Mark Zuckerberg laid out a bold vision for what Facebook will be 10 years from now, with the company looking to dive into artificial intelligence and virtual reality and to connect 4 billion people to the Internet. We delve into those big plans and what they could mean for consumers. Plus, we ask whether it …

HTC unveiled a new phone Tuesday, but reviewers so far seem unimpressed. The HTC 10 packs in plenty of top-end tech and a slick, aluminum design. We discuss whether that’s going to be enough to get HTC noticed in a crowded smartphone market where innovations are few and far between. We also hit on Ford’s work on an autonomous car …

For Mark Zuckerberg, politics was just as important as product announcements during his biggest speech of the year. The Facebook CEO even took a shot at Donald Trump. Kicking off the social network’s F8 developer conference, Zuckerberg rejected calls to build more walls that separate people. It was a none-too-veiled shot at the Republican presidential front-runner, who’s promised to build …

Facebook’s big F8 developer conference kicks off Tuesday and a big focus of the event is expected to be bots. The social network hopes to get us to spend even more time in its Messenger app by baking in more chat bots, which are snippets of software that can perform simple tasks. These chat bots can already order an Uber …

Reddit is getting closer to its self-described status as the “front page of the Internet.” The online message board on Thursday unveiled new apps for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile operating systems, letting users more easily access the site on the go. The company previously offered an app called Alien Blue, which was created by a fan. Additionally, the …

Facebook wants to get us to start oversharing on video, too. The social-network’s Live video feature, which lets folks broadcast live from their smartphones, got a handful of new tools, including more “reaction” buttons, such as Love and Wow, as well as filters like sepia tone. Facebook needs to keep building more features onto Live to keep up the competition …

Amazon’s free same-day delivery service for its Prime membership customers just expanded to 11 more metro areas, the company said Wednesday, with the service now in 27 total metro areas in the US. The new cities are Charlotte, Cincinnati, Fresno, Louisville, Milwaukee, Nashville, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Stockton and Tucson. The online retailer also said it’s added more locations in the …

Amazon plans to start selling a new Kindle e-reader that’s thinner than previous designs, thanks to a rechargeable, removable case. That’s according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, which came out just a day after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said his company will reveal a new top-shelf Kindle next week. More interestingly, the report mentioned that Amazon is also …

Etsy is hoping to spread its sewn, painted and beaded sensibilities across the Web. The crafts marketplace revealed a new service for sellers called Pattern by Etsy, which lets furniture craftsmen and jewelry makers create their own websites using the products and information on their Etsy seller pages. “It’s a big day for Etsy, and most importantly it’s a big …

Amazon is trying to get more people to shop with it even when they aren’t on Amazon.com. In hopes of growing its young Amazon Payments business, the Seattle e-commerce giant on Monday introduced its new Global Partner Program, which provides tools and support for Amazon Payments to e-commerce services companies, such as Shopify, that help manage retailers’ websites. The program …