Technology

  There’s always been a gap between how much money Apple’s App Store makes when compared with Google Play. But in the third quarter of 2018, that gap widened considerably – possibly to the widest point yet. According to a new report from Sensor Tower, the App Store earned nearly …

  Fresh off a $150 million round of funding, kids’ gaming platform Roblox is making its first acquisition. The company says it’s acquiring the small startup PacketZoom, bringing its team and technology in-house to help it improve mobile application performance as its platform expands further into worldwide markets. Founded in 2013, …

Last week, Bloomberg published an explosive article alleging that SuperMicro servers had been found with critical hardware-level compromises that could only have been inserted at the factory. The allegations sent shockwaves through the international tech community. Such attacks have been theoretically possible for years, but none are known to have …

Can you recall the last time a Microsoft Windows update rolled out free from controversy? It’s remarkable that Microsoft manages to turn what should be a joyous event into a mess so often, but it’s happening yet again. The most recent Windows 10 update had to be pulled after it …

Last week, Microsoft announced new Surface devices, including the Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2. As part of the announcement, the company cut the base price on both units down to $899 and $999 respectively. But there are some asterisks attached to those offers that you may want to …

Nintendo has been famously hesitant to bring its most beloved franchises to mobile for fear that would cannibalize its handheld console sales. Still, smartphones aren’t going away any time soon, and Nintendo might have an angle. The company has submitted a patent in the US for a phone case that …

Nokia used to be the most recognizable name in the mobile industry, but that was before the modern smartphone era. Microsoft bought the company’s mobile business and promptly ruined it by launching Windows Phone hardware no one wanted. Now, the Nokia brand is back by way of hardware partner HMD, and …

Update 10/8/18 @ 5:46pm EST: More information has come to light about this report, although it’s still inconclusive. Our original story continues below. For years, security researchers have warned that unscrupulous hardware manufacturers or foreign governments could hijack the manufacturing process, installing backdoors into equipment that would be difficult to …

Every time Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 update, there’s a certain number of people that have trouble installing it, or for whom the update breaks something. Most of the time, these issues are minor. My own system has a problem with repeating notifications that’s been happening since April 2018 …

It’s not illegal to have your devices repaired by a company that isn’t Apple — but Apple would really prefer you didn’t know that. The company has aggressively pushed for product locks in all aspects of its designs over the last few years, likely as part of a bid to …