Xiaomi is throwing its hat in the foldable phone ring. During a virtual event on Tuesday, the Chinese company introduced the Mi Mix Fold, its first foldable phone.  The Mi Mix Fold has two displays: a large, 8.01-inch foldable AMOLED display when open and a 6.5-inch external display when the phone is folded. The hinge …

Google says it’s resolved an issue that was causing Gmail and other Android apps to crash for some people on Monday. The problem apparently stemmed from a bug in a previous version of Android System WebView, a system component that lets Android apps display web content. To fix the issue, the tech giant said people should head to Google Play …

Facebook disabled more than 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December 2020. That’s just one of the stats the company highlighted in a blog post on Monday detailing its efforts to combat misinformation ahead of a House hearing on the topic later this week. Facebook has over 35,000 working on tackling misinformation on its platforms, according to the blog post. …

OnePlus on Wednesday confirmed that its first smartwatch, the OnePlus Watch, will launch alongside the OnePlus 9 series during an event on March 23. OnePlus didn’t reveal many details about the smartwatch ahead of its launch, but said it will bring a “new element of convenience and seamless connectivity” between OnePlus devices and be offered at an “affordable price point.” …

Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger appear to be working again after widespread issues plagued the apps for roughly an hour on Friday. Issues started to pop up with the three Facebook-owned apps at around 10 a.m. PT, according to reports on DownDetector.  People, including us here at CNET, ran into errors when trying to send messages on WhatsApp and Messenger. …

Facebook is expanding its support for hardware security keys to iOS and Android devices. The feature, available worldwide starting Thursday, lets you enable two-factor authentication to log into Facebook on a phone or other mobile device using a physical security key.  Hardware security keys are a top authentication technique and particularly useful for two-factor authentication because you register them to work …

Samsung appears to have confirmed we won’t be getting a new Galaxy Note phone this year. During its annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, co-CEO D.J. Koh said the company may skip introducing its next flagship Note phone in 2021, but that it’s looking to next year.  “Note series is positioned as a high-end model in our business portfolio,” Koh said …

Twitter has fixed a bug that temporarily blocked people who tweeted out the word “Memphis.” Over the weekend, Twitter’s moderation system appeared to automatically hand out a 12-hour suspension to anyone who tweeted out the name of the city in Tennessee.  A moderation message warned that the “Memphis” tweets violated Twitter’s rules against posting private information, according to a screenshot shared …

Apple is rumored to release new iPad Pro models soon, and now it looks like the tech giant might have a new Apple Pencil in the works as well. A purported image of the third-generation Apple Pencil was posted to Twitter by a leaker known as Mr. White.  The image, which was spotted earlier by MacRumors, appears to show an …

Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup will feature smaller notches and bigger batteries. That’s according to an investors note on Monday from TFI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, as reported by MacRumors and CNBC. Kuo reportedly expects the iPhone 13 lineup to include the same four models as the iPhone 12 lineup — that’s the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max. …