You can now access your Apple Music tracks on Amazon Fire TV devices in the US, the e-commerce giant said Wednesday.  Customers can ask Alexa to play songs, artists, playlists and albums from Apple Music. To launch the feature, enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app and link your account.  Apple’s streaming-music service, …

DirecTV Now customers will soon be paying $10 more per month, but they’ll get HBO with the streaming TV service.  AT&T is swapping its current DirecTV Now packages with two new ones on Wednesday, the company said in a Tuesday release. They’ll be called DirecTV Now Plus, which will cost $50 a month, and DirecTV Now Max, which will cost …

Twitter on Monday launched its prototype app, “twttr,” which lets testers try out new features and provide feedback. Twttr is the social network’s original name. The Twitter Prototype Program will try to make conversations easier to find and follow. Users can apply to join the program on Twitter’s site. They’ll get an email within a few weeks about their application …

When the Samsung Galaxy S10, S10E and S10 Plus go on sale Friday, they’ll already come with some updates. Support pages from Verizon and T-Mobile cite software updates to improve the camera and in-screen fingerprint sensor on the phones. The update will also include new security patches.  Sprint and AT&T didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on whether …

Democrats in the US Congress will introduce a bill Wednesday to bring back net neutrality rules that were repealed in 2017, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly said Monday. House Democrats will work with the Senate to pass the “Save the Internet Act,” Pelosi said in a letter to lawmakers, according to Reuters. The text of the reported bill hasn’t been …

Two high-profile far-right figures were kicked off social media Tuesday. Jacob Wohl, an internet hoaxer and conservative conspiracy theorist, was banned from Twitter for setting up fake accounts, according to the company. Wohl, a supporter of President Donald Trump, has used the platform to spread falsehoods about people, including special counsel Robert Mueller, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Rep. Ilhan …

Samsung and Huawei on Tuesday asked a court to pause proceedings in a patent infringement dispute after agreeing to settle their 2-year-old legal battle. The case, filed in 2016, involves both phone makers suing each other for breach of contract and patent infringement. A trial for the case was set to start in September, when the jury would’ve heard Samsung’s …

Intel won’t have 5G modem chips in phones until 2020, company executives said Friday, according to Reuters. That could mean Apple, which uses Intel modems, might not have a 5G phone until after some of its rivals.  Sample 5G modem chips will go out to customers this year, but there likely won’t be consumer products available until 2020, said Sandra Rivera, …

AT&T on Thursday pulled its advertising from Google-owned YouTube after a blogger demonstrated how comments on the platform were being used by a “soft-core pedophelia ring” to share child exploitation videos. This comes after Disney, Epic Games and Nestle made similar moves Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported.  “Until Google can protect our brand from offensive content of any kind, we are removing …

The Galaxy S10 and S10+ may not be Samsung’s best kept secrets.  An ad for the S10+ was reportedly aired accidentally by Norwegian broadcaster TV 2 a day ahead of Samsung’s Wednesday launch event. The video was posted to YouTube and appears to confirm rumors that the phone will feature a hole-punch notched screen, triple cameras on the back and a …