From PC Mag: If you ask the FCC for permission to launch and operate four small satellites and your request is denied, what do you do? If you're Swarm Technologies, you launch them anyway and deal with the consequences later. Those consequences have now been decided upon, and they include payment of...

From ExtremeTech: Intel has been on something of a tear of late. After its Architecture Day earlier this month, where the company debuted its plans for new CPUs, GPUs, 3D interconnects, and overall foundry strategy, it’s now announcing a new set of manufacturing expansions intended to serve growing...

From CNET: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is being criticized for failing to curb the spread of child pornography on the messaging app.

A report by two Israeli online safety groups, Netivei Reshet and Screensaverz, concluded that it was easy to find WhatsApp groups in which people shared images and videos...

From AnandTech: AMD has announced availability of the Athlon 220GE and Athlon 240GE processors it announced back in September. Based on the Zen microarchitecture and featuring built-in Radeon Vega graphics, these parts are priced well below $100 per unit, focusing on the mass market, and the new...

From The Verge: AT&T customers will start to see a 5G logo appear in the corner of their smartphone next year — not because they’re using a 5G phone connected to a 5G network, but because AT&T is going to start pretending its most advanced 4G LTE tech is 5G.

According to FierceWireless, AT&T will...

From CRN: While Apple brought a number of enhancements to both sizes of its iPad Pro with refreshed models this fall, one change to the tablets isn't sitting as well with some buyers.

Some 2018 iPad Pro tablets, in both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch sizes, exhibit a "very slight bend," Apple confirmed...

From PC Mag: Televisions may be a lot lighter since we moved from CRT to LCD and OLED, but their increased display size still makes them quite difficult to transport around. There is an alternative, though, in the form of a home projector, and LG just unveiled its latest short throw CineBeam Laser...

From QNAP Press Release: QNAP® Systems, Inc. today launched the compact and versatile TBS-453DX NASbook which is designed for small working spaces and mobile workers. Using four M.2 SATA SSDs for storage, the TBS-453DX can also have 20 cloud storage spaces mapped and local caching enabled, providing...

From Tesoro Press Release: The GRAM MX ONE Mechanical Keyboard offers CHERRY MX switches within the beautiful GRAM series framework. The keyswitch-and-keyboard body combination delivers a perfect balance and another market option of a high performance keyboard with solid backlit in blue for all...

From ExtremeTech: The internet is full of wonder and the accumulated knowledge of humanity, but it’s also full of malicious software and scams. That’s why Windows users have always been warned not to launch shady executables. You’re not going to open virus.exe, but sometimes it’s not so clear...