The Reface DX (centre) is a revamped version of the popular DX7 keyboard from the 80s. Yamaha Yamaha has given some of its vintage synth keyboards a modern lick of paint, downsizing four classic electronic instruments into compact versions, dubbed Reface. The new line takes four of the company’s most famous electric keyboards from decades …

Now playing: Watch this: BBC Micro Bit heading to 1 million UK schoolkids 1:52 UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has offered a detailed look at the Micro Bit — a new microcomputer that will be doled out to roughly a million kids in the UK for free, in a bid to teach a new generation about programming. As technology becomes …

Now playing: Watch this: EmoSpark AI exists to cheer you up 2:18 A crowdfunding darling, the EmoSpark AI console raised $179,090 in just two months, from eager backers won over by its simple promise — an artificial intelligence that lives in your house and does its level best to make you happy. We’ve been hands-on with the EmoSpark, and while …

Twitter’s new app lets you broadcast live from your phone. Screenshot by Luke Westaway/CNET Simple static photos of people’s lunch are no longer enough for Twitter, as the micro-blogging social site has debuted a new app that streams live video from your smartphone. Dubbed Periscope, the free app takes very deliberate aim at Meerkat — a similar, recently-launched service that …

You’ll be paying close to £800 to get the S6 Edge SIM-free, direct from Samsung CNET Samsung and HTC’s new flagship phones are looming large, with UK shoppers now able to pre-order the hotly anticipated HTC One M9, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the gently curved S6 Edge — though the prices may make you wince. Galaxy S6 and S6 …

Is your piggybank looking a little nervous? James Martin/CNET Tim Cook and pals have stepped forth from their aluminium tower, revealing — at last — the nitty gritty on when the Apple Watch will debut around the globe, as well as a brand new MacBook with only a single port. Here’s what UK tech fans need to know. Apple Watch …

Now playing: Watch this: See how fast this Storedot modified Galaxy S5 can charge 1:28 BARCELONA, Spain — Smartphones are amazing things, but one gripe felt almost universally is the problem of dreadful battery life. StoreDot hopes to ease our worries, showing off the latest iteration of its charge-in-seconds tech at Mobile World Congress. What’s more, it says we’ll see …

Samsung Pay, seen here running on the Galaxy S6 Edge, will be on roughly equal footing with Apple Pay in Europe. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — Samsung wants its new phones to become your wallet, yesterday unveiling its Samsung Pay mobile payments system, which is going to arrive on its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones . Samsung has said its …

BARCELONA — Thought there was nowhere left for smartphones to go? So did we. But major manufacturers at Mobile World Congress — the enormous trade show kicking off in earnest here today — have managed to put a new spin on this aging category, impressing us with tweaks that set their products apart. The smartphone has been, without a doubt, …

Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge design compared with S5, S4 and… 1:26 If you’re one of the horde of smartphone fans baying for Samsung to ditch its reliance on creaky plastic, your protests have been heard — with the all-new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge , Samsung has abandoned its traditional plastic construction in favour of …