Sarah Tew/CNET A couple weeks after Volkswagen was laid low by the discovery some of its diesel-powered cars cheated on emissions tests, Samsung is facing an accusation that its televisions appear more energy-efficient under test conditions than in everyday use. Tests conducted by ComplianTV, a testing group funded by the European Union, spotted the discrepancy, …

This Lockheed UCLASS concept drone hints at the future for unmanned aircraft. Lockheed Martin Apple removed two mobile apps from its App Store that report deaths caused by US drone strikes. Its reasoning? The apps contained “excessively rude or objectionable content.” Metadata+ was designed by Intercept editor Josh Begley as a project to push out openly available data published by …

Previous Pixel-branded products have been laptops running on Google’s Chrome OS. Josh Miller/CNET The tech industry expects Google to debut two new Nexus smartphones on Tuesday, but the company may also unveil a tablet called the Pixel C. Google is set to announce a 10.2-inch Android tablet alongside several other products and begin selling it in November, according to Google-focused …

The Nexus 5X and 6P both charge via reversible USB Type-C. Google Google unveiled two new Nexus smartphones on Tuesday, both of which were made immediately available for preorder in the UK. The Nexus 5X, built by LG and the Nexus 6P, made by Huawei, have been designed to show off the latest version of Google’s Android software, nicknamed Marshmallow. …

Enlarge ImageDetail of a screenshot that reportedly shows a do it yourself VR headset powered by Windows phones. Thurrott Microsoft is luring developers to a hackathon in Russia with the promise of a do it yourself virtual-reality headset that appears to be a challenger to Google Cardboard , according to a report. Hackathon participants with successful ideas will be rewarded …

Josh Miller/CNET Apple’s latest iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus may be waterproof, two videos posted on YouTube show. Both devices have been given the full-dunk treatment by YouTube user Zach Straley. Straley has posted two videos online — the first showing the phones being submerged in water for an hour each, the second demonstrating how the devices were faring …

Enlarge ImageGoogle’s Android software powers most smartphones sold today. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google’s antitrust difficulties in the United States may not be over. The US Federal Trade Commission has begun the early stages of an investigation into Google’s Android operating system, according to a Bloomberg report Friday that cites unnamed sources. At issue is whether Google requires use of its own …

LG LG Electronics, trying to build up excitement for an Android smartphone arriving in a crowded market, gave the Internet a glimpse of the device’s unusual front face in a teaser video on Thursday. The phone, thought to be called the V10, will debut on 1 October in New York, just days after Google unveils competing phones powered by its …

Lucy Kelly via her telepresence robot at the Apple Store in Sydney, Australia. Seamus Byrne/CNET It’s not unheard of for people to pay stand-ins to hold their place in Apple Store launch queues, but why shell out cash when you can get a robot to do it for free? One enterprising Australian woman has outsourced her wait for the new …

Diagnostic LTE tests in San Francisco using Speedtest.net. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET The US is rapidly falling behind the majority of other countries when it comes to high-speed wireless technology LTE, commonly known as 4G, coming in 14th slowest of 140 countries worldwide. In contrast, the best performing nation for LTE — taking into account a combination of speed and coverage — …