From CNET: Apple could kill the Lightning connector on the flagship iPhone in 2021, according to reports. We take a look at why this is significant and what needs to be fixed before we can be totally wireless on this week's Apple Core wrap.

First they came for our headphone jacks. Now, they're...

From PC Mag: Ring is issuing a forced password reset for at least 3,672 users after the login credentials to access their internet-connected cameras were found circulating on the internet.

Ring reset the passwords after an unnamed security researcher discovered the credentials on a text storage...

From The Verge: A new report from Bloomberg claims Apple is working on satellite technology to beam data to users’ devices, and could launch a new initiative using the tech within five years.

There are a lot of unknowns and caveats, though. The project is “still early and could be abandoned,” says...

From PC Mag: Facebook might be getting ready to join the cloud gaming market.

On Wednesday, the company confirmed it has acquired PlayGiga, a Madrid-based provider of cloud gaming, after a Spanish business newspaper reported the deal.

Facebook declined to elaborate on how it'll use PlayGiga. But...

From CNET: One after another, media and tech giants are hurling themselves into a battle for your streaming-TV dollars. Last month ushered in the first clash: Apple TV Plus versus Disney Plus. The king of Hollywood and the smartphone profit king both launched their own services within days of each...

From The Verge: Facebook is developing its own operating system that could one day reduce the company’s reliance on Google’s Android, according to a new report by The Information. Development is currently being led by Mark Lucovsky, a Microsoft veteran who co-authored the Windows NT operating system...

From Tom's Hardware: Micron said in a Wednesday earnings call that it's received licenses from the U.S. government to sell at least some of its products to Huawei. The company doesn't expect these licenses to have a significant impact on its revenue in the short term, however, although it was quick...

From CNET: More than 267 million Facebook user phone numbers, names and user IDs were exposed in a database that anyone could access online, adding to a long list of privacy and security mishaps that continue to plague the world's largest social network.

Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered...

From The Verge: Airbnb has won a court battle in the EU affecting how the company is regulated in the future. The EU’s top court has ruled that Airbnb is not an estate agent but an “information society service,” meaning it can avoid certain responsibilities.

The challenge to Airbnb was brought by a...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake announced that their team will be unveiling a brand-new series of products during the highly anticipated CES 2020, one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics event of the new year.

Since 1999, the Thermaltake team has built a legacy behind offering...