After five days, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally responded to the Cambridge Analytica scandal that began to unfold late last Friday. Naturally, it was done via a Facebook post. Unfortunately for Zuckerberg, many netizens didn’t seem too impressed. “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to …

Here’s a basic rundown of Oppo, a company you may or may not have heard of: It’s the fourth biggest phone brand in the world and it makes some great phones — but they usually look way too much like iPhones. The Chinese giant’s newest phones, the R15 and the R15 Dream Mirror Edition, were officially unveiled on Tuesday. In …

With 2016’s P10, Huawei became one of the first companies to put dual cameras on a phone. The P20, to be unveiled March 27 in Paris, is rumoured to have not two, but three rear shooters. We’ll find out how true that is in a matter of weeks, but based on new photos obtained by CNET en Español, we have …

FBI Director Chris Wray said last month he didn’t exactly trust products from Chinese telecom companies like Huawei and ZTE. Apparently, it’s a suspicion shared by Australia’s Defence Department. WeChat, an instant messaging app that’s huge in China, has been banned by the Defence Department, meaning it’s not allowed on any official’s phone, reports the Australian Finance Report. Facebook is …

Uber’s competition in Sydney just got tougher. Ola, a ride-hailer originally out of India, launched in Sydney Monday following its introduction in Perth last month. Ola is coming in hot, offering customers their first three rides for free — up to a value of AU$25. Even better, each ride thereafter during the launch period will be 50 percent off. How …

Fortnite, released last July for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, is best described as a game that’s kinda like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). But now it’s truly setting itself apart with a mobile port. The mobile version of Fortnite, announced on Thursday by Epic Games, is ambitious: It’ll feature the same 100-player battle royale gameplay that its console brethren is famous …

The pride cometh before the fall. The majority of social media users in the US, a full 59 percent of them, reckon it wouldn’t be hard to give up Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and all other social media platforms. That’s according to the latest research from Pew. In other news, 59 percent of gamblers say they have a system.  Only 14 …

Sport and streaming services are becoming increasingly intertwined. The latest link on the chain? You can now order UFC pay-per-views on Amazon Video. The partnership starts with UFC 222, an event this Sunday headlined by the Women’s Featherweight championship fight between Cris Cyborg and Yana Kunitskaya. It’s available for preorder now, costing $65.  While that’s no cheaper than ordering by …

Malcolm Turnbull has a history of justifying the NBN’s globally noncompetitive speeds by questioning whether people will actually find use for 100 megabits-per-second internet. A BuzzFeed report found out how fast Malcolm Turnbull’s NBN connection is. You can already guess where this is going. Prime Minister Turnbull’s Point Piper residence was revealed on Monday to have been hooked up with …

Companies have for years claimed their phones‘ screens to be unbreakable. I still remember my HTC One X’s allegedly invincible Gorilla Glass 3 that I managed to shatter in just a few months. Oppo isn’t making that claim — but is doing the next best thing. The company is offering free screen repairs for its new R11S and R11S Plus phones. …