The US Justice Department plans to investigate Facebook to determine whether it violated federal antitrust laws, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The investigation, reportedly begun at the urging of US Attorney General William Barr, comes as the Federal Trade Commission conducts its own investigation into whether the social media giant illegally harmed competition. While the FTC’s probe …

Facebook said Tuesday that its efforts to reduce false news and misinformation on the platform don’t apply to politicians. The company said it exempts politicians from its third-party fact-checking process and that that’s been the policy for more than a year. In Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and communications outlined the company’s policies regarding politicians, …

Tinder apparently has a story to tell, but it’s not a love story, at least not this time. The mobile dating app is experimenting with original scripted video content and has just wrapped up filming on its first TV series, Reuters reports. The series centers on an “apocalyptic” storyline, but there is a relationship subplot, a source tells the news …

Rumors of the demise of 3D Touch in the new iPhones have proved true. The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, which Apple unveiled Wednesday during an event on the Apple campus, will feature Haptic Touch instead of 3D Touch. The change didn’t get much attention during the keynote presentation but was noted on the iPhone 11’s product page, which …

A day before Apple is expected to unveil new iPhone 11 models, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has published a new report on what you can expect from the latest handsets, including a lack of support for Apple Pencil input. The phones also won’t be able to switch to USB-C, according to Kuo’s report, a copy of which was obtained by …

Google is getting ready to throw the doors open on Play Pass, a mysterious offering that could be subscription service for Android apps and games found in its Play Store. The first hints about the service surfaced last year, but things seem to be picking up steam with the rival Apple Arcade looming. “It’s almost time,” the web giant tweeted …

So you want to go to Apple’s annual fall event next week — where it’ll likely reveal the iPhone 11 — but you didn’t get one of the sought-after invites. No worries, because the company is going to stream the Sept. 10 event on YouTube. Apple quietly posted a YouTube page on Friday inviting people to tune in to the …

Samsung on Tuesday announced the launch of the Exynos 980, the company’s first mobile processor that integrates 5G connectivity. The Exynos 980 combines a 5G modem and mobile application processor into one chip. 5G promises to significantly boost the speed, coverage and responsiveness of wireless networks. It can run between 10 and 100 times faster than your typical cellular connection today, and …

The release of the next generation of Android may be at hand. Google is expected to release Android 10 on Tuesday, according to a carrier support page spotted by 9to5Google. The new operating system is scheduled to roll out to all Pixel phones, according to a page posted by Canadian carrier Rogers Communications, 9to5Google reported. The Rogers support page listed …

The Federal Communications Commission has been working with wireless carriers in the southeast to prepare for emergency situations as Hurricane Dorian nears Florida. The Category 4 storm unleashed massive flooding in the Bahamas on Monday, with sustained winds hitting as high as 185 mph. To help prepare for the storm’s arrival in the US, the agency has reached out to …