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After more than a year of fighting for regulatory approval, Google has concluded its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, and is promising to silo Fitbit data away from Google's ad business.

Samsung committed a tech faux pas on Wednesday when it issued a promotional tweet from an iPhone, the flagship handset made by a smartphone market arch rival.

  BMW has announced plans to update its Apple CarKey-compatible Digital Key protocol with a more secure version that relies on Ultra Wideband radio technology, allowing users to replace physical key fobs with a compatible iPhone. Dubbed Digital Key Plus, the new technology enables users to unlock and start their car without taking iPhone out of a bag or pocket. That is an improvement over the existing BMW Digital Key, which requires users to hold iPhone up to a door handle to gain entry and s...

Apple will continue to benefit from continued momentum in the PC market, a growth trend that investment bank Cowen says will be sustained into 2021.

  VOCOlincs Cool Mist air humidifier has officially launched in the US, making it one of the first in this under-delivered HomeKit category. The VOCOlinc Cool Mist is a smart Wi-Fi connected humidifier that works with Apple HomeKit. The only other humidifier models include a little-seen Delonghi model and the smaller VOCOlinc FlowerBud. Aside from acting as a humidifier, the top portion is illuminated as a soft accent light that is capable of changing to 16 million colors. There are five diffe...

The new Scosche iPhone car mounts integrate an Apple MagSafe Charger into classic mounting systems. The MagSafe MagicMount series of chargers do not include Apples MagSafe Charger, but does come bundled with a 20W USB-C car adapter. The MagSafe Charger slips into the mount and allows simple magnetic attachment of any iPhone 12 model. Scosche announced three models: a Window/Dash mount, a cup holder mount, and a 4-in-1 kit. The first two are standard mounts without any flashy features. The 4-in-...

The latest beta of macOS Big Sur has reportedly removed the contentious ability for Apple's own apps to bypass firewalls, and hide their network use.

  New research reveals that Apple is looking at how to make Siri detect particular voices, and also determine their location, solely through vibrations. Two newly-revealed patent applications show that Apple is investigating different ways that devices can detect people, or interact with them. The major one would have Siri able to recognize individual people and their spoken commands — without the device needing a regular microphone. "Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensors Used to Sense Vibrat...

Epic Games has widened its legal dispute with Apple, submitting a new complaint in the U.K. that slams the decision to remove "Fortnite" from the App Store.

Alongside the new Galaxy S21 lineup and Galaxy Buds, Samsung also has debuted a Bluetooth tracking tag and Tile competitor dubbed the Galaxy SmartTag.