As it has for previous iPhone models, Apple is now offering a sim-free version of the new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. For the first few weeks since the new iPhones were announced, only units tied to specific carriers were available. With an unlocked phone, it’s your responsibility to contact a wireless carrier such …

Google News is adding a new Fact Check tag to articles it indexes, to point readers toward articles that offer to substantiate or debunk claims. It joins other news tags, such as In-Depth, Highly Cited and Opinion, that Google News already adds to some articles. Enlarge Image Google News’ fact-check feature weighs in on news stories in the UK. Google …

The fallout over Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phone continues, with a new agreement between the electronics company and the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards. This agreement, which covers phones to be sold in South Korea, requires that every new battery for the Note 7 be x-rayed by the battery supplier, and then additionally tested by Samsung before being used …

Now playing: Watch this: Laptop Buying Guide: What to look for when laptop shopping 2:56 Walking into a crowded retail store showroom, the shelves lined with laptops, can be a daunting experience. Even in the relatively well-curated world of the Apple Store, that company now has five distinct laptop models (Air and Pro systems in two sizes each, plus the …

In the never-ending arms race for mobile data plans, T-Mobile recently ditched the conventional approach altogether in favor of a simpler unlimited data, voice and text plan called One. But unlimited means different things to different people, and there was an immediate backlash against the new plan’s limitations on device tethering and HD video playback. Higher-speed tethering and HD video …

Apple is being sued by owners of Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones, over unresponsive touchscreens, reported Reuters on Monday. The issue, first widely reported by tech site iFixit, is said to affect last-generation iPhones and manifests itself as “a gray, flickering bar at the top of the display and an unresponsive touchscreen.” The iFixit report says: “Of course, …

Big-screen Batman Ben Affleck surprised comic fans this morning with 27 seconds of tweeted video that appear to show a new DC cinematic universe character: Deathstroke. The assassin for hire has been a cult favorite since he was introduced back in 1980 (and was originally called “The Terminator” before a certain James Cameron film became strongly identified with that name). …

I’ve been reviewing laptops for more than a decade, but the very first device that we’d consider a true laptop dates back much further. There were a small handful of technically portable computers before it, often called “luggables,” but the first PC we’d recognize as having a readable display, a built-in keyboard and a clamshell-style hinge was the Grid Compass, …

Now playing: Watch this: Keep prying eyes off your laptop screen with this built-in… 1:22 Hacking fears keep many up at night, worried about everything from malware to phishing. But it’s easy to overlook the most primitive form of hacking, simply eyeballing someone’s computer screen while they enter passwords or read confidential material. If you’ve ever sat in a crowded …

While we’ve paid a lot of attention of late to traditional PC gaming desktops, because of their near-monopoly on the ability to run virtual reality hardware, that may be about to change. VR aside, gaming laptops have been the more interesting story over the past several years, with great leaps in performance, design and portability. There are already around 20 …