Microsoft has formed a partnership with OpenAI, an Elon Musk-backed company, to research artificial intelligence. The two companies will focus on “making significant contributions to advance the field of AI” and will work on their “mutual goal of using AI to tackle some of the world’s most challenging problems,” Microsoft said Tuesday in a blog …

Pinterest wants to make it easier for you to find new people and brands. The company on Tuesday launched a new section, called “Pinterest Explore,” on its website and app that uses machine learning to show you what’s trending on Pinterest. It also will show picks from “top tastemakers,” industry experts and Pinterest employees. Brands and publishers — like Food …

The texts you send from your Galaxy phone may soon look a lot like Apple’s iMessages. Samsung said Tuesday it has acquired a Canada-based Rich Communications Services business from NewNet Communication Technologies. Called NewNet Canada, it will continue to operate independently as a unit of Samsung Electronics Canada. RCS essentially is the standard for the next generation of SMS text …

Now your thumbprint can donate to charity. In time for Giving Tuesday, Apple partnered with two dozen nonprofits to let people use Apple Pay to make donations. Starting Monday, people can give through the mobile payments service to charities including American Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, Save the Children and World Wildlife Federation. A few nonprofits, such as American Cancer …

Those MacBook Pro dongles are now a lot cheaper. Apple on Friday cut the pricing for connectors for its MacBook Pro. The offer will run through the end of the year. Apple also lowered the price of the new LG displays announced last week by 25 percent. The LG UltraFine 5K display, will cost $974 when it becomes available in …

Most Galaxy Note 7 users in the US have returned their devices. For those who haven’t, Samsung will soon start limiting the device’s charging capabilities. Samsung on Friday said 85 percent of all recalled Note 7 phones in the US have been replaced through its refund and exchange program, “with the majority of the participants opting to receive another Samsung …

This is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. David Grissam was worried he’d have to quit his job. Grissam had steadily been losing his hearing, which was a serious problem for the 911 dispatcher based in Norman, Oklahoma. It had gotten to the point where normal hearing aids didn’t work …

Tim Cook says everyone should have access to technology. CNET Apple cares so much about accessibility that CEO Tim Cook started the company’s new-product event Thursday with a video about it. “Technology should be accessible to everyone,” Cook said. Along with introducing a new line of MacBook Pros on Thursday, Apple also unveiled its new accessibility website that focuses more …

Now playing: Watch this: MacBook gets Touch ID fingerprint scanner 1:00 Apple on Thursday introduced a new MacBook Pro design for the first time in over four years. As rumored, the new models — available in 13- and 15-inch sizes — offer an all-new design, an OLED “Touch Bar” that replaces the function key row, and the Touch ID sensor …

Looking for a new MacBook Pro? Bring a fat wallet. Apple’s redesigned line of MacBook Pro laptops come with loads of new features — and a higher starting price. More on Apple’s event Apple’s amazing strip show reinvents the laptop keyboard Photos from Apple’s Hello Again Mac event See all of our Apple event coverage The entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro …