On Thursday’s podcast, we talk about: What to expect with the Samsung Galaxy S9 on Feb. 25. If Facebook’s issues are enough to drive people off the social network. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York …

We were promised flying cars. Intel said it’s closer than we think.  At CES on Monday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich showed off the Volocopter, an autonomous passenger drone, which he called “essentially a flying car.” The Volocopter comes from a Germany-based company that launched in 2012, with its first flight in 2013.  Intel brought it to its stage at CES …

Amazon is bringing back Digital Day following the holiday rush this December.  If you’re not familiar with it, think of Digital Day as Amazon’s Prime Day, but for all things you can download. The massive retailer is offering savings on thousands of products, including movies, apps, e-books and TV shows. The deals will kick off on Dec. 29 at midnight …

How many drops does it take to crack an iPhone X? According to our tests, just one.  Despite its high costs, the iPhone X has a low threshold for pain. In our drop test, the $1,000 phone cracked after one drop, even as Apple argued the iPhone X was “designed to be durable.”  So, you might want to get a …

Amazon is giving you voice control over your TV. Let’s talk about it.  The reviews are out for the Amazon Fire TV, and we invited special guest David Katzmaier on our show, who’s spent a few days playing with the streaming device. We talk about how it stacks up to the Roku, as well as a Chromecast paired with the …

Because one voice assistant apparently isn’t enough, Amazon and Motorola have unveiled the Moto Smart Speaker.  It’s one of the many mods available for the Moto Z and part of Motorola’s attempt to make hardware add-ons for phones cool. You can add better cameras, batteries, projectors and now a new voice assistant.  In a blog post Wednesday, Motorola introduced the …

Apple fans aren’t the only people excited for the iPhone X‘s release — scammers are, too. The iPhone X isn’t available until Nov. 3, but thieves are already spamming social networks with schemes trying to trick you into giving away personal information. These scams are designed to look like free iPhone X giveaway offers. ZeroFOX, a social media security company, …

At some point after using the same iPhone for a few years, you’ve probably had this thought: It’s getting slower.  Over the years, people have come up with conspiracy theories that Apple purposely makes its phones fade out within a certain time period, so customers are forced to buy the latest device. A research company decided to find out whether …

Google’s Pixelbook will work with a $99 stylus designed for the laptop’s touchscreen. At Google’s event in San Francisco on Wednesday, the company announced a new Chromebook: a $999 convertible laptop. The Pixelbook is marketed as a high-end convertible laptop, meaning it’s both a laptop and a tablet, and is expected to run on Chrome OS. Now playing: Watch this: …

There are five new Roku devices coming out for your TVs, and only 3 minutes and 59 seconds to talk about all of them.  We also manage to squeeze in a public service announcement about credit card skimmers and protecting your financial data, as well as a quick review of the SNES Classic Edition.  To keep things short, the new …