The first thing some people want to do with a brand new gadget is tear it open. The good folks at iFixit and Chipworks did just that with the 4-inch iPhone SE, which went on sale today. They found the petite device looks like the iPhone 5S on the outside but packs the guts of …

The reaction on Twitter to Apple’s new iPhone and iPad didn’t require 140 characters. It was simply: Meh. Apple’s 4-inch iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro generated a collective yawn in the Twitterverse after they were introduced at an event Monday at the company’s Cupertino, California, headquarters. Comments on the micro-blogging platform ranged from unimpressed to more unimpressed. The ho-hum …

Hoverboards are facing another ban, but this time it’s not because they’re known to burst into flames. The US International Trade Commission has issued a ban on the import of “certain personal transporters” that infringe on Segway patents related to self-balancing technology, the federal agency said Wednesday. This means any hoverboard or similar smart-balancing device using tech covered in Segway’s …

Now you have another reason to be glued to your phone. Apple on Tuesday launched new tools for its imaginatively named Apple News news app to publishers of all sizes, expanding the amount of content you’ll be able to read on your iPhone. Local newspapers, independent publishers and even bloggers can now offer up content in the so-called Apple News …

People using ad-blockers will still get promotional messages when surfing the Web this weekend. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Russian punk band Pussy Riot and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei will use the space created by blocked ads to protest online censorship on Saturday, according to Amnesty International. The human rights group organized the takeover of the ad space with AdBlock, which …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has ordered employees to stop crossing out the phrase “Black Lives Matter” on the walls at its Menlo Park, California, headquarters. In an internal post to employees this week, Zuckerberg said there have been several instances of the phrase being crossed out and replaced with “all lives matter” on the company’s chalkboard and white-board walls, which …

Your hoverboard is a potential deathtrap. We didn’t say it. The US government did. Hoverboards “pose an unreasonable risk of fire” if they don’t meet voluntary safety standards, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a letter Thursday to manufacturers, importers and retailers. No hoverboard currently on the market meets those standards, which cover everything from the boards’ electrical …

Apple Music may be the new kid on the block, but it appears to have the right stuff. Apple’s new streaming-music service has more than 11 million subscribers, according to Apple executives Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi. The two revealed the milestone, along with several other Apple tidbits, on an episode of John Gruber’s podcast “The Talk Show” published Friday. …

Carly Fiorina had some bad news to share. So, the Republican presidential candidate turned to everyone’s favorite place to commiserate, Facebook. Fiorina, the former CEO and chairman of Hewlett-Packard, suspended her bid for the White House on Wednesday after finishing seventh in the New Hampshire primary. She skipped a major morning TV news outlet to deliver the news, instead posting …

Amazon usually drives the books you order to your home. Now, it wants you to drive to your books. The online retail giant’s concept — known colloquially as a “bookstore” — is to open as many as 400 locations nationwide, according to Sandeep Mathrani, chief executive of US mall operator General Growth Partners. “In the mall business, the impact of …