Facebook just made it a little easier to video chat with your friends.  The social-networking titan on Wednesday unveiled a video chat feature for its Messenger Lite app. The Lite version of Messenger is slimmed down to run better on older Android devices and in areas where there are slower internet connections.  Beyond video chat, …

Here’s some sobering news: Hackers are reportedly selling Apple IDs on the dark web for about $15 a pop. Yep, someone has literally put a price on your personal information — and it’s the equivalent of one month’s worth of HBO Now. Of course, a compromised Apple ID could cost you a lot more than that, as thieves could potentially …

Samsung is appealing to the lucrative gaming market with its new HW-N650 sound bar, which uses a unique series of holes designed to lock sound effects to the screen better. In addition the company is announcing its first hardware update to 2016’s HW-K950 Atmos sound bar. The HW-N650 features a line of over 50 openings across the top which Samsung …

Being able to see a movie every day for just $9.95 per month seems too good to be true. Depending on how much you value your privacy, maybe it is. MoviePass built a business model on selling the data of its users to make going to the movies affordable again. What MoviePass wasn’t so upfront about, however, is how it …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is pledging $954 million to help restore and expand communications networks in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands that were badly damaged during the 2017 hurricane season. The US island territories were hit with a one-two punch last September when Hurricanes Maria and Irma battered the region knocking out wireless, broadband and traditional …

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PicMonkey, an online photo editor, has taken the web technology plunge — and not a moment too soon. PicMonkey for years used Adobe Systems’ Flash Player plugin for web browsers. But browser makers have been banishing plugins because of problems with security, performance and battery life and because the web itself has embraced many of Flash’s features, like advanced graphics, …

When we first got access to the internet, it wasn’t uncommon to have to wait five minutes or more to make a connection. Today, though, our eyes bulge in frustration when a website won’t load in a matter of seconds. When there’s little or no signal, it’s obvious why web pages are slow to load or you can’t post a …

There’s just no doubt about it: your taxes are going to cost you this year. Whether it’s time or money or — more likely — both, tax preparation inevitably requires some kind of investment. Unless you’re willing to pay a fine or go to jail, your decision boils down to outsourcing the process to a pricey CPA or tax professional …

There may be more than one way to break into your iPhone X.  A little-known company called Grayshift has been quietly talking about its ability to unlock Apple’s latest phones, including the iPhone X and iPhone 8, according to blog Naked Security. Forbes originally broke the news of the second service.  This comes a week after Forbes reported that Israeli …

Need an incentive to exercise? Maybe the chance to land an Apple Watch could help. That’s what UnitedHealthcare is hoping, anyway. The health insurance company is integrating the Apple Watch into its UnitedHealthcare Motion digital wellness program, which gives people access to activity trackers that then allow them to earn up to $1,000 a year if they meet daily walking goals. …

Now playing: Watch this: Android P developer preview now available 1:34 Google wants your photo files to be smaller with its upcoming Android P software, and it’ll get you there taking the same approach Apple did in 2017. The next version of Google’s software for powering smartphones and tablets will support a photo compression technology called the High Efficiency Image …

Now playing: Watch this: Trump blocks Broadcom-Qualcomm merger 1:24 5G promises to be the solution to everyone’s problems. For Broadcom, it’s the potential key to completing its hostile takeover of fellow chip maker Qualcomm.  Qualcomm, with its Snapdragon processors, is the world’s biggest maker of mobile chips and an attractive target for Broadcom. Qualcomm Broadcom, which makes chips for everything …

Microsoft is ending Windows 10 S as its own distinct operating system.  Windows 10 S, a stripped-down operation system targeting schools and students, launched last year as an alternative operating system to full-blown Windows 10. The simplified OS took a page from Google’s Chrome OS, which school administrators have flocked to for its simplicity. Window 10 S users, for example, …

Google is preparing its Android mobile software for something Apple popularized with its iPhone X — the notch. That’s the little cutout at the top of phones with screens that take up almost the whole handset. The search giant on Wednesday announced Android P, the next generation of its mobile operating system. And one of the biggest changes in the …