From The Verge: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says that 1.8 billion registered users are watching videos on the platform each month, not counting anyone who’s watching without an account. Wojcicki announced the milestone at YouTube’s Brandcast presentation to advertisers, alongside some of the year’s...

From CNET: Instagram has quietly added a native payments feature for certain users, CNET has confirmed.

As part of the feature, users of the photo sharing app can register a credit or debit card with their profile and set up a security pin. They can then make purchases without leaving the site...

From PC Mag: Cambridge Analytica, the UK political consultancy that collected data on millions of Facebook users without their consent, is shutting down.

On Wednesday, Cambridge Analytica said it had no choice but to cease operations, citing bad press. It's also preparing to file for bankruptcy....

From CNET: You rarely see Nokia phones in the US, but little by little that's changing.

The oddly named Nokia 6.1 is the latest attempt to make waves in the open US market. This is very much a budget device that will go toe to toe with Motorola's Moto G6, a handset with a strong budget pedigree...

From The Verge: HTC’s smartphone division isn’t dead yet. Freshly tweeted this morning, we now have a launch date for HTC’s next major Android release, which is almost certain to be the HTC U12 that has already made a couple of early appearances. Images ahead of the launch have suggested the U12 won...

From The Verge: Sling TV is expanding its Cloud DVR service to a ton of new devices, including the Google Chrome browser, Chromecasts, Xbox One consoles, LG smart TVs, and Samsung’s 2016 and 2017 model smart TVs, via TechRadar.

The feature was previously available on other platforms where Sling TV...

From PC Mag: Alongside offering PS4 games for purchase on disc or digitally via PSN, Sony also runs the PlayStation Now subscription service. It offers nearly 650 games to play for $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year. However, until now the games offered have been PS3 and PS4 titles, but from today PS2...

From CNET: The Pentagon has banned the sale of phones made by Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE at retail outlets on US military bases around the world, the US Department of Defense confirmed to CNET on Wednesday.

The ban is based on the potential security threat the Pentagon believes the phones...

From The Verge: Smart luggage company Bluesmart is shutting down and selling off its technology, and has placed blame on the major airlines that adopted a de facto ban of its battery toting bags. The recent ban on smart luggage with non-removable batteries, which was meant to reduce the risk of...

From PC Mag: Back in March, Switch owners were warned against using third-party docks after it was discovered they could brick the console. The problem is linked to the release of Switch firmware version 5.0 and portable docks from Nyko and FastSnail. Now Nyko is facing a class-action lawsuit...