President Donald Trump called for a tariff on Chinese-produced goods back in May, and the Chinese government threatened to put a tariff on US goods in retaliation. This caused concern in the tech industry. Although the president says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a truce at the G20 summit in Japan on Sunday, …

Qualcomm has to renegotiate licensing agreements with handset makers before its appeal is heard, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing another blow to the chipmaker in the antitrust case that could upend its entire business model.  The company, which in May lost an antitrust case and was found to be a monopoly in wireless chips, had asked US District Court Judge …

This is an update of a deal from just last week: More advanced model, more or less the same price, a decent amount of inventory available. Step into the Wayback Machine with me, won’t you? The original Amazon Kindle debuted in 2007. It was a chunky, ugly thing with a keyboard (!) and $399 price tag. Suffice it to say, …

If you spend more than a few moments on social media, you’ll probably come across an advertisement for a diet pill or an article that says something like “pharmacists hate him” that touts a miracle cure for something. Facebook is trying a new treatment for clickbait health news with its latest ranking changes. “We know that people don’t like posts …

Vodafone on Wednesday switched on its new 5G mobile network in seven UK cities. Customers are able to choose between the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G or the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. Vodafone is also offering a 5G router for home and office services called the 5G GigaCube. The carrier is charging 5G customers the same as 4G, offering unlimited mobile data plans starting at …

When Microsoft releases a new version of Windows, it’s a big deal. But on Monday, the company teased the release of Windows 1.0. Saying that the announcement confused people is an understatement.  Microsoft tweeted and posted on Instagram a 13-second video about its “new” Windows 1.0 operating system. The video has an ’80s look and displays the logos for previous versions of …

Fortnite season 9, week 8 challenges are live, and that means the season will start winding down. It also means you’re running out of time to get all the Battle Stars.  These are the Fortnite season 9, week 8 challenges.  Epic Games Free challenges Apply Shields (0/400) Visit different clocks (0/3) Eliminate opponents in Snobby Shores or Mega Mall (0/7) …

MoviePass will be suspending its service at 2 a.m. PT on July 4 while it works on improving the app. The company has spent months working on updating its subscriptions to “provide the level of service you deserve,” it said.  MoviePass came under fire last year by reactivating accounts and asking former customers to opt out of being subscribed again. …

Apple’s third iOS 13 developer beta adds a FaceTime feature that’ll fake eye contact during video calls, according to app designer Mike Rundle. Toggling the FaceTime Attention Correction setting makes it look like you’re looking directly into the camera, even though you’re really looking at the screen and the person you’re talking to. Rundle apparently tested the feature with podcaster …

Facebook says its platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook itself, are all back up and running after an issue earlier Wednesday. For the majority of the day, the apps were experiencing issues uploading and sending images, videos and other files. The company confirmed this in tweets for Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram. “The issue has since been resolved and we should be back …

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has kicked off a probe into digital advertising and online platforms. Its examination will focus on Facebook and Google in particular, the agency said Wednesday.  A similar study in Europe resulted in Google being hit with a $1.7 billion fine in March for “abusive” online ad practices. The European Commission had said Google was exploiting its …

The Commerce Department is apparently still treating Huawei as blacklisted. This news comes despite President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’d ease limitations on companies selling equipment to the Chinese telecom.  A senior official emailed enforcement staff Monday to assert that Huawei remains on its Entity List and that a “presumption of denial” licensing policy is still in place, Reuters reports. …

In its latest transparency report, published Tuesday, Apple detailed that it received 80 requests from 11 countries to remove 634 apps from its App Stores from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2018. The apps in question weren’t listed in the report, but Apple said most of them were taken down.  China had the most requests at 56, with 626 apps …

An Australian government watchdog agency is taking Samsung to court over claims that the company’s Galaxy phones are safe to take in the water. In 2016 Samsung released its first IP68 water-resistant phone, the Galaxy S7. All of the electronics giant’s flagship phones have since carried the IP68 certification for water resistance and have been advertised as water-friendly phones. The Australian Competition and …

Wireless association CTIA has failed again to get the city of Berkeley, California, to stop warning people that using a cellphone could expose them to radiation. As part of the long-running debate over health concerns in using mobile phones, Berkeley’s “Right to Know” ordinance, which came into effect in 2016, was upheld by a court Tuesday. Berkeley had been enforcing …