With the US midterm elections just over a month away, Twitter’s cracking down on fake accounts. “We now may remove fake accounts engaged in a variety of emergent, malicious behaviors,” the company said in a blog post on its elections integrity work. It’s expanded its rules for identifying fake accounts, looking for stock or stolen …

IMDb, the Amazon-owned database of the entertainment world, will reportedly announce a free, ad-supported video service for Amazon Fire TV users this week. The service will feature TV shows and movies and be available to all Fire TV users (not just those with Amazon Prime Video), according to CNBC. The report follows similar rumors from August. The announcement will come this …

Google Maps is rolling out a commute feature for its Android and iOS apps with extra information to help with your trip to and from work. The commute section will suggest alternative routes if there are problems. Google Maps The new section will show details for each leg of your journey, including disruptions to traffic and to bus or train …

A Sprint exec has reportedly hinted at a “distinct” look for the 5G phone it’s creating with LG. “What’s really remarkable about the LG device that you’ll see is it’s going to be immediately recognizable,” Mishka Dehghan, vice president of 5G development at Sprint Business, told Mobile World Live. “Everybody around you will know it’s a 5G device.” It’ll still …

World wide web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee’s startup, Inrupt, aims to bring data back to the people. The computer scientist announced Inrupt’s open source project, Solid, in a weekend blog post. It’s “a platform based on the existing web” that gives you control over your personal information and allows you to decide where it’s stored, who can view different elements and …

Google is trying to make planning your next trip a little less stressful. The search giant, which turned 20 this week, is adding suggestions directly to your searches and created a landing page for flight trends and hotel options as the winter holidays approach, as previously reported by TechCrunch. The suggestions offer you things to do, day plans and travel …

The Belgian defense ministry plans to sue Google over its failure to blur satellite images that reveal military sites. The ministry said it requested that sites like air bases and nuclear power stations be obscured on the search giant’s satellite mapping services, citing national security, according to Reuters. It plans to sue Google for not complying with the requests, said …

LG teased its V40 ThinQ on Thursday, emphasizing its five cameras, color options and texture, even though it’s not due for a full reveal until next Wednesday. The successor to the LG V30 has three cameras on the back and two on its front, though only the former can be seen in the teaser video. It’s the same width as the …

iOS 12’s Screen Time made it possible for parents to limit kids’ app use 10 days ago, but smart kids have already discovered several workarounds. Parents revealed how their kids found ways around the limits they’d imposed on apps in a Reddit thread with more than 8,700 upvotes, as previously reported by TheNextWeb. One 7-year-old deleted an app after it …

Lyft has challenged more people to give up their cars by expanding its Ditch Your Car program. The ride-hailing company announced the expansion in a Wednesday blog post, giving people until the end of September to sign up. If you offer to give up your car between Oct. 8 and Nov. 6, you could get credit for Lyft Shared, Zipcar, …