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Huawei said its foldable phone Mate X will launch in September, slightly later than it was reportedly set to, as it does extra tests following the debacle Samsung went through with its rival device. The Mate X was unveiled in February but has yet to go on sale. Huawei had initially targeted a mid-2019 launch […]
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 […]
Google has created a video game called Game Builder that allows you to craft simple Minecraft-style games for yourself and others to play through. The game lets you drag and drop characters and scenery into an empty sandbox to construct your world, then use preset commands to string together how things interact. It’s free to […]
Elon Musk and Todd Howard announced a partnership that will bring Fallout Shelter to Tesla cars at E3. Bethesda has released the title on every imaginable platform already, so why not an infotainment system? The crowd was pretty enthusiastic about the announcement. Someone even shouted “Skyrim,” but Musk explained that the infotainment system is limited […]
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 […]
Spotify is officially rolling out its redesigned experience which puts a greater emphasis on podcasts. The company today announced a new version of its “Your Library” section is being rolled out now to paying subscribers on its Premium plan. Its goal is to make it easier to move between Music and Podcasts and find the […]
British fintech start-up Monzo has launched in the United States, as it looks to challenge the country’s established banking giants. Monzo has unveiled plans to roll out service to the US in the “next few months,” including the mobile app and a Mastercard debit card. It’ll build the audience slowly by connecting with hundreds of […]
China’s Huawei has applied to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) in at least nine countries and Europe, data from a U.N. body shows, in a sign it may be deploying a back-up plan in key markets as U.S. sanctions threaten its business model. Huawei has previously suggested the system could roll out as early […]
AT&T has sent out notices to anyone who pre-ordered the $1,980 Galaxy Fold, informing them that their foldable phone order has been cancelled. Customers who pre-ordered the device will be able to place their orders again once Samsung sets a new launch date. Samsung was supposed to start shipping the Fold in late April until […]
Mozilla’s Firefox is getting a new logo that is meant to reflect that the brand now stands for more than a browser. “The ‘Firefox’ you’ve always known as a browser is stretching to cover a family of products and services united by putting you and your privacy first,” Mozilla explained. “Firefox is a browser AND […]
Google is expanding the ability to use an Android phone as a physical two-factor authentication security key to include iOS devices. If you have Google’s Smart Lock app installed on your iPad or iPhone and have 2-Step Verification enabled on your account, you can hold the volume down button on your Android hardware (when prompted) […]
Samsung is still figuring out how to release its futuristic Galaxy Fold. But has also been busy on another based on a new patent filing which has been made publicly available, which details a Samsung device with what appears to be a vertically scrolling display which can slide in and out of the handset’s body. […]
Google wants to “simplify” how Google Drive and Google Photos work together. What does that mean? Well, it essentially means that Google Photos will stop syncing to Drive and the change is set to happen in July. You’ll be able to import files from Drive into Photos using the Upload from Drive option. However, there […]
Spain’s data protection agency has fined the country’s soccer league, LaLiga, €250,000 (about $280,000) for allegedly violating EU data privacy and transparency laws. The app, which is used for keeping track of games and stats, was using the phone’s microphone and GPS to track bars illegally streaming soccer games, Spanish newspaper El País reported. The […]
Just yesterday, we reported about the leaked Pixel 4 renders that were going around. Google’s photo confirms that those renders were actually correct. The Pixel 4 will indeed change from a single rear facing camera to a multi-camera setup. Entire enclosure will be in a square enclosure similar to the rumored camera bump of the […]