Tech

A round-up of all the big stories from the world of technology during the week.

Samsung has officially confirmed the launch of its upcoming, mid-range smartphone, Galaxy M40, which will go on sale on the day of its launch.

The Google Messages app is the company's answer to Apple's iMessages, and aims to create its own messaging ecosystem for Android devices.

With Amazon able to ship the Moto Z4 so quickly, indicates that the stocks for the phone are in place.

The new CPU comes with a base clock of 4GHz which is 400MHz higher than the 9900K.

Yet another gaming smartphone is headed our way as Black Shark is officially entering the Indian market.

Alexa Announcements will allow users to broadcast a short voice message to all Alexa-compatible smart devices connected to the same network, hence working as an effective intercom setup.

Twitter recorded 45.6 million tweets on its platform during a one-month period in the run-up to the polls, registering 1.2 million tweets on the first day of voting.

Facebook, it is believed, is helping operators and phone makers create targeted advertising.

Despite the slump in China, Xiaomi beat its Q1 2019 revenue estimates by $245.9 million to post quarterly revenue of $6.3 billion in the first three months of the year.

According to Facebook, these maps will be combined with health systems across the world, to better understand outbreaks and provide services accordingly.

Huawei has confirmed in its statement that they will continue to provide security updates for existing phones, and the ones that are in stock globally waiting to be sold.

The new PUBG Mobile Season 7 update brings a new Royale Pass for Season 7. With the new pass, players will get access to exclusive outfits, emotes, additional rewards and a new EZ Mission License.

The fact that subscriptions for streaming apps are bundled makes this a rather attractive proposition.

The game streaming app from Valve was initially rejected by Apple a year ago under grounds of business conflict, but has finally been rolled out for Apple devices.

the Commerce Department has added Huawei to its Entity List, and believes the company's actions are against "national security or foreign policy interest".