The gap between midrange and premium phones is about to get smaller. That is, if those midrange phones come packing Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 630 and 660 chips. Announced Tuesday local time at a company event in Singapore, the two new system-on-chip (SoC) are the successors to the Snapdragon 625 and 652 processors, which are used …

Being a WhatsApp group admin in India is becoming relatively dangerous. Police in Indian state Karnataka arrested an admin after a member of the group shared an image of India’s prime minister that had been photoshopped to look “ugly and obscene.” The arrest comes hot on the heels of a ruling in India that aims to curb the spread of …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone legal battle may take new, dramatic turn 1:02 Qualcomm could be planning to escalate its legal spat with Apple. The chipmaker may ask the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban Apple from importing iPhones into the US, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing a person familiar with Qualcomm’s strategy. The possibility comes amid a legal dispute …

If you want to install your own apps from the internet on a Windows 10 S device, upgrading your license key to Windows 10 Pro is the only way you can do it. And there’s no going back. Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of operating systems, confirmed this in an interview ahead of Microsoft’s Windows 10 S launch event …

Now playing: Watch this: Minecraft: Education Edition free on Windows 10 S PCs 2:20 Learning how to program just got a lot more fun. Microsoft’s Minecraft: Education Edition for schools and students has added a tool called Code Builder that lets players pick up code-building tech from education platforms such as Tynker and ScratchX. Microsoft’s own MakeCode open-source platform for …

Your kid’s next computer may say it’s powered by Microsoft’s software, but it may not be the Windows you’re used to. If it’s running Windows 10 S, Microsoft’s new software announced Tuesday at an education-focused event in New York, it’ll feature more security and faster load times. It’ll also start faster, its battery life will be better and its performance, …

There’ll be a lot more virtual objects hovering around you soon, if Microsoft gets its way. The software giant unveiled View Mixed Reality, a way for any Windows 10 device to embrace augmented reality, or the concept of overlaying digital images over the real world. Typically, you would have to wear special headsets to take advantage of AR, but View …

You may have to wait if you want to watch Will Smith and John Legend perform singalongs in a car on Apple Music. The 16-episode “Carpool Karaoke” series, produced by James Corden, will premiere later this year, according to a report by Reuters. It began life as a viral segment on CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” (Editors’ …

Xiaomi, the Chinese startup that’s made waves in Asia and South America, may finally come to the US. The Chinese manufacturer’s phone will launch in the US in “two years, if not sooner,” Wang Xiang, the new global chief, told CNET after the Mi 6 launch last week in Beijing. The new timeline, pushed back two years from a previous …

It takes quite a bit to impress me, and while the new Samsung Galaxy S8 is a looker, it was actually an interactive demo that blew me away at the phone’s Singapore launch. The unremarkably named Interactive Table may not sound like much, but it really is a piece of cool tech. The table lets users check out the features …