Huawei’s long-rumored Android alternative, Hongmeng, is finally official. At Huawei Developer Conference, the company’s Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu surprised the audience by unveiling “Harmony OS,” which he says is faster and safer than Android. Huawei filed trademarks for Hongmeng in June, though it muddied the waters when an exec later said the OS […]
Apple is rewarding security researchers for finding security flaws in macOS. At the Black Hat conference, Apple announced that it is greatly expanding its existing bug bounty program to include macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and iCloud. It will include rewards of up to $1 million for a zero-click, full chain kernel code execution attack. Apple announced […]
A US Appeals Court gave the green light to a class-action lawsuit over Facebook’s photo-tagging suggestions. Facebook users now have the green light to sue the company over its use of facial recognition tech. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor 3-0 after Facebook tried to block […]
Google might have shut down its Trips app, but it is far from giving up on acting as your online travel broker. It has just revamped its hotel search process on its new Travel site and is now offering better price-tracking on Google Flights. If you use Google Flights to plan and purchase tickets for […]
Intel teased Project Athena at CES at the start of this year, then in May the company revealed what the program really hopes to achieve: super long battery life, fast charging and 5G all packaged neatly into ultra slim, lightweight devices. Intel unveiled the “Engineered for Mobile Performance” sticker. This tag will be affixed to […]
Apple Music has its own analytics dashboard for artists called “Apple Music for Artists”, but it has only been available as a beta for quite some time. That is finally changing today. Apple Music has announced that its analytics platform for musicians, called Apple Music for Artists, is out of beta and available for all. […]
iHeartMedia will harness more than 850 radio stations to build its podcast audience and entice potential advertisers. iHeartMedia has unveiled a Sunday Night Podcasts initiative that will air podcasts on 270 of its radio stations at the end of each week, starting with The Ron Burgundy Podcast on August 11th. You can also expect series […]
As for what’s on the table, Sonos didn’t give any hints. The oldest hardware in Sonos’ lineup at this point is the Playbar home theater soundbar and the Play:5 speaker. They both sound excellent still, but neither has built-in voice control like the newer Sonos One and Beam speakers. They’re also certainly using older components […]
Apple is under investigation in Russia following a complaint from cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab and may be abusing its dominant market position, Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog. The nation’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) is investigating a complaint by Kaspersky Lab over the rejection of its Safe Kids app from the App Store, reported Reuters. The tech giant […]
Apple has activated a “dormant software lock” that effectively kneecaps third-party replacement batteries on some newer models of iPhone, according to a report from iFixIt on Wednesday, by disabling access to battery health data unless the replacement has been installed by Apple or an authorized service provider. iFixIt wrote that this appears to be an […]
Google Maps Live View that shows you via a Pokémon-like visual overlay how to get to your destination. Now, Google has announced that it’s rolling Live View out in much wider beta to modern Android and iOS phones equipped with ARCore or ARKit. At its I/O developer conference, Google unveiled a limited release of the […]
Instagram has pulled the marketing company Hyp3r from Instagram’s ad platform after “a combination of configuration errors and lax oversight” on its behalf allowed HYP3R to scrape massive amounts of data on Instagram Business Insider reported. HYP3R didn’t collect any private information. However, it still resulted in detailed profiles of users that it didn’t have […]
At its Galaxy Unpacked event in Brooklyn, Samsung unveiled the latest additions to its Galaxy Note lineup the Note 10 and Note 10+. The Note 10’s display is 6.3 inches and the Note 10+, with a display that measures at a whopping 6.8 inches, is Samsung’s largest phone screen. Both are packed with features and […]
Google has been offering the public its own gigabit fiber internet package in select cities for $50. That’s an astoundingly low price for those lucky enough to live in a supported “Fiberhood,” but Google’s Fiber rollout has been pretty slow. They’ve faced numerous setbacks over time and even shut down their network in some locations, […]
A report by the Wall Street Journal claims Nintendo has plans for further updates to the Switch lineup to extend the platform’s lifecycle. “Chief Executive Shuntaro Furukawa has said the company is always working on new hardware,” writes the publication. The Wall Street Journal also confirmed that some upcoming Switch models would use indium gallium […]