Samsung has clarified to Korea’s Yonhap News Agency that it hasn’t actually sold one million Galaxy Fold devices, despite what executive Young Sohn said on stage earlier this week. Yonhap says a company spokesperson “said Sohn may have confused the figure with the company’s initial sales target for the year, emphasizing that sales of the […]
We’ve heard Mark Zuckerberg’s vision, and Facebook shared a charter outlining its rules. Now, Facebook is committing $130 million to the effort. That initial investment is expected to cover the board’s operating expenses for approximately six years or two three-year terms. It will pay for things like office space, staff and travel expenses. Facebook says […]
Twitter introduced labels that appeared on US election candidates’ profiles and tweets in order to identify the office they were running for. Twitter announced today that it will be applying similar labels to candidates’ profiles and tweets for the 2020 US elections. On Twitter when you see the special label on a candidate’s profile or […]
Microsoft is tweaking its Windows logo and the icons for many of the operating system’s apps. Microsoft is now redesigning more than 100 icons across the company with new colors, materials, and finishes. It’s part of a bigger push to modernize Microsoft’s software and services under the Fluent Design set of principles. “With the newest […]
Google is making it a little easier to sift through news stories and potentially find more informative stories in the process. It’s rolling out a search feature that uses AI to organize news articles by story in carousels. This not only helps you focus on a specific topic, but increases the chances that you’ll see […]
YouTube is enacting a stricter anti-harassment policy to curb hate speech and threats that might have otherwise skirted past its moderators. The online video giant no longer allows material that “maliciously insults” people based on traits like gender identity, race or sexual orientation. It’ll also bar “veiled or implied” threats, not just direct ones. You […]
Microsoft has been notifying Windows 7 users about January’s end of support throughout 2019. Now, the company is making its notification prompts even bigger, as full-screen pop-ups to warn about the end of life of Windows 7. The full-screen notification will warn that “your Windows 7 PC is out of support,” and it will start […]
Android Auto has slowly become a very popular offering in vehicles, but it wasn’t always that way. Back in 2017, one of the biggest car manufacturers didn’t have plans to offer Android Auto. Over 2 years later, BMW is now ready to integrate Android Auto in their vehicles, and they will start next year. BMW […]
Premium smartphones have been commanding around $1,000 for well over two years now. Even though consumers are more comfortable with the idea now than they were initially, that doesn’t mean people are forking over the big bucks in droves. According to data from The NPD Group’s new Mobile Phone Tracking service, fewer than 10 percent […]
iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3, Apple has added the ability to set communication limits for Phone, FaceTime, Messages, and iCloud contacts. In doing so, parents can better manage Screen Time for their children on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The update 13.3 of iOS and iPadOS are top-lined by a new feature, Communication Limits, […]
Google is adding several new features to Chrome to keep you safe while browsing online. To start, the next time you try to login into a website, Chrome will warn you if your username and password were compromised in a data breach. It will also suggest you change any passwords you’ve reused. Google is also […]
Apple’s new Mac Pro is on sale, and it starts at an eye-popping $5,999. That’s a lot of cash for the average user, but maybe not so much if you make your living on how fast your computer is. The Mac Pro is highly customizable, though, and Apple is letting potential buyers upgrade it to […]
Salt, a Swiss telco, has come up with its own remote control that’s now being offered to its broadband customers for use with the Apple TV. It seems like a considerable number of Salt Fiber customers weren’t happy with the Siri Remote that comes with the company’s Apple TV 4K bundle. The Swiss broadband provider […]
Amazon gained a foothold in the smart doorbell market with its purchase of Ring, and now, the tech giant is using its subsidiary to expand into the smart lighting industry as well. According to documents filed with the FCC, Ring is currently developing replaceable smart bulbs, similar to what Philips Hue offers. This news was […]
China has reportedly ordered all foreign PC hardware and operating systems to be replaced in the next three years, intensifying an ongoing tech war. The country has attempted this sort of thing before halfheartedly, but this is the most serious effort yet to isolate itself from the influence of the western technology sector. According to […]