Update, Sept. 5: We’ve gone hands-on with Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold ahead of its revised release later this month. Original story, last updated in May, follows. Samsung may have come up with solutions for the Galaxy Fold’s defects weeks after review units experienced screen breaks, flickering and bulges. The Korean electronics giant solved the problem with the …

Amazon is apparently starting to replace people with machines. The e-commerce giant is adding machines for packing people’s orders to some of its warehouses, Reuters reported Monday, citing two anonymous sources who worked on the project. These Italian-made CartonWrap machines apparently scan items as they move along a conveyor belt and pack them in custom-built boxes. They can pack 600 …

Google’s rolling out the ability to play podcasts from our search results just days after announcing it during the I/O developer conference. Searching for a podcast brings up the latest trio of episodes and lets you play them instantly from the Google Podcasts web player on desktop or mobile. It uses the same mechanics as the Android app that came …

Samsung will reportedly reveal its refreshed plan for the US launch of the troubled Galaxy Fold soon. DJ Koh, Samsung’s mobile CEO, told The Korea Herald that the electronics behemoth has looked into defects that caused review units of the foldable phone to experience screen breaks, flickering and bulges. “We will reach a conclusion in a couple of days,” he …

Google will soon let people literally part with their cash to pay for Android apps, a report said. The search giant will launch “pending transactions” to give you more payment options, according to TechCrunch. “This is a new class of delayed form of payment – like cash, bank transfer and direct debit,”  Aurash Mahbod, the Director of Engineering responsible for …

Apex Legends gathered 50 million players in its first month, and publisher EA apparently wants to keep that momentum going by bringing it to mobile. EA COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen said during a Tuesday earnings call that it’s “in advanced negotiations” to bring the free-to-play battle royale game to mobile devices and China. It’ll also release the game in …

You no longer need to use your hands to chat to Alexa on Windows 10 PCs. The most recent Windows Store update for the Amazon-powered voice assistant reveals that you longer have no interact with the app to get it to listen. “Alexa on your PC is now hands-free,” read Microsoft’s patch notes. “Just ask and Alexa will respond, even …

Facebook is gathering support for its cryptocurrency-based payments service, a report said. The social network talked to Visa, MasterCard and other financial and e-commerce companies about backing the endeavor codenamed Project Libra, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources. Back in December, a report suggested that Facebook is working on a US dollar-linked digital currency that’ll let …

Muggles in Australia and New Zealand can try out Harry Potter: Wizards Unite as the beta kicks off in their countries. Developer Niantic is warning players that this isn’t the final version of the augmented reality (AR) game, which is location-based like Pokemon Go and tasks players with tracking down magical creatures and artifacts as part of the Statute of …

We’re probably still some months away from the iPhone 11’s release, but an Apple patent just gave us a hint about one of its features. The Cupertino, California, company is developing fingerprint sensor that’d let you unlock your phone by touching anywhere on the screen, as seen in a patent granted Tuesday and previously reported by Patently Apple. The patent …