It’s 26 days until the US presidential election, and Ohio, a crucial swing state, is getting a head start on voting. On Wednesday morning, social media rallied around the early vote-casting with a trending hashtag. While those voters have made up their mind, others can still be swayed by trending topics such as WikiLeaks and …

The Galaxy Note 7 has finally burned out. Samsung’s problematic phone trended for the second day in a row on social media as the South Korean electronics giant put out the word that it has permanently ended production on the Note 7. Users on Facebook and Twitter both mocked and mourned the Note 7’s demise. Social Cues is your go-to …

Samsung might have given up on the Galaxy Note 7, but that doesn’t mean some of its biggest fans have. Many Galaxy Note 7 users are holding onto their devices, even after Samsung called for a permanent end to the phones. Crushader/Reddit The South Korean electronics giant confirmed on Tuesday it’s putting a permanent end to production of the Galaxy …

The faceoff between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was the most actively tweeted debate yet. Don’t worry if you missed it because the event is still trending across social media, with its decisive moments still on everyone’s mind. From designated social-media hero Ken Bone to the fly buzzing around both candidates, Twitter and Facebook were focused on the debate Monday …

Facebook is watching you. The social media giant won the “Big Brother” Award in Belgium on Thursday. The award is named after the dystopian government surveillance in George Orwell’s “1984,” and given to the “biggest privacy-offender of the year,” according to the Flemish League for Human rights, which runs the awards, and its partners. Facebook, nominated by international digital advocacy …

Hurricane Matthew has hit Florida hard as the devastating storm begins to move up the East Coast. The storm was trending on Twitter by Friday morning, with updates continuing to pour in. Social media also celebrated the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, while humankind’s worst creation — the Cheetos pizza — trended on Facebook. Social Cues is our daily …

Hurricane Matthew has left a path of destruction across the Caribbean Islands as it continues its course toward the Bahamas and the United States. Facebook activated its Safety Check as the storm’s heavy downpour and powerful winds are responsible for at least 27 deaths. The check-in tool lets anyone in the affected area inform their friends on the social network …

Android fans who want to check out Google Assistant will be out of luck unless they get one of the company’s new Pixel phones. Android 7.1, the latest version of Google’s mobile software, will have exclusives for the Pixel, leaving other devices stuck with the Google Now voice-activated personal assistant instead of the AI-powered assistant Google showed off at its …

Verizon’s drone venture is taking off. Having conducted a series of successful trials across the country, the US telecommunications giant announced on Thursday a program to connect drones to its LTE wireless network. The drones could be used with various internet-enabled communications apps to, for instance, survey trouble zones in an emergency, safely monitor high-voltage lines and pipelines, and keep …

Verizon’s exclusive deal with Google’s Pixel has been seven years in the making. The relationship between the network giant and the search titan began in 2009 with the Motorola Droid. T-Mobile’s G1, which launched a year earlier, is widely regarded as the first phone with Android. But Google’s mobile operating system didn’t go mainstream until Verizon positioned the Motorola Droid …