From CNET: Samsung and the MWC Barcelona conference have long had an up-and-down relationship. The energy at the trade show has ebbed and flowed depending on whether the world's largest handset maker decides to hold its big first-half phone launch in Spain. If Samsung shows up, there's a noticeable...

From PC Mag: Until now there's been a big discrepancy over the level of privacy available to users of Facebook's app on iOS and Android. iOS users could limit precise location tracking to only when the app was in use or never. Android users had an all or nothing option, meaning if location tracking...

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft has revised its schedule to dump support for an outdated cryptographic hash standard by postponing the deadline for Windows 7.

Microsoft, like other software vendors, digitally "signs" updates before they are distributed via the Internet. SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1...

From CNET: Facebook's next-generation standalone VR system, Oculus Quest, is expected to arrive this spring, bringing untethered standalone VR with self-contained room tracking and a pair of full-function controllers. It'll have competition, though, at least from HTC: the new Vive Focus Plus can...

From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today announced that all of its current multi-socket desktop CPU coolers, such as the popular NH-D15, NH-U14S and NH-U12S, now also include installation hardware for the AM4 socket of AMD’s Ryzen processors. Although Noctua introduced its dedicated SE-AM4 models in...

From The Verge: Huawei’s P30 Pro could be the first of the company’s phones to come equipped with a quad-camera array on its rear, a watermarked photograph from Huawei’s consumer business group CEO has suggested. Yesterday, GSMArena noted that Richard Yu posted a photograph of the moon on Weibo...

From PC Mag: Just days before MWC19, Xiaomi on Wednesday announced its latest flagship, the Mi 9. In addition to overall top-of-the-line specs, the Mi 9 is the first phone to be announced with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor.

For the most part, the Mi 9 takes its aesthetic cues from its...

From CNET: Apple is planning to let developers create a single version of their apps that'll work across iPhone, iPad and Mac, a report said.

The Cupertino, California, company hopes to have this universal approach to apps in place by 2021, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

In...

From The Verge: The torrent of Samsung leaks these past few weeks has mostly been about the company’s smartphones, but now we have a revelation about the still-mysterious foldable Samsung phone as well: it’ll be announced under the title of Galaxy Fold. Word about this comes from prolific leaker...

From PC Mag: As we progress further into 2019, the speculation as to what Apple will do with its device refreshes grows. The latest rumor is sure to get professionals who rely on a MacBook for their work a little excited.

As 9To5Mac reports, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is known as a reliable source...