From The Verge: Balmuda, a Japanese design company known for its stylish appliances, has announced plans to make a smartphone. There aren’t many details on the device itself yet, but it’ll be a 5G handset that’s expected to be released in November. SoftBank will sell it as a carrier model, while...

From PC Mag: A Vietnamese firm announced a deal to sell 2 million phones to AT&T and then promptly said it was exiting from the phone business entirely, according to analyst firm Wave7 Research.

VinSmart provided four models to AT&T through white-labelling firm Emblem Solutions: the Cricket...

From CNET: Disney Plus grew to 103.6 subscribers as of April 3, Disney said Thursday in its fiscal second-quarter report, up from just 33 million a year earlier. It added a total of 8.7 million more members since the start of this year, a period when its first Marvel original series, WandaVision and...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today launched a new model in its flagship VIRTUOSO family of premium gaming headsets: the VIRTUOSO RGB Wireless XT. Connecting via hyper-fast SLIPSTREAM WIRELESS and Bluetooth for simultaneous dual-wireless connections, in addition to high-fidelity USB and...

From The Verge: Sony has announced its first new colors for PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller: a “cosmic red” model that features a two-tone red and black design, and an all-black “midnight black” version that brings to mind the classic PS2, PS3, and PS4 controller designs.

Until now, Sony has...

From PC Mag: HMD is dragging the classic flip phone into the modern age with the $79.99 2720 V Flip, a KaiOS-powered flip phone launching with Verizon on May 20.

The 2720 V Flip aims to bridge the gap between voice-only phones and smartphones, offering WhatsApp, Facebook, and Google speech-to-text...

From CNET: Amazon on Thursday said it's aiming to hire 75,000 warehouse workers and delivery drivers across the US and Canada. The retail giant, which last month prevailed in a fight against labor organizing at one of its warehouses in Alabama, said average starting pay for the open roles is $17 an...

From ASUS Press Release: ASUS today announced Zenfone 8, the latest, fastest, and most compact generation of the innovative Zenfone smartphone family. Zenfone 8 is a high-performance 5.9-inch smartphone with a pocket-friendly design that's exceptionally easy to use and carry. It's also the proud...

From The Verge: Judges from the European Union’s second-highest court have rejected a €250 million ($300 million) tax bill lodged against Amazon in 2017 as part the bloc’s ongoing fight against US tech giants.

The case was one of a number spearheaded by Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner...