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In the next few months, Cox "customers will be able to combine Cox Mobile and Cox Internet". Cox recently launched Cox Mobile for Cox Internet customers, but with separate billing. http://dlvr.it/Sk6VzG

A report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reveals that the Reality Pro mixed reality headset will not need an iPhone nearby to set up and run. http://dlvr.it/Sk3ZnQ

The World Mobile Congress is upon us, we're hours away from the official start of the biggest event in mobile tech. Here's what to expect! http://dlvr.it/Sk3ZYC

TCL this week took the wraps off three new affordable Android phones coming to the US next quarter. All three share a similar "minimalist" design and will sell for under $200. * The TCL 40 XE 5G is TCL's most affordable 5G phone to date at just $169. It's powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 700 chipset paired with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. Its 6.56-inch HD+ display has 90 Hz refresh and TCL's NXTVISION display technology. The main camera is 13 megapixel. * The TCL 40 X 5G is basically the same phone but with a better, 50 megapixel main camera. It will sell for $199. * The TCL 40 XL is only 4G (using a MediaTek G37 chipset) but thanks to that trade-off, it offers a few upgrades for an even lower price. It has a larger screen at 6.75 inches, it has more built-in storage at 128 GB, it has a 50 megapixel camera like the 40 X, and it has stereo speakers. Yet it will sell for just $149. All three phones have a 5,000 mAh battery, side fingerprint reader, and ...

While Apple was focused on common attack scenarios, criminals devised a simple strategy to steal iPhone users' digital life. http://dlvr.it/Sk1Q0X

Microsoft has added its (in)famous new AI-powered Bing chatbot to several of its mobile apps. The service, previously only available on the web and desktop apps, acts like an intelligent search engine that you can have a complete conversation with. The Bing service is based on ChatGPT from OpenAI. On mobile, Microsoft's Bing app, Edge browser app, and the Skype app now include access to the chatbot in both Android and iOS versions. In Skype, the chatbot can even be added to a group conversation. http://dlvr.it/SjzD1x

At the MWC trade show in Barcelona next week, Qualcomm will demo stable diffusion AI image generation software running completely within an Android phone powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The technology generates whole images with only simple text descriptions as input, similar to popular cloud-based services such as DALL-E 2 and Midjourney. By running the software completely on-device, Qualcomm is demonstrating that stable diffusion AI technology is possible on mobile devices without costly cloud infrastructure. Qualcomm's AI research team created the software using Qualcomm's existing AI development stack already available to partners. The demo uses a 1-billion-parameter AI model and goes through 20 steps to generate the final image. It takes 15 seconds to generate a 512x512-pixel image, comparable to services like Midjourney. http://dlvr.it/SjwK2B

Google released Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3.2 to eliminate a nasty bug that caused the screen on some Pixel units to flash green. http://dlvr.it/SjsCsf

Where is the Galaxy Tab Fold? http://dlvr.it/Sjp6yp

OnePlus has released teaser images of the OnePlus 11 Concept device that was initially teased at their launch event, and its most noticeable characteristic is a very Tron-like aesthetic. http://dlvr.it/Sjl5GL

Looking for the smoothest Android experience on a budget? We have you covered. http://dlvr.it/Sjl54P

They're not the newest and most advanced Samsung earbuds around, but the noise-cancelling Galaxy Buds 2 are incredibly attractive right now at the crazy low price of $84.49 a pair. http://dlvr.it/SjhDvr

T-Mobile customers who use credit cards to pay their monthly bills will no longer get AutoPay discounts soon, being essentially forced to switch their payment method to a debit card or bank account. http://dlvr.it/Sjf7NV

Samsung's hot new Galaxy S23 family, the equally fresh OnePlus 11, and the slightly older but decidedly eye-catching Motorola Edge 30 Fusion are the headliners of another packed weekly list of top tech deals. http://dlvr.it/Sjf79t

Ironically, the new Galaxy S23 becomes "less Samsung" to reach the iPhone's level of power and efficiency! Samsung had to cheat on Exynos with Qualcomm, Google. Was it worth it? http://dlvr.it/Sjc62W

How popular is Apple outside of the US? http://dlvr.it/Sjc5wX

A lawsuit filed against Apple, Google, Alphabet and several top executives claims that the firms illegally conspired to illegally dominate the global search business. http://dlvr.it/Sjc5ly

More than half of buyers opted for the most expensive S23 model. http://dlvr.it/Sjc5Ws

Samsung today announced Message Guard, a new security feature that protects Galaxy S23 phones (which go on sale today) against zero-click attacks delivered as images in messages. Samsung will update other Galaxy phones with the feature later this year. Message Guard intercepts incoming images before they reach Samsung Messages and Messages by Google, sandboxing and inspecting the files before they can carry out an attack. Only once Message Guard ensures a file "cannot infect the rest of your device" does it become available to the messaging app for viewing (processing an image for viewing is when this kind of attack can occur.) Samsung also committed to extending Message Guard to third party messaging apps "at a later date". http://dlvr.it/Sjc5Jd

Entry-level Samsung Galaxy A04 is finally getting its Android 13 update. http://dlvr.it/SjYPm4