France will start taxing tech giants at a national level in 2019 if European Union countries can’t agree on a joint tax on digital revenues. Bruno Le Maire, France’s finance minister, set a deadline Thursday after EU finance ministers failed to agree on a plan earlier this week, Reuters reported. “I am giving myself until …

The New York Police Department is deploying drones and training a select group of officers to operate them, The department said Tuesday that the unmanned aircraft system program will bring it in line with more than 900 police, fire and emergency units across the US. The NYPD will use 11 DJI Mavic Pro quadcopters for tactical operations, a pair of …

Facebook is rolling out group stories worldwide, so everyone can dip into its version of Snapchat. You can use the feature to post photos and videos that automatically vanish after 24 hours. Until now, Facebook had limited to feature to just some users. The social network highlighted the feature’s popularity in the pup-focused Dogspotting group — try not to get addicted to …

Facebook is giving you the ability to share your post collections and potentially spread holiday gift ideas. You’ve been able to collect posts on the social network and group them under titles such as “Cute Puppies” or “Clothes I Want” for more than a year. But up until now those posts have only been for you. This week, Facebook is …

Amazon is reportedly looking at bringing its cashierless Go shopping experience to larger stores. The e-commerce giant is testing the system in Seattle, in a larger space laid out like a big store, The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend, citing unnamed sources. Amazon Go stores are designed to let you shop without a wallet or having to stand …

Apple will reportedly wait until at least 2020 to release an iPhone that can connect to 5G networks, fitting what’s been rumored previously. The company will hold off for up to a year after the next generation of wireless technology is deployed, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. Apple opted for a similar strategy with 3G and 4G LTE, the two …

Apple reportedly removed 718 apps from the Chinese App Store in the last few days. The iPhone maker swept out the apps because their developers pushed updates without its permission, The Telegraph reported Thursday, citing local reports. Apple warned developers against updating iOS apps without its permission in early 2017. The banned apps included Sogou’s search engine and maps, online …

Starbucks will reportedly crush customers’ porn viewing habits in 2019. The coffee giant will introduce a tool that’ll stop people from viewing explicit material on its Wi-Fi networks next year, Business Insider reported Tuesday. Watching porn is already banned at Starbucks, but it currently has only has content blockers in place in its UK stores. The change comes after years …

Pokemon Let’s Go is taking us on a nostalgic trip back to the Kanto region on Nintendo Switch, and its mobile sibling is paying tribute to the game’s first two bosses. You can now dress up your Pokemon Go avatar as Brock or Misty, the gym leaders you’ll encounter first in Let’s Go (which is a loose remake of Game …

YouTube will make all its upcoming original programming free and ad-supported from 2020. That’ll mean you won’t need a YouTube Premium subscription to watch the Google-owned video-sharing site’s original shows and movies, but you’ll have to sit through ads, as originally reported Tuesday by Reuters. YouTube said it’ll provide free “windows” to watch Originals free with ads. Typically, “windows” means …