LG wants to make your phone smarter, and it’s jumping on the AI train to do it. Ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this month, LG announced Monday it will bring artificial intelligence to its smartphone lineup in 2018, starting with this year’s version of the LG V30. Vision AI will bring image recognition …

Apple is changing the way it develops features, Bloomberg reported Monday. Engineers will now be able to push back the release of features they believe need more work. In the future, that could mean fewer bugs as the focus shifts somewhat from an annual update schedule, the news service said. Apple didn’t immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment. Bloomberg also reported …

Google’s next version of Android may be designed for phones that look a lot more like the iPhone X than they do like the Pixel 2 XL. Android P — the rumored follow-up to Google’s Android Oreo OS — is said to be optimized for phones with new design types, Bloomberg reported Monday. This includes phones with notches  like the iPhone X, multiple …

Facebook is renovating itself to increase users’ “time well spent” there, but the company’s head of News Feed said the social network itself is still figuring out what that means.  “We’re trying to figure out how to best measure and understand that,” Adam Mosseri, Facebook’s head of News Feed, said at the Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, California. The …

Verizon is taking an extra step to protect its phones.  The nation’s largest wireless carrier said Monday that it would begin locking the phones it sells to consumers, which will prevent them from using a SIM card from another carrier. Initially, the phones will be unlocked as soon as a customer signs up and activates the service. But later in …

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki won’t divulge her biggest fear about competing with Facebook, but she will give them some free advice.  “They should get back to baby pictures,” Wojcicki said Monday at the Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, California. (By the way, Facebook’s already aiming in that direction.) Video has been an obsession for Facebook, as it tries to swipe …

Valentine’s Day is all above love, right? That means flowers, chocolates, a nice dinner out — and maybe a fitness band? Whoa, whoa, whoa. As gifts go, fitness bands rank right up there with self-help books and vacuum cleaners in saying, “I don’t love you just the way you are” and “I put absolutely no thought into this.” At least, …

Ever hail an Uber in the early hours and wonder if your driver is awake enough to get you home safely? You might not have to worry so much now. The ride-hailing company on Monday said that it will force US drivers to go offline for six straight hours after 12 hours of driving at a time. That should help combat …

Huawei’s Mate 10 Pro goes on sale in the US this Sunday, and it’s already getting rave reviews from customers over on Best Buy’s site. Wait, what? The company in a private Facebook group offered people the opportunity to “beta test” the premium Mate 10 Pro in exchange for five-star reviews on Best Buy, reports 9 to 5 Google. Screenshots …

Snapchat’s Snap Map feature is no longer confined to the app. Snap Map, which lets you watch public snaps tied to geographic locations, is now available through the web, Snap said Monday. The map works in a couple ways: You can zoom in somewhere on the map and watch curated and edited Stories, or watch Map Stories, which are snaps …

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New Galaxy S9 phone, new accessories? A brand-new fast wireless charger may join the ranks of goodies you’ll be able to buy to work with the upcoming handset. An online manual for a new wireless charger (model number EP-N5100) appeared on the Samsung website. Since the model number doesn’t match any Samsung chargers that are currently available, the suggestion that it’ll …

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