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Microsoft this week released the Windows 10 May update, which includes a handful of nice improvements, such as a Windows light theme that the OS applies across the entire system, including the Taskbar, Start menu, Action Center and touch keyboard. To grab the update, go to Settings, then Update & Security, then Windows Update and check …

Last year, Microsoft announced Project xCloud, a gaming service that allows you to play video games streamed over the internet, kinda like how you watch Netflix streaming videos. Since then, it’s announced features and capabilities in dribs and drabs. On Friday, the company published a blog post discussing how the service uses hardware that’s similar to existing Xbox One consoles. …

The Amazon Japan store became the latest entity to ice out Huawei by removing all its products from direct sale, a Nikkei report said Friday. Despite the end of direct sales, Amazon Japan customers can still buy Huawei phones, tablets and PCs through third-party sellers in the online marketplace, Nikkei noted. The Chinese company’s devices were listed as out of …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Huawei of lying about its government ties, while China has asked the US government to cease its “wrong actions” if trade talks are to continue, CNBC is reporting. Last week, the US blacklisted networking gear from Huawei, and President Donald Trump signed an executive order essentially banning the Chinese tech giant following national security …

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 …

Google’s troubles in China now include Huawei. For years, the tech giant has been dogged by its relationship with the world’s biggest country. In 2010, Google pulled out of the search market in China after co-founder Sergey Brin cited the government’s “totalitarian” policies, including censorship of the web. Since then, Google has tried to tiptoe back into the huge and appealing …

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 I was him, I would …

Microsoft released a test version of its Edge browser for MacOS on Monday, 16 years after competition from Apple’s own Safari led it to stop developing Internet Explorer for the Mac. Edge for MacOS is available on the Microsoft Edge Insider site, but so far only in the very rough Canary version that changes rapidly and isn’t as deeply tested …

It’s 2019, and guess what? Google just unveiled its newest version of Glass. It’s not made to be a widespread consumer product, but there are business users who will care. And the latest Glass Enterprise Edition 2, with key upgraded specs, shows where most smartglasses are at. You might remember Glass as a strange 2013 footnote, but Glass has stuck …

Adobe released a slew of Lightroom updates last week. But one thing didn’t change: the awkward split between two versions of the photo editing and cataloging software. Lightroom got its start in 2006 on MacOS and later Windows, storing the photo library right there on your personal computer. But modernizing for smartphones, tablets and cloud computing put Adobe in a pickle. It …