Your phone can text without a cell tower, and you may already have the feature
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You generally need a cell phone tower and active cellular signal in order to send and receive texts, but there is another way around that.
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Your expensive GPU is probably sagging right now here's why it matters
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Your GPU might be crumbling under its own weight here's how to save it.
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Firefox and Chrome are both slower than this Android browser at real-world tasks
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I ran this browser side-by-side with Chrome and Firefox on the same phone for weeks, and only one never made me wait.
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Microsoft's AI spending guide is music to our ears, quieting the bears for now
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Microsoft broke ranks and the troubled stock was handsomely rewarded Wednesday evening.
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I replaced my paid streaming apps with free ones - here's what surprised me
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Are free streaming services that bad? I swapped my paid subscriptions for free ones to see.
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What 'mAh' means for your phone's battery, and why I focus on another metric instead
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New smartphones boast batteries with higher-than-ever mAh numbers, but it's actually a small factor in how long the battery lasts.
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ZDNET readers are skeptical of a foldable iPhone in 2026. Here's what they think instead
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We asked ZDNET readers to predict the iPhone 18 specs for a chance to win a new Apple Watch. Hot takes welcome.
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Zuckerberg lays out Meta's AI capacity dilemma: What to sell vs. what to keep
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For investors anxious to hear more about Meta's plans to make money from its big AI spending, Mark Zuckerberg said there's a trade-off.
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China threatens retaliation against U.S. humanoid robot ban, says it 'severely damages' relations
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China's Commerce Ministry said Thursday the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has repeatedly ignored Beijing's restrained stance.
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