China's first free trade zone will allow access to Facebook, Twitter and other websites banned nationwide, in a rare exception to strict Internet controls, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Tuesday.

The Shanghai free trade zone, approved in August to boost competitiveness, will also lift a 2012 block on The New York Times, the South China Morning Post said, citing unnamed government sources.

With an open-source brain, a host of potential apps and the fact that it can be 3D-printed at home from online files, Jimmy could be the must-have tech device of 2014.

Unveiled by respected futurist and Intel researcher Brian David Johnson at the Maker Faire event in New York this weekend, Jimmy is a very real example of what a 3D-printing revolution could usher in as well as demonstrating how far the tech community has come in the field of artificial intelligence.

Pandora Media Inc. shares fell Monday after Apple Inc. reported a strong response to its new radio service.

THE SPARK: Apple said Monday that more than 11 million listeners have already tuned in to its iTunes Radio service in the first few days since its debut. The music service comes with new iPhones and the free iOS 7 mobile operating system update, both of which hit the market Friday.

Tech pioneer BlackBerry made a last roll of the dice Monday and agreed to a probable $4.7 billion buyout by a consortium planning to take the struggling smartphone maker private.

BlackBerry was once a leader in mobile tech but has been squeezed by rivals Android and Apple, which coincidentally announced record sales of its latest iPhone on Monday.

South Korean electronic giants Samsung and LG have agreed to end a year-long battle over display technology patents that spawned a series of lawsuits.

LG Display and Samsung Display -- respectively the world's top and number two display panel manufacturers -- had locked horns over a number of patents for next-generation display technologies for TVs and other devices.

Tesco, Britain's largest retailer by sales, is jumping into the competitive market for tablet computers.

The company says its new Android-operated Hudl tablet will sell for 119 pounds ($190). It will be priced at less than 100 pounds for Tesco Clubcard members.

Apple said Monday it sold a record nine million iPhones in the three days after launching two new versions of the smartphone.

"This is our best iPhone launch yet -- more than nine million new iPhones sold -- new record for first weekend sales," said Apple chief executive Tim Cook in a statement.

The latest vulnerability discovered in iOS7 lets you make calls from the lock screen and follows the earlier discovery of a flaw that could give hackers access to a device's emails, text messages, Twitter and Facebook feeds.

Initially reported by Forbes, the new bug in iOS7 Apple's latest mobile operating system -- which comes as standard on its new iPhones and is currently being downloaded and installed by existing iPhone 4, 4S and iPhone 5 owners -- means that rather than just enabling emergency calls when a phone is locked, by continually tapping on the onscreen call button, any phone number could be called instead. It means that a less-than-trustworthy individual could use an iPhone to call premium chat lines or overseas numbers rather than simply the emergency services.

Microsoft Corp. is expected to announce new Surface tablet computers, including a version with a smaller screen to compete with Google's Nexus 7 and Apple's iPad Mini.

The company has an announcement event scheduled in New York on Monday.

As Apple pitches its newest smartphones, users may find something lacking compared with last year's model: They could break more easily.

SquareTrade, a provider of protection plans for gadgets, tested five smartphones, including Apple's new iPhones, to see if they could withstand drops, dunks and other common hazards. Its finding: The latest models aren't as durable as last year's iPhone 5.