Huawei will reportedly launch its new flagship phone, the 5G-capable Mate 30 Pro, next month despite it being unlikely that Android and Google apps will be used on the device. The temporary reprieve on Huawei’s US ban to award licenses doesn’t apply to new Huawei products, a Google spokesperson reportedly told Reuters Wednesday, meaning licensed …
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Older iPhones will soon “dramatically drop” in value, according to a research report Thursday from Decluttr, a phone refurbishment service where you can trade in your old phone. Within 24 hours of the new iPhone 11 being announced, previous models could lose up to 30% of their current resale value, the company said. Apple is set to unveil the iPhone …
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Mozilla Chief Executive Chris Beard will resign at the end of 2019 after more than five years of leading the nonprofit behind Firefox. His tenure includes the expansion of the organization’s focus beyond the web browser and a new priority on preserving our privacy against pervasive online tracking. He took over Mozilla in 2014 at a tumultuous time when co-founder …
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YouTube Kids, Google’s child-focused version of the video app, is getting its own website. In a blog post Tuesday, the YouTube team said it’s launching YouTube Kids on the web later this week. Previously YouTube Kids was available as an iOS or Android app. The company also said it’s making it easier for parents to find the right content for their …
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A notepad app and a fitness app downloaded on more than a million devices have been secretly clicking on ads without people knowing for nearly a year, security researchers found. The apps, developed by a company called Idea Master, offered tools to help people lose weight and organize their lives, but were actually popping up ads off-screen and clicking on …
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Google’s Pixel 4 may still be a few weeks out, but not even Google’s wealth of teasers have slowed down the leaks around the company’s next device. The latest look comes via XDA Developers, which has apparently obtained images showing off the phone. Whereas Google has officially teased the rear cameras and front top bezel — which includes a Project …
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Your conversations with Siri won’t be going directly to Apple anymore. The tech giant said Wednesday that it will stop retaining voice recordings by default. Apple announced the Siri privacy changes after The Guardian reported in July that contractors were regularly listening to conversations from people giving voice commands. While the data is anonymized, those conversations included identifiable details like …
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he’s in favor of breaking up big tech companies, including Apple, Facebook and Google. These tech companies are using their power in one market to subsume other markets, he told Bloomberg Wednesday. “I am really against monopoly powers being used in unfair antitrust manners … and I think that’s happened a lot in big tech …
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US officials are reportedly seeking to block an undersea data cable backed by Google and Facebook that links Los Angeles to Hong Kong. The Justice Department, which leads a multiagency review panel known as Team Telecom, is opposed to the cable because of national security concerns over its Chinese investor and the direct link to Hong Kong, according to a …
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Isn’t spam in your Gmail inbox bad enough? Apparently not. Spammers are now invading your Google Calendar, using Gmail messages to trigger Google Calendar invitations. The spamming exploit takes advantage of the integration between Gmail and Calendar to send you fraudulent invitations that may contain a message with malicious links. Fortunately, you can prevent these spammers from blowing up your …
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