How often do you tend to replace your phone? If you’re upgrading every other year, you’re almost certainly throwing money away. Of course, sometimes that’s unavoidable, since phones wear out — especially the battery. But what if you had a phone that was guaranteed to last for four years, and you could get any repair …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. TikTok has added a new feature that lets you help raise funds for charities and other causes. The social video app on Monday launched donation stickers that can be added to TikTok videos and live streams. The stickers, when clicked, launch a pop-up …

Google held a Stadia Connect on Tuesday to give some news of what’s coming to the cloud-streaming service in 2020. The big reveal was that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, better known as PUBG, is available now for free to Stadia Pro subscribers.  The military battle royale game isn’t the only new title heading to Stadia. Publisher EA will bring several of its …

By packing the big A13 chip into its small iPhone SE, Apple has made its budget smartphone a more compelling product at just the right time for a coronavirus-spooked world. Where most budget phones cut costs by using lower-end processors, the new $400 iPhone SE uses the same flagship chip that powers the $1,450 iPhone 11 Pro Max, which launched last year. That …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The UK on Tuesday explained why it won’t be adopting Apple and Google’s contact-tracing system for fighting the spread of the coronavirus, opting instead to use its own. In a House of Commons select committee session, Matthew Gould, CEO of NHSX, the UK …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Postmates is the latest gig economy company to become the subject of worker protests. Some delivery workers for Postmates said Tuesday that they’ll hold a three-day strike to call attention to what they say is a lack of adequate safety protections during the …

Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 lineup and Galaxy Z Flip weren’t enough to boost phone demand in the first quarter, and the worst is yet to come. The novel coronavirus, which is sweeping the globe, will “significantly” hurt the South Korean electronics giant’s operations in the coming months, Samsung warned Tuesday.  The company’s memory chip business is benefiting from “robust” demand …

High school and college seniors will likely not have the traditional graduation celebration this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook plans on giving the graduates a virtual event featuring celebrities and musical acts.  The social media platform will host #Graduation2020: Facebook and Instagram Celebrate the Class of 2020 on May 15 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.  Oprah Winfrey. …

Looking to slow the spread of disinformation about the novel coronavirus, YouTube is expanding its fact-checking feature so it’ll now appear in search results for US audiences, the company said Tuesday. The feature, a box that shows up atop YouTube search results when a user is looking for particular information, launched in India and Brazil last year.  For the feature to …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. New York’s attorney general said Amazon may have violated the state’s whistleblower laws last month when it terminated a warehouse employee who led a protest on workplace safety. In a letter to Amazon last week, state Attorney General Letitia James’ office said its …

Google Stadia, the megacorp’s service to stream playable games on TVs and mobile devices without a console or PC, is the company’s leap into the melee of cloud gaming. Google is typically the biggest fish in any pond, but in cloud gaming it competes with other heavy hitters like Microsoft (xCloud), Nvidia (GeForce Now) and Sony (PlayStation Now).  As with …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook-owned Instagram is adding a way for users to create and donate to fundraisers during live videos as more people turn to these real-time broadcasts while they’re staying at home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The release of the new …

Want to video or voice chat with more people over WhatsApp? Now you can. In a new update released Monday, the popular messaging app is bumping up the number of people who can be on a video or voice call at once to eight, double its previous limit of four, the company said in an update note on the iPhone …

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