Japan has begun broadcasting TV in 8K resolution ahead of the Olympics starting in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. A satellite channel debuted by the country’s public broadcaster NHK will be showing a heady blend of 4K and 8K programming, with most of this week’s schedule focusing on the Olympics, as well as music and …

Telly fans splashing out for Sky’s most expensive TV package will soon be able to watch sport, movies and more in retina-searing 4K, as the broadcaster finally details its plans for an “Ultra HD” service. Sky’s Ultra HD, which goes live on 13 August, will let Sky customers watch films such as “Spectre” and “The Revenant”, as well as 124 …

UberEats has launched in London, giving Brits a taste of Uber’s app-based food delivery service. From today, Londoners will be able to order food from their iOS or Android devices, or from Ubereats.com. Uber’s food service — which debuted in the US last year, and is already in Paris — will offer nosh from more than 150 restaurants in the …

LG’s brand-new X Power smartphone hopes to win over shoppers who thirst for better battery-life. The power-hoarding mobile has a 4,100 mAh battery, LG says, and will charge at twice the speed of other phones. Despite its juicy battery, the X Power — announced today alongside three other new LG phones — measures a slender 7.9mm thick. Meanwhile LG’s X …

Sky Movies will shortly become Sky Cinema, as the UK broadcaster gives its film offering a revamp. Sky promises that the rebranded service, which kicks in on 8 July, will feature a new premiere every day, as well as 20 percent more movies available to watch on demand. More international films will be part of the proposition, as well as …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung to introduce bendable phones in 2017, says report 1:30 Two new Samsung phones with folding screens could be unveiled next year, if a report turns out to be true. The South Korean tech giant is mulling the release of two phones with bendable screens as soon as 2017, according to Bloomberg, which cites anonymous sources …

Apple has published eight new videos in its “shot on iPhone” series, which touts the camera prowess of its iPhones. Within the last day, eight new videos have been added to Apple’s YouTube channel. They feature a hippo, penguins, bees and a particularly excited dog. Not all the videos, which are 15 seconds long, are animal-themed. There are also moody …

Apple’s services are functioning as normal, after an outage that saw the App Store, Game Centre and plenty of iCloud features knocked for six. Apple’s status page says that all its services are running as normal after the glitches that appear to have taken hold across the globe yesterday evening UK time. The App Store, Photos and iTunes in the …

Samsung Pay has arrived in Spain, marking the service’s European debut. Like rival services Apple Pay and Android Pay — the latter recently arrived in the UK — Samsung Pay sees customers adding credit or debit cards to their phone, which can then be tapped on tills to make a contactless payment. Unlike those services, it can be used with …

Uber’s food delivery service may be headed to the UK. The UberEats service lets customers order meals from local restaurants via an app. California-based Uber is currently recruiting bicycle and scooter drivers in London ahead of an expected UK launch, according to a report in BuzzFeed. The app is currently up and running in 16 cities around the world, including …