Huawei appears to be prepared for a long trade battle despite the US government’s promises of easing some restrictions. Wall Street Journal sources claim Huawei is prepping “extensive” layoffs. The layoffs are expected at Huawei’s US-based research and development arm, Futurewei Technologies, the paper reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the situation. The unit currently […]
The big story yesterday was the FTC hitting Facebook with a record fine of $5 billion, following numerous scandals around the handling of personal data. But markets appeared happy with the fine, and sent Facebook’s market-cap up by over $10 billion, entirely negating the punitive action. Yesterday, we reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) […]
After weeks of reports that the company was working to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its privacy practices, the two parties have finally come to an agreement. The Wall Street Journal reports that commissioners voted to approve a $5 billion settlement — something Facebook had already accounted for for the social network […]
Sales of PCs grew in the second one quarter of 2019, in line with Gartner and IDC, with the Home windows 10 refresh riding call for. Each analysis corporations confirmed Lenovo topping gross sales for the quarter, grapping the No. 1 spot from HP. Sales in Q2 totaled 64.9 million units, up 4.7 percent year-over-year. […]
Google tweeted that it is in the process of rolling out a redesigned News tab for the desktop version of search. It will use a card-style layout similar to what you see with prominent news items in organic search results. It will also feature the names of publication more prominently. News stories are now displayed […]
Hulu has launched a new Live Guide showing which live TV shows are available to watch on the streaming service right now and also what’s coming up in the next two weeks. The Live Guide works like a traditional TV guide, displaying the times and duration of the shows available on Hulu+ Live TV. The […]
Google is testing a new social media site called Shoelace in the US, that helps connect people with shared interests through in-person activities. The service’s name comes from the purpose of Shoelaces, which is to tie people together based on their interests like two laces on a shoe. Following the theme, the activities are called […]
Amazon is reportedly working on a higher-end version of its Echo smart home speaker that would allow the company to better compete with similar products focusing on audio quality like Apple’s HomePod and speakers from Sonos. Amazon’s Lab126 research division has reportedly produced prototypes that are larger than the current Echo in order to pack […]
One month after revealing its TurboGrafx-16 Mini console and just five of its games, Konami has shared two videos detailing the final lineup, and the console’s release date. There are 24 game for the TurboGrafx-16 and 26 for its Japanese variant, the PC Engine, and a release date of March 19, 2020. In a unique […]
Photos of the Galaxy Note 10+ published by the FCC confirm that Samsung’s upcoming flagship won’t have a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Rumors and leaked CAD renders had already indicated this would be the case, and the FCC photos pretty much seal the deal. The regular Galaxy Note 10 hasn’t shown up on the FCC […]
Twitter is experiencing a broad outages of its services, the social media site said Thursday, saying on its official status page that the problem is due to an internal configuration change that is now being fixed. “Some people may be able to access Twitter again and we’re working to make sure Twitter is available to […]
Microsoft is continuing to roll out new Windows 10 20H1 test builds with incremental new features regularly. On July 10, the company delivered Windows 10 Build 18936 to 20H1 testers in the Fast Ring. The Redmond firm has announced a number of new features in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18936, the most significant being […]
It’s no secret that Google records your conversations with Google Assistant after you say a “wake word.” But what you might not know is that Google uses contractors to manually review a handful of those recordings, about 0.2 percent. Although virtual assistants remain widely popular, many are concerned with privacy risks associated with owning devices […]
We’re just under a month away from the official debut of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, and today, even more Note 10 leaks have hit the web, courtesy of WinFuture and Ishan Agarwal. This latest round of leaks come in the form of several official-looking device photos, which seem to line up with previous leaks. […]
Google is rolling out a significant update to the camera feature on its Translate app. The new version of the app adds support for 60 new languages; makes the translated text less jumpy on users’ screens and updates the underlying translation models, in some cases reducing errors in the final translations by as much as […]