Popular apps like The Weather Channel and GasBuddy may be tracking their users' every move, according to a report published Monday. A New York Times ...
In brief: Enabling location services for your smartphone apps can bring benefits, but a new report shows just how much it'll cost you in terms of privacy.
The New York Times explained how many popular mobile apps are tracking your precise location round the clock, and then selling that data to third parties.
Your robots are always watching you, and what they see does not necessarily stay safe or secret. Nope, the apps are double agents who go blabbing to the ...
Computer hardware maker Super Micro Computer Inc told customers on Tuesday that an outside investigations firm had found no evidence of any malicious ...
Super Micro has found no evidence of malicious microchips on its motherboards, according to a statement by the company that was released to customers today ...
If there have been any Chinese spy chips on Super Micro servers, they haven't been easy to find. The company has told customers that an independent audit ...
Super Micro Computer said a third-party firm didn't find malicious hardware on its equipment, as the supplier of motherboards continued to dispute a report that ...
Worldwide sales of voice assistant smart speakers have seen tremendous growth in the last year alone, and the same can be said of the smart home sector as...
Epic Games has pulled the Infinity Blade games from Apple's App Store, saying it will no longer sell the trilogy or in-app downloadable *content* for the iOS games ...
Infinity Blade, the medieval fighting / role-playing mobile game series from Epic Games, is no more, as the developer has removed all three entries in the ...
Ever since being introduced as Project Sword alongside iOS 4.1 back in 2010, the Infinity Blade games have shown the kind of graphics and action that are ...
Fortnite's first major patch of season 7 is here, update v7.01, and it's unleashing a new weapon that is not at all what many were expecting, among other new ...
Not *content* to end the year with just three different 6T options, OnePlus has announced a new special edition of the phone co-branded with storied automotive ...
OnePlus has finally taken wraps off the much awaited OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition flagship smartphone. The Chinese smartphone maker launched the limited ...
The new McLaren edition of the OnePlus 6T has a Papaya Orange color accent, a carbon fiber pattern on its glass back, and a bumped-up spec sheet with 10GB ...
The Google+ social network inadvertently gave app developers access to information on some 52.5 million users — even data that users designated as private ...
A new bug on Google+ has forced Alphabet to shutdown the social network as it has exposed data of 52.5 million users. 52.5 Million Users Affected by Google+ ...
Google is shutting down its beleaguered social network sooner than expected in the wake of a new security issue that affected 52.5 million users. Google Plus ...
The latest breach allowed developers to see profile information on 52.5 million users, even if set to private, using one of Google's APIs for six days in November.
While Vivo is still a largely exotic brand for many of us, you may remember it as the first manufacturer to both tease and release a truly bezel-less smartphone...
Vivo has announced its followup to one of the most head-turning phones of 2018, the Nex. The new Nex Dual Display Edition has a similar curvy design and ...
Vivo was one of the first manufacturers to roll out a phone with a mechanised slider in the first-gen NEX, and for its latest effort the manufacturer is going with a ...
The Vivo NEX phone was launched only last June, wowing the public with is elevating camera. A teardown helped us uncover its secrets. It's going out of China ...
Vivo today announced its latest flagship device, the NEX Dual Display Edition. The new NEX Dual Display Edition comes with a revolutionary dual-screen ...
Samsung earlier this week announced the first Galaxy phone to feature an exciting Infinity-O display. The selfie camera appears in a hole that has been punched ...
While it only features mid-range specs, Samsung's new Galaxy A8s is a noteworthy handset because not only could it give us a preview of what we'll get on the ...
The midsize pickup market has exploded in recent years, and Ford, the large truck king, wants in. The 2019 Ford Ranger was late to the party, but it claimed the ...
The new Ford Ranger gets better fuel economy than any truck in its class, including the old one. The reborn midsize pickup is powered by a 2.3-liter ...
The return of the Ford Ranger is upon us, and in bringing the new truck back, Ford decided that it was only going to award it one engine at launch: a 2.3-liter ...
The Drive
Trading information and the company logo are displayed on a screen where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
A string of bugs when chained together created the perfect attack to gain access to someone's Microsoft account — simply by tricking a user into clicking a link.
We've got a fantastic roundup of daily deals to share with you today, but the first one is time-sensitive so we'll get right to it: the $200 Sony wireless noise ...
They say "when it rains, it pours" and right now it is definitely pouring for anyone in search of the perfect holiday gifts for just about anyone. Yesterday we told you ...
Microsoft's next version of its HoloLens mixed-reality goggles, expected in 2019, could incorporate the Snapdragon 850 mobile processor, according to a new ...
Qualcomm's 'Always Connected' Snapdragon 850 SoC gets the nod Software king of the world Microsoft has decided not to use Intel chips in its second ge...
I spent last week in Maui attending Qualcomm's annual Snapdragon Technology Summit. As I have said before, Qualcomm is the mobile conductor of 5G, and ...
Following our earlier WireGuard coverage, commercial VPN provider IVPN's chief marketing officer reached out to me to let me know his company was adding ...
Apple and its regional distributor have 60 days to change how they do business in Egypt or face with legal corrective action by the Egyptian Competition ...
Authorized Apple resellers in Egypt have been selling the company's products at prices 50 percent higher than in neighboring Arab countries, allegedly due to ...
Egypt, where iPhone prices are up to 50 percent higher than elsewhere in the Middle East, has given Apple Inc. 60 days to end what it claims are unfair ...
This page hosts various community and professional Tier Listings for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Over time, pro players and other outlets release their lists and ...
The fandom for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is off the charts these days now that the game is out, between the devotees that know how to “main” almost every ...
First it was the notch, now the hole-punch has emerged as the latest tech for concealing selfie cameras whilst keeping our smartphones as free of bezel as ...
The Huawei Nova 4 has been pictured in Chinese certification listing. The smartphone boasts an all-screen design, a display hole, and a triple-camera setup on ...
Earlier today we reported on Samsung officially announcing their first Infinity-O display phone- the A8s. Just hours before in Hong Kong Huawei's sub-company ...
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Google Maps' Waze-like incident reporting shows up for many, doesn't work yet
Google Maps' incident reporting feature has been a long-time coming. After the company bought Waze in 2013, everyone thought Google Maps would get its...
Google is bringing its Lens visual search feature to the iOS Google app, giving iPhone users a new way to search the web on mobile. By tapping on the Google ...
Google launched its personalized For You section of recommendations in Google Maps on Android back in June. Today, it's coming to iOS in over 40 countries ...
Google has been focused on making Google Maps more personalized this year. The company introduced some of these new features on Android earlier this ...
Google Lens began rolling out on Android in March and got a big update at I/O 2018. The visual search feature is now coming to the Google app for iOS...
Epic Games has added in The Block to showcase creations from the PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch, and mobile Fortnite community, but it could also give the ...
Epic Games has teased the latest feature coming to Fortnite, revealing that swords will soon be added to the battle royale game as part of a new update.
Season 7 of Fortnite is now live across all platforms, and it's introduced a ton of new features and *content* to the hit battle royale game, including a snow biome, ...
Every three months something gigantic happens in the lives of 200m video game players: Fortnite Battle Royale starts a new season. The seventh of these ...
Epic Games' new store is not only taking the fight to Steam by giving developers a bigger cut of their games' earnings—it's locking down exclusive games, too.
Like Twitter before it, Pornhub is crowning its biggest trends of 2018. There's no mention of its parent Mindgeek's age verification tool for the UK -- which co...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate may be an accessible fighting game, but that doesn't mean your competition will be easy. Here are 8 basic and advanced tips for Su ...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is available now and smashing records left and right! For good reason too with the largest roster in the franchise's history, filled with ...
Shovel Knight has become an incredibly successful and well-loved series in its own right over the last few years, finding a natural home on Nintendo's platforms.
You'd think Facebook would be faster at copying itself. Five years after Facebook Messenger took a cue from WhatsApp and Voxer to launch voice messaging, ...
Instagram's foray into messaging is slowly expanding. What began as a simple messaging section for users to communicate without leaving the image-sharing...
Five years following Facebook Messenger's introduction of voice messaging, Instagram announced it will be rolling out its own walkie-talkie feature on ...
The biggest photo and video sharing social network in the world is doubling down on voice messaging. Instagram launched a new feature today that gives all.
"Fortnite" introduced a dance that looks a lot like "Milly Rock" as an emote called "Swipe It" in July, but more artists claim their dances were stolen.
The company's recent sales challenges have less to do with pricing for its new flagship iPhones than with breaking from its traditional formula of keeping the ...
Apple, for better or worse, is a premium products manufacturer. A recent report from UBS analysts suggests that there's a large disconnect between the amount ...
More bad news for Tim Cook as Apple's unprecedented iPhone XR discounts spread out from the Apple website alongside more information that sales are not ...
As iPhone sales slow down, Apple will be eager to sell as many iPhone XR and iPhone XS units as much as possible, so it has provided trade-in price ...
The huge update arrives first on PS4 on December 11, and it introduces a new playable Specialist, daily Zombies challenges, a new area to the Blackout map, ...
Treyarch has released the latest patch update for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PlayStation 4, with release on Xbox One and PC to follow. The update is version ...
On the tight and viciously twisty Mallorcan mountain roads, I watched the 2019 Porsche Macan S leading me handle a hairpin with more ferocity than a mid-size ...
Year Make Model: 2019 Porsche Macan S. Topline: Porsche is finally offering up a mid-cycle upgrade for its aging Macan platform and is debuting its most ...
Think Porsche, and you think 911. Or Cayman/Boxster. Maybe Cayenne. Perhaps Panamera. What you almost certainly don't think is Macan. But Porsche's ...
The roster of models challenging the Porsche Macan grows annually. The German firm updated its smallest, most affordable SUV with a new engine, more tech ...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has 66 playable fighters to unlock. Of all the ways you can do this, there's one method that'll save you many hours and let you get ...
So here's the thing about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate -- you only start with a handful of fighters! Yep I know, it sounds rough, but in the grand scheme of things ...
From Battlefield 5 to Red Dead Redemption 2, here's all the biggest upcoming PS4, PS Vita, Switch, 3DS, Xbox One, and PC games releasing in 2018 so far.
Every character matters, but some characters matter more than others. This is the case with most of the third party fighters in SSBU. While you certainly want to ...
Attack of the Fanboy
New Microsoft Edge will support Google Chrome extensions - 9to5Google
Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser intends to support existing Chrome extensions, a member of the software's development team has confirmed on ...
Perhaps not surprisingly, the first feature Microsoft has committed to adding to Chromium is for accessibility. News of this “intent to implement,” as a Microsoft ...
Microsoft's upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser will support Chrome's vast collection of extensions. The software's project manager, Kyle Alden, revealed ...
When Microsoft announced its Edge browser would be transitioning to the Chromium platform next year, I had one question: will it support Chrome's extensions?
Amazon today has rolled out a major update to its Alexa-enabled devices. Starting today, Alexa users can now access new features including location-based ...
Amazon's lineup of Echo speakers is fantastic, but why should your access to Alexa be confined only to Echo Dots and the like? Amazon has an awesome new ...
Alexa isn't just for at home anymore. Thanks to an update from Amazon, Alexa devices can perform time- and location-based routines and reminders, triggered ...
Alexa has been able to tell you the opening hours and phone numbers of local businesses since July, but a recent update means it can now actually place a call ...
THE GALAXY S10 looks set to be Samsung's most interesting smartphone yet, with talk of 5G support, an in-display fingerprint scanner and a ludicrous ...
The world's largest mobile chipmaker is using 5G phones to go after Intel and Apple -- hard. That was clear after Qualcomm's tech summit in Hawaii this week.
While the Samsung Galaxy S9 will go down as one of 2018's most popular Android smartphones, work on its replacement, the Samsung Galaxy S10, is well ...
On the blotter: An Australian man was arrested Sunday night after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend while he was streaming Fortnite on Twitch. The man's ...
Police arrested a video game streamer Sunday night in Australia and charged him with assault after he allegedly abused his girlfriend while streaming Fortnite ...
Australian Fortnite streamer MrDeadMoth was granted conditional bail after being charged with assault for allegedly beating his wife, New South Wales Police ...
MrDeadMoth is a Twitch streamer who was caught on video allegedly hitting a pregnant woman while playing the popular video game Fortnite. In a series of ...
Skrillex, singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru and producer Poo Bear teased their collaborative track “Face My Fears” from the upcoming Disney/Square Enix game ...
Skrillex and video game fans alike have been waiting for this one. With the forthcoming release of Kingdom Hearts III on the way, none other than Skrillex ...
If there's one thing the world has done for Kingdom Hearts 3, it's waiting. The release date is now only about, what, a month away? The hype among fans of.
In celebration of Doom's 25th anniversary, one of its co-creators has announced a new level pack for the seminal first-person shooter. Sigil, which takes place ...
John Romero—co-creator of the classic and influential 1990s first-person shooter Doom—has announced that he will release 18 new levels for the game for its ...
Doom co-creator John Romero has announced an upcoming megawad for the original 1993 Doom game called "Sigil." The new megawad contains a total of 18 ...
Ready to feel ancient? The original Doom is 25 years old -- and co-creator John Romero wants to make sure you know it. He's preparing an add-on for the 1993 ...
Innovation usually happens in slow, measured steps over many years, but a demo in 1968 transformed the world of personal computers in just 90 minutes. In...
A half century ago, computer history took a giant leap when Douglas Engelbart—then a mid-career 43-year-old engineer at Stanford Research Institute in the ...
50 years ago, on December 9th, 1968, the “Mother of all demos” had been demonstrated in the tech community by a man named Douglas Engelbart. Douglas ...
Long before PCs and the web became ubiquitous, Doug Engelbart stood up at a computing conference at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium for a revolutionary ...
In addition to the Witcher 3 collaboration and big Iceborne expansion, Capcom is holding an Appreciation Fest event for its hit action RPG in early 2019.
Monster Hunter fans will eagerly be awaiting the series 15th anniversary which takes place in March 2019 to see what the company has in store for the franchise ...
Capcom has pulled back the curtain on a load of new *content* on the way to its hit action RPG, Monster Hunter World. Along with the "massive" Iceborne ...
Monster Hunter: World will receive an expansion in fall 2019 called Iceborne. The premium DLC is as big as a new game, Capcom said during a livestreamed ...
Google may be planning to launch a cheaper Pixel 3 smartphone called the Pixel 3 Lite, and we've already seen hands-on photos of the phone a few times.
Google's Pixel 3 phones are expensive smartphones, but Google and its partners ran several promotions in the weeks leading to Black Friday, discounting the ...
Looking forward to the Google Pixel 3 Lite? Well, it looks like it won't be arriving alone, as the Pixel 3 Lite XL has been leaked in renders and a 360 degree ...
When a mid-range Pixel 3 phone showed up a couple of weeks ago with a "Lite" tag attached and a codename of "sargo," we wondered if a second mid-ranger ...
With Christmas now just two weeks away, it's officially crunch time and you have to finish your holiday shopping as soon as you can. Lucky for you, Amazon is ...
New device deals have arrived at Amazon, and the retail giant has slashed prices on its most popular gadgets. Right now you'll be able to find deals on ...
The Insignia NS-39DF510NA19 39-inch 1080p Fire TV is down to $199.99 on Amazon today. It was recently $20 less, but that deal is gone and over, making this ...
Instagram has filled one of its most important executive vacancies in an effort to piece together a leadership team that was largely dismantled throughout 2018.
Amazon's '12 Days of Deals' promotion only has a few days left, and so far the deals have included everything from toys and clothing to laptops and gaming ...
If you scored a new smartphone last month during all the Black Friday and Cyber Week sales, Amazon has a one-day sale happening today that you're definitely ...
If you're still looking for the perfect gift for your electronic-loving friend or family member, Amazon is offering up to 57 percent on a wide variety of products.
The Chinese launch event for Samsung's Galaxy A8s had a little surprise for fashion-conscious locals, as the company announced that it was partnering with ...
Samsung was doing its song and dance in China today at an event where they announced the Galaxy A8s, their first phone equipped with an Infinity-O display, ...
UPDATE 11:55 a.m. EST: Supreme has officially responded with a statement concerning the supposed Samsung collaboration: Supreme is not working with ...
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with sign-in, File Explorer, Start menu, keyboard, Console, Notepad, Narrator, accessibility, setup, Snip ...
Although the Windows 10 October 2018 Update is still only trickling out to users (AdDupex says as of the end of November under 3 percent of users have it ...
For Apple fans searching out a great deal on a new 15-inch MacBook Pro, B&H is offering the ultimate bargain with up to $1,200 off on two top-of-the-line ...
The iPad debuted as a product that stripped away mobile computing to its essence. But the onslaught of accessories can make tablets more unwieldy than ...
We explore the rumours and discuss which upcoming Apple products might appear at the next Apple launch event, including new iPhones, iPads and Macs and ...
In case you missed the announcement last week, we've teamed up with our sponsor ZUGU CASE to give readers a chance to take home Apple's latest 12.9-inch ...
The iPhone XS Max has beat all of Android smartphones that YouTuber PhoneBuff has put it up against so far. But we haven't seen the Mate 20 Pro square off ...
The Mate 20 feels very much like a preliminary fight before the real main event thanks to a few omissions, but it offers a lot without the higher price tag.
Seven of “Red Dead Redemption 2's” massive ensemble cast made it to the Game Awards' red carpet last week, stopping by to chat for a minute or two with ...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have both come and gone, but if you're still in the market for an Xbox One, Walmart has some great deals today on a number of ...
