-lit face…

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The Sonos Move is more than a Bluetooth speaker

Just another Sonos, at firstAt first glance, the Move seems like any other Sonos speaker. It's a tall, dark gray oval with a flat touch-sensitive top, like a bigger Sonos One. It has all the features you'd expect from a modern speaker, including support for Alexa, Google Assistant and AirPlay 2. You can stream music…

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Lego’s Imperial Star Destroyer set has 4,700 pieces and is 43 inches long

The Devastator set has tons of details from the movie, including swiveling guns, a tilting radar disk, huge engine exhausts and intricate surface detailing. It also comes with a scale version of the Tantive IV ship used by Leia to try and escape with the plans for the Death Star, which can be built separately…

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Samsung’s reinforced Galaxy Fold feels stronger than before

The company also added layers of metal under the display to strengthen its protection and hopefully make it so that you wouldn't be able to feel machinery beneath the screen when you poke at it. Certainly, during our hands-on, the Fold seemed sturdier than before. It felt less like a prototype and more like a…

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Spies, lies and data thieves: It’s time to get a VPN

It's a lot to deal with, which is why many people decide to just ignore the problem and take terrible risks with their security and privacy. The bigger problem, of course, is that we're all so damn connected. So anytime we do the computer security equivalent of peeing into the wind, there's a whole bunch…

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Facebook, Microsoft Back Contest to Better Detect Deepfakes

When the makers of the 1994 movie Forrest Gump inserted Tom Hanks into an old film clip to make it appear the actor was shaking hands with Richard Nixon, their handiwork was considered cutting edge. Now it's easier to doctor video. The popular Chinese app Zao allows users to easily insert faces into movie and…

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‘Gears 5’: A War Game That Really Deals with War Trauma

One of the most important plot points in Gears 5 (no "of War", this time—it's cleaner) involves melting ice. You're isolated in a snowy tundra, a series of frozen ridges and sheets of ice covering what lies below, and you need to go down. So your job becomes to find a way to melt or…

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Jeremy Renner Just Shut Down His Fan App

Greetings, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED's culture news roundup. This week there's been some bad news for fans of Margaret Atwood and Jeremy Renner. Also, some good news for Disney. Again. Let's get started.Jeremy Renner Shut Down His App. Because TrollsFirst off, if you didn't know, Jeremy Renner had an app.…

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