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TL;DR Escobar Fold phone creator Olof Gustafsson has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud and money laundering. Customers were sent certificates or merch instead of the foldables, flamethrowers, or gold iPhones they paid for, making refunds harder to claim. Gustafsson could face many years in prison and will pay up to $1.3 million in restitution. It looked like an …

In a plea agreement, United States attorneys detail how Olof Kyros Gustafsson and Escobar, Inc. took orders for the phones and other products branded with the likeness of the drug lord Pablo Escobar, seeded products with tech reviewers and social media influencers “in order to attempt to increase demand,” did not deliver the products to customers, and transferred and laundered …

Eric Schmidt knows that focusing can feel impossible when notifications keep popping up. The former CEO of Google helped usher in a new age of the internet, which brought with it attention-seeking features such as advertising and notifications. Today, Schmidt sees that deep focus is impossible when distracted by technology. “I work with a lot of 20-somethings in research, and …

Even if Apple’s long-awaited foldable may still be months or years away, buyers are lining up for a potential major supplier: Chinese glass maker Lens Technology . It’s “one of the key beneficiaries of [the] foldable iOS smartphone supply chain,” Citi analysts led by Kyna Wong said in a July 14 report about Lens Tech. They estimate the device could …

T-Mobile and Verizon seem to be playing a game of leapfrog when it comes to our best phone carrier rankings. One of the wireless phone service providers will make a change — maybe to its assortment of data plans, maybe to the various perks it offers — and vault ahead of the other in our estimation. Then, the other company …

We tried a new phone stand from one of our favorite brands. Here’s how it compares  CNN Source link

Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

You will not see this attack. getty Republished on July 19 with new analysis into this dangerous image email attack. Here we go again. There’s a fast growing threat in your inbox that’s hard to detect — even for security software on your PC. This has “seemingly come out of nowhere,” but you need to be aware. And it means …

That modest drop in CPU performance benchmarks does not equate to a poor user experience. The Nothing Phone 3 is very snappy, opening apps quickly and handling rapid multitasking without hesitation. The animations also have a Google level of polish. Nothing managed to fit a 5,150 mAh battery in this phone, which is a bit larger than even the Galaxy …

Darwinian evolution is speedrunning foldable phone development. “Z”-style folds from companies like the Huawei Mate XT collapse in a zig-zag pattern, exposing one side of the screen to the elements. The new alternate universe tri-fold could be Tecno’s Phantom Ultimate G Fold concept phone that literally wraps around itself like a big “G.” This actually may be the better way …