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Google is still exploring ways to help you cut back on phone use, and this time it's relying primarily on one tactic: guilt. The company has introduced the experimental Android apps Activity Bubbles, Envelope and Screen ...

Huawei held an event in January 2020 in London to tell developers about their strategy for a post-Google smart device ecosystem. Dr. Jaime Gonzalo, Huawei’s Europe-based vice president of consumer services, spoke at th...

Plastic cards tried to make paper cash a thing of the past and phones are now trying to return the favor. All of these payment systems, however, have one thing in common. They all require you to carry something with you,...

There aren't just a lot of candidates for the worst episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, I would contend there are a lot of worst episodes, period. It's amazing how much terrible content this show produced while si...

Thanks to a new set from Lego, you'll soon be able to give the International Space Station (ISS) the place of honor it deserves in your home. The 864-piece model will set you back $70 when the company releases it on Febr...

Microsoft's Surface Pro X is just a few months old, and it's already on sale. When it arrived in November, we scored it relatively high (73). We were pleased with its elegant, modern design and called it the best Snapdra...

When it comes to diagnosing medical issues in the GI tract, there are a variety of devices that can be inserted into the GI tract. Many of those devices require endoscopic surgery when they need to be removed. Engineers ...

The Nintendo Switch may have become the darling of the console gaming market but, more than a year ago, Microsoft did something that ranked it higher in the eyes of many gamers. Its Xbox Adaptive Controller or XAC practi...

iPhones are always highly-coveted despite and perhaps because of their high prices. That does mean, however, that not all can afford one, especially more recent models. Rather than lose these customers to Android or have...

Virtual reality, more than its cousin augmented reality, is often seen as an entertainment platform. Save for a few notable exceptions, most of the experiences available on VR platforms today revolve around games and mul...

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently came out in support of a European Union proposal for instating a temporary ban on facial-recognition technology until officials beef up privacy regulations.

Streaming video on demand (sVoD) services will dominate pay-TV services by the end of 2020 in more than 30 countries, according to a new report published by Ampere Analysis. The United States was the first company to see...

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced a new scholarship process for the 2020 – 2021 school year, offering women and minority students access to its first esports scholarship. The scholarship will b...

Tesla just rejected any notion that its cars are prone to unintended acceleration. In a blog post, the EV maker claimed that a petition describing unexpected acceleration was "completely false" and the product of a "Tesl...

Spotify is testing a new feature that lets influencers share Stories alongside their public playlists, TechCrunch reports. Spotify's version will allow select users to share video clips that contain snippets of songs and...

What initially appeared to be an isolated, mild outbreak of a pneumonia-causing virus in China has quickly turned for the worse. On Tuesday, U.S. health officials confirmed the first case to have reached the country--a m...

YouTube’s streaming service YouTube TV has finally arrived on the PlayStation 4. The arrival is a welcomed one that makes a lot of sense in light of Sony’s big 2019 announcement about its own OTT service: PlayStation...

The world's quest to reduce an extremely potent greenhouse gas isn't going as well as we thought it was, according to a new study. HFC-23, known as fluoroform, is a greenhouse gas that has 12,000 times the global warming...

Netflix's final earnings results for 2019 are out (PDF), and in a year where it suddenly started to face more competition than ever before, the company says its service and content is only becoming more popular. The lett...

Three episodes in, HBO's adaptation of Stephen King's The Outsider feels a bit reminiscent of True Detective, both in subject matter and dread-filled tone. But the network's grisly mystery series have a major difference:...

Uber is still doing everything in its power to fight the implication of California's new independent contractor law, likely working its developers into the ground to roll out product features designed not to improve driv...

European regulators have spent the last few years trying to determine how much you're worth in data-beyond your email, name, and location, that includes race, religion, opinions, and even mental state. A new report by th...