From CNET: The Federal Communications Commission banned two more Chinese-owned telecommunication companies from operating in the US market, as it continues to be wary that companies with ties to the Chinese government could pose national security threats.

In a 4-0 vote on Wednesday, the agency...

From Lexar Press Release: Lexar is proud to announce the new Lexar Professional USB-C Dual-Slot Reader. This reader is perfect for professional photographers and videographers who want to speed up their workflow with high-speed file transfer on the go.

The Lexar Professional USB-C Dual-Slot Reader...

From The Verge: Instagram’s new parental controls, announced in December, are launching today in the US. The service’s head, Adam Mosseri, refers to them as the company’s “first set” of parental supervision tools, allowing parents and guardians to view and set limits on the amount of time their...

From PC Mag: The European Commission this week unconditionally approved Amazon's $8.45 billion acquisition of movie and TV studio MGM. Based on its investigation, the council concluded that the merger would raise no competition concerns among film and audio-visual content markets in the EU.

"The...

From CNET: Intel on Tuesday revealed plans for a second new "megafab," a chipmaking site in Magdeburg, Germany, that's the centerpiece of an expected $88 billion in investments across several European countries. The capacity expansion comes on top of other gargantuan spending commitments in the...

From The Verge: Xiaomi has announced the international version of the Xiaomi 12 Pro, its first global flagship phone since dropping the “Mi” branding. As with earlier phones in the Mi series like last year’s Mi 11, it’s a high-end device that seeks to beat competitors like Samsung on price...

From PC Mag: AMD’s AM4 socket platform has had a good run—it presided over the company's spectacular, phoenix-like ascent in desktop processors with the introduction of the first Ryzen family in 2017. But its time as a leading-edge platform is almost at an end. AMD has already announced that its AM5...

From CNET: The Mini's time in the iPhone lineup may be done. While Apple did unveil an iPhone 13 Mini in September, the company has no plans to include the smaller version of the phone in its iPhone 14 lineup, according to a 9to5Mac report on Monday.

Sources tell the site that the lineup for the as...

From The Verge: Russia’s promised ban on Instagram has kicked into effect today, with the social media platform inaccessible for the vast majority of the country’s population, according to internet monitoring service GlobalCheck.

The country announced plans to ban Instagram last week, in response...

From PC Mag: Amidst an ongoing semiconductor shortage, Ford plans to sell some Explorer SUVs without the chips required to power rear air conditioning and heating controls.

The vehicles still have heating and AC—they're just controllable only from the front seats. The missing chips will ship...