Matt Swider, Senior Mobile and Buying Guides Editor for TechRadar, explains what to make of the newest Samsung Galaxy S9 rumors and their limited edition Olympic Note8. He also breaks down Chromecast's Wi-Fi issues and the newest Android malware discovery.
Samsung's new Galaxy S9 is expected to have better battery life, and Swider says it will keep the headphone jack. The company's Winter Olympics Note8 will be white, and will only be issued to Olympians and their families.
Plus, Chromecasts have been overloading home Wi-Fi networks, slowing them down and even shutting them down for periods of time. Swider notes that Google has yet to comment on this issue.
Russian researchers have discovered the most advanced Android malware ever. The program called "Skygofree" uses Google's accessibility features to intercept WhatsApp messages. Swider says the average phone user has no reason to be worried.
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them.
Ed Egilinsky, managing director and head of sales and distribution & alternatives with Direxion, joined Cheddar News to discuss how bond traders are reacting to the latest consumer price index data and how they're positioning portfolios ahead of next week's release of Nvidia's earnings. Egilinsky also discussed some of the other bigger-cap companies, including Alphabet, Amazon and Apple.
Facebook and Instagram will require political ads running on their platforms to disclose if they were created using artificial intelligence, their parent company announced on Wednesday.
Arturo Béjar testified before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday about social media and the teen mental health crisis, hoping to shed light on how Meta executives, including Zuckerberg, knew about the harms Instagram was causing but chose not to make meaningful changes to address them.
Uber missed analysts' projections for earnings per share and revenue this past quarter. Cheddar News takes a closer look at the numbers and explains what to expect for the rest of the fiscal year.
