Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, has acquired 3D-printed lenses startup Luxexcel Group B.V. for an undisclosed sum to improve future augmented reality glasses. Founded in 2009 with operations in The Netherlands and Belgium, Luxexcel enables partners to 3D-print prescription lenses in volume, create better lenses and integrate smart technology in lenses. The ...

Supply chain issues facing Apple Inc. from ongoing COVID-related disruption in China may have passed their worst point just as the company is now facing a new issue: a sales slump in lower-end models. Apple’s issues in mainland China date back to the earliest days of COVID-19 but became much more serious when protests emerged ...

Following in the footsteps of the European Union, India has passed a regulation that will mandate the use of USB-C chargers for all mobile devices. The announcement by the Indian government-run Bureau of Indian Standards was reportedly made Tuesday following consultation with industry stakeholders about standards, global supply chain constraints and the availability of products. ...

Data security firm Netwrix Corp. has acquired privileged access management startup Remediant Inc. for an undisclosed price to enrich its PAM offering. Founded in 2015, Remediant offers PAM software designed to assist enterprises in protecting their accounts from misuse and abuse. The software provides real-time monitoring, zero-trust security protection of privileged accounts and just-in-time administration across ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has banned TikTok on all House-issued mobile phones as the U.S. government moves towards a ban across all government devices. NBC News reported late Tuesday that a memo sent by Catherine L. Szpindor, chief administrative officer of the House, also banned TikTok from being downloaded on House-issued devices. The memo states ...

Apple Inc.’s iPhone 14 crash detection feature is falsely reporting car crashes again, this time by people skiing. In October, it was reported that emergency services workers were being called to the Kings Island amusement park in Ohio when iPhone 14 users were on rollercoasters and similar false alerts were also triggered at another park ...

A hacker is offering data from some 400 million Twitter accounts for sale that is said to have been scraped via an application programming interface vulnerability. The hacker goes by the name of Ryushi on BreachForums, the successor site to the now-shuttered RaidForums. The hacker claims that the data includes the email addresses and phone numbers of celebrities, ...

Notepad, Microsoft Corp.’s arguably most underrated app, may soon get an upgrade in Windows 11 after a senior product manager tweeted that the app is about to get tab support. Simple yet functional at its core, Notepad, known initially as Multi-Tool Notepad, made its debut in 1983 as a standalone app before being included in ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s annual launch of its flagship S range of phones is expected early next year, and ahead of the release various leaks have provided an idea of what to expect. The S23 range, which has a reported launch date of Feb. 1, is expected to see only minor upgrades. Among the changes ...

Some two years after a push by the Trump administration for ByteDance Ltd. to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok, all that is old is new again with a report that the Biden administration is now pushing for the same thing. The Wall Street Journal reported today that administration officials are pushing for the sale to ...