What just happened? Morgan Stanley on Thursday announced intentions to purchase online trading platform E-Trade. The all-stock deal is valued at roughly $13 billion and represents the largest takeover of an American lender since the global financial crisis in 2008.

With the acquisition, Morgan Stanley will take on more than 5.2 million additional customer accounts and some $360 billion in assets. They’ll join Morgan Stanley’s existing three million clients and their $2.7 trillion in

In a nutshell: As is usually the case with birthdays, Photoshop also put on some weight after turning 30, albeit in the shape of several new feature updates and performance improvements across its desktop and iPad apps.

Photoshop, a byword for image editing and manipulation, crossed its 30th birthday recently. Although the software has faced stiff competition from several paid and free programs over the years, it continues to be one of the most feature-rich and complete products on the market today.

Adobe celebrated the milestone

What just happened? Are you one of the many millions of people who own a Galaxy smartphone? If so, you might have received a strange notification last night via Samsung’s Find My Mobile app—I did. The message simply showed a “1” with another “1” underneath it, which led to some users believing they’d been hacked. But Samsung has confirmed it was an accident.

Social media was flooded with messages from Samsung users confused by the notification. As the name suggests, the

The big picture: The EU wants to kick off a "generational project" that will reduce its dependence on companies outside the region for digital products. The proposals include several key areas that need improvement, but have yet to include any specific solutions, which will be subject for public debate throughout 2020.

The EU has revealed its new digital market policy , which is going to have wide-ranging implications for tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, as well as other companies that gather

A hot potato: Chrome still dominates the browser market, and it looks like Google will do anything to keep it that way, including showing a security warning to users of Microsoft’s Edge browser when they access the Chrome Web Store.

Edge has long lived in the shadow of Chrome, but Microsoft last year decided to rebuild its browser with the same Chromium platform used by Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi

Why it matters: There are plenty of iconic figures in the history of computing. But while most people know of Jobs, Gates, and Wozniak, the name Larry Tesler might not be as familiar. The computer scientist, who passed away on Monday at the age of 74, was responsible for numerous features we take for granted today, including cut/copy and paste, and find & replace.

Gizmodo reports that Tesler was born in 1945 and studied computer science at Stanford. He worked in AI

The big picture: The US is trying to convince its allies in Europe that using Huawei's 5G tech is no different than using that of its competition, minus the security risks of trusting a company with alleged to the Chinese government.

It's no secret that the US doesn't trust Huawei , to the extent that it's not letting American carriers buy Chinese telecom infrastructure of any kind, including 5G . Earlier this month, the DOJ charged Huawei for racketeering and stealing trade secrets, which

In brief: Subscription services are all the rage these days. Platforms like Netflix, Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, and countless others charge a monthly fee in exchange for ongoing access to their respective content libraries. However, this monetization model has use cases that extend beyond the digital world. In a press release published today, Nissan announced its first baggage-free car subscription service: "Nissan Switch."

Nissan Switch is the carmaker's attempt to bring "on-demand driving" to the