Around 1.35 billion smartphones were shipped in 2021, according to IDC’s quarterly mobile phone tracker. Overall, fewer smartphones were shipped in the final quarter of 2021 compared to Q4 2020 but overall, more were shipped last year than in 2020, IDC said Thursday. Samsung retook the top spot for smartphone Read more…
A proposed antitrust bill has cast a spotlight on the immense portfolios of dozens of lawmakers. At a December press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked her opinion of proposed restrictions on stock trading by members of Congress. Her response was quick and clear: She hated the idea. “We Read more…
Apple appears to be testing a feature that will let you use Face ID to unlock the phone even when wearing a mask. The first developer beta for iOS 15.4 has a screen that asks if you want to be able to use Face ID while wearing a mask, at Read more…
North Korea’s internet appears to have been hit by a second wave of outages in as many weeks, possibly caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, researchers said on Wednesday. The latest incident took place for about six hours on Wednesday morning local time, and came a day after North Read more…
YouTube Gaming’s top boss, Ryan Wyatt, is leaving the company to join the cryptocurrency company Polygon Studios. Wyatt is expected to depart YouTube at the end of February. Wyatt, a former higher-up at Major League Gaming, joined Google in 2014 and has been the global head of gaming at the Read more…
The White House plans to release an ambitious strategy Wednesday to make federal agencies tighten their cybersecurity controls after a series of high-profile hacks against government and private infrastructure in the last two years, according to a copy shared with CNN. It’s one of the biggest efforts yet by the Read more…
Microsoft’s Teams communications and collaboration platform topped 270 million monthly active users in the December quarter, continuing to add users but at a much slower pace than in the initial months of the pandemic. Satya Nadella, the Microsoft CEO, revealed the latest number Tuesday afternoon in conjunction with the company’s Read more…