From CNET: Chinese tech behemoth Tencent has taken a 12 percent stake in social media giant Snap, according to the Financial Times. Tencent sits among China's three biggest tech companies along with Baidu and Alibaba, collectively known as BAT.

The news, revealed Wednesday in Snap's quarterly...

From PC Mag: Google is rolling out some of the fixes it promised late last month following widespread reports detailing screen burn-in on the Pixel 2 XL. To "extend the life of the OLED display," the navigation bar buttons at the bottom of the Pixel screen will now fade out after a short period of...

From CNET: The Opera desktop browser was reborn with social media capabilities earlier this year, but that apparently wasn't enough.

Today's update adds VR support to the multifaceted browser, letting you stream 360 degree videos to your HTC Vive or Oculus headset, as well as any OpenVR devices. It...

From The Verge: Snap published its third quarter earnings report as a public company this afternoon. This first two did not go well, and the third was no better. The company missed investors’ expectations in terms of revenue and user growth, and the share price plunged over 15 percent in after-hours...

From The Verge: Amazon has announced that its new Fire TV Stick Basic Edition will be available in more than 100 countries worldwide starting today. The Fire TV Stick is a media player that connects to your TV’s HMDI port, and lets you to stream content, including movies and TV shows, through...

From PC World: It sounds crazy, but it’s true: Arch-rivals AMD and Intel have teamed up to co-design an Intel Core microprocessor with a custom AMD Radeon graphics core inside the processor package, aimed at bringing top-tier gaming to thin-and-light notebook PCs.

Executives from both AMD and Intel...

From CNET: The last few years saw BlackBerry phones slide into irrelevancy as consumers opted for flashier offerings from Apple or Samsung.

Some things never change.

TCL, a Chinese company best known for cheap televisions, as well as budget phones under its Alcatel brand, earlier this year took...

From PC Mag: If you're looking to score a free upgrade to Windows 10, your options are limited—and about to run out completely. For most, Microsoft's free upgrade program expired in July 2016. If you snoozed, you earned the unpleasant task of paying at least $120 for the most basic version of...

From CNET: Broadcom really, really wants to hook up with Qualcomm.

The San Jose, California, company, which makes chips for everything from cable modems to set-top boxes and digital video recorders, on Monday launched an unsolicited bid for Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of chips and...

From The Verge: In October, home device maker Ring unveiled a new security system called Ring Protect, designed to tie together a home’s cameras, lights, and doorbells. Last week, a judge ordered Ring to stop selling products at the center of an ongoing lawsuit brought by security company ADT...