Logitech is one of the best-known brands of keyboards, mice, headphones and webcams, whether you’re a gamer or not.  Now, Logitech’s carving a deeper niche in the gaming peripheral market — by purchasing headset maker Astro Gaming for $85 million in an all-cash deal. While you could technically call Astro Gaming a rival, as both …

Twitter, like many internet conversation platforms, is currently struggling to fight hate speech. But in the meanwhile, Twitter is rolling out a few new tools to help you police your very own feed.  Today, the company has added options (find them in Settings > Notifications > Advanced Filters) that’ll let you automatically mute any user 1) who doesn’t follow you, or …

Last week, we’d heard that China was cracking down on virtual private networks (VPNs), when one such popular VPN reported that the government had shut it down. But now, it appears that China is ordering the country’s three biggest cellular carriers — indeed, three of the biggest cellular carriers in the world — to block users from accessing VPNs in …

You don’t play Pokemon Go anymore. Neither do your friends. Neither does practically anyone you know. You haven’t seen anyone playing it in the park, or on the street, for months.  Clearly it’s a fad, right? Wrong. I thought that, too — until I asked two major app tracking companies to paint me a better picture. According to Apptopia and …

One year ago today, Pokemon Go took the world by storm. By many measures, it was the fastest growing app of all time.  One year later, is Pokemon Go dead? Was Pokemon Go a fad?  Not even close: According to developer Niantic, 65 million people play the game each month. To put that in perspective: Uber has only 40 million …

Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 Pokemon Go tips everyone should know 2:31 The phenomenon known as Pokemon has made its way onto iOS and Android, but this time, it’s different. What is Pokemon Go? Pokemon Go is nothing like the Game Boy game you remember — it’s a free mobile game that lets you see tiny creatures called Pokemon …

On the right armrest of my captain’s chair, on the bridge of the USS Aegis, a button glows tantalizingly red. One press, and my crew will go to battle stations, raising shields and arming photon torpedoes.  But what’s the fun in that? Everyone knows real Starfleet captains use their lungs to issue commands — and starting today, Ubisoft’s VR game Star …

Disappearing video is great — unless you don’t want it to disappear! Now, Instagram Stories will give you the option to save a replay of your live videos. The company announced the move in a blog post on Tuesday — which also describes how you’ll use the new feature. Basically: If you’re the one live streaming a video, you’ll simply …

Need cash fast? Got some in your PayPal account? Previously, you might have had to wait a day or two to liquidate that money — but starting today, you can pay a single quarter to instantly cash out. That’s according to an official PayPal blog post, which explains that the new feature is in beta for now (it’ll roll out …

Spotify was in no rush to join the official Windows Store. (Way back in 2012, we had to come up with this list of alternatives.) But now that hell has frozen over — in case you missed it, iTunes is coming to the Windows Store as well — Spotify has wasted no time bringing its own popular free-and-subscription music app …