Huawei reaches record $122 billion revenue despite US government sanctions, warns of tough times ahead TechSpot

In a New Year’s message to employees, rotating chairman Eric Xu wrote that revenue exceeded 850 billion Chinese Yun ($122 billion) this year, which marks an 18 percent YoY increase. While this is a record high for the company, sales figures were still lower than initially forecast. The 240 million...





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iPhone's Emergency SOS feature saves woman from attempted sexual assault TechSpot

CBS affiliate WTKR reports that the incident took place around 2 AM on Sunday morning at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The woman was about to get into her Uber to go home when a lone stranger approached asking for help to find his iPhone.





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Samsung likely to reveal a true 'Zero Bezel' TV at CES TechSpot

According to The Elec, Samsung’s consumer electronics boss Kim Hyun-Seok and other executives have given the TV “two-thumbs up.” It plans to start mass production of the sets in February, which, if true, shows the television is more than a proof of concept.





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A doorbell cam captured the confession of a suspect accused of murder TechSpot

According to Texas authorities, a video doorbell similar to Amazon’s Ring captured the confession of a murderer.





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Safari for macOS has picture-in-picture mode for videos TechSpot

To enable picture in picture in macOS, browse to the YouTube video you want to watch in Safari. Right-click anywhere on the video twice. The first click will pull up the video player’s context menu, such as loop or copy video URL. The second will open a Safari drop-down with...





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The Witcher 3 has more Steam players now than it did on launch TechSpot

At the end of the day, video games simply don't appeal to everyone. The Witcher 3 sold like hotcakes, but not every casual consumer wants to sit in front of a PC monitor or TV screen and hack at monsters for upwards of 80 hours, no matter how entertaining the...





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US shoppers expected to return $100 billion worth of unwanted goods purchased this holiday season TechSpot

Optoro, a retail technology company, forecasts that US consumers will return roughly $100 billion worth of unwanted goods purchased between Thanksgiving and Christmas. And gifts purchased online will be nearly three times as likely to be returned, the Financial Times highlights.





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WhatsApp ends official support for Microsoft's ill-fated Windows Phone TechSpot

The social media platform is officially cutting support for the Windows Phone from its popular messaging app, "WhatsApp." This change goes into effect on December 31, 2019, which is tomorrow. Further, WhatsApp's developers will stop supporting older versions of Android (2.3.7 and earlier) and iOS (iOS 8 and earlier) on February 1, 2020.





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Uber continues global expansion by snapping up Middle Eastern rival TechSpot

Uber may have lost its license to operate in London due to safety concerns, but the company is still quickly expanding in other regions like the Middle East, as it hopes to become profitable by 2021.





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China hands down prison terms to scientists who genetically altered babies TechSpot

China-run news outlet Xinhua reports that He Jiankui has been sentenced to three years in prison for “illegal medical practices.” He was also fined 3 million yuan ($430,000) and received a lifetime ban from practicing reproductive medicine.





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Google Pixel 4a renders reveal hole-punch display, headphone jack and more TechSpot

The renders in question portray a Pixel 4a that abandons the notch in favor of a hole-punch display – a small, circular cutout that presumably houses the front-facing camera. Around back is a square camera array not unlike the domino-style setup we’ve seen on Apple’s iPhone 11 series and the...





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French court rules that authorities can scan social media posts for evidence of tax evasion TechSpot

The data French authorities will now be allowed to "review" includes content like posts, profile descriptions, and photos. As you can imagine, some folks are none too pleased with this latest development and feel it poses a risk to privacy.





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League of Legends looks absolutely stunning in Unreal Engine 4 TechSpot

In a YouTube clip highlighting the map, Wayne said he worked on the project a few hours each day over a three-week span. His goal was to convert Summoner’s Rift into a more realistic map while maintaining its core layout. He developed both a top-down and first-person view.





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This original 2015 Witcher 3 review is still a great read in 2019 TechSpot

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open-world role-playing game that casts you as a legendary and sexy monster hunter named Geralt of Rivia. Widely considered one of the best RPGs of all time, The Witcher is having newfound mainstream popularity thanks to the Netflix TV series. Check out this...





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IoT maker Wyze suffers data leak, exposes personal data of 2.4 million customers TechSpot

Cybersecurity firm Twelve Security was first to notice and announce the issue. It said the exposed information included email addresses, a list of cameras in the home, API Tokens, WiFi SSIDs, and health data such as height, weight, gender, bone density and mass, protein intake, and more.





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PlayStation 4 is powered by a GPU that is roughly equal to what PC graphics card? TechSpot

Drawing parallels between console and PC hardware...





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Take-Two sues modder over Red Dead Redemption PC port TechSpot

Project leader DamnedDev had been working on Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project, which would allow PC gamers to enjoy improved graphics and extra features in both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game using emulators.





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