Gordon Gottsegen

AT&T raises price of grandfathered unlimited data plans, again

If you’ve been on the same unlimited AT&T data plan for years, your bill may be getting more expensive. Enlarge Image A screenshot of the support page (click to enlarge) Screenshot by Sean Hollister/CNET AT&T is raising the price of its grandfathered unlimited data plans to $45 per month starting July 2018, according to a …

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Android P Beta 2 cooks your bacon, sets the table for dual cameras

Eager to see what Android P has in store for your phone? Google just announced its Android P Beta 2, previewing what’s to come with the latest version of Android. The Android P Beta 2 marks the debut of multi-camera APIs. The API lets phones stream from two different physical cameras at the same time. This gives developers the chance to …

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The high

Had your eyes on the high-end Google Pixelbook, but couldn’t justify spending $1,000 on it? Google just dropped the price of the Pixelbook to $749 as a part of its Father’s Day sale. The Pixelbook is one of the best Chromebooks on the market. It’s fast and well designed and feels great. You can use it as a laptop, open …

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Oculus Connect 5 will tell us the future of VR on Sept. 26 and 27

Oculus says it’ll preview the next five years of Virtual Reality at Oculus Connect 5, on Sept. 26-27 in San Jose, California. The Facebook-owned brand hosts its Oculus Connect conference every year, where it shows off its new developments in the world of VR. Curious what Facebook has in mind for the next stage of VR? Oculus Connect is probably …

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You’ll get the new Gmail in October, whether you like it or not

Odds are that you’ve been using the same version of Gmail for the past few years, but Google is coming out with a new version of Gmail that looks and feels very different from the current one (though with features reminiscent of Google Inbox). It’s got new buttons, new “hover actions” and new features like the ability to snooze an email …

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Mad genius attaches telephoto lens to 20

Back in the Game Boy-era Nintendo released the Game Boy Camera. This plastic shooter would go into your Game Boy’s cartridge slot and let you take tiny black-and-white photos that were low-res even by ’90s standards. Two decades later someone decided to upgrade a Game Boy Camera by attaching an obscenely large telephoto lens. And the thing actually works and can …

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These BlackBerry Key2 leaked pics don’t leave much to the imagination

The Blackberry Key2 has been officially revealed. And yes, it has a physical keyboard. BlackBerry will announce the BlackBerry Key2 on Thursday, June 7, but if you can’t wait a few more days, these renders may give a clear look at the upcoming phone. Frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass shared images of what he says is the BlackBerry Key2 on Twitter, …

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Apple’s new 2018 iPhones may actually be getting cheaper

If the $999 starting price made you skip the iPhone X, perhaps you made the right move. This year, you may be able to get your practically-all-screen iPhone for a fraction of the cost — with a new notch-equipped 2018 iPhone starting as low as $600, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo, who is known for his Apple forecasts, made the …

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Now fixed, Visa outage disrupted ‘millions’ of payments in UK and Europe

If you wanted to use your Visa card to pay for something in the UK and Europe on Friday, you may have had to use cash instead. Visa announced Friday that it experienced a “service disruption” that prevented transactions from going through.  We are currently experiencing a service disruption which is preventing some Visa transactions in Europe from being processed. …

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This could be your first look at the iPhone X Plus and ‘affordable’ 2018 iPhone

We may be getting an early look at the iPhone X Plus and 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, rumored to be coming this September. These renders of the 2018 iPhones were shared by phone site MySmartPrice in conjunction with mobile leaker and renderer OnLeaks. He says he bases his renders on factory CAD info, but it’s worth noting that these are not official Apple renders, so …

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