Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE are expected to be locked out of India’s 5G rollout plans amid spiralling relations between the neighbouring countries, according to a Bloomberg report published Thursday.   The South Asian nation will restrict bidders from any country it shares a land border with, under amended investment rules that cite concerns over …

Apple has several key marketing phrases that pretty much all techies know by heart, such as “Think different” and “There’s an app for that.” But its most ubiquitous one may soon start to change: “Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.” Young Liu, chairman of worldwide device assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, which is also known as Foxconn, said …

Apple last month confirmed that its new iPhone will be delayed “a few weeks,” leading some to speculate the company’s expected iPhone 12 lineup won’t be revealed until October. Apple has typically shown off its new phones in September. Now, a new leak may offer up a more specific timeline.  Apple may unveil the iPhone 12 during an event the week of …

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Waze on Thursday rolled out a new feature that allows US drivers to link the navigation platform to fuel partner apps for contactless payments at participating Exxon, Mobil and Shell gas stations.  When drivers arrive at those stations, a notification in the Waze app will prompt them to securely pay using the fuel partner’s contactless payment app (the Exxon Mobil Rewards …

With all the drama over President Donald Trump’s threats to ban the international Chinese social networking sensation TikTok, tech watchers in the US haven’t spent as much time considering what banning TenCent’s WeChat might lead to as well. A well-connected Apple analyst crunched the numbers and estimates iPhone sales could drop as much as 30% worldwide if a ban goes …

If you’re looking for a new iPhone at the lowest price possible, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus from 2017 are viable options. (They’re still so viable, in fact, that the US Census Bureau used the iPhone 8 to conduct the 2020 Census.) Though Apple discontinued selling them, you can still nab the devices from third-party retailers like Walmart and Best …

There are a few movies I’ve found myself renting over and over again — if I had simply bought them outright, I could have saved quite a bit of dough. Here’s a chance to scoop up a few of those “wish I owned” movies at a deep discount. The Microsoft Store is in the middle of a summer sale, and …

It probably isn’t a stretch to say that most of us are staying in and watching more TV than usual these days. Now Google wants to rise to the occasion by making it easier to search for stuff to watch, whether that’s a baseball game or your favorite terrible reality show. “Today we’re adding new features to Google Search in …

5G is here, but it won’t really flourish on next-generation phones and 5G connected cars until the network is built out. That physical network will be more vast and dense than that which powers current networks. It’ll also cost as much as $750 billion worldwide over the next five years. Yet it comes at a time of unparalleled economic challenges …

Apple is preparing to launch subscription bundles that bring together its digital services like Apple Music, Apple TV Plus and Apple Arcade, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The bundles, dubbed “Apple One,” could debut as early as October and will let people subscribe to multiple services at a single monthly price, according to Bloomberg.  There will reportedly be different tiers of bundles, with the …

Want to bulk up? Food and supplies, I mean, though let’s not overlook the benefits of weightlifting. For a limited time, Groupon is offering a 1-year Costco Gold Star membership for $60 — a price that includes $80 in shopping credit. See it at Groupon That credit takes two forms. First, after completing your membership sign-up (which requires opting into …

After months of lockdown where I live, reviewing the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G has been an absolute blast. Samsung’s most advanced phone for power users is expensive — it starts at $1,300 (£1,179, AU$1,894) for the 128GB model — but it’s also stuffed with features and has an arresting (some might say divisive) design, all of which makes it fun to …

Samsung’s got jokes. At least according to a new teardown by tech DIY repair site iFixit, which revealed Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds have internals labeled, “Bean Right” and “Bean Left.” We’re glad we’re not the only ones who think they look like you could lose them in a bowl of chili.  In addition to sharing their shape with …

Disney, Apple, Walmart and nearly a dozen other companies called the White House on Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal. Their goals, according to the report, were to get more clarity on President Donald Trump’s executive order banning “any transaction that is related to WeChat” and to encourage the administration to “narrow the order as it is implemented over …