From CNET: LG's upcoming G7 ThinQ smartphone will have a unique, physical connection to Google Assistant.

The flagship phone, slated to be unveiled in a New York event on May 2, will sport a dedicated hardware button specifically for Google's digital assistant, according to people familiar with...

From The Verge: If you’ve been using Google’s messaging app, Allo, it’s probably a good time to start thinking about switching to something else. The app isn’t getting dropped in a Google-style “Spring Cleaning,” but development on the app is being “paused.” Specifically, the new head of the...

From The Verge: Honor, Huawei’s lower-cost sub-brand, has announced its latest flagship phone: the Honor 10. Building on the solid View 10 and taking some cues from the impressive Huawei P20, the Honor 10 is the first Honor phone to really look like a high-end 2018 device.

Which is to say that yes...

From PC Mag: Apple does it, Google does it, and it requires an educated team of engineers to do it, so Facebook decided "let's do it," let's design our own chips, too.

As Bloomberg reports, although there has been no public confirmation that Facebook intends to design its own chips, a new job...

From CNET: Qualcomm just got through fending off one deal. And yet it can't seem to complete its own attempt at an acquisition.

The mobile chip giant has spent the past year and a half attempting to acquire Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors, which makes chips for the automotive industry and...

From PC Mag: Amazon decided against adopting Android for its mobile devices, instead creating its own Android-based mobile operating system called Fire OS. However, that hasn't stopped the company producing apps for Android, and the latest one managed to fly under the radar for the past month of so...

From CNET: Amazon and Best Buy want to sell you your next smart TV.

The companies, which are two of the biggest electronics retailers in the US, on Wednesday revealed a new multiyear partnership to sell the next generation of TVs running Amazon's Fire TV operating system to customers in the US and...

From The Verge: Facebook is introducing new privacy controls to each of its 2 billion users as part of compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will come into effect on May 25th. Facebook will ask every user, regardless of where they live, to review their privacy...

From The Verge: Apple acquired the “Netflix of magazines” last month, and it’s now planning to create its own premium news service. Bloomberg reports that Apple’s Texture acquisition will see the service, which offers more than 200 magazines for $9.99 a month, combined into Apple’s News team. A new...

From PC Mag: Intel has found a new use for its integrated graphics processors: antivirus scans.

The company has partnered with Microsoft to introduce a new capability in Windows Defender that can offload the antivirus scans from a computer's CPU to the Intel graphics processor.

The "accelerated...