Chinese tech giant Huawei is running out of processor chips to make smartphones because of U.S. sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own most advanced chips, a company executive says, in a sign of growing damage to Huawei’s business from American pressure. Huawei Technologies Ltd. one of the biggest producers of […]
Twitter has had preliminary discussions about a “combination” with TikTok, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that San Francisco-based Twitter had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the Journal, it was unclear whether Twitter will pursue a deal with TikTok, which […]
An NPR source claims TikTok will file a lawsuit against the Trump administration as soon as August 11th. The suit will contend that the executive order is unconstitutional as it violated TikTok’s due process right to respond, and that the national security rationale behind the order is based on “pure speculation and conjecture,” according to […]
Toshiba was the first company to bring a laptop computer to market in 1985, known as the T1100. Toshiba is leaving the PC business behind. In 2018, Toshiba saw the writing on the wall for its PC business, as it sold a majority stake (80.1%) to Sharp. Sharp, which now operates under Foxconn’s conglomerate umbrella, […]
TikTok is no longer just for your phone: the company is launching an app for Fire TV called “More on TikTok.” “We’ve been thinking through what the adoption of streaming devices like Fire TV means for connecting with our users and how we can offer them more dynamic experiences, and we feel bringing our content […]
President Trump has issued orders that would prohibit “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States,” with the companies. “The spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the […]
Twitter will label the accounts of government officials and state-affiliated media outlets, following similar policies from Facebook and YouTube. The new labels are already being applied but will roll out gradually, with government labels being applied to officials from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Twitter will also stop recommending tweets […]
The public beta of macOS Big Sur, the next major release of Apple’s Mac operating system, is now available. The new update brings a big visual overhaul to macOS while also adding a number of brand-new enhancements. Apple has redesigned many aspects of the OS this time around, and it has described Big Sur as […]
Today, Samsung unveiled a refreshed Notes app that will sync with Microsoft’s infinitely more popular OneNote platform. It should also play nice with Outlook, making it simpler to email a quick doodle or add a handwritten signature. Samsung’s Reminders app, meanwhile, will sync with Outlook, The new Samsung Notes app will let you capture scribbles […]
Samsung has shown off the second-generation of its full-size folding smartphone, the elegantly-named Galaxy Z Fold 2. The handset has already been widely leaked before its appearance here, and the changes to the original are pretty noticeable. Up front, the phone’s secondary display now covers the whole top cover of the devices, compared to the […]
Samsung has officially announced 2020’s Galaxy Note lineup. There are two models this year the regular Galaxy Note 20 and the high-end Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Both feature the main thing that differentiates the Note line an included S Pen stylus but the new Notes are more different from each other than you might expect. […]
Samsung has announced the latest model in its long line of smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch 3. The Watch 3 succeeds the Galaxy Watch that was first released in 2018 and joins the Galaxy Watch Active and Watch Active 2 in Samsung’s current lineup. It will be available for purchase starting on August 6th for $399.99 […]
Samsung announced its latest high-end Android tablets: the Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7 Plus. Both models will be available in silver, black, or bronze. The Tab S7 and S7 Plus are meant to pull double duty as both content consumption devices and productivity machines. As a result, they both have optional keyboard cases available […]
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live, the bean-shaped true wireless earbuds that have leaked extensively over the past couple months, are now official. Priced at $169.99, they’ll be sold alongside the more traditional $149.99 Galaxy Buds Plus as a step-up option with larger audio drivers and the addition of active noise cancellation. Samsung says that the Galaxy […]
Instagram Reels, the company’s significant effort in challenging TikTok on short-form creative content, is launching globally, starting today. The feature is being made available across 50 countries, including the U.S. Reels, which has already been live in India and Brazil, is launching now in 50 countries, including the US, UK, France, Australia and Japan. It’s […]