From The Verge: After a torrid few months, Huawei is now downplaying the idea that its homegrown Hongmeng operating system could serve as a drop-in replacement for Google’s Android on its smartphones. SVP Catherine Chen told reporters in Brussels yesterday that Hongmeng is not designed for...

From PC Mag: No, Google's Stadia won't be a Netflix-like service for streaming video games. But the company does plan on offering free games for subscribers on the $9.99 per month Stadia Pro plan.

"Stadia Pro will be a lot like Xbox Live Gold or PlayStation Plus," according to Stadia's director of...

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...

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...

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...

From CNET: A suspected arson attack on a Japanese anime studio killed 33 people and left dozens injured Thursday, a fire official told the Associated Press. The suspect allegedly poured petrol in several parts of Kyoto Animation's 1st Studio building before igniting it in Fujimi Ward, Kyoto, at...

From GeIL Press Release: GeIL, Golden Emperor International Ltd. released new additions to their EVO X and EVO X ROG-certified RGB Gaming Memory today. The new EVO X II and EVO X II ROG-Certified inherit their previous generation, and provide an advanced modder-friendly “cableless RGB illumination...

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...

From Patriot Press Release: PATRIOT is proud to announce the launch of their P200 series 2.5” internal SATA III 6Gbps solid state drive (SSD) today. The P200 series comes equipped with best-quality NAND and components that have passed a strict quality control process. This process ensures more...

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...