When your phone is about to die, waiting to recharge it can be a pain. Samsung wants to speed up the process and get you plugged back in faster. Researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) are working on a prototype of a new battery that could charge five times faster than standard …

If you schedule a ride with Uber more than an hour in advance, the ride hailing app will now tell you how much it will cost instead of giving an estimate, the company confirmed via email Tuesday. “That means no surprises when your car’s on the way,” an Uber spokesperson said. Before Tuesday’s update, the price of a scheduled ride …

There’s a new kids laptop on the scene. Education technology company pi-top launched a modular laptop using Raspberry Pi, a low cost, credit card-size circuit board. The idea is this new pi-top laptop lets you monkey around with the machine’s guts as the keyboard slides off. It comes with an inventor’s kit with components to complete projects relating to topics …

Qualcomm is stepping up its legal spat against Apple. The world’s largest mobile chip maker filed several lawsuits against Apple in China, seeking to stop the sale and manufacturing of iPhones in the country. Qualcomm is claiming that Apple is illegally using its intellectual property in its justification, according to Bloomberg. Apple and Qualcomm didn’t respond to requests for comment. …

The next time you work up an appetite Facebook stalking friends from high school or your most recent ex, you won’t have to leave the social network to order food.   Facebook now lets you order pickup or delivery from services like DoorDash, ChowNow, EatStreet and others, Facebook said in a blog post Friday. Or you can order right from restaurants …

If you want to know what your family is up to at all times, Sprint‘s got a new app to help you do just that. The Safe & Found app offers a variety of functions, Sprint said Friday, like alerts when family members arrive at or leave designated areas like home or school. You can see where your family is …

If you’ve lived where you are for any length of time, you’ve got an opinion on where to go for the best burger in town. Or best sushi. Or best pizza. Makers of the app Taste are counting on your fierce loyalties toward local establishments to power their new offering to the world of dining apps. Taste, which launched in …

It’s been a long time since Apple TV was considered a “hobby.” That’s what it was considered by the company, which saw it as an experiment in the early days of the internet-connected set-top box. But after a big push in 2015 with the introduction of its own software — tvOS — Apple has grown increasingly serious about getting the …

Boost Mobile customers can expect a simpler phone bill. The prepaid arm of Sprint is now including fees and taxes in its service plans, the company said Friday. That means you don’t have to tack on those charges on top of the price of the plan. With fierce competition between prepaid phone services, this is another move to nab your …

YouTube is trying to make your livestreaming more about the moment and less about the technicalities. YouTube Live is adding new features. Sergei Konkov/Getty Updates to YouTube Live that launch Tuesday will bring more streaming power to your iPhone or iPad, help you moderate comments, and stream with less of a delay, Kurt Wilms, product lead for YouTube Live, said …