The last few Pixel phones have leaked in great detail before launch, and the upcoming Pixel 4 looks like no exception. Google already tried to get ahead of the leaks with a recent tweet, but now it’s providing numerous details on the phone, including the inclusion of face unlock …

  Over the past couple of weeks, FaceApp—the AI-driven photo augmentation tool for smartphones—became the source of a major data privacy controversy that appears to have been greatly overstated. Nevertheless, it points to a clear and common issue about the rights we may give up with potentially any app we …

It looks like the return of Softbank’s Vision Fund may be less reliant on murder money and more reliant on Microsoft’s money-making machine for its backing. The rumored involvement of Microsoft in financing Softbank Vision Fund II (electric boogaloo?) is interesting for what it may indicate about how the relationship …

A quantum spin liquid is a state of matter where unpaired electrons’ spins, although entangled, do not show magnetic order even at the zero temperature. The realization of a quantum spin liquid is a long-sought goal in physics. In a paper published in the journal Nature Physics, physicists from Rice …

Apples are among the most consumed fruits worldwide. They represent a source of direct human exposure to bacterial communities. A new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, shows that consuming the whole apple — organic or conventional — includes an approximate uptake of 100 million bacterial cells; however, …

Archaeologists believe they have found the lost Philistine city of Ziklag, where young David lived when he fled from King Saul. They said they had discovered the remains of the 3,000-year-old settlement near the modern town of Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. An aerial view of the archaeological site of …

Today’s consumers have made mobile calls an integral part of their purchase journeys, as they seek more immediate gratification of their business information wants and needs. Phone calls provide deep-in-the-funnel prospects with fast answers, connections to real people and the type of detailed information that can play an important role …

  Consumer home security cameras continue to proliferate, and Amazon-owned Ring has been under fire for the way it cooperates with police to share video footage. A newly leaked document indicates the company’s “Law Enforcement Neighborhood Portal” comes with some strings attached. Ring reportedly required at least one police department …

  Apple debuted its custom butterfly keyboard mechanism in the 2015 MacBook before expanding it to the MacBook Pro in 2016. At the time, the company claimed the butterfly switches were a revolution because they made keyboards so much thinner. However, MacBook users have had no end of problems with …

  Samsung wanted to launch the fantastically expensive Galaxy Fold back in April, but the first batch of review units failed left and right. Samsung recalled the units to rework the foldable display, and now it says the phone’s redesign is complete. The Galaxy Fold will ship in September for …