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Users are reporting that the Vivo Nex camera that pops out of the top of the device is coming out to say “hello” without being invited. It appears that certain apps request access to the selfie cam, which causes it to pop up. This illuminates to us that apps are “turning on” the front-facing camera without us asking, and we just haven’t noticed. The Vivo Nex smartphone is the first truly all-screen device to hit the market. One of the novel ways it achieves that all-screen look is by hiding the front-facing camera in a little pop-up selfie mechanism. However, users are reporting that the camera is popping up on them even when they haven’t activated the selfie camera through their camera app. Abacus posted the video below of a user opening up the messaging app Telegram , which then triggers the pop-up camera: Other users are reporting similar activity in apps like Tencent’s QQ Browser and the travel booking app Ctrip. What does this mean? The pop-up selfie cam is trigger

Samsung Update (6/29):  As expected, the Samsung Galaxy J3 and J7 are now available in the US through select carriers: AT&T offers the Galaxy J3 for $209 , or $7 a month for 30 months. Verizon has the Galaxy J3 for $168 or $7 a month for 24 months. Prepaid users can get it even cheaper for just $124.99. Sprint (and prepaid carrier Boost ) will offer both models, though with slightly altered names. The J7 Refine will cost $288 , while the J3 Achieve will cost $192.  Original (6/8): Samsung has announced that the 2018 editions of its Galaxy J3 and J7 budget phones will be released in the US in “early June.” The Galaxy J3 will have a 5-inch display, while the J7 will have a larger 5.5-inch screen, and both will have big camera improvements. Pricing for both phones have yet to be revealed. Samsung is getting ready to roll out two new versions of its budget-themed J phones to the US. In a press release, the company said that the 2018 editions of the Galaxy J3 and Gal

DC Although the Marvel universe of superheroes and supervillains dominates the media landscape these days, there’s a whole lot of DC stuff out there in the world of movies, TV shows, and obviously comic books. There’s so much, it’s hard to keep track. Enter DC Universe , a new subscription-based product from DC that delivers you a huge assortment of DC media. There’s no release date or pricing information as of yet, but there is this nifty YouTube trailer describing the service: If you read the fine print at the end of the trailer (which is actually pretty funny), the service is slated to come “this fall.” So what will you get from your DC Universe subscription? First up, you’ll get access to movies centering on DC characters. However, your subscription doesn’t appear to get you everything DC-related in film. The Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher Batman movies are here, as are the Christopher Reeve-era Superman films. But the recent Justice League and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of

MKBHD Today on Instagram, Marques Brownlee (otherwise known as MKBHD) posted a picture of a OnePlus 6 on top of another device that looks a lot like a red OnePlus 6. You can see the buttons are the same and the curves are similar. Check out the pic below: MKBHD If OnePlus is going to release a red OnePlus 6, it wouldn’t be too surprising, as the company also released a red version of the OnePlus 5T last year. Editor's Pick OnePlus 6 review: the spiritual successor to the Nexus Buy OnePlus 6 Move over OnePlus 5T, the OnePlus 6 has arrived. The latest iteration of the OnePlus family brings us an all-new design on the outside, and more of what we already love on the … However, if that is, in fact, a red OnePlus 6 in MKBHD’s photo, that is not the Lava Red that was used for the OnePlus 5T. Unless our eyes are tricking us, that is a totally different red color. Brownlee didn’t include any text caption with the image, so we don’t know anything else about the phot

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Update: 6/29/2018 at 1:02 P.M. EST:  The free live-streaming TV service announced by AT&T after its successful merger with Time Warner is now live. As described below, the service gives AT&T wireless customers access to 31 different channels, with more to come in the future. Click the button below to sign up for one of the new unlimited mobile data plans that comes with the live TV offerings. get free tv on at&t Original Article (06/21/18): As promised by its CEO last week , AT&T has revealed more details about its new “skinny” live-streaming TV service , WatchTV. It will offer 31 cable TV channels at first, and the company plans to add even more in the future. They will be free to access for AT&T’s unlimited wireless customers, and others will be able to access the service for $15 a month. The AT&T WatchTV channel lineup will include all of the cable TV networks owned by WarnerMedia, which AT&T now owns as part of its  $85 billion purchase of Time W

The Verge When Apple announced its AirPods wireless headphones, the design was met with derision from the general populace. But now, here we are, with multiple companies releasing their answer to the funky, completely wireless ear inserts. We can now add Oppo to that list, as the company is releasing the Oppo O-Free headphones in China this coming August, per The Verge . Editor's Pick Who makes the best true wireless earbuds? (No, it’s not Apple) If your new phone's missing the headphone jack, you've probably already had to entertain the idea of switching to Bluetooth. Why stop there? Why not go truly wireless, and ditch even the cables connecting the earbuds to … The O-Free headphones deviate a bit from Apple’s AirPods design by being much more of an insertable headset. AirPods don’t do much more than sit on the outside of your ear, whereas the O-Free set go deeper into your ear canal. This should help them stay in better and also deliver richer sound. O