What just happened? The US Department of Justice on Monday announced it has indicted four members of the Chinese military with hacking into the computer systems of credit monitoring firm Equifax in 2017 and stealing the personally identifiable information of nearly 150 million Americans.

The government alleges that Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke and Liu Lei were members of the People’s Liberation Army Research Institute, a branch of the Chinese military, and conspired to hack into Equifax’s networks , maintain access to the computers

In brief: Samsung is set to announce its clamshell-style handset at an Unpacked event tomorrow, but the company has just revealed the device in a commercial aired during the Academy Awards.

Samsung is expected to unveil three Galaxy S20 phones and the Galaxy Z Flip at tomorrow’s event, but the Korean tech giant used the Oscars’ huge audience to tease the folding handset. The commercial was tweeted by Nilay Patel, editor in chief of The Verge.

Samsung just showed off the entire Z Flip during its

Why it matters: The coronavirus is having an effect on the world economy, and one of the hardest areas hit could be smartphone sales in China. According to analysts, the precautions taken against the virus could see handset sales fall by up to 50 percent.

The coronavirus has disrupted several tech industry sectors, from canceled conferences , to delayed shipments , to numerous MWC pullouts . With many retail stores in China closed for an extended period and production delays, research firm Canalys expects that the world’s biggest smartphone market

What just happened? Mobile World Congress will be a lot quieter this year. Following in the footsteps of several other large companies, Sony and Amazon have become the latest names to withdraw from the tech show over coronavirus fears.

Last week saw LG and Ericsson announce that they won’t be at this year’s event, and while ZTE said it was canceling its press conference, the Chinese firm later confirmed it would have booth space at MWC. News of the withdrawals was unexpected, but Nvidia’s decision to

In context: Microsoft officially ended Windows 7’s extended support for non-paying customers on January 14, but the company had to push out another free update a week later—and it might be forced to do it again. Many users of the venerable OS have complained that they’re unable to shut down or restart their computers due to an unknown bug.

In late January, it was discovered that one of Microsoft’s final free updates was causing wallpaper problems for some users, showing an image as

What just happened? If you’re the second-richest person in the world with an eco-friendly outlook, what toy would you buy? For Bill Gates and his $100 billion fortune, it’s a hydrogen-powered superyacht. The $644 million vessel comes with five decks, an infinity pool, gym, helipad and spa.

Update : Despite the Sunday Telegraph ’s claims, it seems Bill Gates isn’t buying the Aqua. “The Hydrogen concept Aqua is not

Through the looking glass: AMD delivered a splendid battery of processors and graphics hardware throughout 2019 and seemingly Apple’s been taking notice. Last year the pair delivered the Mac Pro’s unique Vega II Pro Duo graphics solution, and new evidence suggests that may be the first in a succession of high-end AMD products to grace Apple’s testing labs.

Unreleased and unannounced AMD products and supporting infrastructure are appearing frequently in newly published, official MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 code.