Samsung Pay has officially launched in the world’s biggest smartphone market. Samsung said Monday that its mobile-payments service is now available in China under a partnership with China UnionPay, the bank dominates the interbank payment business in China. The deal, announced in December, allows customers in China to add their credit or debit cards to …

Yahoo appears to be testing the waters for unloading key properties as part of its long-term makeover plan. The beleaguered Web pioneer has set an April 11 deadline for potential suitors to submit preliminary bids for its core Web business and Asian assets, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Letters sent by the company to potential buyers requested they submit …

Apple may revamp its lineup of iPhones next year to include a new casing, new curved display and wireless charging, according to a reliable analyst. An iPhone with a glass casing and curved AMOLED screen will debut in 2017, according to a note issued Saturday by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo at KGI Securities. The note, as described by 9to5mac, appears …

Facebook activated its Safety Check tool to help people stay in touch after a deadly terrorist attack Sunday in Pakistan, but the feature strayed far afield from the carnage. Safety Check automatically sends Facebook users in an affected area a note asking if they’re safe. When a user clicks on “yes, let my friends know,” the tool notifies their Facebook …

Now playing: Watch this: Are you addicted to binge watching? 1:09 If you frequently find yourself binge watching TV shows, take solace in knowing you’re not alone. Seventy percent of US consumers engage in marathon TV-watching sessions, devouring an average of five episodes per sitting, according to a new survey by consulting firm Deloitte. The 10th annual Digital Democracy Survey …

If you watch Netflix on Verizon or AT&T, the streaming video service is keeping you from getting the full picture — and it claims it’s for your own good. A week after the wireless carriers were accused of throttling video speeds on their networks, Netflix has stepped forward to take the blame for the degraded video quality. The popular streaming-video …

Apple’s online storefront was taken offline Wednesday in preparation for processing preorders for its new iPhone SE and iPad Pro 9.7 at midnight Pacific Time Thursday. The outage is a familiar procedure before a major Apple product release. The online store will begin accepting preorders on March 24 for the devices, which will be available for in-store purchase the same …

The days are numbered for TweetDeck’s standalone app for Windows. On April 15 Twitter will end support for the app, which lets you create a dashboard to manage multiple accounts simultaneously and get a better handle on Twitter when following lots of others. The microblogging site said Thursday that though support for the Windows app will end, you’ll still be …

Virginia on Monday became the first state to approve regulations outlining how daily fantasy sports websites can operate legally within its borders. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed into law the “Fantasy Contests Act,” a bill that distinguishes daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel from gambling sites. McAuliffe’s approval comes amid a flurry of legislative debate over whether such …

ISIS supporters have a new target in their sights: the leaders of two of the world’s most popular social networks. The “Sons Caliphate Army,” a group of hackers associated with the militant Islamic group, posted a video Tuesday that shows photos of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey engulfed in flames and as targets for bullets. The 25-minute video, …