Xiaomi‘s phones sales may have dropped some, but the Chinese device maker isn’t worried. “Basically we’re giving [handsets] to you without making any money,” said Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s global vice president, in an interview with Reuters. “We could sell 10 billion smartphones and we wouldn’t make a single dime in profits.” Xiaomi’s Mi Mix is …

All that fake news you saw during the election may have been part of a “sophisticated” Russian propaganda campaign. The abundance of fake news in the lead up to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory earlier this month has become a hot button issue, entangling tech giants like Facebook and Google. It turns out much of it was part of a Russian …

Facebook was struck with a racial discrimination lawsuit after two black employees at the social network’s North Carolina data center alleged the company didn’t respond promptly to repeated complaints of harassment. A sculpture at the front of Facebook’s data center in Forest City, North Carolina. Rainier Ehrhardt, Getty Images The suit, filed Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern …

Apple has a cure for iPhone 6 Plus devices with so-called touch disease, but it’ll cost you. On Thursday the tech giant launched a new repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus. Some iPhone 6 Plus devices may “exhibit display flickering or Multi-Touch issues after being dropped multiple times on a hard surface,” reads a support page. Apple will repair …

Apparently, not everyone is happy with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s assurance that fake news on Facebook didn’t sway the election. Even the social network’s own employees. An unofficial task force of Facebook employees is examining the company’s role in promoting fake news during the 2016 presidential race, reported BuzzFeed News on Monday. The task force is currently meeting in secret, according …

The Federal Communications Commission has zeroed in on AT&T’s practice of zero rating. In a letter Wednesday, the FCC outlined “serious concerns” it has about AT&T’s practice of exempting its own streaming-video services from wireless customers’ mobile data allotments, while counting content from other providers against the allotments. AT&T’s current practice, through its “Sponsored Data” program, “may obstruct competition and …

GoDaddy wants to make all your emoji dreams come true. The internet domain registrar and web hosting company is making it easier to search for and register available emoji-based domains. On Friday, the company launched a search engine for emoji domains. People can visit the site on their phones, type in a string of emoji and see if the domain …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s future MacBooks may have e-ink keyboards 2:03 Apple may be getting ready to launch new Macs. The tech giant plans to introduce new Macs at an October 27 event, Recode reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. The event will reportedly take place at or near Apple’s Cupertino, California, campus. Apple’s line of Mac laptops and …

Many Apple fans are still trying to get their hands on a new iPhone 7, but we’re already hearing rumors about the iPhone 8. Apple is developing hardware for the iPhone 8, which will be released next year, at an office in Israel, Business Insider reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed local employee. The iPhone 8 will have a “different” …

Apple has hit a high note on music streaming. Apple Music took the top spot for customer satisfaction in J. D. Power’s inaugural study of paid streaming music services. Enlarge Image Scores for each measure were based on a 1,000-point scale. J.D. Power Apple’s streaming service, which hit 17 million subscribers in September, ranked particularly well in performance and reliability, …