HTC’s most exciting phone in years might cost more than a next-gen iPhone X
HTC quietly announced a new smartphone initiative in May, a phone like nothing else available on the market. The HTC Exodus, due later this year, …
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If you hate that the Note 9 reuses the Note 8’s design, then you’re doing smartphones wrong
We’ve been telling you for the better part of the year that the Galaxy Note 9 will look almost exactly like the Galaxy Note 8, …
Average internet speeds rose 23 percent last year
With Google Fiber’s public mission to destroy the cable companies on hold and 5G networks properly launching only in 2019, you’d be forgiven for thinking …
A $400,000 Lamborghini caught fire at a gas station and you’ll totally believe what happened next
Apparently it’s a bad week to be a Lamborghini owner. Just a few days after a Lamborghini Huracan wedged itself underneath a parked Honda Civic, …
Samsung’s Gear S4 smartwatch to ditch S Voice in favor of Bixby
Modest upgrades are the name of the game for Samsung in 2018. After failing to make waves with the Galaxy S9 and S9+ earlier this …
Former Google heavy-hitter now in charge of getting Apple back in the AI game
It’s become a bit of conventional wisdom that Apple lags its peers in tech when it comes to AI. That products like Siri may have …
Facebook is using Messenger and WhatsApp to spot sketchy accounts and fake news
As organic reach has dwindled in Facebook’s main app, posts from brands have decreased and — at least theoretically — more room has been made …
Hearthstone’s latest expansion, The Boomsday Project, is all about mechs
One of Hearthstone’s most divisive and hilarious creatures is returning next month, bringing with him 135 new cards, new gameplay mechanics, a new single-player mode, …
Galaxy Note 9 leaked render might be our first look at the phone’s final design
We’re less than a month out from Samsung’s official unveiling of the Galaxy Note 9, but there might not be much left to unveil by …
FBI charges former Apple engineer with stealing trade secrets to smuggle to China
In the cut-throat world of self-driving cars, it seems that no company server is safe from former employees who are looking to cut and run …
The iPhone X and iPhone SE are set to die this year
All iPhone rumors out there say Apple will release three new iPhones this fall, all featuring the same design as the current iPhone X. The …
Facebook’s News Feed is about to look a lot different thanks to augmented reality ads
At an event for reporters and marketers today in New York City, Facebook announced a new option it’s testing for advertisers, a way to use augmented …
Netflix’s app is getting a cool new feature, but only on Android
Just like other streaming apps, Netflix lets you download movies and TV shows on your smartphone or tablet so that you can watch your favorite …
New report explains how Apple will eliminate the bezel on its 2018 LCD iPhone
Apple is expected to fully commit to its removal of the home button this year. All three upcoming iPhone models will reportedly feature the same …
New Galaxy S10 specs leak points to big performance improvements
If there’s one thing that’s certain about the Galaxy S10, it’s that the phone will be even faster than the Galaxy S9 and Note 9. …
Leak says Samsung’s Galaxy S10 is getting a hot new Galaxy S10+ feature we didn’t expect
We’ve been saying for months that Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S10 is shaping up to be the company’s most exciting smartphone in years. Excitement can often …
The anti-hacking security Apple built into iOS 11.4.1 can be ‘cracked’
iOS 12 may be the hottest iPhone operating system you can run right now, but that’s still in beta. If you want finalized software, iOS …
The cheap Surface-branded iPad rival you wanted is a Go
It was just the other day that we relayed a rumor saying Microsoft might launch its cheapest Surface tablet yet, and the computer is already …
Another round of Samsung tablet leaks points to a few key design changes
Despite the fact that Samsung appears to be selling significantly fewer Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones than expected, reports indicate that the Galaxy Note …
Audi e-tron will ship with mounted video cameras instead of traditional side view mirrors
If we go back a few years, you might recall that early prototypes of Tesla’s Model X featured a design without traditional side view mirrors. …
China central bank brags about killing Bitcoin trading in the country
Bitcoin had a fantastic run last year, but the fun only lasted until January 2018 when a variety of factors contributed to Bitcoin’s massive fall. …
Teenage app researcher gets the scoop on new Snapchat camera feature using Amazon
Word of a new Snapchat camera feature in the works — which would let users scan products and send them to Amazon listings — sent …
Looming fine means Google might have to stop forcing its own apps onto Android devices
Google may be about to get hit with a multibillion-dollar fine from European regulators that stems from the company’s longstanding policy of requiring Android device …
Alexa vs. Google Assistant: One is better at commerce, the other at understanding you
With the smart speaker wars heating up and voice looking to be one of the next major computing platforms, Amazon and Google have taken commanding …
iOS 11.4.1 now available to download, bringing much needed bug fixes
Just hours after we published a piece bemoaning the many bugs of iOS 11, which still plague the software even after more than a dozen …
Microsoft’s rumored $400 Surface tablet is now expected to launch this week
We’re still holding out hope that Microsoft’s Surface Phone, codenamed Andromeda, will see the light of day, but we might not have to wait much …
Apple is still trying to convince us what an iPad is good for in its new ads
Towards the end of his life, there was a moment at an All Things D conference where Steve Jobs was explaining his bullishness on iPads. …
Some cheap Android phones are being sold with preinstalled malware
Preinstalled malware is probably not something you signed up for when you decided to purchase an affordable Android device. However, it appears this is a …
As if iOS 11 needed more problems, the latest release is killing iPhone battery life
For iPhone users, it looks like iOS 11 will end up being a mess until the very end. There’s precious little question at this point …
Google’s new Pixel 2 XL deal is making it tough to wait for the Pixel 3
The Pixel 2 phones may not pack the newest hardware available to Android device makers — the Pixel 3 will fix that soon — but …
