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No, the EU isn’t asking Apple to kill the Lightning cable
AirPods Pro owners complain of worse noise cancellation after firmware updates
BT, the biggest ISP in the UK, partners with Google to offer a free Stadia Premiere Edition with some of its broadband plans
Renders of Huawei's P40 Pro show a camera bump with Leica branding that has five lenses at the back and two selfie cameras at the front, but no headphone jack
Instagram is hiding faked images, and it could hurt digital artists
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NBC says Peacock will launch on July 15 and have a free tier with limited programming and two premium tiers, at $4.99/month with ads and $9.99/month with no ads
Bose to close all 119 of its retail stores in N. America, Europe, Japan, and Australia due to the shift to online shopping but will maintain stores elsewhere
Subscription podcast startup Luminary lowers monthly US subscription prices, from $7.99 a month to $4.99, and also cuts international rates
Google is killing off Chrome apps
Bose is closing all of its retail stores in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia
Spacex Continues To Blast Satellites Into Orbit As The Space Community Worries
Microsoft’s new Edge Chromium browser launches on Windows and macOS
Facebook’s problems moderating deepfakes will only get worse in 2020
In a Q&A, Jack Dorsey discusses Twitter's thinking around an edit button and says "we'll probably never do it"
Microsoft patches Windows 10 security flaw discovered by the NSA.
Epic says its PC game store, which serves as Fortnite's launcher, has 108M users and generated $251M in 3rd-party game sales since its debut in December 2018
Instagram says it is testing letting some users access DMs from its website
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Microsoft CEO says encryption backdoors are a ‘terrible idea’
Samsung’s removable-battery smartphone is coming to the US for $499
This year’s monitors will be faster, brighter, and curvier than ever
Samsung has officially announced mid-range ($499) rugged smartphone with removable battery.
OnePlus promises to unveil new ‘screen technology’ on January 13th at China event
Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names like ‘Dick’ and ‘Cummings’
CES roundup: flexible screens are coming, battle between Intel and AMD to intensify, sex tech is on the rise, tech companies fetishized AI and 5G a little less
Wi-Fi 6 is finally here – Faster Wi-Fi is in laptops and routers you might actually buy
23andMe sold the rights to a drug it developed from its genetic database
Sound Decision: The world of audio branding (2015)
Boeing employees’ frightening internal messages released in 737 Max investigation: ‘Would you put your family on a Max simulator trained aircraft? I wouldn’t.’
Some NYC subway riders are accidentally getting double-charged because of Apple Pay – Your phone may be getting too close to the reader
Reddit bans the impersonation of an individual or entity in a misleading or deceptive manner, but impersonation that's satire will still be allowed
Bing loses out to DuckDuckGo in Google’s new Android search engine ballot
Kuwait news agency says its Twitter was hacked to spread misinformation about US withdrawal
Pilotless air taxi from China’s Ehang takes flight in the US for the first time
Inside Loaded, a gaming talent agency behind names like Ninja and Shroud, and how it's introducing competition among tech giants for gamers
Spotify announces new tools to target podcast ads in real time using user data for its exclusive podcasts
Twitter says a "conversation participants" compose screen tool is coming in 2020, letting users limit who can reply, and conversation threading will improve
ICANN’s founding chairman joins the battle to keep .org out of private hands – She’s part of a new group that wants to run .org instead
Facebook executive: we got Trump elected, and we shouldn’t stop him in 2020 – The memo sheds new light on years of Facebook scandals
A look at Intel's NUC 9 Extreme modular desktop, building on previous efforts by combining a compact design with upgradeable parts, coming in March for $1,050+
Belkin partners with audio tech company Devialet on a Google Assistant-powered smart speaker with a wireless charging pad, shipping in spring for $299
White House issues 10 principles for US agencies to consider when making rules for the use of AI in the private sector but says they should avoid "overreach"
Facebook bans deepfake videos ahead of the 2020 election.
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