After a week or so in preorder, Google’s latest flagship phones, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL went on sale Thursday as promised in the US, UK and Australia. They start at $799 (£739, AU$1,199) for the smaller model and $899 (£869, AU$1,349) for the XL. As well as the Google Store, you can get them in …

Cinema camera-maker Red’s eagerly anticipated Hydrogen One phone is almost here — preorders are slated to start shipping this week — and I had a whirlwind night and day to shoot with it before shipping it off to our phone reviewer. The company cautioned us that the software wasn’t quite finished yet, and yes, there were some rough edges. But …

iFixit’s latest teardown took on the new Google Pixel 3 XL. While there weren’t many surprises, it did clear up one of the remaining mysteries about the phone: which company made its display.  Turns out it’s a Samsung AMOLED, the same type of display (though not necessarily the same screen) that appears in Samsung’s latest models such as the Galaxy …

At its annual Adobe Max conference, Adobe let loose with its new Creative Cloud cross-platform apps, highlighted by a preview of the long, long-awaited Photoshop for iPad.  It also previewed Project Gemini, which spins off the brushes and brush engine from Photoshop into a drawing and painting app and Project Aero, the AR-creation app that briefly debuted onstage during Apple …

HP wants you to think about professional creative gear as “a cool platform” for getting your work done. Why? Because “‘workstation’ doesn’t resonate.”  And the company has a point: Would you have clicked on this story if I’d used “workstation” in the title? Statistics say no. The word conjures visions of ugly, boring PCs manned by ’70s-era engineers — that …

Google Assistant’s real-time translation’s been limited to Google’s Pixel Buds headphones since they launched a year ago. No longer.  Google has rolled out support to any headphones with Google Assistant access built in, such as the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and the Sony WH-1000XM2.  Just pair the headphones with a phone that supports Google Assistant and the latest version of …

Adding to its large portfolio of smartwatches and fitness bands targeted at specific sports such as running, triathlon, diving and golf, Garmin’s Instinct gets rugged for outdoor activity.  It incorporates hiking-friendly features like a three-axis compass, barometer/altimeter and support for multiple satellite systems — GLONASS and Galileo in addition to GPS — to minimize chances of getting lost when you …

Lesson learned: read the footnotes in press releases. That’s where an eagle-eyed Canadian spotted the mention of “Apple-designed accessories for iPhone XR including a clear case will be available starting at $55 (CAD)” — fine print that appeared in Apple’s announcements for selected regions. Highlighted in a tweet posted early Friday, Apple fan @ivanincanada pointed out the information, which no …

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Google’s annual fall hardware event proved to be not quite as jam-packed as Amazon’s recent surprise clown-car-full of announcements, but the company did announce the long-expected new phones, plus a tablet, laptop, smart home hub and AR partnerships with Marvel and Childish Gambino.  Some might also say Google hopes the Pixel 3 and Home Hub dazzle you enough …

Repeatedly calling it “the world’s best gaming processor,” Intel on Monday launched the ninth-generation Core i9-9900K, its flagship mainstream unlocked, overclockable CPU with eight cores, intended to appeal to gamers and that most nebulous of market segments, creators.  It’s joined by ninth-gen versions of the Core i7 and i5, an 18-core i9-9980XE for people who need workstation power but not …