It’s 10:30 p.m. on a humid April night in Cincinnati. I’m standing in an empty Target parking lot as a double-decker car transporter pulls up with a rumble. On the back is the car I bought off eBay sight unseen weeks earlier: a 1992 Land Rover Range Rover. Minutes later, my shiny red Rover is …

August marks several annual events: the end of summer, the start of school and the beginning of flagship phone season. On Thursday, Samsung announced its Galaxy Note 8 flagship. Just a week before, we got our hands on the Essential phone from Android co-creator Andy Rubin. And within the next couple weeks, it will be Apple’s turn to announce the new …

Sometimes the best advances are the simplest. Google Chrome is testing a feature to make it easier than ever to mute audio from websites. The new feature is available in Google Chrome Canary, a version of Chrome aimed at developers and early adopters. Google Chrome team member François Beaufort shared the news Friday in a post on Google Plus. He …

Samsung, welcome to the dual-rear-camera club. It’s the fastest growing club for phones, with members like the Huawei P10, the OnePlus 5, the LG G6, the Essential Phone and of course, the iPhone 7 Plus. So how can the Galaxy Note 8 stand out? Easy. It has one spec that no other dual-rear-camera phone has: both cameras have optical image stabilization (OIS). For photos this …

Now playing: Watch this: 3 easy ways to make photos look better after you take… 2:07 No matter if you have the high-end Samsung Galaxy S8, the budget Alcatel Idol 5S or even an old iPhone 6, chances are you take photos with your phone. And whether your phone has the best camera or a modest camera, there are three quick …

In July, luxury phone maker Vertu closed its doors, entering liquidation and letting go of nearly 200 employees. On Friday the company’s museum collection of phones hits the auction block for sale by liquidators. Vertu was a UK-based company known for its ridiculously luxurious handmade phones, some encrusted in jewels and 18-karat gold and selling for as much as $46,600, …

Video by MacRumors At the end of July, in a firmware update for the upcoming HomePod smart speaker, two iOS developers stumbled upon what might be some of the next iPhone’s new features. On Monday, videos of a 3D dummy model based on that leaked design started to appear on YouTube. The 3D model iPhone 8 shows a design without …

Now playing: Watch this: Battle of the Motorola budget phones: G5 Plus vs. E4 2:09 Australian millionaire Tim Gurner caused a social media storm earlier this year when he criticized millennials for buying avocado toast and four-dollar coffee instead of saving money. But if you like such edible amenities, giving them up to save money is difficult.  Fortunately, you don’t …

I am refreshing, refreshing and refreshing again the online ordering page for the Nintendo NES Classic Edition. I’m hoping for an “add to cart” button, but in less than two minutes it’s sold out and I miss my chance. To quote Charles Bronson: no dice. My reason for buying was simple. I spent a big part of my childhood playing …

Now playing: Watch this: Check out the hidden mouse in your iPhone’s keyboard 1:07 Over its 10-year history, Apple’s iPhone has undergone many improvements to make typing on it a good experience. Editing text, on the other hand, can still be a pain. To remedy this, iPhones with 3D Touch (6S, 6S Plus, 7 and 7 Plus) have a hidden feature that makes moving …