Google’s parent company Alphabet will reportedly open its first smart city buildings in Toronto as early as 2023. Google will eventually move into the Canadian smart campus, the report said. Dan Doctoroff, founder and CEO of Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs — which focuses on innovation in urban environments — told the Collision Conference in Canada of …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Huawei of lying about its government ties, while China has asked the US government to cease its “wrong actions” if trade talks are to continue, CNBC is reporting. Last week, the US blacklisted networking gear from Huawei, and President Donald Trump signed an executive order essentially banning the Chinese tech giant following national security …

Walmart has launched its range of home-made tablets running Android Pie. They come in 8-inch and 10-inch varieties costing $64 and $79. Both run on the Android 9 operating system, have a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, and 2GB of RAM and 16GB of ROM storage. Both sizes come in navy blue. Walmart They both also have a 2MP rear camera, a …

Google has brought the popular dark mode to two more apps, Calendar and Keep. Dark mode inverts the colors of apps by putting white text on a black background, which Google says reduces smartphone battery usage and means less strain on eyes. Now playing: Watch this: Best dark-mode Android apps to try now 2:18 Users can enable dark mode in …

More details about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10 phone have reportedly been leaked. The device will be even bigger than before, according to the purported leaks, with a 19:9 aspect ratio, rather than the 18.5:9 ratio used for the Galaxy Note 9. Benchmark test site HTML5, which compares performance between devices, leaked the details reported by T3, citing Dutch …

Google Pixel 3a and 3A XL phones have been randomly shutting down, some users say. According to one post on Reddit, the phone continually dies, and each time it requires a hard reset by holding the power button down for 30 seconds. “I had three shutdowns yesterday, including overnight, causing me to miss my wake alarm,” the post said. “And another …

Google is keeping a list of your online purchases, thanks to confirmation emails being sent to your Gmail account. As discovered by CNBC, Gmail users can click to see a list of their transactions, which goes back at least five years. “Only you can see your purchases,” Google says on the page. “Google protects your privacy and security.” Though Google …

Lyft is facing a class-action lawsuit from investors who allege the ride-hailing business overstated its market position during its initial public offering. Investors said they’re owed money after buying a stake in the company, which saw its shares fall by $9.02 earlier in May. Rosen Law Firm said on Friday that investors are also arguing that Lyft’s public statements were …

Facebook may be a little closer to creating its own virtual money for you to send around to your friends. The social network giant has reportedly set up a company in Switzerland to focus on payments and blockchain, the technology powering cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. A Facebook cyrptocurrency would be tied to the US dollar, Swiss publication Handelszeitung said, and could therefore remain stable …

Facebook has added data from surveys to better predict what pages users want at the top of their News Feed. Posts from family and friends, and news articles or videos from pages followed, will now be ranked at the very top of the page, Facebook said Thursday. The changes focus on quality of user experience over quantity of time spent …