The FBI unlocked an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters in 2015 thanks to the help of an Australian cybersecurity company, a report says. Azimuth Security, a small infosec company based in Sydney, Australia, came up with the hacking solution for the FBI, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. It …

T-Mobile now has the fastest average 5G download speeds in the US, a report by speed test service Ookla said Thursday. The Ookla study also found that T-Mobile customers with 5G devices spent more time connected to a 5G network than those on rival carriers during the first three months of 2021. According to the study, T-Mobile clocked in at …

The White House will meet with CEOs from Intel, Dell, Samsung, Ford, HP, AT&T, Alphabet, General Motors and other companies on Monday to discuss the global computer chip shortage. The virtual semiconductor summit will include White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. President Joe Biden is expected to “briefly …

Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, launched at the end of January, have already lost around half of their value, according to a study published Wednesday by Sell Cell, a site that lets you sell your used phone. Losing the most value is the 256GB Galaxy S21 5G, which used is worth 57% less than it retails for when new, and 51% …

The nonprofit civil rights organization Muslim Advocates has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that the social media platform’s executives make false and deceptive statements about Facebook’s removal of hate speech and harmful content. Arguing that Facebook is “a cesspool for hate,” the complaint alleges that Facebook’s failure to remove such content has amplified anti-Muslim hate, with online and real-world …

Google may have accidentally just leaked its own ear buds. The new Pixel Buds A appeared in a dark green color in an email to the Google Nest mailing list Tuesday, 9to5Google reported.  The buds will also come in white, according to the report. The Pixel Buds A will see the charging indicator moved to the top of the case, …

Yahoo has announced it’s shuttering its Answers website next month. The site will go to read-only mode April 20, and on May 4 it’ll be taken down completely, redirecting people to the Yahoo homepage.  Yahoo Answers users can request to download their old data, including questions and answers they’ve posted, before June 30 before it disappears, as reported earlier Monday by …

Apple had been expected to hold its next big event earlier this week, according to Apple leaker Jon Prosser. The product announcement, which could have included devices such as the long-rumored smart tracker tag, the AirPods 3 or an iPad Pro update, was rumored to be taking place Tuesday, March 23. But a subsequent report cast doubt on that rumor, pointing …

Google’s upcoming flagship phone, the Pixel 6, will be powered by a Google-made chip, says a Friday report by 9to5Google. The processor, code-named Whitechapel, was first rumored a year ago to be powering the Pixel phones and Chromebooks of the future.  Pixels sporting the GS101 Whitechapel chip could be launching in the fall, 9to5Google reported, citing internal documents. Read more: …

IBM on Monday announced a 10-year partnership with Cleveland Clinic to develop the Discovery Accelerator, a lab that will research health care and life sciences using quantum computing and artificial intelligence. As part of the partnership, IBM will install its first ever private sector IBM Quantum System One in the US at the clinic’s campus in Cleveland. The quantum computer …