T-Mobile paid for a chunk of 2.5GHz spectrum licenses earlier this year, but hasn’t been able to access them because the FCC’s authority to actually hand out the licenses has been in limbo. Now, Congress has passed a bill that allows the FCC to give T-Mobile access to the spectrum, which appears to be destined for fixed wireless. How thoughtful!
Version 3.5 of the Mac image editing app adds support for HDR photos. Reminder: this is the good kind of HDR, not the over-processed stuff. iPhones — and soon lots of Android phones — capture more highlight information than a typical SDR image, resulting in more lifelike rendering on an HDR display. Pixelmator is the latest editing app to let you play with that extra data.
[AppleInsider]
Networks spent years telling us that 5G would change everything. But the flashiest use cases are nowhere to be found — and the race to deploy the tech was costly in more ways than one.
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The Razr 2023 folds, and it costs well under $1,000 — neat! But its small screen is too limiting to make it worth your time.
It’s been a slow process, and Rest of World has a report detailing Foxconn’s struggle to ready iPhone 15 production for launch day at its Indian factory earlier this year. It’s a fascinating look behind the curtain, and it highlights the workforce of mostly young Indian women on the frontlines of the government’s “Make in India” initiative.
[Rest of World]
