Samsung could be working on a new Tile-style tracking tag, according to a report by SamMobile. A filing has been certified by the Indonesian Telecom Certification for a device the tech giant is exploring called the Galaxy Smart Tag, the Monday report said.  Samsung’s SmartThings finder already helps people locate and keep track of their …

Apple dropped into the fourth position for global smartphone sales during the third quarter of 2020, according to an analyst firm. In a report Monday, Gartner reported that total sales of smartphones during the quarter worldwide reached 366 million — down almost 6% since last year as fewer people buy phones during the coronavirus pandemic. Samsung sold 80.8 million phones …

Amnesty International has released a new report condemning tech giants as being complicit in censorship across Vietnam, with “state-sponsored harassment rampant” on YouTube and Facebook, the report said. The two social media platforms are “tools of the Vietnamese authorities’ censorship and harassment of its population,” according to the human rights organization’s 78-page report published Monday. Amnesty International said the two …

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that the tech giant will release the next generation of MacBooks and Apple Watches in the second half of next year, 9to5Mac reported on Wednesday. The products will have a redesign, according to Kuo.  There’ll be two new versions of the Apple Watch next year, Kuo predicted, with “innovative health management functions and improved …

Twitter is expanding its warnings for when you try to retweet a tweet labelled as being misleading. Now, even liking a labeled tweet  will earn you a warning. According to the social media company, the prompts to read more info before retweeting has led to a 29% decrease in quoting misleading tweets. “We’re expanding them to show when you tap …

President-elect Joe Biden will be given the login for the “POTUS” (aka President of the United States) Twitter account the day he’s sworn into office, the social media site said Friday. The handover will occur even if current President Donald Trump continues refusing to concede, according to a Friday report from Politico. “Twitter is actively preparing to support the transition …

Twitter has slowed down the release of its new Fleets feature, saying it needs “to fix some performance and stability problems.” Fleets is Twitter’s attempt to capitalize on the popularity of other social media platforms like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram by bringing in its own “stories” that disappear within 24 hours. “If you don’t have the feature yet, you may …

Google Chrome has reportedly released an updated version that supports Apple’s new lineup of Macs with its own homemade silicon. According to 9to5Google, the Apple silicon version of Chrome for Mac is available now. You can get it from the Chrome site by clicking “download” and then selecting “Mac with Apple chip.” Developers on Twitter also spotted preliminary support for …

If you’re trying to update your MacOS software to Big Sur, you may have encountered installation delays of hours or even days. People have been reporting problems on Twitter, with Apple now confirming a download issue starting at 10 a.m. PT Thursday.  Servers seem to be very slow, with the update failing completely for some customers. After saying it had …

Samsung has reportedly kicked off mass production of its rumored upcoming Galaxy S21. Third-party manufacturers have been working on the smaller components since last week and are sending those on to Vietnam and South Korea to produce the line of phones soon, according to a report Monday by WinFuture. The report gives more momentum to the rumor that the S21 …