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Samsung accidentally leaks details of its upcoming 980 Pro NVMe SSD

Today, Apple made changes to its app review process to save face with devs

Lenovo’s new Yoga 9i and Slim 9i laptops have leather finishes

Google Maps now shows traffic lights at intersections

Google Pixel 4a review—The simple, basic, reasonable Google phone

Google offers to help others with the tricky ethics of AI

Xiaomi’s “third-generation” under-display camera looks nearly invisible

Russian tourist offered employee $1 million to cripple Tesla with malware

Fairphone users can buy new camera without replacing the phone itself

Amazon Halo will charge a subscription fee to monitor the tone of your voice

LG’s battery-powered face mask will “make breathing effortless”

5G in US averages 51Mbps while other countries hit hundreds of megabits

Russian man offered employee $1M to infect company network, feds say

HBO Max cranks up the Widevine DRM, leaves Linux users in the cold

Apple’s Final Cut Pro X video software gets new tools, better performance

The LG Wing is a “T” shaped, dual-screen smartphone

Napster sold for a song to UK virtual events company

Code-execution bug in Pulse Secure VPN threatens patch laggards everywhere

Galaxy Note 20 Ultra teardowns show two different cooling solutions

Google AR app lets you place prehistoric creatures, Apollo 11 in your room

Fitbit’s 3 new trackers want to destress you and eventually diagnose you

A Chrome feature is creating enormous load on global root DNS servers

“DeathStalker” hackers are (likely) older and more prolific than we thought

New trailer for Alien director’s Raised by Wolves brings the lofty sci-fi

Rumor: Pixel 5 is slower than the Pixel 4, has same camera as the Pixel 2

What the advent of 5G—mmWave and otherwise—will mean for online gaming

“Protest app” Bridgefy is full of flaws that threaten users everywhere

Understanding DNS—anatomy of a BIND zone file

DiceKeys creates a master password for life with one roll

This plane flies itself—we went for a ride

Pixel 5 renders show Google returning to rear fingerprint reader

US government built secret iPod with Apple’s help, former engineer says

Zombie Blackberrys! QWERTY Blackberry Android phones are coming back

Microsoft takes one more step towards the death of Internet Explorer

Apple’s value soars to a record $2 trillion

Google Maps gets “more detailed, colorful map”

New P2P botnet infects SSH servers all over the world

Booze and cruise providers are the latest to be hit by ransomware scourge

Surface Duo internals show Microsoft’s fanatical commitment to thinness

Chip and phone supply chain shaken as Huawei faces mortal threat

Apple bundles CBS and Showtime with Apple TV+, announces new Music radio stations

Third-party Mac repair shops will gain access to Apple tools, parts

Facebook Messenger starts taking over Instagram Direct messages

Intel’s run at the GPU market begins with Tiger Lake onboard graphics

An Alexa bug could have exposed your voice history to hackers

NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national security