Now playing: Watch this: ‘Last Week Tonight’ takes on the FCC, crashes its site… 1:48 The FCC still hasn’t provided any evidence it was hit by an alleged DDoS attack, but senators hope the FBI will. Here’s a breakdown of that alphabet soup we just served. In the first week of May, the Federal Communications …

Now playing: Watch this: The Essential Phone is almost all screen 1:57 Creating Android wasn’t enough for Andy Rubin. He needed the right phone to go with it. That’s why, on Tuesday, he introduced the Essential Phone. It’s a high-end Android device that could keep alive the hopes for modular phones — an idea that failed to take off with …

It looks like Motorola isn’t a fan of Samsung’s battery testing. After the long-winded saga over the Galaxy Note 7’s burning troubles, Motorola jumped in to roast Samsung’s flaws some more. Motorola engineer Russ Gyenes said the phone company would have caught the flaws that caused the Galaxy Note 7 to overheat and catch fire. Considering that hindsight is 20/20, …

You won’t believe your eyes. But maybe the Samsung Galaxy S8 will. In the month since Samsung released its flagship device, hackers in Germany have figured how to break the phone’s iris recognition lock. Samsung has touted the biometric technology as “one of the safest ways to keep your phone locked,” claiming that a person’s iris patterns are “virtually impossible …

These chips ain’t cheap. Qualcomm filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Apple’s iPhone manufacturers that alleges breach of contract. The suit, filed in US District Court in California, comes less than a month after Apple stopped paying patent royalties for Qualcomm technology that’s essential for connecting phones to a wireless network. Apple doesn’t have a direct license with Qualcomm but pays …

So, the Galaxy S8 is leading the pack right now as far as Android phones go. While the Google Pixel carried that torch for quite awhile after its release, the flames have died out a bit. As the folks at Google gear up to launch the sequel to their flagship phone, we’ve got some recommendations about what they should add. …

It’s a phishing scheme that even multifactor authentication and changing your password won’t fix. On Wednesday, a massive Google Docs phishing attack spread across Gmail, hijacking people’s accounts and spamming itself to the victims’ contact lists. Google quickly shut down the attack, which affected about 0.1 percent of Gmail’s users. Even at that low number, with roughly 1 billion Gmail …

It’s back to school for Microsoft. Microsoft wants its laptops and software once again to have a prime place in the classroom, where it once held a stronghold until Google’s cheap, efficient Chromebooks came along. At its EDU event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new Surface laptop, along with some partner PCs, meant to help it win back schools across …

Microsoft unveiled its premium Surface Laptop on Tuesday, in its efforts to become the new cool kid at school. At Tuesday’s EDU event, Microsoft announced Windows 10 S, an operating system tailored to classrooms and teachers. The reveal included Microsoft’s latest laptop, which boasts a 14-hour battery life and a sleek design. The high-end laptop will sell for $999, while …

For very specific AT&T users, things are about to get much faster. The telecommunications giant announced the next step in its “5G Evolution” on Tuesday, offering faster internet speeds at twice the pace of its current 4G LTE network. Just as long as you live in one of the 20 major cities where it’s offering the trial run. Oh, and …