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The Commerce Department on Wednesday barred US firms from exporting quantum computing technology to eight Chinese companies and labs to try to keep the country from decrypting sensitive US communications and developing new military technology. “Global trade and commerce should support peace, prosperity, and good-paying jobs, not national security risks,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement. Though still technologically …

Calling the company “notorious hackers” and “amoral 21st Century mercenaries,” Apple on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against NSO Group, the Israel-based firm behind the Pegasus spyware that was uncovered on the phones of activists, journalists and executives earlier this year.  Apple is seeking a permanent injunction to stop NSO from developing, distributing, using, or allowing others to use malware or spyware for any …

Nov 2021 Once only found in business settings, Zoom’s video chat service became the way millions of people connected during the pandemic, inserting the question “Wanna Zoom?” into the popular lexicon. Even after the novelty of changing our Zoom backgrounds to make it look like we were beaming in from the Starship Enterprise wore off, and the exciting glow of …

A Twitter update to fix an issue that causes tweets to disappear from view as timelines auto-refresh rolled out on desktop earlier this month and expanded to its iOS app on Tuesday. It’s a welcome change for anyone who’s ever had a tweet vanish before they could finish reading it.  This follows the company saying it was working on changes to fix …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Black Friday deals are in full swing. Various sales events have been rolling out all month, but as Nov. 26 gets closer, our advice is to buy early, because a lot of hot-ticket items won’t last long. Between shipping delays and chip shortages, all sorts …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Black Friday proper might be just around the corner, but Target is ahead of the curve. The retailer has been rolling out early deals all month long, and this week its biggest sale yet went live. The main event will run until this Saturday, Nov. …

Apple’s AirPods 3 are now available to buy, following their debut alongside the redesigned MacBook Pro line earlier this fall. As we move into holiday shopping season and Black Friday AirPods sales begin, prices for the AirPods 3 are already down from their launch day price of $179 (£169, AU$279). AirPods 3 aims for the middle ground between the $129 second-gen AirPods, which …

AT&T and Verizon Communications are voluntarily agreeing to take further precautions to make sure cell towers transmitting 5G signals using newly acquired midband spectrum won’t interfere with aircraft signals. The companies laid out their plan in a letter sent to the US Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday afternoon, in a move meant to defuse a conflict between the wireless and …

Apple may be drawing close to having its own 5G modems ready for its 2023 iPhones, Nikkei reported Wednesday, as the tech giant works out a deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to use TSMC’s chip production technology.  Cupertino, California-based Apple intends to mass produce its first in-house 5G modem chip and other components, according to Nikkei, which cited anonymous …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Black Friday deals are in full swing, with sales already on or soon to come for Apple AirPods, Google Pixel 6, Amazon Echo Dot and smart bulb and oodles of other juicy tech deals on top gifts. The frustratingly hard-to-get PS5 is even back on …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Unlike previous Black Fridays, we don’t have a lot of cheap TV deals this year unfortunately. Due to chip shortages and rising costs, most of the Black Friday TV deals this year are on larger TVs and more expensive ones. But we have managed to …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. We’ve been waiting for a while for Walmart’s Black Friday deals to officially kick off, and the time is now here. Walmart officially began its Black Friday deals on Monday, Nov. 22 and will be running hundreds of Black Friday sales through the end of …

The Apple Watch product line made its debut in 2014, initially trumpeted as a companion to the iPhone and a fashion accessory — one that started in price at $349, heading upwards to an eye-popping $17,000 for an 18-karat gold watch. Now, barring any Black Friday discounts, the Apple Watch line starts at $199 for the Apple Watch Series 3 …