Facebook Adds 'App Lock' Privacy Feature to Messenger

From PC Mag: Keep prying eyes away from your Facebook Messenger conversations with new privacy and security features, available now for iOS and coming soon to Android. Whether texting, calling, or video chatting, App Lock provides another layer of protection, ensuring that no one goes snooping...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip adds 5G, arrives Aug. 7 for $1,450

From CNET: Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 5G, a variant of its clamshell foldable packed with next-generation cellular capabilities, will launch on Aug. 7. But that extra performance will cost you $1,450.

A 4G version of the Galaxy Z Flip went on sale for $1,380 on Feb. 14 -- about a month before the...

Slack files competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU

From The Verge: Slack says it has filed an anti-competitive complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission. “The complaint details Microsoft’s illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market dominance to extinguish competition in breach of European Union competition law,” says...

Spotify Launches Video Podcasts

From PC Mag: Spotify this week unveiled a new video podcast feature that lets users listen and watch select series. The feature is available now to all free and Premium subscribers in markets where podcasts are supported.

Tune into an episode of Book of Basketball 2.0, Fantasy Footballers, The...

Facebook Messenger launches new privacy features

From CNET: Facebook on Wednesday rolled out two new privacy features for its Messenger platform. The features are designed to give users more control over who sees their chats and who can contact them.

First, App Lock allows you to use your device's privacy settings, such as fingerprint or face...

Instagram tests letting people run their own personal fundraisers

From The Verge: Instagram will soon allow people in the US, UK, and Ireland to raise money for their own personal causes. The company is launching the feature today as an initial test on Android phones, with iPhones to follow, after already making personal fundraising available to Facebook users. To...

Seagate Teases Super-Fast Xbox Series X Storage Expansion Card

From PC Mag: One of the more surprising features of the Xbox Series X is a return to the use of memory cards, which haven't been a feature of the last two generations of hardware. Now Seagate, Microsoft's storage partner for the Series X, has launched a website dedicated to the new, super-fast cards...

eBay to sell off its classified ads business for $9.2B

From CNET: The biggest things selling on eBay lately are multibillion chunks of eBay's own business.

The e-commerce platform said Tuesday it's selling its classified ads business for $9.2 billion in cash and stock to Adevinta, a fellow online retailer based in Norway.

The deal comes as eBay has...

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