The Belgian defense ministry plans to sue Google over its failure to blur satellite images that reveal military sites. The ministry said it requested that sites like air bases and nuclear power stations be obscured on the search giant’s satellite mapping services, citing national security, according to Reuters. It plans to sue Google for not …

In a vast, dark room, the lights glow a steady green, blue, yellow. I’m not inside the Matrix, but it’s not far off. With every step, I walk past thousands upon thousands of virtual interactions between real people happening through the world’s largest social network, Facebook. I’m inside the company’s newest European data center in Clonee, Ireland, a small town …

Google’s big fall hardware event is coming on October 9, but there’s no new Google Pixel Watch on the horizon. Instead, a flurry of new Google Wear OS watches are arriving to try to capture more of the wearable market. There’s also a WearOS software update, available Friday, that changes the interface: mostly, for the better. I’ve been using it …

Apple might’ve infringed a Qualcomm patent, but that doesn’t mean iPhones should be banned from sale, a new US International Trade Commission filing said Friday. Qualcomm in late 2017 had asked the ITC to prevent iPhones that had Intel 4G chips from being sold because of allegations of patent infringement. Administrative Law Judge Thomas Pender on Friday agreed that Apple …

Spotify Premium is cheaper if you share it with your family, but you may want to think twice if your family lives apart. According to Spotify’s website, the “Premium for Family” plan can be shared with up to six people who live in the same household. To make sure that family plan members actually shared the same household, Spotify sent …

Your Facebook account may have been hacked this week. The social networking giant on Friday said “almost 50 million accounts” were compromised, a discovery its engineers made on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook explains breach that exposed data on 50 million… 1:21 What happened? According to Facebook, “attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s …

We already know that LG will unveil the LG V40 ThinQ on Oct. 3, but the phone might not be alone. Rumors say that LG may also announce a new smartwatch, the LG Watch W7, at its October event. This info comes from Evan Blass, who has a solid track record of leaking details about unreleased phones and devices. Half …

The Trump administration is all in on 5G and wants policy makers to do what they can to unleash private investment in the next-generation networks.  The White House on Friday hosted a 5G summit, its first major event around 5G, to bring together industry executives, government agency heads, lawmakers and President Trump’s advisors to discuss policies to ensure faster deployment …

Android is a decade old and so is the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. Also called the HTC Dream, the G1 entered a mobile world much more crowded than it is now. People still used flip phones, the iPhone was just beginning its ascent, and powerful companies like BlackBerry, Palm and Microsoft were jockeying to keep our attention. It …

Apple’s latest update to iOS is here, and it’s full of new features. The update is available now for the iPhone ($899 at Amazon), iPad ($170 at Amazon) and iPod Touch. For those with a shiny new iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max ($427 at eBay), iOS 12 comes preinstalled.  Apple also recently released iOS 12.1 through its beta program, which …