Roku streaming players and TVs suffered a service outage Tuesday afternoon, with many users reporting they couldn’t access Netflix, YouTube and other channels. As of early Wednesday morning, however, Roku’s support on twitter said the issue had been fixed, and that apps for Netflix and YouTube, among others, were back online. We’re back! Netflix and …

Red seems to be the smartphone color of spring. Samsung said Tuesday it’s adding Burgundy Red to the stable of colors the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus is available in. The flagship handset will also be available in Sunrise Gold, joining the previously offered Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, Coral Blue and Lilac Purple. Samsung’s announcement comes about a month after …

The US Department of Homeland Security wants new legal authority to track drones deemed threatening and destroy them if necessary. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday that DHS needs “clear legal authority to identify, track and mitigate drones that could pose a danger to the public and to DHS operations. “Our enemies are exploring …

The Oneplus 6 has now been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus.  We may be getting our first glimpse of the OnePlus 6 a few days before its official debut, thanks to Amazon. German tech …

Google is developing an app it hopes will help the millions of blind and visually impaired people in the world become more independent. The web giant said Tuesday it is working on an Android app called Lookout that offers users auditory clues to the objects, text and people around them. The app is designed to be used with a device …

Comcast is rounding up financing to make an all-cash $52 billion bid to acquire most of 21st Century Fox’s assets, Reuters reported Monday. The US cable giant’s deal would upset Walt Disney’s proposed deal with Fox. In December, Disney agreed to purchase 21st Century Fox in a $52.4 billion all-stock deal. Comcast’s 21st Century Fox bid is the latest in a frenzied …

The iPhone X was the best-selling smartphone in the world during the first quarter of 2018, contradicting analysts’ soft sales predictions. Apple’s flagship handset shipped 16 million units during the first three months of the year, according to figures released Thursday by market researcher Strategy Analytics. Apple also nabbed the next two spots on the list with the iPhone 8 …

Last winter, as an FBI hostage rescue team took up an elevated position to assess an unfolding crisis, agents heard the buzz of small drones approaching. Soon, the tiny unmanned aircraft had the team surrounded, swooping past in a series of “high-speed low passes at the agents in the observation post to flush them,” Joe Mazel, head of the agency’s …

T-Mobile’s plan to merge with wireless rival Sprint doesn’t even rate a blip on Verizon’s radar. That was Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam’s reaction Wednesday when asked his opinion about the $26 billion deal between the third- and fourth-largest US wireless carriers. “We don’t care, is the answer to that,” McAdam told GeekWire, facetiously alluding to past attempts by T-Mobile to …

Apple’s slice of the global smartphone market grew in the first quarter of 2018 despite an industry seeing cooling demand for handsets. Global shipments in the quarter fell 2 percent year-over-year to 345 million units, market researcher Strategy Analytics reported Tuesday. Samsung held on the smartphone sales crown by shipping 78.2 million units, a decline of 2 percent year-over-year, giving …