So, Who's Canceling HBO Today?

After eight years and just as many seasons, some of which were harder to justify than others, Game of Thrones’s abruptly concluded last night. Whose arcs were good? (Sansa, I guess?) Whose conclusions felt even remotely consistent with the set-up the show worked to achieve? (Not many!) And who is dump their HBO…

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Trump Addresses NYT Deutsche Bank Story In Series Of Tweets

The president attacked The New York Times and “Fake Media” in a flurry of defensive tweets on Monday morning.

Muslim Voter Turnout Is Way Up, New Report Finds

Politicians should take note, argues the Muslim group Emgage.

Prince Louis Is King Of The Jungle In Cute Garden Pics Of Royal Family

The 1-year-old royal had a blast with his siblings and parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Intel, Qualcomm and other chipmakers cut off supplies to Huawei

Huawei has more to worry about beyond Google’s decision to suspend Android support. Bloomberg sources said that American chipmakers Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom and Xilinx had told staff they wouldn’t supply Huawei with parts “till further notice,” lea…

T-Mobile and Sprint make promises to clinch FCC's merger approval

T-Mobile and Sprint are still determined to secure a merger, and they’ve just made a fresh round of promises to win regulators’ hearts. The carriers have made new commitments to the FCC that would guarantee wider access to high-speed mobile internet…

Huawei Officially Responds To Android Ban

Earlier, it was reported that following the US government’s decision to blacklist Huawei from doing business with US companies, Google confirmed that due to this decision, they would be suspending their business dealings with the company. This was a huge deal as it effectively cut off future Huawei devices from access to Google’s services and also Android.

Huawei has so far kept mum on the issue, but they have since released a statement on the matter where they reassure their customers that existing devices will continue to receive security updates and after-sales services. “Huawei will continue to provide security updates and after-sales services to all existing Huawei and Honor smartphone and tablet products, covering those that have been sold and that are still in stock globally.”

The company adds, “We will continue to build a safe and sustainable software ecosystem, in order to provide the best experience for all users globally.” This more or less echoes what Google had previously stated, in which the ban would only apply to new Huawei handsets, and that existing devices will continue to be supported by the company, although there would no longer be any new updates.

It is unclear what the future holds for Huawei, but as we have said, this is something that has happened to ZTE in the past where the company eventually came to an agreement with the US government which saw the ban lifted. In the meantime, Google isn’t alone in pulling their business dealings with the company as Qualcomm and Intel have reportedly also suspended their businesses with Huawei.

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How To Auto-Delete Your Google Data

While Google has allowed users to manage their own data, the fact of the matter is that you need to actually remember to delete the data manually if you’d rather not have Google keep tabs on you at all times. For most people, this is something that they might forget to do or not even know it exists.

However, the good news is that Google has recently announced that they will be allowing users to auto-delete their data, meaning that users can set it so that every few months, their data will be deleted. If this sounds like something you might be interested in, here’s how you can turn on auto-delete for your Google account.

How To Turn On Auto-Delete For Web & App Activity

  1. Go to your Google Account’s Activity Controls page
  2. Under Web & App Activity, click Manage Activity
  3. Scroll down until you see the button that says Choose to delete automatically and click on it
  4. Choose any of the options and click Next. At the moment Google only allows users to choose manual, 18-months, or 3-months, meaning that if you want to delete your data on a weekly or monthly basis, you’ll have to do it manually.
  5. You will be prompted that if you chose any of the auto-delete options, that it will now delete all data dating back 3-months or 18-months. Click Confirm if you want to proceed.

How To Pause Google’s Data Collection On You

  1. Go to your Google Account’s Activity Controls page
  2. Under of the groups of data that Google collects on you, there will be a toggle
  3. Tap the toggle if you’d like to pause the data collection on you
  4. Google will prompt and warn you that pausing data collection could have an impact on your experience with its services, but if you’re fine with that, click Pause and you are good to go
  5. Follow the steps above if you’d like to turn the data collection back on.

At the moment, Google only allows users to auto-delete web and app activity and location history. Google does state that the auto-delete function will be rolling out to these two first, which means that it could arrive for other settings in the future. Also, as we mentioned, Google only seems to be allowing users to choose between auto-delete intervals of either 3-months or 18-months.

For those who’d rather clear their data every week, every month, or even every day, then, unfortunately, the only option would be to opt for manual deletion. Alternatively, you can still set auto-delete which ensures that your data will be cleared every 3-months, but you can still go in and delete your data manually if you remember.

In the meantime, if you’d like to stop Google from tracking your location, you can check out our guide here.

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Next optical atomic clock chip is smaller than a coffee bean

Most of us take time for granted and presume that seconds are just, well, seconds. For some applications in science and technology, however, being precise down to the millisecond can make a world of difference. For that kind of precision, atomic clocks are the name of the game and the NIST’s in-development clock has a beating hart so small that … Continue reading

Whoa, Sony Made Cheaper Noise-Canceling Headphones

Sony, the company that unseated Bose as the king of noise-canceling headphones, just announced a new set of noise-canceling headphones that are $100 cheaper than its flagship set. They’re called the Sony XB900N. (XB stands for Extra Bass, by the way.) “Uh oh,” is probably what Bose is saying right now. “Whoa,” might…

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