LG is looking to shut down its mobile phone arm, Korean news site DongA reported over the weekend. The business would be shuttered instead of being sold off, the report said, citing an unnamed source, who said negotiations of a sale to Volkswagen and Vingroup JSC have stalled. That follows a report in January from …

Computing giant Qualcomm is reportedly working on its own gaming console similar to the Nintendo Switch. It could be launching an Android 12-powered console using Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets in the first quarter of 2022, according to a Tuesday report by Android Police, which cited an unnamed source and an unpublished draft images of the console. Now playing: Watch this: Why DLSS …

Jack Dorsey has sold his first tweet ever as an NFT, a nonfungible token. Raking in $2.9 million for the 15-year-old tweet — which reads “just setting up my twttr” — the Twitter CEO immediately handed the proceeds over to GiveDirectly’s Africa charity fund Monday in Bitcoin. Dorsey put the tweet up for sale on March 5, with the bidding …

Clubhouse, the exclusive invite-only audio chat app, will reportedly take months to launch on Android. Co-founder Paul Davison on Sunday said the social network is developing an app for Android devices but that this work would take another couple of months, TechCrunch reported Monday.  Launched in March 2020, Clubhouse was developed by Davison and Rohan Seth. The app houses virtual …

Apple will launch a series of new iPads in April, a report Wednesday said. The new iPad Pros will come with Apple’s homemade M1 chips, a Thunderbolt port, and better cameras and screens, according to Bloomberg. They will reportedly come in 11- and 12.9-inch display sizes. An iPad mini with a bigger screen is also on the way, the report …

Tinder parent company Match says it’s bringing background checks to its dating apps. Tinder will be the first to have Garbo, a female-founded non-rofit background check platform, integrated into its system later this year. The background check capabilities will be tested on Tinder in the next few months, with the system to be added to other Match dating apps in …

Facebook has been working on removing anti-vaccine conspiracy theories from its platform, having banned false and misleading statements since December. However, some posts that aren’t factually wrong but could cause “vaccine hesitancy” aren’t necessarily violating any policies — and Facebook has reportedly found that half of most of this gray-area content has been contributed by just over 100 accounts. Facebook …

Google has a new solution for adding any new or hidden roads its missing: draw them in yourself. Google announced a couple of updates to Google Maps Thursday, including asking users to add more reviews and photos for local spots you frequent. Here’s how to add a road to Google Maps using the new desktop road editing tool:  Go to …

Jack Dorsey is putting his first tweet up for sale as an NFT, a nonfungible token. The Twitter CEO’s tweet — which read “just setting up my twttr” — will be 15 years old later this month. Dorsey announced the sale by linking to it in a tweet Friday at around 4 p.m. PT. As of March 9 at 11 a.m., the …

Twitter has announced it will begin labeling any tweets that may contain misleading information about the COVID-19 vaccine. Since introducing its coronavirus guidance in December, Twitter said Monday it has removed more than 8,400 tweets and challenged 11.5 million accounts across the globe. Twitter will also begin using a “strike” system where two or three strikes earns you a 12-hour …