In March 2016, the world met Casper, a milky-white deep-sea octopus that makes its home 2.5 miles beneath the ocean surface. Now, a new study suggests that the newly discovered cephalopod could be under threat from deep sea mining. In a paper published Monday in Current Biology, a team of researchers report that octopi such as Casper have been observed to lay their eggs on the stalks of dead sponges. These sponges in turn are attached to fist-sized clumps of metals that slowly precipitate out of the water column over millions of years. They are called manganese nodules. The…

We review a lot of phones here at CNET. A lot . A few are standouts, most are decent and affordable, and a very few just aren t worth the trouble, low price be damned. Gathered below is the rogues gallery of recent disappointments that just weren t able to live up to their promise. Arm yourself with the knowledge of the phones you can safely skip, then cheer yourself up with this list of rock stars. Editors note : This post updates frequently. It was originally published March 2012. The Xperia XA is a pretty face, but not much else. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Despite an eye-catching…

White House officials are discussing asking foreign visitors to share social media information and phone contacts It is not clear how such a policy would be implemented Miller also noted on Saturday that Trump administration officials are discussing the possibility of asking foreign visitors to disclose all websites and social media sites they visit, and to share the contacts in their cell phones. If the foreign visitor declines to share such information, he or she could be denied entry. Sources told CNN that the idea is just in the preliminary discussion level. The social media…

There is considerable confusion and misunderstanding about the meaning of the maximum reported Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) values for cell phones (and other wireless devices). SAR is a measure of the rate of RF (radiofrequency) energy absorption by the body from the source being measured – in this case, a cell phone. SAR provides a straightforward means for measuring the RF exposure characteristics of cell phones to ensure that they are within the safety guidelines set by the FCC. Many people mistakenly assume that using a cell phone with a lower reported SAR value necessarily…

Why Buy a Smartphone? The top performers in our review are the Gold Award winning Apple iPhone 7 Plus, the Silver Award winning Apple iPhone 7, and the Bronze Award winning OnePlus 3T. Here’s more on choosing a smartphone to meet your needs, along with details on how we arrived at our rankings of the 10 best devices. We ve long since passed the point when people choose between smartphones and feature phones – dumb phones, as they ve come to be called. Every major carrier and minor cell phone provider offers phones with touch screens and internet connectivity at virtually any…

Even though Android is the dominant mobile OS in the world, there’s still plenty of competition when it comes to mobile device manufacturers. But it is Android’s strong hold on the world market that makes Samsung the most popular mobile phone manufacturer in 92 of the 230 countries for which Global Stats’ StatCounter tracks data. Samsung holds 26.2 percent of the world’s market. Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] and Nokia come in second, with just a little over 20 percent world market share each. Apple’s hold on the world market is driven by sales in advanced economies with high per capita…