U.S. Politics European officials draft radical plan to take on Trump and U.S. tech companiesPOLITICO - By BJARKE SMITH-MEYER, LILI BAYER, JAKOB HANKE and RYAN HEATHIn a bid to counter Trump, EU officials are proposing to unilaterally slap tariffs on the United States. European Union officials have drawn up an aggressive 173-page plan to counter both President Donald
Microsoft Surface Pro Microsoft Surface Pro 5 and 6 are reportedly suffering serious battery problemstechradar.com - Darren Allan Surface Pro 5 and 6 hybrids are being affected by frustrating battery issues in some cases, at least going by reports from a number of owners …
Yahoo 6 Reasons Why Yahoo! Failedmedium.com - Sylvain Saurel Founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo! was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. The company has grown rapidly to …
Apple Will Launch 2019 iPad Pro, 10.2-inch iPad, 16-inch MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch Series 5 This Yeariphonehacks.com Apart from the 2019 iPhone 11 series, Apple is also preparing to launch a number of other hardware products this year. This includes a new 10.2-inch …
Samsung DeX Samsung Dex app now available on Windows, Mac: Here’s why you should try it outAndroid Authority - Robert TriggsSamsung touted improved Dex capabilities with the Galaxy Note 10 series, allowing users to access the phones’ desktop environment via a laptop and a USB cable. Now, the required Windows and Mac apps have
Mobile Technology Intel’s new chips just fixed the worst thing about ultrathin laptopsbgr.com - Chris Smith It was only a few months ago that Intel unveiled a series of brand new 10th-gen processors that can deliver more powerful graphics performance to …
Play buttonLaptops 3 Reasons Why You Should Be Scared About Your Laptop WebcamForbes - Jeb SuFacebook’s CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg covers his MacBook’s webcam and internal microphone with tape (illustrated by the red circles in the photo) and everyone should do it too. If your computer
Outdoors Gear The Lifesaver Jerrycan Is a Military-Grade Water Filter Everyone Should OwnFatherly - Cameron LeBlanc Who needs a state-of-the-art jug that can hold five gallons of water and filter it in an emergency? The better question is, who doesn't? In addition …
Ransomware Ransomware attack cripples at least 20 local Texas agencies, state government saysFox News - Melissa LeonAt least 20 local government entities across Texas have been taken hostage by a coordinated ransomware attack, the Texas Department of Information Resources announced Friday. The specific agencies and
Huawei U.S. ban on Huawei being largely ignored in S.E. Asiakyodonews.net - KYODO NEWS Trade tensions between the United States and China have sent a shiver across Southeast Asia, a region that depends heavily on both sides for its …
IKEA Ikea goes all in on smart home techThe Verge - Thomas RickerIkea is formalizing what has recently become all too obvious: the company is making a major bet on smart home tech as a source of new revenue. To do this, Ikea announced that it will invest heavily in
Corellium Apple sues Corellium for creating virtual copies of iOSbgr.com - Yoni Heisler Apple this week filed a lawsuit against Corellium, a company that offers users a virtual replica of the iOS user experience from within a web …
Windows Defender Why You Should Use Windows Defender's Ransomware PreventionLifehacker - Brendan Hesse A crucial security feature in Windows Defender comes disabled by default: Ransomware Protection. That’s surprising, since ransomware is a serious …
Google Chrome Google warns BILLIONS of website passwords have been hacked – how to check yours nowthesun.co.uk - Sean Keach GOOGLE has warned users that billions of passwords – and hundreds of thousands of username and password combinations – have been hacked. Cyber-experts …
Tumblr Verizon Sells Tumblr For A Fraction Of Its Buying Pricenewsy.com - Antoinette Miller Back in 2013, Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Six years later, Tumblr has reportedly lost over 99% of its value. The once booming social media …
Headphones A lot of power in a tiny space: CoinPower ensures durability for wearables and hearableswearable-technologies.com - Ramona Socher Nowadays, no-one needs a key to open or start a modern car. That’s the task of miniature computers, which are designed by car manufacturers to …
Play buttonProduct Design This scoop spoon uses liquid thermal energy to easily scoop through rock-solid ice-creamyankodesign.com - By Sarang Sheth Imagine how good an ice-cream scooping spoon would have to be to win a Global Innovation Award. With a special heat-retaining liquid inside its …
Product Reviews How Sensors Make Smart Homes SmarterWirecutter - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy If you’ve installed a couple of smart-home gadgets and found yourself thinking, “This whole thing isn’t really that smart, is it?” you may be right. …
Microsoft Office With Microsoft dumping MS Office, consider LibreOffice for your next PC office suiteZDNet - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols If you want a standalone office suite for your computer, LibreOffice may soon not just be your best choice, it will be close to your only PC-based …
Technology Cray lands $600 million contract from DOE to build El Capitan exascale supercomputerZDNet - Natalie Gagliordi This is the third US exascale win for Cray, which was recently acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion. Supercomputer maker Cray has …
Hate Crimes Google’s algorithm for detecting hate speech is racially biasedMIT Technology Review - Charlotte Jee AI systems meant to spot abusive online content are far more likely to label tweets “offensive” if they were posted by people who identify as …
Bluetooth bONE Tech’s IceBRKR is the First Ever Ski Goggles with Bone Conduction Audio & Bluetooth 5.0 MESHwearable-technologies.com - Cathy Russey Italian lifestyle brand bONE Tech has introduced IceBRKR – the world’s first ski goggles to integrate bone conduction audio and Bluetooth 5.0 MESH …
Drones The Best Drones Under $100Wirecutter - Signe Brewster I’ve spent the past six years chronicling the rise of modern hobby drones, including photography-focused quadcopters and their smaller, more agile …
Podcasting Find and listen to podcasts right from Google Search - Android AuthorityAndroid Authority - C. Scott BrownGoogle has made it clear that it is going all-in on podcasts not only as an entertainment medium but also as a source for information. As part of that ambition, the company announced today that you can
Huawei BREAKING: Huawei announces HarmonyOS, an open-source platform for every device - Android AuthorityAndroid AuthorityHuawei kicked off its annual developer conference today, and it’s just announced HarmonyOS. The new, open-source platform is ostensibly the final name for its Hongmeng OS. HarmonyOS is “the first microkernel-based
Huawei Trump: “We’re not going to do business with Huawei,” license system haltedAndroid Authority - C. Scott BrownDuring a press conference on Friday, President Donald Trump declared that the United States will not be doing business with Huawei (YouTube link). According to Bloomberg, Trump is also suspending the system
Samsung Samsung Galaxy Tab S6: Everything you need to knowDigital Trends - Corey Gaskin Premium tablets with 2-in-1 functionality aim to replace your laptop, and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6, announced today, features meaningful improvements …
News French hoverboard inventor flies over the English ChannelAssociated Press - By THOMAS ADAMSON and JASON PARKINSON, Associated PressST. MARGARET'S BAY, England (AP) — Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a French inventor flying over the English Channel on his hoverboard. Looking like a superhero, Franky Zapata successfully completed the
Samsung Samsung’s take on the Surface Laptop leaks outThe Verge - Jacob KastrenakesSamsung appears to have a new Windows laptop on the way with a design that seems to have taken some inspiration from Microsoft. The Galaxy Book S, which was leaked this afternoon by reporter Evan Blass,
