From ROCCAT Press Release: ROCCAT kicks off the new year with two wide-orientation mousepads. Having an organized and sleek gaming desktop has become a growing desire for many gamers over the years. The Taito Control and Sense mousepad series are already well-known gaming surfaces, offering...

From PC Mag: AirPods have been around for a couple of years now, meaning it's high time Apple offered us a new and improved version. The beta release of iOS 12.2 to developers this week has given us the strongest hint yet that an upgrade is imminent for the earbuds.

You may remember back in...

From CNET: Huawei's CEO has confirmed that we'll see a foldable 5G phone from the company at Mobile World Congress in February.

Richard Yu, the Chinese company's boss, announced the launch in the closing moments of a pre-MWC 2019 briefing in Beijing.

"We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona in...

From The Verge: Amazon now has a say in the development of a commonly used smart home standard, giving the company more power as it continues to push smart speakers, cameras, doorbells, and all other kinds of gadgets into its customers’ homes.

As of today, Amazon has a seat on the board of the...

From TechCrunch: It’s a dark day to work in media. On the heels of news that TechCrunch parent company Verizon Media Group (formerly Oath) would lay off roughly 800 workers, BuzzFeed has announced its own substantial staffing cuts. And though they were anticipated, Gannett also made substantial cuts...

From PC Mag: Heads up, Mac users: Microsoft's full Office 365 suite has finally made its debut on the Mac App Store.

With one click, you can now download the productivity suite, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive. Once you download the bundle, you can purchase an...

From CNET: Huawei is going after Samsung's throne even though it faces challenges in the US.

The Chinese telecom giant expects to dethrone Samsung as the world's top smartphone seller by the end of 2020, according to CNN. Huawei already overtook Apple in the second quarter of 2018.

"This year at...

From Recode: Google, Amazon, and Facebook spent record amounts to influence the US government in 2018. They poured a combined $48 million into lobbying last year — up 13 percent from 2017, according to new government disclosures.

Lobbying growth among the tech giants — especially companies that...

From ExtremeTech: SpaceX is working on the initial prototype of the Starship rocket (formerly BFR) that could eventually carry people to the moon and Mars. However, CEO Elon Musk recently announced a significant design revision that seems counterintuitive at first. Instead of aluminum and carbon...

From CNET: Apple has hired a Samsung executive to work on battery technology.

Soonho Ahn, a former senior vice president at battery-making affiliate Samsung SDI, joined Apple in December, according to his LinkedIn profile, as reported Wednesday by Bloomberg.

According to his profile, his new title...