Apple is playing ball with the US government, which is looking into the manufacturer’s controversial decision to slow down older iPhones to accommodate aging batteries.  “We have received questions from some government agencies and we are responding to them,” Apple said in an emailed statement.  The response comes a day after Bloomberg reported  that the US …

Several features for iOS 12 are supposedly getting pushed back to 2019 as Apple turns its focus to security and performance. “Project Marzipan,” however, is still on track to bring iPad apps to Macs this year. iOS 12 features such as a redesigned home screen and CarPlay are being delayed, tech site Axios reports, so the company can focus on …

Planning a trip? Google Flights may be the next best thing to a travel agent. It combines some of the best features of travel services such as Kayak and Hopper, including the latter’s analysis of historical data to help you determine when to book a flight. Here are seven reasons you may want to check out Google Flights before your …

You’ve likely seen deceitful cleaning or optimizing software in action. After reportedly scanning your computer, this software finds lots of problems, then asks you to pay big to get those problems removed. It tells you your computer is at risk if you don’t cooperate. Thankfully, Windows is going to target and delete those very programs in a March update. In …

If you’re intimidated by infinite choice, Spotify’s new app will help you stop worrying and start listening. First spotted by analytics firm Sensor Tower on Tuesday, the Stations by Spotify app is now available for some on Android’s Play Store. According to TechCrunch, the app is being piloted in Australia — hence “Aussie Top 50” in the promo image above. Stations …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She needs to work on her skills. Sprint/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Super Bowl ads will, as usual be stuffed with stars. Which is more than you can say for the game itself. It’s Tom Brady and, well, who else? Sprint, though, seems to be …

As questions about iPhone X demand grow ever louder, Apple gets a chance to set the record straight. Apple on Thursday will report financial results for its fiscal first quarter, which ended in December. The period is typically the company’s biggest of the year because it benefits from the release of the newest iPhones and the holiday season. This time …

Don’t expect to make a phone call on the first 5G devices.  AT&T has set a goal of launching its super-fast next-generation cellular network in a dozen markets by the end of the year. But the first 5G devices won’t be phones, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said on a conference call on Wednesday, telling investors they should instead expect “pucks” …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Not quite that generous. NurPhoto The State of the Union is currently rather generous, some might say. There have been tax cuts for the American people and very big tax cuts for the country’s favorite people — corporations, that is. Employees of many companies, which include some …

GoPro’s $5-a-month subscription service, GoPro Plus, was designed to make it easier to edit and share your adventures from your phone, tablet or computer by automatically sending your photos and videos from your camera to cloud storage.  For the camera maker’s hard-core users, automated backups and the service’s handful of other offerings might have made the fee worthwhile. But for …

Digitally controls for music are nothing new, but having them built into a ring is. At a booth in an Mandalay Bay Hotel CES exhibition hall, a man is rocking out on a keyboard. On his right hand is a ring with a black stone on it. After a few bars of music, he rolls his right hand off the …

You’re not the only one who dreams of cashing in on cryptocurrency mania. Samsung’s right there with you. In its fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday, the consumer-electronics purveyor and world’s largest chipmaker by revenue said it expects its foundry business to get a bump-up from “growing demand for cryptocurrency mining chips.” It also confirmed, separately, that it’s making such chips. “Samsung’s …

Looking for an excuse to finally buy that big-screen TV you’ve been coveting? Look no further than a certain upcoming football game, whose stringent trademark restrictions prevent me from naming directly. Want another arrow in your new-TV-rationalization quiver? Prices on many sets are at their lowest levels yet as manufacturers and retailers tackle 2017 inventory in advance of 2018 models. …

The iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 have similar camera hardware: Dual-rear cameras, 2x optical zoom, dual-optical image stabilization (OIS), 4K video and Portrait Mode. But despite these similarities, photos and videos from each look pretty different. I compared these camera twins in a variety of locations around San Francisco. Both phones were left in Auto HDR and iPhone …

We’d be hesitant to call it “waving a red flag,” but Twitter is apparently sending a lot more of its users a warning signal about Russian propaganda. On Wednesday, the social network updated an earlier blog post and said approximately 1.4 million people have now gotten a heads-up that they may have interacted on Twitter with Russian-linked content meant to …