Amazon is reportedly in discussions with Goldman Sachs about establishing a partnership in which the investment bank would offer small business loans to merchants on the internet retailer’s platform. The loans would be offered directly to Amazon merchants through the e-commerce giant’s existing loan platform, the Financial Times and CNBC reported Monday, citing an unidentified …

Whoa. I was excited about this deal when I first ran it last week — but as of this morning it’s better still. Everything I look for in a laptop can be found right here. Thin and light: check. Solid-state storage: check. Backlit keyboard: yep. Truth be told, I’d already been eyeballing the Lenovo IdeaPad 730S before this deal came …

Twitter has revealed a security incident that occurred at the end of last year, where phone numbers were matched to usernames. The company said Monday that a large number of fake accounts exploited its API to access the information. The accounts were suspended immediately. We recently discovered an issue that allowed bad actors to match a specific phone number with …

Last year a company inspired by late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar revealed a foldable phone that was meant to deliver the new technology at an impressibly affordable $350 price tag. Nearly two months later the company is back with its second device, the $399 Escobar Fold 2.  Touted on its website as the “real Samsung killer phone” the new …

Huawei has asked the Federal Communications Commission not to finalize its designation of the Chinese telecom giant as a US national security risk, Reuters reported on Monday. The company reportedly called the effort “unlawful and misguided.” The FCC announced in November it had voted to bar rural carriers in the US from using federal subsidies to purchase equipment from Huawei …

Huawei is refreshing its Matebook D series laptops for the new year. The MateBook D 14 and MateBook D 15 laptops are aimed at young consumers and offer “powerful performance, robust build quality and chic design,” according to a release Monday from Huawei.  Both laptops feature a slim, lightweight designs. The MateBook D 14 has a 14-inch display, while the …

It might be time to say goodbye, again, to BlackBerry phones. Chinese tech company TCL, which runs BlackBerry Mobile, said it’s closing shop on the line of phones. A tweet from the BlackBerry Mobile Twitter account Monday morning announced TCL will cease selling BlackBerry phones as of Aug. 31. It will continue to support its device until August 2022.  “TCL …

Netflix wants you to know just how much you’ve been binge-watching its TV and movies. By following the steps in a new how-to posted on the Netflix UK Twitter account Monday, you’ll get an almost endless list of everything you’ve watched — and you can find out the first piece of content you ever streamed through the service. Find out …

Google Photos is looking to expand its print offering for people who want physical copies of their memories. The company is running a trial for an $8-a-month subscription program that’ll send you 10 prints that will be “automatically selected from your last 30 days of photos,” 9to5Google reports. You can tailor that selection by choosing from three themes — people …

Game company Cards Against Humanity has reportedly closed a deal to acquire parody website ClickHole.com from G/O Media. Financial terms of the all-cash deal weren’t revealed, but BuzzFeed News reported that Cards Against Humanity intends to make the site’s employees its majority owners. The site was founded by The Onion in 2014 to parody sites such as Upworthy and BuzzFeed …

All eyes will be on Iowa tonight. The Democratic presidential candidates face their first major test when Iowans caucus on Monday, Feb. 3. Unlike primary states where voters head to the polls to cast their votes, Iowa is a caucus state where people gather at a series of local meetings to discuss and debate and vote on the candidates. A …

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Getting a personal trainer is an expensive proposition — I know, because I’ve done it. If you think the time is right for an affordable AI personal trainer that can learn about you and customize workouts to your needs and abilities, well, you might be right. Back in 2016, the Vi hit Kickstarter and collected almost $1.7 million to make …

During Sunday’s Super Bowl, you’ll see a lot of commercials — some good, some bad, all insanely expensive. But you won’t see one for wireless carrier Mint Mobile. That’s because new owner Ryan Reynolds — yes, that Ryan Reynolds — decided to put his money to better use. According to a full-page ad (an “announcemint”) in New York Times last …