Samsung smartphone owners are facing a looming deadline to rescue their photos from Samsung Cloud or risk losing backed up images. From a report: Samsung is removing the option to back up your photo gallery to Samsung Cloud, presumably in a bid to cut …
Reddit Responds To Calls From Moderators To Fight Disinformation
An anonymous reader shares a report: Some of the most popular subreddits are protesting the proliferation of COVID-19 disinformation and conspiracy theories on the platform. Moderators from several high profile subreddits, including r/awww, r/showertho…
TSMC Hikes Chip Prices Up To 20% Amid Supply Shortage
Contract chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing told has told that it plans to raise prices on products by as much as 20%, in what would be the company’s steepest single increase. From a report: The price increases and the time frames for …
Netflix Takes First Stab at Mobile Gaming in its Android App, But Only in Poland
Netflix is testing out its first stab at mobile gaming within its own app at no extra cost, bringing two pre-existing Stranger Things games to its Android app — but only in Poland. From a report: The two games available in Poland — Stranger Things: 1…
A Decade and a Half of Instability: The History of Google Messaging Apps
Speaking of Google killing a product, ArsTechnica has a rundown on the company’s 16 years long effort to dominate the messaging space to no success. From the report: Google Talk, Google’s first-ever instant messaging platform, launched on August 24, 20…
Google Confirms It’s Pulling the Plug on Streams, Its UK Clinician Support App
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google is infamous for spinning up products and killing them off, often in very short order. It’s an annoying enough habit when it’s stuff like messaging apps and games. But the tech giant’s ambitions stretch into m…
Tech’s Lobbying Push Follows Market Consolidation, Study Shows
The flood of lobbying dollars spent by tech companies has increased with market concentration, according to a new study that cites similar patterns in the pharmaceutical and oil industries. Bloomberg: The report suggests that entrenched firms face less…
Spies for Hire: China’s New Breed of Hackers Blends Espionage and Entrepreneurship
The state security ministry is recruiting from a vast pool of private-sector hackers who often have their own agendas and sometimes use their access for commercial cybercrime, experts say. From a report: China’s buzzy high-tech companies don’t usually …
Growing NFT Industry Sees Signs of ‘Amiss’ Behavior, Study Shows
The non-fungible token industry is continuing to grow, though there are also signs of some less-than-desirable activity, according to a study from blockchain analytics platform Nansen. From a report: The industry “remains spotted by certain profit-seek…
UK To Overhaul Privacy Rules in Post-Brexit Departure From GDPR
Britain will attempt to move away from European data protection regulations as it overhauls its privacy rules after Brexit, the government has announced. From a report: The freedom to chart its own course could lead to an end to irritating cookie popup…