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 …

As major music streaming services appeal a royalty rate decision, Spotify is taking things one step further: The world’s biggest streaming music service is reportedly seeking a refund for overpayments made to songwriters and publishers last year, Music Business Worldwide reported. Last year, a royalty rate-setting panel in the US, called the Copyright Royalty Board, ruled that a particular kind of royalty …

Bill Gates has conceded that his “greatest mistake ever” was failing to put Microsoft in Android’s position as the world’s biggest “non-Apple” mobile operating system. The Microsoft co-founder was reflecting on the era when the market was shifting toward mobile, in an interview at venture capital firm Village Global. “In the software world, particularly for platforms, these are winner-take-all markets. …

FedEx on Monday hit US Department of Commerce with a lawsuit saying it’s been forced to “police the millions of shipments” it transports each day by the department’s trade blacklist — which includes embattled Chinese phone maker Huawei. It comes a month after Huawei said it would review its relationship with the delivery company when packages bound for its Asian …

The Trump administration is apparently looking into requiring that 5G equipment used in the US be designed and put together outside China. The talks kicked off after an executive order issued last month required a 150-day review of the US telecoms supply chain, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. White House officials want to know if telecom equipment manufacturers can …

Microsoft is reportedly working on a foldable Surface for release in the first six months of next year. It’s likely to have two 9-inch screens with a 4:3 aspect ratio, market research firm IHS Markit told Forbes, citing a source within the supply chain. The hybrid device will apparently use the company’s Windows Lite OS, which is a slimmed-down, dual-screen …

It’s a big week for Niantic, which expanded its UK studio just before Harry Potter: Wizards Unite lands in the US and UK (here’s how you get started playing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite). The Pokemon Go developer acquired London-based Sensible Object, known for games like the AR-tabletop hybrid Beasts of Balance and Amazon Alexa-powered When in Rome, which basically combine physical …

A man who shared a video of the deadly New Zealand mosque shooting received a 21-month prison sentence on Tuesday. Philip Arps pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video of the March 15 attacks, which were livestreamed by the shooter as he killed 51 people. Judge Stephen O’Driscoll noted that Arps, who runs a business in Christchurch, sent …

Nintendo’s mustachioed mascot brings his medical knowledge to iOS and Android in Dr. Mario World on July 10, and you can register for virus-killing puzzler now. In this match-three puzzler, you use colored capsules to kill corresponding viruses. Nintendo posted a video showing how it plays. The video also reveals how the game’s microtransactions work.You can use diamonds to continue …

You’ve been seeing the dedicated Windows key on Microsoft’s keyboards for years, but we might see an Office key soon. The company asked people who’ve tried keywords with such a key for feedback, as spotted by regular Microsoft leaker WalkingCat. You can even see a concept design showing what the Office key might look like. the Office key concept https://t.co/TAuu7l8y8W …