Sometimes lousy battery life and canceled Amazon shows leave us feeling just as forlorn as our exes do. …read more Source:: CNet

Lawmakers want to know if T-Mobile and Sprint can make good on their promises for faster 5G deployment, rural broadband coverage, thousands of new jobs and lower prices. …read more Source:: CNet

Privacy experts are waiting for the other shoe to drop on connected kicks. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a “digital dividend” that would let consumers share in the billions of dollars made by technology companies in the most populous U.S. state. In his “State of the State” speech on Tuesday, Newsom said California is proud to be home to tech…

iFixit pays tribute to ‘beacon of light’ for the fixers of the world Obit John Haynes, creator of the Haynes Manual and at least partly responsible for the skinned knuckles of enthusiastic amateur car repairers around the world, has tightened his last bolt and headed off to the great workshop in the sky aged 80.……

Reserve your S10 a week before the company’s Unpacked event. …read more Source:: CNet

US states mull ‘work verification’ laws, shaped by work verification biz Special report Anyone working on a substantial contract with the US state of New Jersey could soon be required to install software that captures the screen and tracks keystrokes – to verify all hours billed are legit.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A software engineer spotted that it’s testing an expanded version of Direct. …read more Source:: CNet

Oh snap. UK netizens better hope they don’t have twitchy mouse-click finger It will be an offence to view terrorist material online just once – and could incur a prison sentence of up to 15 years – under new UK laws.… …read more Source:: Register

At the dawn of every new year, many people make resolutions of some sort. Some resolve to live a less materialistic life and trim their possessions, and in our year 2019 this school of thought has been turbocharged by Marie Kondo. Author of book The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up and star of related Netflix…