Microsoft's Brad Smith calls for more antitrust scrutiny of app stores

From CNET: Microsoft President Brad Smith suggested that the app stores of rival companies Apple and Google should be subject to greater antitrust scrutiny because their rules make life difficult for small developers. Without explicitly naming Apple or Google, he told Politico that companies had...

Samsung rolls out smartwatch blood pressure tracking in South Korea

From The Verge: Samsung has released its Health Monitor app in South Korea, enabling blood pressure tracking for the Galaxy Watch Active 2 smartwatch. The rollout is slightly ahead of schedule; Samsung previously said the app would be released in the third quarter of this year after getting approval...

Zoom will offer full encryption to free users after all

From CNET: It turns out Zoom will go ahead and offer end-to-end encryption to all users, despite previously saying the feature would be a premium one, for paying customers only. That's according to a Wednesday blog post from CEO Eric Yuan.

The videoconferencing service saw a massive surge in users...

Images of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3 leak online

From The Verge: Images of Samsung’s unannounced Galaxy Watch 3 have leaked online, giving us our first look at the company’s upcoming wearable. The images appeared on South Korea’s NRRA certification website, where they were spotted by MySmartPrice. In them, you can see what appears to be a physical...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 690 Lowers (Some) 5G Phone Costs

From PC Mag: 5G phones are quickly coming down in price, but maybe not in the US. Today Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 690 chipset, its first 5G chipset in its midrange 6-series, designed for phones under $500.

The Snapdragon 690 supports 5G, 120Hz screens, Wi-Fi 6, and 4K HDR video capture. It...

New Pokemon Snap coming to Nintendo Switch

From CNET: Pokemon Snap, the delightful 1999 N64 photo-taking classic, is getting a sequel -- New Pokemon Snap -- on Nintendo Switch, the Pokemon Company revealed in a Wednesday livestream.

It didn't give a release date for the game, so it could be a while away yet.

The upcoming game will take...

ASUS Launches AMD B550 Series Motherboards

From ASUS Press Release: ASUS is launching new motherboards featuring the AMD B550 chipset, bringing the potential of PCIe 4.0 to mainstream PC builds everywhere. The latest ASUS B550 series motherboards enable 20 general-purpose PCIe 4.0 lanes from 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors. The primary...

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