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The Pixel 5a render from Steve Hemmerstoffer, aka Onleaks. It looks exactly like all the other recent Pixels. Steve Hemmerstoffer I spy a headphone jack and a rear fingerprint reader. Steve Hemmerstoffer The Pixel’s flashy power button is its one unique design touch. Steve Hemmerstoffer It’s been a wild Friday afternoon in the Android rumor […]
It’s been quite a day of news for the not-even-released Google Pixel 5a. Earlier today, Twitter leaker Jon Prosser claimed that a source had told him that the not-yet-announced Google Pixel 5a had been canceled. It seems as though that’s not the whole story. Google offered a statement to Android Police saying otherwise. Originally, Google […]
Enlarge / A new study attempts to connect the dots between opening video game loot boxes and replicating “problem gambling” behaviors. Getty Images / Aurich Lawson / Sam Machkovech We’ve had a lot to say about loot boxes in video games, and in the wake of our own reviews and rants about their growing prominence, […]
Google’s next iteration of its Pixel Buds true wireless earbuds will be called the “Pixel Buds A” and they could be cheaper than the current Pixel Buds, according to a report from 9to5Google. Citing “sources,” the publication also claims that we could see these new earbuds as soon as the middle of this year. As […]
Getty Images The NHS has promised transparency in any future deals with US data firm Palantir after the coronavirus pandemic. It follows a lawsuit by Open Democracy which accused the NHS of “sneaking through” a £23m contract with the firm. The group said it had won the lawsuit, because “the government finally caved”. But the […]
Enlarge / Insomnia people and mobile-addiction concepts. Getty Images Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device, it’s continuously sending data including your location, phone number, and local network details to Apple or Google. Now, a researcher has provided a side-by-side comparison that suggests that, while both iOS and Android collect handset data around […]
Apple is set to cut the planned production numbers of its iPhone handsets in the coming months, with the iPhone 12 Mini facing the greatest reduction, a report said on Tuesday. The tech firm is reducing orders for all of its iPhone models by some 20% compared to its plans in December, sources familiar with […]
Enlarge Oleksii Leonov Ukraine has accused the Russian government of hacking into one of its government Web portals and planting malicious documents that would install malware on end users’ computers. “The purpose of the attack was the mass contamination of information resources of public authorities, as this system is used for the circulation of documents […]
Enlarge Drew Angerer | Getty Images The hackers behind one of the worst breaches in US history read and downloaded some Microsoft source code, but there’s no evidence they were able to access production servers or customer data, Microsoft said on Thursday. The software maker also said it found no evidence the hackers used the […]
Enlarge Sam Machkovech Sony shipped 4.5 million PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide through the end of 2020, the company revealed in an earnings report Wednesday. The number is broadly comparable to the 4.5 million PS4 consoles shipped in that system’s 2013 holiday launch quarter. But potential PS5 customers shouldn’t expect the rate of production to increase, […]
The LG Velvet is LG’s closest thing to a normal flagship right now. With only a non-flagship Snapdragon 765G SoC, the company has opted out of the flagship market. LG One of LG’s many “gimmick phones,” the LG Wing takes the Velvet and adds a crazy swiveling screen. LG LG’s next gimmick phone is this […]
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the social media giant is banning President Trump indefinitely, marking a dramatic escalation of the conflict between Silicon Valley and the White House after Trump weaponized the Web to help stoke a riot at the U.S. Capitol. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue […]
Enlarge Gregory Varnum The US Justice Department has become the latest federal agency to say its network was breached in a long and wide-ranging hack campaign that’s believed to have been backed by the Russian government. In a terse statement issued Wednesday, Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi said that the breach wasn’t discovered until December […]
The hackers gained more access than the company previously understood, though they were unable to modify code or get into its products and emails. Microsoft said on Thursday that the far-reaching Russian hack of U.S. government agencies and private corporations had gone further into its network than the company previously understood. While the hackers, suspected […]