Microsoft has thrown its weight behind Epic Games in a continuing legal battle with Apple.
Apple pulled hugely popular game Fortnite from its App Store after Epic deliberately broke its rules in protest at Apple's policies.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) is a non-partisan platform which denounces hate and bigotry, the company’s India head said on Friday, amid a controversy over how the U.S. social media gia…
As many schools enter the new academic year with continued remote learning, there will be parents wondering how they can best equip their kids for success at home. There’s the laptop situation to figure out, of course, but headphones are a…
Uber and Lyft may not be pausing operations in California after all, Google releases new emergency alert tools and Airbnb bans all parties. This is your Daily Crunch for August 20, 2020.
The big story: Uber and Lyft win legal victory
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Google is making a change in Android 11 that will force apps that want to take photos or video to use the phone’s built-in camera app — even if you’ve made a different camera app, like OpenCamera, your default choice for photos.
“[W]e b…
For the past two days, photographers have been posting in a panic across Twitter, Reddit, and the Photoshop feedback forums. They’d downloaded Adobe’s latest update for Lightroom’s iOS app, and suddenly their photos and presets were gone. …
Facebook’s “classic” experience, the interface with the iconic blue navigation bar at the top, is disappearing for good in September. Engadget reports that a Facebook support page has been updated saying everyone will soon have the new des…
The technological decoupling between the U.S. and China has been a boon to Chinese firms from chipmakers for smartphones and electric vehicles through to software that are the backbones of millions of businesses’ daily operations.
Chine…
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Friday pushed for legislation that makes it easier for users to transfer photos and videos to a rival tech platform, in comments it sent to the Federal Trade Commission ahead of a hearing on the topic on Sept. 22.
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Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto both seem pretty useful for drivers — simply plug in your phone to charge, and it’ll link up with your car’s bigger touchscreen to give you directions to your doctor’s appointment, play music from yo…
The latest version of Samsung’s One UI software, which was announced alongside the Galaxy Note 20 earlier this month, has started rolling out for the Galaxy S20, the company has announced. SamMobile reports that the update is already appea…
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) is planning to launch its online British retail bank in the first quarter of 2021 under its Chase brand, Sky News reported, citing technology industry sources.
The planned venture will rival Goldman Sachs’ (G…
Technology giants are facing calls from news publishers for a better share of revenues from Australia to America.
US news outlets, including the New York Times, have asked Apple to reduce the cut it takes when subscriptions are taken ou…
Google says it has resolved the issue that was affecting a number of its services. Our original story follows.
Having trouble accessing your Gmail, Google Drive, or Google Meet? You’re not alone. Thousands of users, mostly in India, par…
Instagram has found a new place to display ads: at the end of your feed. The Facebook -owned app in 2018 introduced a feature that will alert users when they’ve scrolled through all the new content in their Instagram feed, with a notice re…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc (NIO.N) has launched a battery leasing service that will allow drivers to buy an EV without owning the battery pack - one of the most expensive EV components - thereby lowering the starting price…
Some European Union regulators objected to Ireland’s preliminary ruling in a landmark privacy investigation of Twitter, the lead regulator said on Thursday, triggering a process where a majority decision will be sought.
Twitter had look…
Music-streaming service Spotify was offline for users around the world for more than an hour on Wednesday.
Users could play only songs already downloaded to their devices. And in many cases songs cut out after just a few seconds.
The…
Smartphones can detect when you've had too much to drink by monitoring your walk, a study has found.
American researchers used sensors in smartphones to detect when somebody was over the legal drink-drive limit.
Phones were able to d…
Google said on Wednesday it has expanded its jobs app, called Kormo Jobs, to India as the Search giant looks to offer a helping hand to millions looking for entry-level roles and further displace Microsoft’s LinkedIn relevance in the world…
Google Maps is getting a significant update that will bring more detail and granularity to its map, with changes that encompass both natural features and city-level details alike. For the former, Google says it’s leveraged computer vision …
Don’t know what you’re in the mood to watch? Netflix’s new “Shuffle” feature could help. The company confirms it’s currently testing a feature that puts a big button labeled “Shuffle Play” right on the Netflix home screen, beneath your use…
If, like me, you can’t afford a full-sized Tesla because your life has been a series of bad investments (one day my early Fyre Festival backing will pay off), then Radio Flyer’s newest product might be just the thing for you. It’s a scaled…
General Motors (GM.N) is overhauling its Chinese line-up with a greater emphasis on electric cars and smart-driving technology to stem a slide in sales after more than two decades of growth in a country that contributes nearly a fifth of i…
Health misinformation on Facebook was viewed 3.8 billion times in the past year, peaking during the Covid-19 crisis, a report suggests.
Activist group Avaaz, which conducted the research, said Facebook posed a "major threat" to public h…
Clarion Gaming launches ICE Africa Digital 2020 as the in-person event is postponed to 2021.
Clarion Gaming announced today that the third instalment of Africa’s leading gambling exhibition and conference ICE Africa will migrate online,…
High quality lidar processing enables fast mobile mapping for diverse applications
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced Kaarta Cloud® exclusively supports Velodyne’s lidar sensors. Kaarta’s new cloud-based application is a platform to p…
Samsung Pay Card, a new Mastercard debit card from the mobile handset giant, has launched in the U.K. today.
Powered by London-based fintech Curve, it lets you consolidate all of your other existing bank cards into a single card and dig…
TikTok had already offered its statement regarding the Trump administration’s executive order that will ban the app from the U.S. if it’s not sold by Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance by a given deadline. Today, the company has additi…
Pinterest has appointed Andrea Wishom, president of real estate company Skywalker Holdings* and former Harpo Studios executive, to its board of directors. The appointment makes her Pinterest’s first Black board member and third female boar…
Donald Trump has joined Triller, a New-York-based rival to China's TikTok.
After two days on the social-media app, the US president has 11,000 followers.
TikTok was banned in India two months ago. Mr Trump wants to follow suit unless…
Zoom Video Communications has opened a new data center in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia, it said on Tuesday.
Use of Zoom’s video conferencing services has surged as huge numbers of people across the world work from home because…
You slide your finger across the screen, the red bird sitting in a slingshot is ready to fly - you tweak the angle and let go.
The bird soars across the sky and as you watch its progress on your phone you're probably not thinking about …
The website of Notepad++ is banned in China as of Monday, “obviously due to” its release of editions named “Free Uyghur” and “Stand with Hong Kong,” the source code and text editor announced on Twitter.
First released in 2003 by France-…
Facebook is facing heat in India, its biggest market by users, over a report that claimed the company compromised its hate speech policy to favor the ruling party.
Politicians from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which rules the government …
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S streaming giant Netflix is ramping up its mobile-only subscription plans in Southeast Asia and expanding local content, senior executives told Reuters, just as arch-rival Disney arrives in the fast-growing market.…
The Japanese game became symbolic of how an entire generation lost the art of playing outdoors.
Our virtual lives have taken on a new significance amid seemingly endless quarantines and requests for social distancing. Many find comfort…
Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 make up about 31% of the eligible voting population in the US, and they will soon be the largest group in the electorate.
Although they frequently talk about politics online, these so-called 'm…
The US is placing further restrictions on Huawei Technologies in a bid to limit the company's access to electronic components.
The aim is to stop the Chinese company buying computer chips made using US technology, even if they were not …
Mindray (SZSE: 300760), a leading provider of medical devices and solutions, has released its new generation infusion system, BeneFusion n Series. With deep insights into patient safety, operational simplicity, interoperability and data sy…
Broad multivendor ecosystem of leading cloud platforms, technology providers and system integrator resellers gives enterprises greater control and flexibility
Genesys (Genesys.com), a global leader in cloud customer experience (bit.ly/3…
Huawei Releases Full-Stack Ascend AI Software to Bridge the Divide Between AI Computing and Application
Huawei released the full-stack Ascend AI software at the Huawei Ascend Innovation (HAI) 2020 conference, setting a new milestone as …
We all know by now that games harness the power of play, and through play we develop a range of 21st Century knowledge and skills, including language, communication, creative problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and social int…
Avatars include hundreds of global sticker packs and integrations with GIF providers and can also be shared across Facebook and Messenger
Facebook (Facebook.com) today, launched Avatars in Africa to give people new ways to express thems…
Microsoft is committing to support its new Surface Duo Android phone with updates for three years. “Surface Duo will be supported with OS and security updates for 3 years,” says a Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Verge.
This…
The texts came nearly every morning. I love you. I miss you. I adore you. If Grace* didn’t answer immediately, Scott, her boyfriend — or beloved, as he liked to call himself — would get worried. Was she okay? Why wasn’t she answering her p…
Samsung’s affordable midrange 5G phone, the Galaxy A51, is finally available at Verizon. Compared to other phones released within the past year, the $550 Galaxy A51 5G UW is one of the more affordable 5G phones right now: $900 cheaper than…
Russell Kirsch, whose research going back to the ’50s underlies the entire field of digital imaging, died earlier this week at the age of 91. It’s hard to overstate the impact of his work, which led to the first digitally scanned photo and…
Rovio Entertainment (ROVIO.HE), maker of the 10-year-old “Angry Birds” mobile game series, on Friday reported a 160% jump in second-quarter adjusted operating profit, helped by increased player engagement amid COVID-19 lockdowns.
“We re…
A security researcher was awarded a $6,000 bug bounty payout after he found Instagram retained photos and private direct messages on its servers long after he deleted them.
Independent security researcher Saugat Pokharel found that when…