The most dangerous thing I can say to myself in the morning is “I’ve got time.” Like many people, I check my phone when I wake up. If I’m not quite ready to get out of bed, I keep scrolling. Articles lead to memes, memes lead to videos, and before I know it, I’m looking …

Aiming to disrupt what it calls “one of the most uncompetitive industries in existence,” T-Mobile began an invitation-only home internet pilot on Thursday. A limited group of customers in rural and underserved communities will get high-speed fixed wireless service. According to a release, 50,000 homes will be connected this year. T-Mobile plans to cover more than half of the US …

Google is celebrating Holi, India’s colorful spring festival, by bringing special effects to video calling app Duo. If you’re in India, you’ll be able to dress up your recorded video messages with colorful face powders, sunglasses, flowing borders, floating foods and a Happy Holi message, Android Police reported. Justin Uberti, a creator and tech lead at Google Duo confirmed on …

Opera has added a free, built-in VPN service to its mobile browser for Android users in version 51, which launched Wednesday. This means you won’t need to sign in, download additional apps or pay extra for protection while browsing public Wi-Fi. Opera says this gives you even more control over your online privacy. The built-in VPN creates a private, encrypted connection between …

We’ve all seen viral videos of people paying more attention to a phone than where they’re going. The results are generally comical: tripping, falling or running into something. It’s not always funny though. Some phone-obsessed people, referred to as “smartphone zombies” in popular culture, are becoming injured in road accidents. To combat the problem, the South Korean city of Ilsan has …

Call of Duty, the popular first-person shooter video game franchise, is coming to Android and iOS. Fans can preregister online now, and Android users can also preregister in the Google Play Store. The app and any future updates are free, according to the game’s website. In an email, a spokesperson for Activision said there will be a beta this summer in …

Mozilla’s Firefox browser is working to minimize inconveniences we encounter online. The browser’s latest update, version 66 released Tuesday, silences autoplaying videos by default, prevents page jumps and makes it easier to find what you’re looking for in multiple tabs. The Block Autoplay feature will by default stop videos from starting automatically on news sites or those that host movies …

In tandem with last Friday’s World Sleep Day, musician Moby released his latest album, Long Ambients 2. The ambient electronica album is available exclusively on the Calm meditation app and is a sequel to Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep, released in 2016. With a Calm account, you can listen to Moby’s six relaxing tracks to meditate, work or fall asleep …

Before Apple announced the Apple Watch‘s ability to perform echocardiograms on the go last year, it was working with Stanford University to study the technology. The Apple Heart Study enrolled 400,000 people. According to study results, presented Saturday, 2,000 of those participants received a notification about an irregular heart rhythm, which can be a sign of a larger problem, like …

Microsoft has launched its Windows Defender extensions for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The company said its goal was to extend its container technology to other browsers and give customers a way to protect themselves against browser-based attacks. The extensions automatically redirect untrusted navigations to Windows Defender Application Guard for Microsoft Edge, Windows Insider program head Dona Sokar and senior …