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Huawei's worst nightmare comes true

Back in the news again, Huawei's fighting for survival as it loses access to Android—and faces a choice about how to build devices going forward.


103: IP Woes

Frederique and Owen chat about WhatsApp delivered malware, Google I/O, a Facebook co-founder going off, the Uber IPO, and more!


Is there really a problem with Huawei?

Huawei planned for the U.S. ban on trade, and can survive for a year. But, why are we demonizing the company when we know the U.S. has spied on our networks for decades?


App Store monopolies and you

A step along the way to determining whether or not Apple has a monopoly over the iOS App Store—which seems easy enough to answer, but is a surprisingly complex problem.


It's that time again: update all your stuff day!

CPUs are broken, again, so it's time to update all of your junk again. Oh, and let's talk about Google's new toilet-targeted ads.


*ring ring* Congrats, you now have malware

Nobody likes answering the phone—but if you do, and it's on WhatsApp, you might have been infected by malware. Inside the terrifying breach that affects every platform....and please, update your apps right now.


Uber slides across the IPO line

After almost a decade, Uber is going public—and it'll be a moment of truth in shaky markets.


What a cheaper smartphone actually means

Google's new "cheap" Pixel 3a is a play for the piece of the market nobody's even paying attention to. It might just be Google's biggest smartphone success.


Google finds religion in privacy

Seeing the light, and promise of privacy-focused devices, Google finds religion: privacy is now at the core of how it builds new products. Does anyone actually believe it's telling the truth?


Windows now comes with an extra Linux sprinkle

Microsoft wants developers to know it's building the best tools for them, and that they should give Windows a second look—adding a Linux kernel to Windows is the icing on the cake.