Instagram is now hiding photo 'like' counts in 7 countries

From CNET: Instagram can take quite the toll on the mental health of its users, particularly the young ones. The struggle to keep up with the highlight reels of your friends and internet celebrities can be exhausting, after all. But Instagram and its owner, Facebook, are working to ameliorate some...

Qualcomm fined $272M in latest EU antitrust fine

From The Verge: The EU has fined Qualcomm €242 million (around $272 million) for selling 3G modem chips at predatory prices in an attempt to drive a competing supplier, Icera, out of the market. The European Commission says that the company used its market dominance to sell chips meant for mobile...

AT&T Signs $2B Deal to Run on Microsoft Azure and Office 365

From PC Mag: Google and Amazon will both be upset this week as Microsoft has managed to sign a huge deal with AT&T which will see the telecommunications company shift to run on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform.

As TechCrunch reports, the deal is thought to be worth $2 billion to...

Introducing New Starter and Streaming PCs from NZXT BLD

From NZXT Press Release: NZXT today announces three new pre-built options for its custom PC building service, BLD, that are designed for content creators and budding PC gamers.
The NZXT Starter PC serves as the perfect entry-level PC for a first-time PC gamer starting at $899. This build can game...

EU opens Amazon antitrust investigation

From The Verge: The EU’s Competition Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon to investigate whether the company is using sales data to gain an unfair advantage over smaller sellers on the Marketplace platform. The Commission says it will look into Amazon’s agreements with...

Google Confirms Project Dragonfly Is 'Terminated'

From PC Mag: With a population of 1.4 billion people, every tech company is desperate to have its services operating in China. Google was even willing to offer a censored search engine to satiate the communist government. But Project Dragonfly is now officially dead.

As BuzzFeed reports...

Nintendo Switch with longer battery coming to Japan in August

From CNET: Nintendo of Japan revealed a new Nintendo Switch is on the way and it's not the Switch Lite. A tweet from the Mario company says in August the Switch will come with better battery life.

The tweet links to Nintendo of Japan's page about the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite. The new...

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