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HBO Max That’s the name of WarnerMedia’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service, set to launch in the spring of 2020. WarnerMedia still hasn’t announced pricing for the service, which will compete with Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus, among others. Under a new deal with Warner Bros. Television, HBO Max will have exclusive streaming rights at launch […]
The entry level MacBook Pro and MacBook Air are getting a refresh today with faster CPUs, better screens and a price drop on Apple site. Both laptops vanished from Apple’s website earlier today while the new Retina MacBook Air and MacBook Pro received updates. Apple is dropping the older non-Retina MacBook Air, and the polarizing […]
Google has updated the FAQ page for its upcoming Stadia cloud gaming service. Google has revealed in a comprehensive update to the service’s FAQ where Google promises that once you purchase the game on its platform, you’ll own the right to play it. That means you’ll still be able to access it even if time […]
Spotify is launching the lighter version of its Android app dubbed Spotify Lite that’s designed for people with smaller data plans and older devices. The 10MB app the main Spotify app can require 100MB ships with one major new feature the ability to set a data limit and receive a notification when it’s reached, a […]
Researchers have found more than 1,000 Android apps that skirt around data protection restrictions that ‘protect’ consumer privacy, collecting data even when users deny permission to the app to access their information. The study’s sample contained some 88,000 apps from the Google Play store. Researchers then investigated their data transfer process after the user denied […]
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has some advice for most Facebook users: Delete your account. “You should figure a way to get off Facebook.” That’s the advice Apple co-founder Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak offers, warning that technology firms are invading our privacy now more than ever. His solution? Let people pay to keep their data more secure […]
The Google Pixel 4 is coming this year, We already know what the rear of Google’s upcoming Pixel 4 looks like, and renders of the other side of the XL version suggest the smartphone will ditch the widely-derided notch of the Pixel 3 XL. It appears the Pixel 4 XL will have a larger top […]
The UK’s data privacy authority has announced it intends to levy its largest ever fine against airline British Airways (BA). The airline will have to pay £183.39 million ($230 million) to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to protect its customers’ data. In September last year, hackers stole the data of anyone who booked […]
Browsers have always been free, but many think that paid browsers are the future especially after Google laid out plans to obstruct ad-blocking in Chromium-based browsers. Now, Mozilla is gauging interest in what is likely the first paid subscription coming to Firefox: ad-free news and articles for $5.00 a month. Mozilla seems to have a […]
7-Eleven Japan’s mobile payment app had such poor security measures, the company had to shut it down just a couple of days after its release. On Thursday, 7-Eleven Japan suspended a recently-launched mobile payments feature on its 7Pay app after a flaw allowed a third party to make bogus charges on hundreds of customer accounts. […]
According to a new report from Huawei Central, Huawei is currently testing its brand new operating system on the upcoming Mate 30 flagship. As most of you know, Huawei is developing its own OS called “Hongmeng OS”, and that operating system has been in development for a while now, even before the US issued a […]
The Nintendo Switch can already provide one of the biggest benefits of cloud gaming: the ability to sling a game from a big TV to a portable device and carry it anywhere you go. But Nintendo isn’t pretending that capability is enough to weather what could be a sea change in how games are developed, […]
Huawei is helping develop 5G networks for all four of the UK’s major mobile phone operators even though the government has yet to confirm whether the controversial Chinese technology company will be permitted to build the next generation of wireless infrastructure. All four of the UK’s largest wireless providers (EE, O2, Three and Vodafone) are […]
MoviePass is best-known as the service that once offered customers nigh-unrestricted and “unlimited” access to as many movies as you can watch in theaters for a mere $10 per month. The monthly movie ticket subscription service MoviePass temporarily shut down today. The company claims it did so to complete work on its mobile app. It’s […]
Google is suspending its ‘trending’ alert service in New Zealand after being heavily criticized for publishing the name of the suspect in the high-profile murder of a young British backpacker. Google had refused to tighten publication standards after it sent an email to users in December that named a man accused of killing a British […]