Apple is expected to officially unveil the iPhone 11 at an event Tuesday at the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California. That event is set to start at 10 a.m. PT. But we’re already seeing phone cases for Apple’s upcoming iPhones that appear to confirm the iPhone 11 will have a square camera bump. As …

Facebook appears to be trying to get ahead of a new iPhone privacy feature that gives you far more control over how often apps can access your location. The social network on Monday detailed the ways it uses location data and outlined how users can control location settings in Apple’s upcoming iOS 13 for the iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Max Pro, …

Mozilla is again testing a VPN service for its Firefox browser that can help protect your privacy while you’re surfing around on public Wi-Fi. The move could also potentially give Mozilla a little financial independence. The Firefox Private Network is available as a beta for desktop users in the US starting Tuesday. It’s a VPN, or virtual private network, that …

Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold is here, but folks that preordered the foldable phone back in April will have to get back in line. Samsung on Thursday confirmed that all US preorders for the Galaxy Fold made on Samsung.com were canceled.  The email Samsung sent to customers. Lexy Savvides/CNET The company sent emails to customers on Thursday letting them know their …

YouTube on Tuesday said its tougher hate speech policy is already having a “profound impact” on the giant video site. Between April and June this year, YouTube removed more than 100,000 videos and more than 17,000 channels for violating the site’s hate speech policies — that’s a 5x increase over the first three months of 2019. Total comment removals also …

Google will reportedly pay between $150 million and $200 million to settle an investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission into alleged violations of children’s data privacy laws on YouTube, Politico reported Friday. Last month, The Washington Post reported that Google had reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the FTC. The FTC investigation found that Google improperly collected the data of children …

Garmin on Thursday introduced its new Fenix 6 series of multisport GPS watches. The watches in the collection have Garmin’s largest round display, a rugged design and features like Power Manager for longer battery life.  The Fenix 6X Pro Solar also offers solar charging, with a transparent solar charging lens that can use the sun’s energy to extend battery life. …

US officials are reportedly seeking to block an undersea data cable backed by Google and Facebook that links Los Angeles to Hong Kong. The Justice Department, which leads a multiagency review panel known as Team Telecom, is opposed to the cable because of national security concerns over its Chinese investor and the direct link to Hong Kong, according to a …

Apple on Monday released iOS 12.4.1 to fix a vulnerability that could have allowed a “malicious application” to execute code on a device, the company said in a security update. The update comes a week after hackers reportedly seized on a security slip-up, releasing a jailbreak for iOS 12.4. The company reportedly reintroduced a bug in iOS 12.4 that it previously fixed, making that …

Verizon on Tuesday said it’ll begin automatically enrolling eligible Android phones in its free Call Filter service. The company said it’s making the move after the Federal Communications Commission in June voted to give wireless carriers greater power to “aggressively block” unwanted robocalls.  “We know our customers are sick and tired of the endless onslaught of robocalls,” Ronan Dunne, Verizon executive …