Argos has launched a voice-activated shopping service that lets you ask Google Assistant to reserve products for in-store pick-up. It’s the first UK retailer to offer such a service. You can also use it to check the availability of up to 20,000 products from the Argos catalogue. And you can find your nearest store on …

Facebook hit BlackBerry with a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming the company stole its voice-messaging technology and other patented processes. The social media giant accused BlackBerry of infringing on six patents in a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, Bloomberg reports. Beyond the voice-messaging patent, Facebook says the Canadian business software provider and one-time phone giant infringed on tech used to …

Uber and its former boss won a lawsuit claiming the company hid scandals that led to investors losing billions. An Irving, Texas-based  firefighter pension fund filed class action claims against the ride-hailing company and its ex-CEO Travis Kalanick, but a California judge ruled that the claims should be tossed Friday, Bloomberg reports. The lawsuit “does not specifically tie any particular …

Google is planning to restrict ads for third-party tech support services following an increase in “misleading” experiences. The search company will limit such ads globally while it prepares a verification program to make sure only “legitimate providers” can offer their services, according to a weekend blog post. “For many years, we’ve consulted and worked with law enforcement and government agencies …

YouTube is making charitable donations through the site easier with new Giving features. These additions include beta versions of fundraising and donation-matching tools, as well as Super Chat for Good, a variant on the “tip jar” it added in 2017, the company said Thursday in a blog post. A Fundraiser feature allows creators and nonprofits to embed a Donate button in …

A developer says the Apple Watch’s pride face won’t appear in Russia. 9to5Mac’s Guilherme Rambo revealed that it’s “hardcoded to not show up if the paired iPhone is using the Russian locale,” in a tweet showing the code on Friday. The Apple Watch pride face is hardcoded to not show up if the paired iPhone is using the Russian locale …

ZTE has recovered from its US ban, with production back to normal and the expectation that it’ll be on its standard growth track in 2019, according to its new chairman and chief executive. “As of today, the main operating business has resumed completely. The production mission for August has resumed to normal and R&D is resuming rapidly,” Chairman Li Zixue …

Google is giving US veterans find jobs that fit the skills they learned in the military, and highlighting veteran-led businesses in searches. Those who’ve been in the military can now search “jobs for veterans” in Google, then use their military job codes — such as MOS, AFSC or NEC — to narrow down the job listings to those needing the …

Tumblr’s updated community guidelines are targeting hate speech, violence and unwanted sexualization. On Monday, the social networking site posted details about the update, which goes into effect Sept. 10. Tumblr noted that the section on hate speech removes this paragraph: “If you encounter negative speech that doesn’t rise to the level of violence or threats of violence, we encourage you to dismantle …

Facebook suspended 400 and banned one of the thousands of apps it’s investigated since the Cambridge Analytica data sharing scandal began in March, the company said Thursday. The company issued a full ban to myPersonality, one of the apps at the center of the scandal, on Wednesday after it didn’t agree to a request for audit. The social network suspended the …