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Apple is Paying the Price for Being Late to the Smart Speaker Party Apple is paying the price for taking so long to launch the HomePod and its first smart speaker is being brushed aside into obscurity by Amazon and Google's better alternatives. -
Its iPhone Dominance Is Over, But Apple Has Never Been Healthier While Apple's iPhone revenues declined 15 percent from the prior year, all other products and services' revenue grew 19 percent. There's a reason Tim Cook is proud of Apple's 1.4-billion-strong active install base – it's core to the company's service-led future. -
Why Parents Should Worry About Kids Using Facebook Parenting in the internet age is tough. And Facebook's track record with how it treats younger users should be enough to concern any parent. This week alone, Facebook was found to be paying teenage users for access to their data, and its track record is little better. -
ICYMI: Last Week on the Web | Jan 25 2019 From blocking your most hated artist on Spotify to robots delivering your groceries, Donald Trump losing pounds overnight and making thousands of dollars from virtual farming, a lot has happened in the last seven days. We take a look at what you might have missed. -
YouTube to Surface Fewer Conspiracy Theory Videos in “Borderline Content” Crackdown YouTube has a announced a shake-up of the way that it promotes videos in its channels. The streaming site has promised to clamp down on unsolicited recommendations of conspiracy theory videos – deemed "borderline content" – citing concerns about the spread of false information. -
Google Hit With Record €50m Fine for Shady Ad Practices Google has been slapped with a record €50 million fine by the French data protection watchdog, CNIL, for breaking the GDPR rules. Specifically, Google has been taken to task for failing to disclose how it used user data when selling personalized adverts. -
iPad Mini 5 Leaks: Another Underwhelming Apple Refresh New leaks might have revealed the design and some of the internals of the iPad Mini 5. Released by a Chinese Twitter user seemingly with access to Apple prototypes and pre-production models, the new iPad Mini 5 images reveal another case of evolutionary design changes for Apple. -
Apple AirPower is Finally Going into Production Apple's wireless charging mat, the AirPower, is finally going into production after almost two years of delays. According to sources familiar with the Apple supply chain, the AirPower is being made by two Chinese companies, both of whom are already Apple contractors. -
Facebook Investigating Political Ads from Democrat Donor’s Company Facebook is investigating billionaire Democrat donor Reid Hoffman's News for Democracy company for improper political advertising practice on the social media site. The group's pages posted political adverts without going through Facebook oversight or informing users. -
Google Assistant To Be Rolled Out to Pretty Much Everything at CES 2019 You could be forgiven for thinking that Google's Assistant is already on most devices – to date it works with more than 10,000 products, according to the company. However, this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, Google announced that it would be available on even more gadgets
