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Huawei’s CEO reveals expected damage of US sanctions

Huawei’s founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, says that he expects US sanctions to cause the company’s revenue to drop by billions of dollars, Reuters reports. The company expects its revenue to drop to $100 billion this year, down from around $104 billion last year. Previously it said it expected to make $125 billion in revenue. […]

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U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid

The United States Cyber Command has made a number of incursions into Russia’s electrical infrastructure in recent months, according to a new report in The New York Times. Officials that the publication spoke with characterized the moves as a warning to Russia that the US is willing to operate more aggressively in this arena to […]

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Twitter is bringing back its Mac desktop app

Twitter says that it’s bringing the program back after Apple unveiled Project Catalyst for macOS 10.15 Catalina. It explained why it decided to drop the app last year. Twitter made the announcement during Apple’s WWDC conference last week, saying that the app would launch with Catalina this fall, and that this new version will have […]

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Facebook’s cryptocurrency will reportedly launch next week with support from Visa, Uber, Mastercard, and more

Facebook has secured some pretty big backers for Project Libra, according to The Wall Street Journal. PayPal, Uber, Visa and Mastercard are reportedly investing around $10 million each in the social network’s cryptocurrency. Other investors include Stripe and Booking.com. By agreeing to put money into the initiative, they’ve become part of a consortium created to […]

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Huawei’s lock screens unexpectedly turn into advertisements

According to Huawei users on Twitter, ads for the hotel reservation site Booking.com are popping up on the lock screen of some Huawei smartphones. As Android Police reports, the ads seem to appear on devices using the preinstalled landscape wallpapers. They’ve been spotted in several countries including the UK, Netherlands, Ireland, South Africa, Norway and […]

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Bang & Olufsen Beoplay A1 Bluetooth Speaker Review

Bang and Olufson are one of those big names in audio. One that is familiar to people and usually associated with a certain level of prestige and sound quality. Bang & Olufsen Beoplay A1 does stand out in the smorgasbord of quality that is the portable Bluetooth speaker market, with good (and practical) looks, generous […]