Apple’s online store has added an “Order By” section showing you the latest dates you can order iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products if you want them to arrive in time for Dec. 25.  All of the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 models need to be ordered by Dec. 22, with the exception of the …

Our first glimpse of the Samsung Galaxy S22 may have come Friday, courtesy of Jon Prosser, a leaker, YouTuber and founder of FrontPageTech.com. The allegedly leaked photos of the phone reveal curved edges and S-pen support. The back features a 108-megapixel main camera and three lenses — a 12-megapixel ultra-wide, a 10-megapixel 3X telephoto and a 10-megapixel 10X telephoto — according to …

Facebook is adding new tools designed to let creators make more money from their work, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post Wednesday. He also took the opportunity to once again call out the 30% cut Apple takes on transactions, saying it makes life harder for creators. Facebook is adding a promotional link for creators offering a subscription and letting them …

Microsoft is bringing a new collaboration tool to Office in the form of Loop, it said Tuesday. The app lets you and your teammates create blocks of content that can be easily “copied, pasted, and shared with others,” letting you work together on documents in real time.  It consists of three elements: Components are smaller documents like lists, tables, notes, …

Facebook will shut down its facial recognition system this month and delete the face scan data of more than 1 billion users, the company said Tuesday. It cited societal concerns and regulatory uncertainty about facial recognition technology as the reasons. More than one-third of the app’s daily active users have opted into its Face Recognition setting, the social network noted …

Adobe is bringing slimmed down versions of Photoshop and Illustrator to web browsers, it said Tuesday. They’ll let you share documents on a browser, allowing collaborators to provide feedback without downloading the apps or getting a subscription to Adobe’s Creative Cloud. It’s also previewing basic editing tools for making minor tweaks and quick edits without having to launch the apps. …

The UK’s competition regulator on Wednesday fined Facebook £50.5 million ($69.6 million) for failing to comply with an order imposed during an investigation into the social network’s purchase of GIF platform Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probed the acquisition due to concerns that it would harm competition in the social media and digital advertising markets.  Facebook purchased Giphy …

Comcast is getting into TV hardware and going direct-to-consumer, it said Tuesday, by partnering with Hisense to release the XClass TV. The 4K Ultra HD line available from Walmart stores this week, and will come to Walmart’s website in the coming weeks. The 43-inch model will cost $298, while the 50-inch option will set you back $348, according to Variety. …

The Apple Store was inaccessible Monday, ahead of Apple’s Unleashed event. The virtual event begins at 10 a.m. PT Monday (1 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. GMT, 4 a.m. Tuesday AEST) and is likely to reveal next-generation Mac computers, powered by the company’s own Apple silicon chips.  “Be right back,” Apple’s message said. “We’re making updates to the Apple Store. Check back …

Nintendo’s new Switch OLED came out Friday, and its Joy-Con controllers may seem unchanged on the surface. Which might make you concerned that they’ll suffer from drifting problems, where controllers register joystick movement without the player touching them.  But that might be less of an issue in newer Switches, including the base model, the Lite and the OLED, due to …