Google sells an awesomely inexpensive way to turn your phone into a competent VR headset, but Daydream has had a couple minor issues from the very beginning: There aren’t enough awesome apps and games to compete with its rivals Gear VR and Oculus Go Like its rivals, the simplistic 3-degrees-of-freedom sensors don’t let you reach …

It took a uber-popular game starring famous, cutesy kid-friendly characters for the world to take augmented reality seriously, but Pokemon Go is now the go-to example of a game that blends real and virtual worlds.  Now, the elusive Magic Leap has a similar brand in its stable: Angry Birds. The addictive bird-flinging, tower-bashing, pig crushing puzzler phenomenon that’s been downloaded …

Ten years is a long time. Nearly long enough to forget that Google — and for that matter, Apple — have the ability to control some parts of your phone over the internet. And maybe quietly change things without your permission. But Google made a very public mistake last week, and it’s raising the specter of doubt once again. Last …

Batteries are our lifeblood. Lithium-ion power cells, first commercialized by Sony in 1991, enable nearly every 21st century convenience: Phones, laptops, wireless headphones, cordless power tools — even electric vehicles. But like the other great conveniences of our modern age — automobiles and air travel — on the rare occasions lithium batteries go wrong, they can go catastrophically wrong.  Just …

Perhaps you’ve heard a story that goes like this:  “Apple’s ‘buy’ button is a sham, because Apple has the right to remove movies from your iTunes library after you’ve bought them. If Disney decides it no longer wants to offer a particular movie in your country, your ‘purchase’ is no better than an extended rental. Only Blu-rays and DVDs are …

Bad news, classic Droid fans — you won’t get a chance to add a slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard to your Moto Z phone after all. Lenovo’s indie partner on the keyboard, a company called Livermorium, has decided to scrap the project. Though Livermorium raised over $160,000 in contributions on Indiegogo for its Livermorium Keyboard Slider, the company’s latest update posted Wednesday …

Blink and you might have missed it, but Apple announced Wednesday that its new and relatively inexpensive iPhone XR will come with a feature we’ve been wanting for years — a way to easily turn on the flashlight and launch the camera with a single hand. Instead of swiping to summon Apple’s Control Center and tapping the icon, you’ll now be …

Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT, the world is not only expecting Apple to reveal three new iPhones, but specifically the iPhone XS*.  Why so sure? Because 9to5Mac’s noted Apple leaker Guilherme Rambo was the one to bring us the picture you see above — a picture that looks like it could have been pulled directly from Apple’s marketing materials.  And because …

Apple and Samsung are tremendous rivals. Even if they finally managed to settle their long-running patent dispute this June and continue to do other forms of business, they’re still duking it out in ads and new device announcements as they strive to eat one another’s lunch.  So it’d be a little weird if Samsung were to save Apple from losing loads …

The United States’ proposed $200 billion tariff on Chinese-made products might not affect your next TVs or phone purchase directly, but Apple now says that a whole lot of other Apple products would get hit by the 25 percent increase in import tax — including the Apple Watch, AirPods headphones and HomePod smart speaker. Here’s the whole list of products …