The next generation of Android is on its way. And you guessed it — the P is for Pie. Android Pie, the new version of Google’s mobile operating system, previously called Android P, comes first to the search giant’s Pixel smartphones starting Monday. Google initially announced a preview version of the software in March, then demoed some features …

On this podcast, we talk about: Why prices for new flagship phones are on the rise. T-Mobile’s new, cheaper unlimited plan. A boot camp to reform teenage hackers. Now playing: Watch this: Think your smartphone is expensive? Just you wait (The… 4:44 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you …

MoviePass? More like MessyPass. If you’ve been following along, you know that about a year ago, the movie-ticket subscription service rocketed to fame with this amazing deal: $9.95 per month for one movie ticket per day. And pretty much every day since, critics and investors wondered how the company could possibly sustain that model. Turns out it couldn’t. Earlier today, …

Uber drivers in Australia were told to log off their apps on Monday morning to protest “features designed to further shortchange and underpay” them. RideShare Drivers United (RDSU) called on them to turn off the Uber app between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. local time in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart. The lobby group said that around 15,000 drivers …

MoviePass has a new solution to its ongoing financial drama:  simplification. One plan, three movies, $10 a month, starting Aug. 15.  The change comes less than a week after MoviePass said it would raise its prices to $15 and drop blockbuster availability, which followed on the heels of a failed attempt to institute peak pricing and backlash when people couldn’t get …

Nathaniel Gleicher used to fight hackers from the White House as member of the National Security Council during the Obama administration. Now, he’s trying to stop coordinated influence campaigns from spreading across Facebook. The two jobs aren’t that different, he says. As head of Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, he’s responsible for the team that’s trying to stop fakers from …

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are seem to have been on the cusp of mainstream success for years. But you can’t decide if they offer something for you until you understand what they offer at all.  Now playing: Watch this: What is AR and how does it differ from virtual reality? 3:17 Augmented reality AR is when you …

The insanely popular mobile game of 2016, Pokemon Go, will get a much anticipated feature by the end of the year. As reported by the Polish news site Gram, Niantic’s head of marketing for the European, Middle Eastern and African regions, Anne Beuttenmüller, gave a Q&A about the software company’s future plans. In addition to adding a player-vs-player mode by …

In the wake of user complaints and multiple lawsuits concerning problems with the “butterfly switch” keyboard Apple has used in its laptops since 2016, the company may be developing new user interfaces that depend less on moving mechanical parts.  iFixit / GIF by Sean Hollister/CNET The company has filed three new keyboard-related patents, Mashable reported on Monday.  One of the patent …

On the surface, mounting a television to your wall seems like a good idea. It saves floor space and lifts the screen up to where the whole room can easily see it. However, if you start the process without a plan, it can quickly turn into a disaster. Help the process of mounting your TV go much smoother by answering …

Facebook has cracked down on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones by removing four of his pages, citing breaches of its community standards. The social media site removed the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the Infowars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page, Facebook said in a blog post Monday.  The ban follows Apple’s and Spotify’s removal of his podcasts on …

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