Apple’s new Mac Pro is available to order Tuesday. Though the price of the entry-level configuration is $5,999, if you go with all the many upgrades, the powerhouse computer tops out at more than $50,000 — and that doesn’t include software or a display. The beastly Mac Pro, along with its $5,000 6K Pro Display …

Instagram on Wednesday said it’ll now ask for a date of birth when someone creates a new account on the photo-sharing app. The Facebook-owned company said this’ll help prevent underage people from joining Instagram and let the app enable more “age-appropriate experiences.” Instagram’s terms of service already said users must be at least 13 years old to have an account. …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t think breaking up his social network is going to solve “real issues.” It’s a message we’ve heard before. In an interview with CBS This Morning that aired Tuesday, Zuckerberg said he welcomes regulation of the tech industry, but reiterated that measures like breaking up Facebook aren’t the right fix. “A lot of people are upset …

Honor on Tuesday launched the View 30 and View 30 Pro phones at an event in Beijing. The 5G phones are a follow-up to this year’s View 20 and continue to offer impressive tech at a mid-range price. The Huawei sub-brand said the phones will be available in China first, and more markets next year.  Both phones feature a punch …

The US Federal Communications Commission on Friday voted to bar use of its $8.5 billion a year Universal Service Fund to purchase equipment and services from Huawei and ZTE. The government fund is used by multiple programs to subsidize US broadband deployment and services.  In a unanimous vote during its November open meeting, the FCC approved an order that blocks …

Allowing US companies to keep working business with Huawei could pose a threat to telecommunications infrastructure and national security, a bipartisan group of senators said in a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday. The group — led by Sens. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, and Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat — asked the president to suspend approval of …

Microsoft has apparently decided to delay the launch of its Surface Earbuds. The $249 wireless earbuds, which the tech giant unveiled in October, won’t be coming out until sometime in spring next year, said Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay in a tweet Thursday. The earbuds were originally expected to launch this year.  “Product-making is about the relentless pursuit to …

Iranians have been cut off from the internet for days as protests rage over rising fuel prices, and it’s unclear when the shutdown will end. The Iranian government began a near-total shutdown of the internet on Saturday, according to CBS News. This move has largely blocked all but state media and official government reports about the demonstrations across the country.  …

You’ve binged your way through Binge Mode. You’ve learned all the Stuff You Should Know. But what podcast are you going to listen to next? Well, Spotify says its new Your Daily Podcasts playlist can help you figure out just that.  Spotify, one of the world’s biggest subscription music services, said Tuesday that the Your Daily Podcasts playlist will offer …

Facebook has been working for years on tools to prevent and remove revenge porn on its apps, but that apparently hasn’t stopped bad actors trying to share these images. Facebook, which also owns popular apps Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, has to assess about 500,000 reports of revenge porn each month, according to a report Monday from NBC News.  Facebook, the world’s …