San Francisco is learning first-hand about the risks of blanket bans on facial recognition. City supervisors have voted to amend a ban on facial recognition in local government to allow the use of FaceID-equipped iPhones and other devices where the technology is included, but other features are considered vital and don’t have alternatives. Workers aren’t allowed to use the facial…

Last week’s poll shows that Samsung has a potential hit on its hands – the Galaxy A71 received strong support. However, its retail price is yet to be announced, so we’ll see how that goes. Its sibling, the Galaxy A51, didn’t fare as well, only getting 40% positive vote, which was nearly even with the “the A71 is better” option at 35%. We do know the price of this one, $350/€310, which is…

A couple of unannounced Realme smartphones were seen on the website of IMDA (Infocomm Media Development Authority), a Singapore telecommunications regulator of sorts. The smartphones in question are the Realme 5i and the Realme C3. The Realme 5i has cropped up in IMDA’s database yesterday, bringing it another step closer to official status. We’ve previously seen it listed at several…

Samsung was going to release the stable build of Android 10 for the Galaxy S10 and Note10 lineups starting next month, but the company surprised everyone by rolling out the update for S10 trio and the Note10 pair ahead of schedule. The company recently said that it won’t be able to release Android 10 for the 5G versions of Note10 duo this year, but US carrier Verizon has its own take on it…