From ExtremeTech: One of the major questions in the wake of the 737 MAX’s two crashes was how much the FAA and Boeing knew about potential problems with the aircraft. Months of investigation into the 737 MAX have painted an ugly story of how Boeing outsourced critical production in a bid to cut...

From PC Mag: The quality of the photos smartphones capture has become increasingly important, and Apple just acquired a company called Spectral Edge to ensure future iPhone photos look even better.

As Bloomberg reports, Spectral Edge is based in Cambridge, England and focused on developing...

From Forbes: Apple’s iPhone sales struggles in China continue, with Credit Suisse analysis on data from the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology suggesting a year-on-year drop of 35% in November. This drop has come despite the Chinese smartphone market being slightly up and...

From CNET: AT&T's 5G low-band network is finally ready for consumers. The wireless giant announced Friday that it has officially turned on 5G in 10 markets across the country. The new network, which works with the $1,300 Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G that is also available today, is AT&T's first 5G...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake is thrilled to announce that the S500 Tempered Glass Mid Tower Chassis now comes in a white version- the S500 Tempered Glass Snow Edition Mid Tower Chassis- is now available for pre-order. Embeded with the main idea of being sleek, simple, and elegant, the...

From ExtremeTech: One major topic of discussion at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) this week has been the future of process nodes at 5nm, 3nm, and below. At present, there are just three manufacturers building on the leading edge — Intel, Samsung, and TSMC. ASML initially...

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft has begun forcibly upgrading Windows 10 PCs running version 1809 with the latest, the November 2019 Update, aka 1909, which the company launched less than a month ago.

"We will slowly start the phased process to automatically initiate a feature update for devices...

From PC Mag: It looks as though the 10th-generation Core i5-10600 spec has been revealed thanks to a (since removed) 3DMark benchmark result appearing for the chip.

As HotHardware reports, the 3DMark result is most likely for an engineering sample of the processor, which isn't expected to launch...

From CNET: Waze has added snow warnings to its mapping app, where users can see real-time snow conditions, unplowed roads and ice warnings. The update was added Tuesday, as reported earlier by 9to5Google, and comes just in time for the winter break.

The snow conditions feature was developed in...

From AnandTech: Microsoft this week has finally retired Windows 10 mobile, ending support for its smartphone OS. However, in a quirk of differing lifecycle policies, the software giant will continue to support its Office apps for Windows 10 Mobile a bit longer – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote will...