Thunderous applause erupts as I enter the building. I look around and blanketing my field of vision is a small army of black-and-magenta-garbed T-Mobile employees shouting, screaming and waving thunder sticks at me. They form a path deeper in, yet I’m already dizzy and overwhelmed from the sensory overload. As far as greetings go, this …

Now Google One’s cloud storage is open to all. Google One is the new way you’ll buy online storage from Google, taking over from the company’s previous Google Drive storage plans. While Google One was announced back in May, it was previously only available to people with paid Google Drive plans. Google just announced that now anyone can sign up for a Google …

The video that spurred Twitter to suspend Alex Jones remained live and viewable for almost a day on Periscope, the livestreaming app owned by… Twitter.  On Tuesday, Twitter cut off Jones from key functions of his personal account for a week, after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated Twitter policy by linking to a snippet of video that …

It’s a trip down memory lane or, rather, the annals of Infinite Loop. A Redditor named Nucleam posted links to a pair of Google Photos albums of — as far as I can tell — every single wallpaper Apple has ever released for iOS and MacOS (and before it, OS X). It’s amazing. Here’s the iOS Wallpaper album.  And here’s …

On Monday, Aug. 20, graphics giant Nvidia is expected to announce its next-generation graphics cards — the GeForce RTX 2080, or perhaps the GTX 1180. It should be based on a new Turing architecture that’s theoretically capable of bringing significant levels of real-time ray tracing (think insanely realistic reflections and lighting, here’s a demo) in video games. But Intel is …

Motorola’s new high-end Moto P30 6.2-inch phone has launched in China, looking uncannily like the Apple iPhone X — but with a cool ceramic and glass gradient back that helps it stand out from the notch-filled crowd.  Motorola Top-of-the-line for Motorola, a budget-phone biggie, means something different to Moto than it does to Apple, though — the P30 (English translation) starts at …

If you live in Indianapolis, your internet may soon be a lot faster. Verizon on Tuesday said it’s bringing 5G residential broadband service to Indianapolis, and it’s offering YouTube TV and Apple TV 4K as part of the package. “We trialed 5G during the Indianapolis 500 in May 2017 and now we’re bringing next generation home broadband connectivity to residents,” …

We’re all getting older. I mean of course we are, but so is the population as a whole — and big-box retailer Best Buy is planning to take advantage of that by snapping up a proider of electronics and services designed for seniors. Today, the company announced it’s acquiring GreatCall for $800 million in cash. GreatCall is perhaps best known …

Leica is to the photography world what Rolex is to watches. It’s synonymous with a heritage of high-quality cameras, lenses and romanticised photographic experiences in exotic locales. It’s also a name that the Huawei P20 Pro phone proudly bears on its back. In 2014 the two companies partnered to fine-tune the imaging process and optics on Huawei phones. But it wasn’t Leica’s involvement that …

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 ($230 at Target) is bigger and better than ever. With a slightly larger display, a properly located fingerprint reader and a new S Pen, the phone is shaping up to be one of the year’s best.  Yes, there’s a new S Pen. In fact, this is arguably the biggest update Samsung has given its stylus. Specifically, …

Microsoft’s new Your Phone app for Windows 10 is now available, and although it doesn’t do much yet, it does one thing well: provides desktop access to your Android photo library. That means you can easily drag and drop pictures from phone to PC. The app was initially limited to Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) Insiders, but anyone can download …

Do you wish you had a personal trainer to whip you into shape? What about an AI one? Google is reportedly working on a wearable health and fitness assistant called Google Coach, according to Android Police. Google Coach will do more than just track your exercise, says Android Police, it’ll also use AI and the data it learns from you …

You might think of Bluetooth as that handy radio technology that connects your phone to your wireless earbuds. But Intel has co-opted it to try to keep drones from falling out of the sky. The chipmaker has proposed a system called Open Drone ID with which the unmanned aircraft, whether piloted or flying under remote control, use Bluetooth to broadcast …

Samsung has announced the HW-N950 and HW-N850 sound bars are available for pre-order and will now be co-branded with Harman Kardon. The $1,699 HW-N950 and the $1,199 HW-N850 feature both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X compatibility and will be available starting Aug. 20. These prices are a $200 premium from the HW-K850/HW-K950. The HW-K950 received a CNET Editors’ Choice Award. The …

Google’s latest OS update, Android 9 Pie, is heading to a Motorola phone near you. On Wednesday, Motorola shared its list of phones that’ll get Android Pie: Moto Z3 Moto Z3 Play Moto Z2 Force Edition Moto Z2 Play Moto X4 Moto G6 Plus Moto G6 Moto G6 Play Now playing: Watch this: Change these 3 Android Pie settings right away …