May, 2019

• 22 May

  Acer updates two notebook lines with Ryzen processors

  

  Acer is beefing up a pair of its notebook lines with new chip muscle. The computer maker said Wednesday that the Nitro 5 and Swift 3 notebooks would be powered by the second generation of AMD’s Ryzen mobile processor. The announcement comes a week before the start of the Computex tech show in Taiwan. The …

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• 22 May

  Report says DOJ may try to block T

  

  The US Department of Justice might want to put the kibosh on T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint. Staff in the agency’s antitrust division have recommended that the DOJ sue to block the $26 billion acquisition, according to a report Wednesday from Reuters, citing two unnamed sources. The agency declined to comment, but this isn’t the first report to suggest it could …

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• 22 May

  YouTube will abbreviate subscriber counts starting in August

  

  YouTube subscriber counts can be important for business use or just a reason to brag. On Tuesday, the video site detailed an upcoming change to how subscribers numbers will be displayed and some YouTubers aren’t happy. A blog post from Team YouTube laid out the changes to how subscriber counts will look on channels. Instead of displaying the entire number …

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• 22 May

  How to watch White Sox baseball in 2019 without cable

  

  The Chicago White Sox have not given South Siders much to cheer about in recent memory. Perhaps this is the year the club will begin to turn things around. José Abreu leads the offense again this season, but he should have help from shortstop Tim Anderson, third baseman Yoán Moncada and top outfield prospect Eloy Jiménez. White Sox fans who …

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• 22 May

  Apple is fixing its busted MacBook keyboards for free

  

  On this podcast, we talk about: Apple widening its response — again — to problems with its butterfly-switch keyboards Qualcomm being deemed a monopoly  Oculus releasing its wireless Quest VR headset The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan …

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• 22 May

  Huawei Mate 20 X dropped from EE’s, Vodafone’s 5G launch

  

  Huawei’s Mate 20 X 5G was set to become the company’s first 5G phone in the UK. But on Wednesday UK carriers Vodafone and EE said they’re pulling it from their device lineups for their 5G network launches. This follows a report Sunday that Huawei’s upcoming phones will no longer get access to Google apps and services like Gmail and …

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• 22 May

  Qualcomm is a monopoly and must renegotiate deals, judge rules

  

  Qualcomm illegally hurt competitors in the wireless chip market and used its dominant position to force unnecessary licensing fees on handset makers like Apple, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh said in a long-awaited ruling issued late Tuesday. Qualcomm must change how it does business and renegotiate license deals with its customers, according to the ruling, which came four months …

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• 22 May

  Apple pushes privacy for ads, e

  

  Apple has built new browser technology designed to let advertisers figure out when their ads successfully convinced you to buy something — but without tracking you across the internet and harvesting personal details to do so. The plan, called Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution and detailed Wednesday, is now built into Apple’s test browser for developers, Safari Technology Preview 82. …

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• 22 May

  Qualcomm

  

  Qualcomm is a monopoly and has to change the way it does business, a US district court judge ruled late on May 21. The ruling, by Judge Lucy Koh, said Qualcomm wrongfully suppressed competitors in the wireless chip market, using its dominant position to force unnecessary licensing fees. The ruling requires Qualcomm to change its business practices and renegotiate the license agreements …

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• 22 May

  The Opel Manta 400 was a Group B rally legend

  

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