From CNET: Android users, take note: On Tuesday, Google reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit over illegal data collection. If it goes through, Google will pay out $135 million to Android phone users, possibly the largest settlement of this kind in history.

According to the...

From PC Mag: Amazon has announced it is cutting approximately 16,000 roles across the company. This comes just three months after it cut 14,000 jobs and warned that further reductions were on the way.

The reason for the new round of layoffs is the same as the last one: "reducing layers, increasing...

From PC World: Google is planning to replace ChromeOS—the operating system that currently powers Chromebooks—with a new one called Aluminium OS. It promises to combine the strengths of ChromeOS and Android into a single, cross-platform operating system… and though it’s far from an official release...

From CNET: Belkin is ending support for most of its Wemo smart home devices, a move that will shut down the Wemo app and cloud services and significantly reduce the functionality of many popular smart plugs, switches and sensors.

The change takes effect at the end of January, so you have only a...

From PC Mag: Want to be among the first people to own a triple-fold smartphone? Samsung’s new Galaxy Z TriFold is set to go on sale in the US later this week.

The foldable phone launches on Friday, Jan. 30. It will be available to buy through Samsung’s Experience Stores, which include seven...

From PC World: Talk about fake frames all you like, the multi-frame generation feature in newer Nvidia cards is pretty amazing. Intel’s Arc graphics—which still exist, we promise!—are getting in on the action. The latest version of the Arc graphics driver includes an XeSS update with three-to-one...

From CNET: The European Commission said Monday it had opened an investigation into Elon Musk's X after Musk's xAI's Grok chatbot was discovered to be creating and distributing sexually explicit images.

"The new investigation will assess whether the company properly assessed and mitigated risks...

From PC Mag: Apple announced an AI partnership with Google earlier this month, and the first results of the collaboration will become available through an updated Siri next month, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.

Apple has had a tough time with Siri over the past few years. The personalized Siri it...

From PC World: Microsoft’s Windows 11 updates haven’t been so hot lately… and by “lately,” I mean the last couple of years. The latest one for January (update KB5074109) has caused something of a mess, making crucial Windows apps simply fail to launch for some users. An out-of-band update over the...

From CNET: As a surprise Monday treat, Apple has unveiled an update to its popular AirTag item tracker. There's no radical design changes to the accessory -- instead it's all about extra power to enhance Precision Finding to help you locate your keys, lost luggage and other important items.

Inside...