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Here at Android Authority, we have a diverse staff. We come from all over the world and we use all kinds of technology. This series shows you what tech we use for work, play, and health. My name is Joe Hindy and I’ve been here for seven years (as of September 2019). I work mostly as a writer, but I also make YouTube videos and co-host the Android Authority Podcast as well. Thus, I have all kinds of equipment laying around that I use almost every day. I might not recommend all of it for various reasons, but the products below are mainstays in my tech life and I would recommend them to basically anybody. Let’s check them out!   Google Chromecast The Google Chromecast is kind of an obvious choice. It connects directly into the back of your TV where it sits hidden from view at all times. It’s a fun little streaming stick that always works for me. I purchased my first one a couple of years ago and it works just as well today as it did before. I also appreciate how the Ultra supports

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U.S. companies will be allowed to work with Huawei again, President Trump announced in a news conference. It’s a stunning, if not entirely surprising turnaround, coming just weeks after the Trump administration called Huawei a major threat to U.S. national security . Background: Huawei has lost immediate access to Android and Google (Updated)  On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Trump said “U.S. companies can sell their equipment to Huawei,” without going into detail. “We’re talking about equipment where there’s no great national security problem with it,” Trump continued. It’s not clear what this means for now, but it’s likely Huawei will be able to acquire basic components like Qualcomm processors and Google’s Android OS. “I said that’s O.K., that we will keep selling that product, these are American companies that make these products. That’s very complex, by the way. I’ve agreed to allow them to continue to sell that product so that American companies will continue,”

This quiz contains 10 questions that revolve around some of the most interesting tech stories published on our website this month. The topics include new games , upcoming Android phones , and much more. Think you can get a good score? Press the Start button below and show us what you got — and don’t forget to share your result on social media at the end. Note: If you don’t see a Start button, click here. This is the 45th quiz in our regular weekly series. You can take a few of the most popular ones via the links below or check out all of them by clicking here . Can you name these iconic phones? How much do you really know about Android? Which phone did it first? Let us know which questions you thought were the hardest and share your result with others in the comment section.

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Typically, in-display fingerprint sensors are associated with OLED displays. That’s set to change, as display maker BOE announced today the technology to use in-display fingerprint sensors with LCD panels According to DigiTimes today, the company plans to begin mass production of LCD panels embedded with in-display fingerprint sensors at the end of 2019. There’s no mention of which companies will line up and buy the displays. Editor's Pick Best phones with in-display fingerprint scanners (March 2019) The first phone with an in-display fingerprint scanner was the Vivo X20 Plus UD, which was announced in January 2018. Since then, we’ve seen quite a few other smartphones with this technology from companies like … As previously mentioned, in-display fingerprint sensors have only been found in OLED displays up until now. That’s likely due to OLED displays being thinner than LCD displays, with the thinner profile allowing light and ultrasonic transmitters to better get