Earlier this month, news broke that Facebook had reached an agreement with the FTC to pay $5 billion for its history of privacy and data breaches. It’s the biggest fine the agency has fired at a tech company (by far), but everyone from critics to lawmakers have been questioning its effect on the company’s bottom […]
We know that there will be two main versions of the upcoming flagship: the standard 6.3-inch Galaxy Note 10 and the 6.7-inch Galaxy Note 10 Plus. here may also be 5G-capable models of both phones. Earlier this month, we got our best look at the Note 10+, which revealed its rear quad-camera setup and central, […]
Google will pay $11 million to settle the claims of 227 people who say they were unfairly denied jobs because of their age, according to Friday court filings. The settlement must still be approved by the judge in the case. The original lead plaintiff in the case, first filed in 2015, was a 60-something man […]
Microsoft has agreed to pay about $25 million in settlements with both the Justice Department and SEC over charges that its Hungary subsidiary violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The division allegedly discounted prices for its resellers and distributors between 2013 and 2015, using the increased profit margins to fund bribes for government officials and […]
ASUS’s original ROG Phone last year included an overclocked model of the Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform, so when the company announced the ROG Phone II, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the firm used a Snapdragon 855 Plus. The chipset is an overclocked variant of the Snapdragon 855 that’s designed for mobile gaming, and […]
QNAP, a Taiwan-based network-attached storage (NAS) vendor, warned its NAS customers to make sure they’re using strong passwords, have the latest version of its QTS firmware installed and are staying vigilant about their device’s security in response to Anomali’s disclosure of the eCh0raix Ransomware earlier this month. QNAP published a security advisory for its NAS […]
Today, Apple is rolling out updates for all of its major platforms. These updates lay the groundwork for upcoming features such as the Apple Card and of course, the future devices that will likely be announced later this year. The releases of iOS 13, watchOS 6 and macOS Catalina are likely just a couple of […]
One week after a “technical snag” forced the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to delay the launch of its Chandrayaan-2, the lunar mission launched today. Chandrayaan-2 was launched at 14:43 local time (09:13 GMT) from the Sriharikota space station. India’s space chief said his agency had “bounced back with flying colours” after the aborted first […]
If you’ve been on any social medium in the last few days then you can’t have failed to notice it FaceApp is everywhere. Despite launching way back in January 2017, the app has suddenly received a new lease of viral life. But as quickly as it has appeared, the worries about what the company is […]
The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 news about the country’s next trip to the Moon has been giving. Both Lockheed Martin and NASA have confirmed completion of the Orion crew capsule that will play a key role in Artemis 1, the uncrewed mission that will fly past the Moon while verifying Orion, the Space Launch […]
The same day as the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. A three-person crew made up of NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency are heading to space on top of a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan. The trio will be joining […]
Google and Apple’s app stores have historically taken a 30% cut on all transactions as a means to recuperate hosting and other services. Large developers have grown increasingly weary of this and turned to other distribution methods. Tinder is the latest example, with the dating service no longer using Google Play’s in-app payments system. As […]
In traditional Google fashion, we’re learning a lot about the Pixel 4 in the lead up to its official reveal. Google’s forthcoming Pixel 4 smartphone have surfaced on the web, showing off something that we’ve been expecting: it’ll have a large bezel on the top of the phone. The leaked images comes from Ice universe […]
Google has to pay the FTC a multimillion dollar fine to settle a probe into YouTube’s shortcomings when it comes to protecting kids using its service, according to The Washington Post. The Washington Post says the commission found that Google and YouTube failed to protect children adequately and that they collected their data, which breached […]
Apple next generation iPhones are still a few months off, but that hasn’t stopped the online rumour mill from serving up some details about the iPhone 11, or so-called iPhone XI lineup. Three iPhones are expected to debut in September, including successors to the iPhone XS and XS Max, and a sequel to the iPhone XR. […]