As we await the Apple Watch Series 5, the company recognized a screen cracking problem with some of the older models by announcing a replacement program. It details how cracks can sometimes form on screens of the aluminum Apple Watch Series 2 or Series 3. “The crack may begin on one side and then may …

Microsoft revealed its HoloLens 2 at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, and now we know when we’ll be able to get our hands on it. During a speech at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, executive vice president Harry Shum revealed that its next-generation augmented reality headsets goes on sale in September, Reuters reported. The updated HoloLens is …

Weeks after defending its iPhone battery certification warning, Apple on Thursday said it’ll give more independent repair businesses the same “genuine parts, tools, training, repair manuals and diagnostics” that its Authorized Service Providers have access to, so they can handle common out-of-warranty repairs. “When a repair is needed, a customer should have confidence the repair is done right,” Jeff Williams, …

We wouldn’t advise playing Pokemon Go on eight phones to get this new Pokemon, but Niantic added new special research that’ll let you add Jirachi to your Pokedex Tuesday. The augmented reality (AR) game developer also revealed its September Ultra Bonus event. Previously, you’d been able to catch Jirachi’s mythical predecessors Mew and Celebi after completing a series of in-game …

Huawei said the impact of its blacklisting by the US Commerce Department would be less than it previously estimated, Reuters reported Friday. Eric Xu, deputy chairman of the controversial Chinese phone maker, told reporters the company expects a sales reduction of $10 billion for its phone division. In June, CEO Ren Zhengfei predicted that it’d lose $30 billion. “It seems …

We’d been hearing whispers that Huawei was creating its own operating system for phones, tablets and other smart devices, a precaution in case it lost access to Google’s Android software. And the Chinese company confirmed this Friday at its Huawei Developer Conference, where it officially unveiled the new operating system: HarmonyOS, a cross-device platform previously known as HongMeng. Speaking at HDC, …

President Donald Trump reasserted the danger he feels Huawei poses to the US on Sunday, saying again that he doesn’t want to deal with the controversial Chinese telecom, according to Reuters. He also noted that exempting some parts of Huawei’s business from a broader ban would be “very complicated.” “At this moment it looks much more like we’re not going …

The US Commerce Department said Monday it’s extending a temporary general license that allows American companies to do business with Huawei for another 90 days. This follows an initial 90-day reprieve, which started in May and was set to end Monday. The department blacklisted Huawei following an executive order from President Donald Trump that effectively banned Huawei from US communications networks. It …

Huawei’s founder and CEO reckons the UK “won’t say no to us” when it comes to using the Chinese company’s equipment in its 5G next generation wireless infrastructure, despite ongoing US security concerns. Speaking to Sky News, Ren Zhengfei also praised new Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “very decisive.” “I think they won’t say no to us as long as …

CNET predicts that Apple will announce its iPhone 11 models on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and code hidden within iOS 13’s seventh beta seems to add fuel to that fire. A screenshot of the update, called “HoldForRelease” shows an iPhone’s home screen with that date on the calendar, iHelp BR reports. The Brazilian Apple fan site noted that it found a similar …