The iPhone 11 Pro apparently has a habit of behaving in a way its users have expressly forbidden. Apple’s flagship handset intermittently tries to collect people’s location information, despite settings on applications and system services that indicate the data shouldn’t be requested, according to a report published Tuesday by KrebsOnSecurity. Apple’s privacy policy for the …

Antitrust regulators for the European Commission are conducting an investigation of Google’s data-collection practices — an action that suggests the EU isn’t convinced that its recent record fine on the search giant had the desired effect. An EU executive said it’s seeking information on how and why the company collects data. The EU is particularly focused on local search services, …

Apple on Monday announced its first-ever Apple Music Awards, honoring Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Lil Nas X for their achievements in 2019. The awards are intended to celebrate “the best and boldest musicians” of the year and the “enormous impact they have had on global culture.” As part of the celebration, Eilish will perform a live concert Wednesday at the …

The Honey browser extension find deals by automatically digging up and applying coupon codes for thousands of online stores. Screenshot by CNET PayPal announced Wednesday it would acquire online deal-finding service Honey Science for $4 billion. Founded in 2012, Honey operates a browser extension that helps shoppers find deals by automatically digging up and applying coupon codes for thousands of …

John Carmack, the video game legend behind Facebook‘s VR push, is stepping down as chief technology officer at Oculus. He announced the move Wednesday afternoon, saying he’d transition to the role of “consulting CTO” at Oculus. “I will still have a voice in the development work, but it will only be consuming a modest slice of my time,” Carmack wrote …

Google said Wednesday that it will open-source the software for Cardboard, the company’s low-cost phone-based VR experience. The move comes less than a month after Google said it would discontinue its Daydream VR program. The move will let developers continue to build virtual reality experiences and add Cardboard support for iOS and Android apps. The project’s tools provide APIs for …

Google is in talks over making changes to its political ads policy, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The reported discussions come as social media giants Facebook and Twitter take different tacks on the issue. Google has been holding internal meetings on possible changes to the policy and is expected to share more information with its employees as soon as …

Samsung was hit hard in its third quarter by the slowdown in tech. The company on Wednesday reported a steep drop in operating profit amid ongoing weakness in the chip industry. But the company’s bottom line was buoyed by stronger smartphone sales. The South Korean electronics giant reported its third-quarter operating profit for the three-month period ending on Sept. 30 …

 A California man is running for the governor’s office in that state so he can run false ads on Facebook. He says his intention is to stop the social network from allowing politicians to run ads on the site that contain falsehoods. Since the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook has been trying to prove it’s combatting misinformation on the site …

Facebook took down a political ad from its platform for containing false information about Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the company’s ads database shows. The move demonstrates that while politicians’ ads are exempt from fact checking, ads purchased by political groups aren’t. The ad, which was placed by the political action committee The Really Online Lefty League, included a video that falsely …