The agency published a detailed report on the semiconductor supply chain, covered by The Washington Post and Bloomberg (via Engadget). “We aren’t even close to being out of the woods” with the supply chain issues, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said. While the issue has hit the tech industry en masse, the report claims it has particularly impacted car manufacturers, broadband providers, and medical device producers. Going into more detail, the report claims the median chip inventory for a client company fell from 40 days in 2019 to less than five days in 2021....

User data in 19,300 apps is at risk User data in 19,300 apps is at risk To be more accurate, Avast has found over 19,300 Android apps are exposing user data to the public because of a misconfiguration of the Firebase database. In case you’re wondering what that is, it’s a tool Android developers can use to store user data. Needless to say, this issue has been found in a broad range of applications....

The devices that Verizon is sending for free are basic flip phones. Customers are getting one of the Orbic Journey V, TCL Flip Pro, and the Nokia 2720 V Flip. Priced at $99.99, $79.99, and $79.99, respectively, these phones are as basic as they get. Unsurprisingly, they are poorly rated on the company’s website — all averaging less than two stars out of five. Some Verizon 3G CDMA customers have already received the devices and the reviews they left on the website are overwhelmingly poor too....

The Vivo X Fold sketch appears, the device may be similar in size to the OPPO Find N The Vivo X Fold sketch appears, the device may be similar in size to the OPPO Find N The phone’s sketch surfaced, along with some added information. A tipster, Digital Chat Station, reports that the phone will feature a 7-inch main display. The OPPO Find N includes a 7.1-inch main panel. Now, It may be exactly 7 inches, or a bit larger than that, as it is on the Find N, we’ll have to wait and see....

Both deals are set to go live as of 12:00 PM PT for Walmart+ members. While non-members will need to wait until 4 PM PT today to get in on the deal. Regardless, shipping here will be free. Both of the deals in question here are on Smart TVs too. So neither television is necessarily a bad deal. At $128, the onn. 40″ Class FHD (1080P) LED Roku Smart TV HDR says it all in the name....