It’s widely expected we’ll see Samsung’s first foldable phone — rumored to be called the Galaxy X, Galaxy F, Galaxy Flex or Galaxy Fold — on Feb. 20 when the company launches its much-anticipated Galaxy S10. Whatever it’ll eventually be called, turning the concept of a folding phone into a real, working device that people actually want …

Mozilla, the nonprofit foundation behind the Firefox browser, announced Monday that it’s improving your surfing experience a little by blocking autoplaying sound by default, rather than as a site-by-site opt-in.  Chris Pearce, a Mozilla software engineer, blogged that with the arrival of Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, the browser will silently autoplay videos when you open a web page. Currently you …

If you’re a paying pro subscriber or are happy with Flickr’s new 1,000-photo limit for free usage, you’re fine. Otherwise, today is the last day to download your archive. Flickr, now under SmugMug ownership after Verizon sold it out of its Yahoo family of brands, made a sharp turn toward a subscription business last year. The move is designed to …

Snap, which has struggled to keep users on its Snapchat app, broke its losing streak. Snap said Tuesday that 186 million users logged in to the vanishing-messaging app daily in the fourth quarter, the same number as in the previous quarter. Snap had seen a drop in daily usage for two consecutive quarters last year after an unpopular redesign of the …

Congressional lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking for more information about a FaceTime bug that allowed users to eavesdrop on each other. The letter — penned by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee — said …

In a post on Tuesday about her 2019 goals, YouTube Chief Executive Susan Wojcicki touted several milestones Google‘s massive video site surpassed last year, and she fessed up to one she wasn’t proud of.  “One record we definitely didn’t set out to break was the most disliked video on the Internet,” she said. “Even at home, my kids told me …

Your shoes may very well be your next fitness and health tracker. Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences arm, has been reportedly working on smart shoes that can track your weight and movements and detect falls. As reported by CNBC, the Verily has been showing off a prototype pair to potential partners to co-develop the shoes. Sudden changes to a person’s weight …

Didn’t mean to send that message? Now you can take it back.  Starting Tuesday, all Facebook Messenger users will get a “Remove For Everyone” option that lets you unsend messages from individual conversations and group chats. You have 10 minutes to remove a message after it’s been sent, and it’ll be replaced with text letting everyone know a message was …

Apple’s retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, will be leaving in April after five years at the tech giant. The move came as a surprise for many Apple watchers. Ahrendts has been the company’s highest-ranking and highest-profile female executive since she joined the company in 2014. Some considered her as a potential candidate to eventually succeed Tim Cook as the company’s CEO, though she told …

Facebook is finally rolling out the ability to remove sent messages from Messenger worldwide. First announced in late 2018, the feature was only available in a few countries. As of Tuesday, everyone will have the option to delete a message, from your view, as well as an entire group.  You have to be quick, though; you have only 10 minutes …