For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Intel confirmed Tuesday that it won’t attend Mobile World Congress this year, joining a stream of tech companies reacting to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Amazon, LG and Sony are among those that have already pulled out of the Barcelona …

France’s consumer watchdog on Friday announced that it fined Apple 25 million euros ($27.4 million) for intentionally slowing down older iPhone models with a software update. The action follows an investigation by the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and the Suppression of Fraud that kicked off in January 2018, after Apple admitted that its iOS software slowed down the performance …

Huawei on Thursday launched a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against Verizon, alleging the US carrier used 12 of its patents without authorization. The suits were filed in US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. The controversial Chinese company is seeking compensation for the use of networking, download security and video communication technologies it says are …

In the wake of the UK and Europe approving Huawei to take part in 5G next generation wireless rollouts with some restrictions, Vodafone has given us an idea how long it’ll take to remove the controversial Chinese company’s equipment from its core networks. “This will take around five years to implement at a cost of approximately 200 million euros (around …

Google Takeout lets you download a backup of your Google app data, but a glitch saw some of that data go astray last November. If you used the tool to download videos from Google Photos between Nov. 21 and 25, some of them may have ended up in random people’s archives, as previously reported by 9to5Google. “These users may have …

Facebook on Tuesday outlined how it has enhanced parental controls on Messenger Kids, its messaging app for children under 13. It comes months after the social network acknowledged a flaw that let thousands of users join group chats that their parents hadn’t approved. The new features allow parents to check their children’s recent contacts and chat history, a log of …

Google Photos is looking to expand its print offering for people who want physical copies of their memories. The company is running a trial for an $8-a-month subscription program that’ll send you 10 prints that will be “automatically selected from your last 30 days of photos,” 9to5Google reports. You can tailor that selection by choosing from three themes — people …

You can get that cracked iPhone screen fixed without leaving the house in some US cities. Apple is offering at-home repairs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston and Dallas, as previously reported by MacRumors. “In select locations, onsite service may be available,” reads the note on Apple’s support site. The service is handled by Go Tech Services — …

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday expressed uncertainty about the impact the deadly coronavirus would have on its China production, but one major iPhone manufacturer said it’s prepared. Foxconn apparently has a plan to “meet all global manufacturing obligations,” even as China restricts travel and enacts quarantine measures.  “Foxconn is closely monitoring the current public health challenge linked to the …

More than 350 Amazon employees defied the company’s corporate communications policy on Sunday, with a Medium post criticizing its contribution to climate change. The move comes weeks after workers alleged that Amazon threatened to fire them for speaking out. The post from Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, an internal activist group that started in late 2018, includes comments from 357 …