Month: February 2020
Apple considers allowing apps like Chrome and Gmail to be set as iOS defaults
Apple is considering letting users set third-party apps as the iPhone and iPad’s default web browsers and email clients, Bloomberg reports. The company is also reportedly working on allowing third-party music services like Spotify to run directly on its HomePod smart speaker, bypassing the need to stream them from an…
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Huawei Mate 30 Pro launches at Carphone with big freebies but no Google apps
After the somewhat controversial ban of Huawei from Android and Google services, we were unsure what the future of the brand would hold. But now here we are, with the next device in the Mate series…completely void of a Google presence. We already knew that the Huawei Mate 30 Pro…
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Android 11 could bring a fix for our biggest Android dark mode gripe
Android dark mode is proving a pretty popular new feature on Google’s operating system, but it’s often quite annoying remembering to turn it on and off every evening and morning – and you have to navigate your way through some bright menus to do so. It seems, however, that might…
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Liquid Death raises $9M to make canned water cool
It sounds like Liquid Death has won over investors with its promise to “murder your thirst” — the startup is announcing that it’s raised $9 million in Series A funding. Liquid Death sells water in a tallboy aluminum can, and it’s expanding the lineup with a sparkling water can that…
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Details of 10 million MGM hotel guests leaked online
Hackers have published the details of 10.6 million guests of MGM Resorts hotels to an online hacking forum. The data was acquired in the summer after attackers gained access to MGM servers, though the breach went under the radar at the time. The leaked files contained data relating to regular…
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Google shifts authority over UK user data to the US in wake of Brexit
Google is changing the data controller for its UK user data to Google LLC, placing the data under the jurisdiction of US regulators, the company announced today. The change is being made due to the UK’s exit from the EU, which has created uncertainty around the future of data protection…
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