We may have gotten another look at Huawei’s upcoming tablet. Reliable leaker Evan Blass tweeted an image of what he called the MatePad Pro on Thursday, and it looks a lot like Apple’s iPad Pro.  We previously got a hint of the Chinese company’s tablet when gadget-focused site 91Mobiles included images in an article earlier this month …

Google‘s parent company Alphabet agreed to purchase Fitbit in a deal that values the wearable maker at approximately $2.1 billion, Google announced Friday. In announcing the transaction the company confirmed a Monday report that Alphabet “made an offer” to buy the wearable company. Fitbit is behind fitness trackers such as the Versa 2 smartwatch and the Charge 3 band, which are …

The UK’s  Dec. 12 general election — brought on by the Brexit negotiations — will further delay the country’s decision on allowing Huawei access to its 5G network, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was apparently gearing up to follow predecessor Theresa May‘s lead and give the controversial Chinese telecom access to “non-contentious” parts of the UK’s next-generation wireless infrastructure. The move to …

It seems like Apple is preparing to launch a trio of 5G iPhones next year, after leaving the next-generation wireless technology out of this year’s iPhone 11 lineup. The modem will be designed by Qualcomm, Nikkei reported Wednesday. The Cupertino, California, company intends to ship at least 80 million of the 5G iPhone models and “has set an aggressive sales …

A bipartisan push might lead to you getting emergency alerts through Netflix and Spotify. Senators Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, and John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, reintroduced a bill, the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement (READI) Act, originally crafted in response to the false 2018 warning that a missile was about to hit Hawaii. “When a missile …

Netflix made a push for Asian subscribers on Thursday by expanding its cheap mobile-only subscription to Malaysia. It was previously only available in India, after being revealed in July. The service costs 17 ringgit (around $4), and allows one phone or tablet to view a standard-definition (480-pixel) stream at a time. It’s slightly more expensive than the 199 rupees (about …

Huawei is keen to remind the world that the US ban isn’t holding it back. The controversial company shipped 200 million phones two months earlier than it did in 2018, it said Wednesday, the same day its Mate X foldable phone launched in China. Its release puts this success down to the launch of “stand-out devices” like the P30 and …

Apple boss Tim Cook highlighted his company’s efforts on climate change in a Monday night speech at the 30th anniversary celebration for Ceres, a nonprofit that promotes sustainable energy, in New York.  He reminded us that devices like the iPhone 11 are made up the “highest-quality 100% recycled aluminum alloy ever” and noted the efforts of Lisa Jackson, who led …

Update, Oct. 23: The Huawei Mate X has been released, but only in China so far. Original story follows. The loss of Google’s apps is proving to be a major problem for Huawei, an executive told the Financial Times over the weekend. The controversial Chinese company is operating under the weight of a US ban imposed by the Trump administration, …

Google’s Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL face unlock is one of its major security features, but BBC News discovered a glaring issue — the biometric system gives access to the phone even if the owner’s eyes are closed. The company promised on Monday to fix the problem with a patch.  Read more: Here’s how the Pixel 4’s face unlock compared to …