Report: Feds Examining Apple's iPhone Slowdowns

From PC Mag: Apple is already facing a number of lawsuits for secretly slowing down iPhones, and now the Cupertino tech giant may be in hot water with the federal government.

Bloomberg reports that the US Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission are investigating whether the...

Nintendo Switch sales reach a whopping 14.8 million

From CNET: Well, the word's out: Nintendo's Switch is doing red hot sales to the tune of 14.86 million units sold, and it seems the company can't make them fast enough.

The information is based on the company's nine months earnings report released Wednesday, which included a breakdown by region...

Google closes $1.1 billion deal for HTC design talent

From The Verge: Google’s $1.1 billion deal to acquire most of HTC’s smartphone design division has officially closed. Hardware SVP Rick Osterloh announced the news in a blog post, hailing the arrival of an “incredibly talented team to work on even better and more innovative products in the years to...

Report: VMware May Buy Dell in Biggest-Ever Tech Deal

From PC Mag: We're less than a month into 2018, and there's already a potential new contender for the largest tech deal ever. According to CNBC, Dell is considering a move to sell itself to VMware in a massive reverse merger that could exceed the record-setting $67 billion Dell paid to buy EMC in...

Microsoft disables Spectre patch after bugs reported

From CNET: What's worse than the chip flaws that leak sensitive information? Apparently, some of the software updates meant to fix them.

Over the weekend, Microsoft released an update that disables a patch to Intel CPUs after reports that the patch -- meant to fix a design flaw known as Spectre --...

Facebook begins privacy push ahead of tough new European law

From The Verge: Facebook will introduce a new privacy center this year that features all core privacy settings in one place, ahead of the introduction of a strict new EU data protection law that takes effect on May 25th. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will restrict...

Apple reportedly halves iPhone X early 2018 production target

From CNET: Apple reportedly notified suppliers on Monday that it is halving its iPhone X production target for the first three months of the year.

The company was expecting to produce 40 million units of the iPhone X in the first quarter of 2018, but has now revised the figure to just 20 million...

Gamers Still Struggling to Connect to the PlayStation Network

From PC Mag: Looking to do a bit of gaming this weekend? Perhaps you just got your hands on Monster Hunter: World for the PlayStation 4 and you're itching to do some pig-petting, pig-outfitting, or pig-carrying. (Yes, Poogie is kind of a big deal.)

Or maybe you're more into Dragon Ball FighterZ...

Gamers Still Struggling to Connect to the PlayStation Network

From PC Mag: Looking to do a bit of gaming this weekend? Perhaps you just got your hands on Monster Hunter: World for the PlayStation 4 and you're itching to do some pig-petting, pig-outfitting, or pig-carrying. (Yes, Poogie is kind of a big deal.)

Or maybe you're more into Dragon Ball FighterZ...

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