Samsung has not sold over a million Galaxy Fold devices (Update: more like wishful thinking)

In context: Samsung's first attempt at foldable phones was marred by so many issues that the company was forced to pull, redesign and relaunch the device months later. And while the idea of a $2,000 phone, admittedly a first-gen product, was never going to see skyrocketing sales, the fact that Samsung claimed to have sold a million Galaxy Folds was very surprising.

Update (12/16): In a statement to Korean's Yonhap News Agency , a Samsung

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Mozilla and others file petition for net neutrality rehearing

Big quote: "As we said then, the fight is far from over. The decision raises issues of exceptional importance to protecting consumers and the open internet, and we look forward to continuing the fight to preserve net neutrality as a fundamental digital right," said Amy Keating, chief legal officer for Mozilla.

Following a federal court's ruling last October to uphold the Republican-led FCC's decision to rollback net neutrality protections, Mozilla vowed to keep fighting the good fight. That fight continued this past Friday

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Google will create addresses for two million Brazilians

Why it matters: Google has partnered with the Sao Paulo government for the Rotas Rurais project to map out an area of over 60,000 square kilometers, giving addresses to 340,000 residences. By including them in a new database, roughly two million citizens will be given access to medical care, emergency services, government identification, and more.

In 2018, Google introduced the open-source Plus Codes program to give governments and citizens the option to freely create their

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Become an Excel master with this certification bundle, just $34

Microsoft Excel is undoubtedly popular and extremely useful, having a basic understanding of how it works is essential but only few know how to use it at an advanced level. The Ultimate Excel Certification Training Bundle will take your understanding of Microsoft Excel to the next level -- and it's on sale for only $34.

This training will show you how to build and prepare a workbook good enough for a Fortune 500 CEO, to a household budget, and everything in between. The 33 hour bundle


The Outer Worlds will get story-focused DLC next year

Something to look forward to: If you enjoyed Obsidian's latest RPG, The Outer Worlds, but were left wanting more after the relatively short story, you're in luck. In celebrating the game's success at The Game Awards, it was revealed that Obsidian has plans to expand the story through DLC sometime in 2020.

Obsidian's sci-fi space opera, The Outer Worlds , is fresh off The Game Awards where it notched nominations for Best Narrative, Best RPG, Game of


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is charging $20 to see your kill-death ratio in match

WTF?! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is now charging $20 for a ten-piece “cosmetic” pack containing a watch that tells players how many times they’ve died in-match, rather than in the post-game stats like usual. The feature arguably provides a tactical advantage to players that have it, violating the developers’ promise that “all functional content that has an impact on game balance, such as base weapons and attachments, can be unlocked simply by playing the game.”
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Facebook hard disks containing company's payroll information stolen

What just happened? Usually when we hear the words “Facebook” and “data leak,” it’s about user data being mishandled or exposed. But the latest data theft for the company is a little closer to home, as hard disks containing payroll information for thousands of employees have been stolen during a smash-and-grab car robbery.

Facebook may have taken steps in the last few years to tighten their data control policies, but it seems their best intentions have been foiled by an employee mistake and a


Amazon can now deliver half of its own packages

In a nutshell: In the past year alone, Amazon’s American delivery capacity has more than doubled. They’ve gone from fulfilling 20% of their orders to about 50%, despite an uptick in sales and the introduction of one-day Prime shipping – FedEx and UPS better watch out.

CNBC reports that Morgan Stanley analysts are predicting a 68% compound annual growth for deliveries between 2018 and 2022, bringing them up from 2.5 billion packages delivered this

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Apple Podcasts and Spotify podcasts are now available on Echo speakers

The big picture: With Apple Music and later TV+, Apple realized it needed to aim beyond its ecosystem to help it grow as quickly as possible, a strategy that has worked well so far. Now it's also doing the same with Podcasts by making it available on Amazon's Echo smart speakers.

If people needed one less reason to drop $300 for Apple's HomePod , the company is making Podcasts available for everyone in the US who uses Amazon's Alexa-powered speakers.

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Google finishes US rollout of RCS, its replacement for SMS

Why it matters: After years of organizing and fighting mobile carriers, Google has finally finished implementing RCS (Rich Communications Services) for all Android devices in the States. The service, effectively replacing the old SMS and MMS messaging standards, turns typical Android texting into an iMessage-like experience.

Android texting has been disastrously disjointed for years, forcing users to switch to WhatsApp, Facebook, and heaven-forbid, the iPhone. RCS is a universal standard with the specific goal of fixing that by using an internet connection to

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