Hillary Clinton criticized Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the social network on Saturday, saying he is unwilling to battle disinformation and propaganda on his own platform and calling his reasoning “authoritarian.” “I feel like you’re negotiating with a foreign power sometimes,” the former Democratic presidential candidate told The Atlantic during an interview at the Sundance …

Chipmaker Broadcom said Thursday that it’s entered into multiyear deals to supply Apple with wireless components used in its products. The deals could generate $15 billion for Broadcom, the company said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing said the agreements cover components for Apple devices that’ll be released for the next three and a …

If you’re an Android user who has long envied Apple’s AirDop, which allows file sharing between iPhones, Samsung may have some good news for you. The Korean electronics giant is working on a similar feature called Quick Share that will allow files to be shared between Galaxy phones, according to XDA Developers. The feature will allow users to share photos, …

TikTok, known for its quirky 15-second videos, said Thursday that it’s reached a deal with Merlin, the biggest digital rights agency for independent record labels, to license its music collection for the popular short-video app. Launched in 2007, Merlin’s membership consists of more than 20,000 independent record labels and distributors from over 60 countries, including DangerCrue, Dim Mak, Domino, !K7 …

Apple is reportedly ready to return to the low-cost phone market after an absence of four years. The company plans to begin production on a cheaper iPhone in February, with an official unveiling coming as early as March, sources tell Bloomberg. The handset — believed to be comparable in size to the 4.7-inch iPhone 8 from 2017 — would be …

We might be getting our first look at the Huawei P40 Pro, the Chinese telecom giant’s next line of flagship smartphones expected to be unveiled in March. Images of the handset were posted to Twitter on Thursday by noted leaker Evan Blass. The images apparently show the handset’s profile from the sides and top, as well as the front and …

Twitter, under mounting criticism it’s not doing enough to purge its platform of hate speech, is apologizing for an apparent gap in its rules that allowed advertisements to target neo-Nazis and other hate groups on the platform. Twitter already has a policy that bars hateful conduct, including promoting violence or directly attacking people based on race, religion, sexual orientation and …

US officials were in London on Monday in a last-ditch effort to persuade British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government not to allow Huawei equipment to be used on its 5G network. The delegation argued that there was no way the UK could reduce the security risks posed by Huawei having access to the network, Bloomberg reported, citing an unidentified person …

We’re less than a month from the next Samsung reveal, and it appears that at least one of the new handsets will be called the Galaxy S20, apparently leaping a full 10 numbers from the current flagship phone, the Galaxy S10. Samsung S20 startup screen. XDA Developers XDA Developers published images on Sunday of a handset labeled Galaxy S20 Plus, …

A bill introduced in Vermont’s legislature would prohibit anyone under 21 years old from using or possessing a cellphone. However, the bill appears to be more about gun rights than mobile phones. The legislation, introduced Tuesday by Democratic Sen. John Rodgers, says those under the age of 21 “are not developmentally mature enough” to possess and use cellphones safely. The …