Andy Rubin's Essential confirms layoffs; sources say it's almost a third of its workforce, primarily from the startup's hardware and sales divisions
Some More Skepticism About Blockchains, Bitcoins, and What Not Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : $100M later, Andy Rubin's cutting staff and looking for what's Essential Habeeb On...
iPhone XS and XS Max review: terrific display, great speakers, and long battery life, but expensive, very good camera but not great, portrait mode a hit or miss
Three years ago, Phil Schiller was my guest … Rene Ritchie / iMore : iPhone XS + Max Review: The best damn product Apple's ever made, take 2 Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : iPhone X Cases May Have Slightl...
iOS 12 officially launches out of beta, with faster performance, Screen Time, smarter notifications, Memoji, Siri Shortcuts, improved privacy in Safari, more
Want to roll your iPhone back to iOS 11? Jason Cipriani / CNET : iOS 12: Getting to know Screen Time and stronger parental controls Jonny Evans / Computerworld : 9+ iOS 12 security improvements you sh...
Lenovo announces a range of new Windows laptops, Chromebooks, and the Lenovo Smart Home Essentials line, including a smart plug and smart bulb for $29+
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S9 and S9+ hands-on: same look and feel as S8, fingerprint reader placement is a welcome improvement, AR Emoji not as precise as Animoji, Bixby button lives on
here's what it does Roger Fingas / AppleInsider : Samsung defends Galaxy S9's ‘AR Emoji,’ says feature doesn't copy iPhone X's Animoji Ryne Hager / Android Police : [Update: T-Mobile's PR was misleadi...
Chrome's default ad blocker goes live, removing ads on sites that repeatedly display pop-ups, autoplay video with sound, and other invasive ads
and why it's not your new ad blocker Greg Synek / TechSpot : Google shares details of Chrome's built-in ad blocker Brett Molina / USA Today : How Google Chrome will limit the ads you view Rik Henderso...
Source: Microsoft considers buying Electronic Arts, as it seeks to increase exclusive games lineup; acquisition rumors also include Valve and PUBG
and Microsoft is considering a major acquisition to fix it Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com : MSFT + EA? (Premium) Paul Tassi / Forbes : Microsoft Buying EA For Xbox Wouldn't Make Any Sense Kip Kniskern /...
Microsoft closes Outlook.com Premium to new subscribers, eight months after its launch from public preview, and adds some of its features to Office 365
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Microsoft discontinues Groove Music Pass service, effective December 31, partners with Spotify, which it will recommend to Windows users instead
without your phone — for $77 Jerry Johnson / Windows Experience Blog : Microsoft to bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass customers Peter Bright / Ars Technica : Microsoft getting out of the music biz, m...
Microsoft memo: Surface Book return rate hit 17% in late-'15; source: Intel was made scapegoat for Surface Book problems, as other OEMs handled Skylake's issues
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