Details on the next PlayStation console emerge, Google and Amazon both offer ad-supported music services on smart speakers, and Intel exits the 5G modem market.
Facebook admits that millions of Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, the Switch is coming to China, and smart speakers are getting ad-supported streaming music services.
Business Insider reports that since May 2016 Facebook collected the email contact lists of 1.5 million new users without consent.Amazon and Google kiss and make up allowing YouTube on Amazon’s Fire TV devices and smart TVs in the coming month. And in response to issues with early production models of the Samsung Galaxy Fold Samsung says it will, “will thoroughly inspect these units in person to determine the cause of the matter.”
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
Amazon exits e-commerce in China, Facebook collected email contacts of 1.5 million users without consent, and T-Mobile rolls out its T-Mobile Money checking account.
Apple and Qualcomm have patched things up just in time for Apple to dump Intel as its sole source 5G chip supplier and pick Qualcomm instead. Hmmm. Plus Microsoft rolls out its diskless Xbox One S and the UK reveals that mandatory age-verification for adult sites begins July 15th.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.
Microsoft has a new Xbox with no optical drive and a big interactive whiteboard that comes with a battery. Meanwhile Qualcomm and Apple settle their patent dispute and Intel gets out of the 5G wireless phone chip game.
Sony reveals key specs for their upcoming PlayStation 5 game console including 8K resolution, faster CPU, and SSD storage. What does this reveal say about where Sony wants to be in gaming and more importantly where it might be weakest.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
India demands TikTok be pulled from Apple and Google app stores, Google will pay Louisville for Google Fiber damage, Facebook will discontinue P2P Messenger payments in France and UK.
Voice Assistant feedeback! You share your thoughts on voice assistants with us. Microsoft is developing its own earbuds. And Microsoft warns that malicious actors could have viewed non-corporate Outlook email accounts.