From The Verge: You can now trade-in your old Mac at Apple Stores in the US and Canada. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman notes that Apple’s site has been edited to remove a disclaimer that says Mac trade-ins are online-only, and a representative from the company confirmed the policy change to Gizmodo. The...

From PC Mag: Pinterest, the image sharing and social media service, has some new competition from one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Google is launching an experimental rival called Keen.

Keen was developed by Google's experimental product workshop Area 120. You may remember back in...

From CNET: Microsoft President Brad Smith suggested that the app stores of rival companies Apple and Google should be subject to greater antitrust scrutiny because their rules make life difficult for small developers. Without explicitly naming Apple or Google, he told Politico that companies had...

From Lexar Press Release: Lexar has spent the last year producing its robust portfolio of SSD products and is excited to announce its entrance into the DRAM market. The two new DRAM offerings provide high-level performance to boost the speed of your laptop or desktop, respectively.

The Lexar DDR4...

From Corsair Press Release: Elgato today announced the launch of its first-ever microphones, Elgato Wave:1 and Wave:3. In addition to being premium microphones, Elgato Wave:1 and Wave:3 combine with the Wave Link app for Windows and MacOS to become complete digital mixing solutions that give content...

From The Verge: Samsung has released its Health Monitor app in South Korea, enabling blood pressure tracking for the Galaxy Watch Active 2 smartwatch. The rollout is slightly ahead of schedule; Samsung previously said the app would be released in the third quarter of this year after getting approval...

From PC Mag: When Project xCloud launches later this year, it promises to bring Xbox games to mobile devices, but Microsoft is already thought to be looking ahead with a plan to utilize Xbox Series X and PC blade servers for the service next year.

As The Verge reports, sources familiar with...

From CNET: It turns out Zoom will go ahead and offer end-to-end encryption to all users, despite previously saying the feature would be a premium one, for paying customers only. That's according to a Wednesday blog post from CEO Eric Yuan.

The videoconferencing service saw a massive surge in users...

From The Verge: Images of Samsung’s unannounced Galaxy Watch 3 have leaked online, giving us our first look at the company’s upcoming wearable. The images appeared on South Korea’s NRRA certification website, where they were spotted by MySmartPrice. In them, you can see what appears to be a physical...

From PC Mag: 5G phones are quickly coming down in price, but maybe not in the US. Today Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 690 chipset, its first 5G chipset in its midrange 6-series, designed for phones under $500.

The Snapdragon 690 supports 5G, 120Hz screens, Wi-Fi 6, and 4K HDR video capture. It...