From The Verge: The Federal Trade Commission formally announced its $5 billion settlement with Facebook on Wednesday morning, which is the culmination of a years-long investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and other privacy breaches.

In the agreement filed today, the FTC alleges that...

From PC Mag: Not everyone has access to a fast, reliable data connection for their smartphone, so Google is launching a new, lightweight photo app called Gallery Go that's designed to work offline.

The aim of Gallery Go is to offer a complete photo capture and editing solution that requires no data...

From CNET: AT&T met analysts expectation in its latest earnings report, even as struggles continued around the company's U-Verse and DirecTV video unit.

The technology giant added 335,000 phone users, the bulk of which coming for the company's prepaid side. AT&T says it added 72,000 postpaid users...

From PC Mag: Apple is always keen to grab more control over the hardware components it relies on. By next week, the iPhone maker could own a business capable of producing the smartphone modems it needs courtesy of Intel.

As The Wall Street Journal reports, Apple is thought to be in advanced talks...

From The Verge: An investigation by The Washington Post has uncovered a dozen accounts, pages, and groups across Facebook and Instagram which misleadingly claim to be official hubs for Libra, Facebook’s proposed digital currency. In some cases these pages, which were only removed after WaPo reported...

From CNET: Google is shelling out $11 million to end a lawsuit that accused the search giant of discriminating against older job seekers. The Alphabet-owned company has also agreed to train managers on age bias, form a committee focused on age diversity and investigate age bias complaints.

The...

From The Verge: Asus’s first ROG gaming phone was one of the most maximalist takes on the concept to date, so it’s only appropriate that the company follow up with a new model to stay on the bleeding edge. The ROG Phone II sounds like a spec bump more than a design revolution — Asus hasn’t provided...

From PC Mag: Nintendo is facing a potentially very expensive class-action lawsuit claiming the Joy-Con controllers shipped with the Switch are in fact defective.

As Gamesindustry.biz reports, the lawsuit is being handled by Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith (CSK&D) and it covers all US...

From CNET: Equifax agreed to pay at least $575 million to the US Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and all 50 states over its massive 2017 data breach. If that isn't enough compensate people impacted by the breach, the credit reporting company could have to...