Samsung has fallen victim to the old problem of more haste, less speed in rushing to release the Note 7, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The company’s battery crisis, which has forced it to recall all early shipments of the Note 7, was caused by internal pressure to beat Apple to the launch of the newest …

Walmart’s push to take on Amazon took a big step forward Monday. The big-box retailer closed its $3.3 billion acquisition of e-commerce retailer Jet.com, pulling off one of the biggest e-commerce deals ever and giving Walmart a new set of tools and talent to bulk up online. Still, Walmart now faces the difficult job of making this tie-up pay off …

The water-resistant iPhone 7 and 7 Plus live up to their billing when forced to take a dunk, but they still crack up when dropped again and again. Gadget warranty outfit SquareTrade ran Apple’s latest through a torture gauntlet, and you can see the results in the video below. The company tested the new iPhones for water resistance and durability …

Enlarge Image Ex-Bachelor star Tim Robards is the star of NBN’s new campaign. Esteban La Tessa/NBN New photos show shirtless ex-Bachelor in inner-city apartment Sources asking whether new relationship will last Fitness romp has friends asking, “Is Tim promoting a full-fibre diet?” That’s right, the Bachelor is spruiking the NBN now. Because ever since you stopped watching Tim Robards courting …

This story is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Omar Mohamed has helped dozens of African refugees resettle in the US. Among the first items he sets up for them: a mobile phone. On a hot June day, the 28-year-old case manager …

Now playing: Watch this: Google targets busy travelers with Trips app, Waze update 1:32 Enlarge Image Planning a day in Barcelona. Google While it’s true that traveling has gotten much easier now that planning can be done entirely online, it can still be a headache. Looking up places to go, finding your tickets and scheduling everything appropriately requires several apps …

Olympus went all out with the accessories this Photokina, revealing three new key lenses and a new flash unit. The most intriguing is the 12-100mm f4 IS Pro, which looks like an excellent general-purpose option for advanced Micro Four Thirds photographers. It’s about the same size as the 12-40mm f2.8 Pro lens — 5 inches/117 mm long and 20 oz/561 …

The Apple iPhone 7 has the best display of any smartphone made to date, according to testing firm DisplayMate. In a Technology Shoot-Out spotted Monday between the iPhone 6 and iPhone 7, DisplayMate President Raymond Soneira found that although the two phones have the same pixel resolution, the 7’s new dual color gamuts are not only 25 percent brighter than …

Now playing: Watch this: Try these MacOS Sierra features 1:54 Apple’s new desktop software, MacOS Sierra, offers a way to watch a video while you continue to go about your business on your Mac — and it’s substantially better than attempting to resize a browser window just so. With Sierra’s new picture-in-picture (PIP) feature, you can pop out a video …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Now playing: Watch this: Canon’s T6 is a dSLR for penny-pinchers 1:22 It’s been a long while since I shared a camera deal, …

There are many unanswered questions in the cartoon world. How come Goofy can walk and talk like a human, but Pluto can’t, even though they’re both dogs? Why does “The Jetsons” theme song do nothing but recite the family’s names? How could Wile E. Coyote afford all those Acme products? And where are Max & Ruby’s parents? That last question …

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10: Best free apps to try in Messages 2:24 Don’t look now, but Messages just became the hub of your iPhone. Thanks to changes in iOS 10, you can now use the app to send money, play games, trade stickers, find and discuss dining and entertainment, manage travel and much more. Oh, yeah: It still …

Aerial photography. Real estate tours. Drone burrito delivery. Imagine the money you could make (and fun you could have!) if you flew for profit. Sadly, drone businesses aren’t legal in the United States unless the government makes an exception for you — or unless you get your own drone license under the FAA’s brand-new rules. Starting Monday, August 29, you …

Twitter is being sued by a shareholder who claims the social network misled investors about its prospects for growth, causing wild swings in the company’s stock price. The suit, filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco, alleges Twitter and its executives misled shareholders in November 2014 when they promised an increase in monthly active users to 550 million in …

Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 iOS 10 is here. Even though it looks just like iOS 9, a lot — and we mean a lot — of features are radically different. Messages is a lot more like Facebook Messenger, the lock screen packs a lot more info, and you can finally delete Apple’s …