Apple will begin allowing customers to buy iPhones and pay them off over two years interest-free, CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday. But it only works if you buy the handset with the new Apple Card. This will also give customers 3% cash back on the total cost of the phone. “I’m very pleased to announce today …

Rudy Giuiani has seemingly compared his experience of forgetting his own iPhone password to the FBI asking Apple for access to a mass shooter’s phone. Giuiani, the newly appointed cybersecurity adviser to President Donald Trump, was reacting to a report by NBC News earlier Thursday saying he needed an Apple Genius to help get into his phone because he entered …

Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp now has fingerprint unlock to open the app on Android phones. That follows WhatsApp adding Touch ID and Face ID for iPhone users back in February and provides extra security for anyone who uses the app, as reported earlier Thursday by The Verge. Here’s how to set up the additional authentication. First, go into your WhatsApp …

Xbox has announced a feature that lets you play any of the Xbox One games on your console remotely on an Android phone or tablet. As reported earlier Tuesday by The Verge, Xbox Console Streaming is the second Xbox streaming service option after Microsoft’s Project xCloud, which lets you stream any game on a mobile device directly from the cloud. “I’ve …

Location accuracy for apartments and offices needs to be improved so that first responders can locate 911 callers, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Ajit Pai said Tuesday. Vertical — or z-axis — location accuracy fo within three meters would help when someone is calling from a multi-story building, Pai said. “Even if first responders know which building you’re in …

Facebook says it’s working to make its social media platforms a safer and more welcoming community for women by partnering with domestic violence organizations. Facebook wants to reduce harassment that might be keeping women offline, it said in a blog post Tuesday, and is “developing cutting-edge technology to help prevent abuse from happening in the first place.” “In the background, …

Microsoft has tracked “significant” cyber attacks against sports authorities and anti-doping agencies, the tech giant announced Monday. The group, called Strontium, Fancy Bear or APT28, could impact the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Microsoft warned. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center says 16 national and international organizations have been targeted across three continents since Sep. 16. All have been notified by Microsoft. …

Mario Kart Tour has already reached 129.3 million downloads on the Google Play store and Apple App Store, a Monday report by Sensor Tower says. It was outraced only by Pokemon Go, which amassed 163 million downloads in its first 30 days and has since crossed the 1 billion threshold. Nintendo announced the Mario Kart mobile game back in January …

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint said Thursday they’ve formed a joint project to “transform messaging.” In a rare move, all four big US carriers are working together on the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which will use the Rich Communications Service standard to make text messages as smart as iMessage — and it will work on Android phones. The service will …

Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL orders have reportedly been delayed for customers on Amazon. After preordering an orange Pixel 4 last week, Droid Life reported Wednesday that delivery has been delayed from Thursday until between Nov. 30 and Jan. 2. The Pixel 4 starts at $799 for a 64GB model and $899 for the XL version. In the …