Samsung’s involvement in the “Choi-gate” corruption probe facing South Korean President Park Geun-hye may go all the way to the top of the company. A special prosecutor has named Jay Y. Lee, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and the de facto head of the organization’s parent company (Samsung Group), as a suspect in a …

If you’re going to soar over Sydney in a plane, don’t wear a dress — at least not if your flight is one of Samsung’s wild 4D VR demos. I learned that the hard way when I showed up this past week at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES. I wanted to try out Samsung’s demos that have seemingly …

Samsung sure didn’t take long to address the elephant in the room at CES — its exploding Galaxy Note 7. The company kicked off its press conference, which typically highlights its shiny new TVs and home appliances, with an acknowledgement that the company has work to do to regain customer trust. “As you know, this year was a challenging year …

The future is artificial intelligence, and that reality is happening now — at least according to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. Huang, speaking Wednesday in a packed ballroom at the CES tradeshow in Las Vegas, made it clear that Nvidia’s no longer just a computer graphics chipmaker. It’s one of the companies helping us live in a truly smart world, with …

Nvidia wants to make your home smarter, and it’s doing it with the help of Google. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang on Wednesday introduced new devices that tap into the Google Assistant, the virtual software that lets you do things like control your lights or search for a TV show by speaking the commands out loud. The new products include the updated …

CES is the largest tech show of the year, and Samsung often makes the biggest splash. This year should be no different — except for that big Galaxy Note 7 shadow hanging over the South Korean electronics giant. Samsung’s large-screen smartphone launched with much fanfare in mid-August but faced two recalls before ultimately being killed off in October. The problem …

Virtual reality has gotten a lot of buzz, but not a lot of users. That could change this year with the newest mobile chip from Qualcomm, detailed Tuesday at the CES trade show in Las Vegas. The company’s Snapdragon 835 processor with X16 LTE packs features that enable companies to make smaller and lighter devices — as well as more …

Samsung has been lying low this holiday season. And for good reason. You’d want to keep your head down, too, if the year ended as poorly for you as it did for Samsung. The Galaxy Note 7, one of its most high-profile phones, blew up in its face, suffering multiple recalls and bans by airlines before only now flickering out …

If you thought Apple’s last couple of years were big, just wait for 2017. The launch of the large-screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in late 2014 sent Apple’s fortunes soaring. Apple became the most profitable company in the world, and the following year, with the 6S and 6S Plus, was even bigger. But enthusiasm waned in 2016 — iPhone …

Google‘s YouTube will now be able to load a lot faster in Cuba. Google on Monday signed an agreement with Cuba’s national telecom provider, ETECSA, to store data for Google services on the Caribbean island. Previously, signals had to travel from Cuba through Venezuela, which hurt the quality of the data. Google sites like YouTube and Gmail should be able …