Remember the Galaxy A80? The phone had a camera that could rise and flip around when you wanted to take a selfie. That kept the front neat with slim bezels and no punch holes. However, this model didn’t get a sequel last year as the device rumored to be the A81 …
Read More »Netflix Is Deactivating Accounts That Haven’t Been Accessed for a Year, So Credit Cards Aren’t Charged Unfairly
Netflix has announced that it will begin alerting inactive subscribers and, unless these individuals indicate that they’d like to continue paying for the service, automatically canceling their subscriptions. Today’s leading premium video-streaming platform revealed the surprising move in an update issued this weekend. Via emails and in-app notices, Netflix is asking “everyone who has …
Read More »US targets Huawei with tighter chip export rules
The US has announced new export controls aimed at limiting Chinese technology giant Huawei’s access to semiconductor technology. The new rule bars semiconductor-makers that use US technology and software in chip design from shipping to Huawei without US government permission. It is the latest US action to target Huawei, which …
Read More »iPhone SE may be small, but it signals the end of Apple’s tiny phone era
Four years after launching the original, Apple announced its new iPhone SE in April. I imagine that smaller-phone fans collectively jumped for joy upon hearing the news. The iPhone SE, which looks like an iPhone 8 but features the iPhone 11‘s powerful A13 chipset, uses a 4.7-inch display. Apple claims that it’s a “small” phone. And it is the smallest (and …
Read More »Facebook invests $100M in journalism as COVID-19 makes it more vital than ever.
Facebook has pledged to invest $100 million in the news industry at a time when the ongoing coronavirus pandemic means that accurate reporting is more important than ever. $25 million will be provided in grant funding for local news through the Facebook Journalism Project, while the remaining $75 million will …
Read More »This year should have been huge for phones. Now Samsung, Apple face a crossroads
The spread of coronavirus around the globe has brought the mobile industry sputtering to a near halt, just as it began revving up for a potentially blockbuster season. From my stance as a CNET phone reviewer, the need to scale back is crushing but necessary given COVID-19’s serious nature and …
Read More »Instagram Details of Thousands of Users Leaked
A social media booting service called Social Captain, that helps users grow their Instagram follower counts, has leaked thousands of Instagram usernames and passwords for potential hackers. According to a TechCrunch report, Social Captain stored passwords of linked Instagram accounts in unencrypted plaintext.A website vulnerability allowed anyone access to any …
Read More »WhatsApp rival Telegram adds major features in latest update. Details here
WhatsApp’s closest rival Telegram has recently rolled out a massive number of features to further enhance the app and its privacy. The social messaging app is known for its unique chat features such as end-to-end encryption of user’s messages, scheduling messages, disappearing chats etc. Adding to the list, Telegram’s latest update version 5.13, for …
Read More »WhatsApp dropping support for older iOs versions in February.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has announced that it is dropping support for older versions of iOS starting in the coming months. According to a new support document, WhatsApp will drop support for iOS 8 and older on February 1, 2020. Up until now, users running WhatsApp on a device with iOS 8 or …
Read More »The Huawei P40 Pro will debut with 10x optical zoom; renders and details revealed
Huawei pushed the world of smartphone photography forward with the introduction of night mode on the P20 Pro last year and has steadily improved its low-light and zoom photography chops with subsequent flagship releases. The company is set to take another step forward with the next device in the series, the P40 …
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