The Commerce Department is apparently still treating Huawei as blacklisted. This news comes despite President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’d ease limitations on companies selling equipment to the Chinese telecom. A senior official emailed enforcement staff Monday to assert that Huawei remains on its Entity List and that a “presumption of denial” licensing policy is …
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Apple’s third iOS 13 developer beta adds a FaceTime feature that’ll fake eye contact during video calls, according to app designer Mike Rundle. Toggling the FaceTime Attention Correction setting makes it look like you’re looking directly into the camera, even though you’re really looking at the screen and the person you’re talking to. Rundle apparently tested the feature with podcaster …
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Huawei apparently doesn’t know yet whether it can use Google’s Android operating system in future mobile devices. This comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision over the weekend to relax restrictions on US companies selling equipment to the embattled Chinese phonemaker. A Huawei executive said the company “will wait for guidance from the Department of Commerce” regarding Android, Reuters reported …
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President Donald Trump has agreed to ease restrictions on companies selling equipment to Chinese telecom giant Huawei, but a White House official has clarified that it’s not a “general amnesty.” US companies will be able to sell only widely available products to the embattled Chinese phonemaker, National Economic Council Chairman Larry Kudlow said on Fox News Sunday. “All that is going to …
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If you got a strange OnePlus 7 Pro push notification on Monday, you’re not alone. Owners of the Chinese phones rushed to Twitter to express their concerns over a pair of garbled messages — one of which appeared to be Chinese characters and other in the Latin alphabet. @oneplus Did someone sleep on their keyboard?#OnePlus7Pro pic.twitter.com/DCrQWAU3aO — Shrey Srivastava (@ShreySri) …
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Twitch is taking an old school approach to Amazon Prime Day by running a two-day TV shopping channel livestream July 15 and 16. Twitch Sells Out: A Prime Day Special Event will showcase gaming, electronics and other products in two 12-hour broadcasts. The first kicks off on its main /twitchpresents channel on July 15 at 10 a.m. PT and runs …
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The Pokemon Company revealed on Thursday that Pokemon Masters is coming out this summer, and it looks pretty darn impressive. The iOS and Android game is being developed in collaboration with DeNA (the studio responsible for Mario Kart Tour) and was announced during a press conference last month. Pokemon Masters puts a fun twist on the franchise’s usual team battles …
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Huawei workers have reportedly collaborated with China’s military on at least 10 research projects without the company’s knowledge. Employees of the embattled Chinese telecommunications equipment maker worked with parts of the People’s Liberation Army on projects linked to areas such as artificial intelligence and radio communications over the past decade, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. One such project with the Central Military …
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri said it might start hiding likes as it tries “rethinking the whole experience” of the social media site and fight bullying. He talked to CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King about this new approach — which prioritizes “well-being” — in a Wednesday interview with CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King. “One of the ideas we’re currently …
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Target isn’t letting eBay have all the fun in trying to take a bite out of Amazon’s summer sale dominance — the retailer announced its own Target Deal Days sales for July 15 and 16. It didn’t offer too many specifics, but said the deals would include home, apparel and toy brands. “Last year’s Target.com One-Day Sale was one of …
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