On Wednesday’s podcast, we talk to CNET’s Scott Stein about these stories: Apple will offer a fix for that battery slowdown feature. We just don’t know exactly when.  Apple’s iOS 11.3 will come with new tricks for ARKit.  Virtual reality could cut the cord this year with HTC offering a wireless adaptor for its Vive …

Elton John is one of those rock ‘n’ rollers who seems to always be touring. His work has been sewn into our cultural conscience for five decades with hit songs like “Bennie and the Jets,” “The Bitch is Back,” “Candle in the Wind” and his music for “The Lion King.” One of his biggest hits was his 1973 song “Goodbye Yellow …

Samsung has officially marked the calendar for Feb. 25 as the date it will launch its next big phone, all but confirmed to be called the Galaxy S9.  We already knew the global smartphone titan would drop the device at Mobile World Congress — better known by its initials, MWC — next month in Barcelona, the world’s largest show for …

Games that let you bounce virtual balls off the floor and wall. Apps that make you feel like you’re at the 1969 moon landing after pointing your phone at a poster.   These are a couple of the new things you’ll be able to do on your iPhone and iPad with Apple’s augmented reality update, ARKit 1.5. The software, which …

If you fear trying virtual reality and getting tangled in cords, you’re in luck: 2018 could be your year. The last vestiges of tethered cables may finally be going away. But being wireless isn’t the same thing as being hassle-free. What’s the big deal about wireless VR, you ask? Maybe you have a phone-connected Gear VR, Daydream View or even …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The pain that comes with paying regular prices. Burger King/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s an emotional issue. Critics fear that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent repeal of net neutrality will cause the internet to have several speeds, with the fastest being reserved for the …

Following an uproar from customers, Apple said Wednesday it’s adding a feature to an upcoming iOS update that will let them turn off software that slows down older iPhones. Apple in December revealed it had released software about a year earlier that makes older iPhones run more slowly to prevent problems with aging lithium ion batteries, such as unexpected shutdowns. As …

Plex, the streaming media app, has created a new virtual reality experience for users of Google’s Daydream. The new feature, which Plex touted on Wednesday, will let friends watch shows together in a VR environment and watch shows on a giant VR screen. Users will need an Android phone, a Daydream headset and the Plex VR app. The Plex app …

Sky launched the Now TV streaming box in 2013 for £10. Six years later, it’s again releasing an inexpensive home entertainment gadget. On Thursday, the company unveiled the Now TV stick, a plug-and-play streaming device priced at £15. The announcement came alongside other news from Now TV, including the rollout of downloads, the option to stream in Full HD, and …

The dates are set. Google’s annual I/O Developer Conference is penciled in for May 8 through 10, 2018, and will be held in Mountain View, California, at the Shoreline Amphitheater. If you don’t know what I/O is, here’s why everyone who uses an Android phone (or iPhone) should care. Every year, Google uses its developer conference to unveil the latest …

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Remember when we told you not to eat Tide Pods? Here’s another one: Don’t try to eat phone batteries either. Last Friday, a man walked into an unspecified electronics shop in China, picked up an iPhone battery and bit into it, Chinese media reported Sunday. The battery blew up in his face, literally. Footage of the incident, uploaded to Chinese …

Medical records tend to be kept in a variety of doctor’s offices, both digitally and on paper. It can be a mess. Apple thinks it has a solution, saying Wednesday it will introduce a new Health Records feature in its next iOS update this spring. Health Records, which will be available to patients at a dozen medical providers to start, …

Do you own and love a Pebble smartwatch? I do, and I’ve got some bittersweet news — on June 30, a few of the most handy features will be phased out.  In a blog post Wednesday, new owner Fitbit said these pieces of the Pebble experience are going away: Voice recognition features SMS and email replies Timeline pins from third-party …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. “What are you looking at, Twitterface?” John Parra Does anyone like social media anymore? Former Facebook President Sean Parker is worried about what social media does to children’s brains. Apple CEO Tim Cook won’t let his tween nephew near it. And now there’s an even more …