A lawsuit alleges that a spark from an Apple MagSafe power adapter set fire to Penny Manzi’s head in January 2018. Filed Wednesday in US District Court in Chicago, the lawsuit seeks $75,000 for medical expenses, pain and suffering and “loss of a normal life” for Manzi and her husband, Jerry Manzi, who live in Illinois. …

Looks like Google won’t make your Android apps obsolete whenever it switches to the Fuchsia operating system. A file posted on the Android Open Source Project suggests that the search giant is implementing a specially made version of Android Runtime (ART) — the architecture used by the apps — in the upcoming operating system, as previously reported by 9to5Google. “These …

Facebook Messenger is one of the first apps many of us check each day, but the standard blue, white and gray can be pretty harsh on these dark winter mornings. We might soon see a solution to that, since the messaging app is testing an incomplete version of dark mode in some countries, Android Police reports. On Wednesday, Facebook acknowledged …

Netflix removed an episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj from its Saudi Arabia service after the kingdom complained. That episode, the comedy show’s second, slammed the Middle Eastern country following the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Released in October, it remains available on Netflix outside Saudi Arabia and worldwide on YouTube. It …

One of the UK’s busiest airports reopened briefly and shut down again Friday after suspending or diverting all flights due to drone activity over its airfield. The disruption at Gatwick Airport, 30 miles south of London, started around 9 p.m. local time Wednesday after a pair of drones were spotted, according to the BBC. Gatwick is Britain’s second busiest airport. …

We haven’t seen a new iPad Mini since 2015, but a report suggests that one may arrive in the first half of 2019. Apple will launch two lower-priced iPad models in 2019 — one will be 7.9 inches and the other more than 10 inches — Apple Insider reported Friday, citing the China Business Times. The 3-year-old iPad Mini 4 is the most recent …

Google is letting you doodle within its Chrome browser with a simple app. You can go to Canvas using canvas.apps.chrome and start drawing immediately, as previously reported by Chrome Unboxed. It’s pretty straightforward — you can choose among pencil, ink pen, marker, chalk and eraser, then pick any hex color. This gives you a massive range of palettes. Your drawing …

Google is letting you add double the number of photos to its Live Albums. The search giant quietly increased the limit on the automatically updating private albums from 10,000 to 20,000, Android Police reported. Since you can set up Live Albums to pull in every photo or video you take of certain objects — consider how many shots you’ve taken …

Facebook on Sunday stopped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair from posting for 24 hours. The 27-year-old slammed the social network as “thought police” and shared posts it had deleted. His criticism came after Facebook removed a post in which he called for “avenging the deaths” of Israeli soldiers killed by Palestinian gunmen and suggested that Palestinians be expelled …

Facebook Messenger has a holiday gift for you: new features that rolled out Monday. Boomerang — as hypnotic as ever. Facebook The social network is adding support for Boomerang, which lets you create brief, looped videos just like on Instagram — basically animated gifs. The company also adds a selfie mode that puts you in focus with a little added glow …