May, 2019

• 21 May

  Mark Zuckerberg should resign as CEO, says ex

  

  Facebook’s former security chief says Mark Zuckerberg has amassed too much power and should resign as chief executive officer of the social networking giant. “There’s a legit argument that he has too much power,” Alex Stamos said at the Collision Conference in Toronto on Tuesday. “He needs to give up some of that power. If …

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• 21 May

  Samsung has the most to gain while Huawei’s access to Google is still up in the air

  

  Huawei’s ambitions to unseat Samsung as the world’s largest phone brand by 2020 came crashing to the ground this week following a report that Google will pull support for Huawei’s Android phones. Sidelining its most enthusiastic rival could prove to be a windfall for Samsung — assuming the blacklist status lasts. The measures are already softening. On Monday, the US …

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• 21 May

  Note 10 will be even bigger than Note 9, say purported leaks

  

  More details about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10 phone have reportedly been leaked. The device will be even bigger than before, according to the purported leaks, with a 19:9 aspect ratio, rather than the 18.5:9 ratio used for the Galaxy Note 9. Benchmark test site HTML5, which compares performance between devices, leaked the details reported by T3, citing Dutch …

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• 21 May

  Privacy

  

  The Tor Project’s leave-no-traces browser now is available for Android phones. The Tor Browser relies on a network of servers that send network requests over multiple intermediate links to hide who you really are when you visit a website. That can be useful if you don’t want to be tracked — whether you’re an activist trying to avoid government monitoring …

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• 21 May

  Huawei reportedly wanted its app store to compete with Google’s

  

  Huawei apparently sought out partners last year to fill up its app store. The embattled Chinese phone maker tempted app makers with the prospect of getting a foothold in its home market, the most populous country in the world, if they would create software for its App Gallery, Bloomberg reported Monday. Huawei reportedly told the app makers that they’d reach …

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• 21 May

  Google revives Huawei work temporarily after US eases restrictions

  

  Google said Tuesday it will continue working with Huawei for 90 days, after the US government announced it’s temporarily scaling back trade restrictions on the Chinese smartphone maker. On Monday, the US Commerce Department said it’s creating a general license that for now lets Huawei keep existing networks and issue updates to its phones and tablets. The reprieve is meant …

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• 21 May

  Apple News Plus subscribers can now follow publications

  

  Apple News Plus subscribers can now follow publications directly from the News Plus catalog, thanks to the release last week of iOS 12.3 update and MacOS 10.14.5, Apple said Tuesday. If you follow a title, new issues will be automatically downloaded to your device and available offline. You can also manually download individual issues in each title’s channel. “We’ve heard …

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• 21 May

  Huawei gets slight reprieve on US trade ban

  

  A day after Google cut off Huawei from using Android on its phones, the US Commerce Department scaled back its restrictions on Huawei’s access to American components and software that go into its devices. The department on Monday created a temporary general license that will allow the China-based phone maker to keep existing networks and issue updates to existing phones, …

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• 21 May

  Huawei Honor 20 Pro launches with 4 rear cameras, includes Android despite Google ban

  

  Huawei sub-brand Honor announced its latest phone, the Honor 20 Pro, in the face of escalated hostility from the US against the brand. Despite the ban, and Samsung’s ability to gain from Huawei’s loss, the company and its Honor sub-brand have amassed a global following for their phones, posting 50% growth this month. The Honor 20 Pro and standard Honor 20 will still release …

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• 21 May

  Google tracks your purchases. Here’s how to see what Gmail knows

  

  Google has been keeping tabs on what you buy through your Gmail inbox and storing them in a Google Account page that evidently no one knew about. This purchase tracking has gone on for several years before being discovered. In essence, this creates a list of your online shopping history that can stretch back five years. Google said it is …

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