The issue was spotted by a British woman whose husband was able to unlock her phone with his thumbprint just by adding a cheap screen protector…
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Google’s new Pixel 4 is an overpriced disappointment; get a real iPhone instead
Google today announced the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones at an anticlimactic event in New York…
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 ‘Face Unlock’ feature proven to be an absolute joke
Samsung’s obsession with trying to copy key Apple iPhone features is legendary – and laughable…
iOS 12 now installed on 83% of all devices introduced in the last four years
Four and a half months after launch, the iOS 12 operating system is installed on…
The maturing of the smartphone industry is cause for celebration
Analysts reckon that the number of smartphones sold in 2018 will be slightly lower than in 2017…
Huawei wishes followers ‘Happy 2019’ in a tweet sent from a real Apple iPhone
China’s Huawei Technologies has punished two employees for New Year greetings…
iOS 12 adoption hits 70%, Apple confirms
The adoption rate for iOS 12 is considerably faster than that of iOS 11…
Apple’s iOS 12 utterly shames Google’s Android 9 Pie
Google’s Android 9 Pie was first released to the public nearly four months ago…
Samsung brand ambassador sued for $1.6 million for using Apple’s iPhone X in public
Ksenia Sobchak was hired by Samsung to market its smartphones in the country, but she was spotted using an iPhone X during a television interview…
Around 1 in 5 Android phone owners plan to switch to an Apple iPhone
Among Android brands, the intention to switch to Apple’s iPhone has grown dramatically while loyalty to Android has softened…
Australia plans law for tech firms to hand over encrypted private data or face millions in fines, jail time for execs
Australia on Tuesday proposed a new law requiring technology firms…
How global smartphone sales growth ground to a halt
After years of rampant growth, the global smartphone market is slowing down as consumers wait…
People will pay $1000+ for a real Apple iPhone, but not for an Android iPhone knockoff
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. entered the second decade of the smartphone era…
Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday…
Facebook stock plunges as users vanish
Facebook Inc’s stock fell as much as 24 percent after hours on Wednesday over concerns…
Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S9 is a flop
Earlier this year, Samsung announced the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus smartphones…
Samsung is absolutely terrified of Apple’s iPhone X
Samsung is afraid of the new iPhone X in a year when its flagship, the Galaxy S9, hasn’t been able to meet internal goals…
Chinese iPhone knockoff peddler Xiaomi’s big IPO flops on its first day of trading
Xiaomi Corp. fell as much as 6% on its debut, as an escalating trade war and uncertainty about its valuation…
Samsung’s second-quarter profit seen flagging on lackluster Galaxy phone sales
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is expected to post its smallest profit growth in more than…
Silicon Valley execs will convene in San Francisco to discuss privacy
Privacy and government affairs officers from a number of the largest tech companies plan to convene..
LG admits: iPhone loyalists are driving us crazy
If you’re capable of sympathy, can you spare some for Android manufacturers?
The 18 things you may not realize Facebook knows about you: Firm reveals the extent of its spying in a 454-page document to U.S. Congress
The creepy ways Facebook spies on its users have been detailed in a bumper document…
Apple and Google are heading in the same direction, but on different paths
Developer conference season is behind us, leaving in its wake a huge pile of software updates to come…
Apple pummels privacy-trampling Facebook
In the early days of Apple, of course, the company’s Evil Empires were IBM and Microsoft…
Facebook confirms sharing users’ personal data with Chinese companies
Facebook Inc said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies…
Apple needs to advertise their strong commitment to privacy
The greatest commercial in Apple history — perhaps all history — did not show an Apple product…
Apple borks Facebook’s pervasive personal data-harvesting operation
Apple’s software-focused event on Monday was a momentous moment — for Facebook…
Apple requested ‘zero’ personal data in deals with Facebook – CEO Tim Cook
“We’ve never been in the data business,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told NPR on Monday…
Facebook CEO blasts Apple’s latest privacy protections as ‘cute virtue signaling’
Apple is taking active steps to block Facebook’s data collection practices…
Facebook gave personal data to 60 companies including Apple, Amazon and Samsung
Facebook struck agreements allowing phone and other device makers access to vast amounts of its users’ personal information…
Xiaomi unveils ‘Mi 8’ knockoff of Apple’s iPhone X
Chinese technology firm Xiaomi held a product launch event in Shenzhen today and unveiled the Mi 8…
Mark Zuckerberg’s worldwide Facebook apology tour hits a snag in the EU
Turns out “sorry” doesn’t seem to work as much for the social network’s chief anymore…
Another day, another reason to never downgrade from Apple’s iPhone to Android
Android is the world’s most popular mobile platform by a landslide…
Yet another reason I’ll never downgrade from Apple’s iPhone to an Android phone,
For a period of time, I almost always carried an Android phone with me in addition to my main iPhone…
How to remove third-party accounts like Facebook from your Mac
With the release of iOS 11, Apple nixed its built-in integration with Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Vimeo…
Apple responds to personal data request with 9MB file: The personal data archives from Facebook and Google were 881MB and 243MB respectively
Following Facebook’s acknowledgement that it had let a political ad targeting firm scrape the personal data of millions of users…
Cambridge Analytica shuts down after Facebook user-data scandal
Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign…
Beleaguered Facebook heading down a troubled path
The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica saga is not going away quietly, underscored by Mark Zuckerberg’s…
Facebook points fingers Google, Amazon and Twitter for also harvesting user data
Facebook wants users to know that it’s not the only one tracking their every move on the internet…
Beleaguered Facebook may face billions in fines over facial recognition tool storing biometric data without user consent
Facebook could face billions of dollars in fines after a federal judge ruled that the company…
Next Android version’s flagrant iPhone X imitation shows how little Google is innovating
Android P is still in super-duper developer-only beta mode, but you only need to look at an iPhone X…
I was one of the very first people on Facebook. I shouldn’t have trusted Mark Zuckerberg
Fourteen years, two months, and eight days ago, I made a mistake…
