Now playing: Watch this: Speck’s new Presidio Series iPhone 7 cases get slimmer,… 1:33 Speck makes some of the most popular cases for the iPhone and for the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus it’s not only changed the name of its core case line, but it’s upgraded the design, making the …

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OK, so that happened. Apple on Wednesday unveiled a pair of iPhones, as well as a new Apple Watch. There were few surprises, as the rumor mill got most of the new features correct. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus got minor physical changes to the design, instead getting improvements in the camera, a water-resistant body and the usual …

Now playing: Watch this: What really mattered at Apple’s iPhone 7 event (Mario,… 2:57 Though widely anticipated as a rather boring update to the iPhone, Apple’s September 2016 announcement event actually revealed some nice, if not unexpected, products. It started with James Corden driving Tim Cook to the event as part of Carpool Karaoke. Turns out some episodes of the …

Apple kept the focus on its mobile products during its September 2016 product event today, introducing the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and the Apple Watch Series 2. Mac computers went unmentioned during the event, but the MacO Sierra page on Apple’s site was updated to include a release date for the operating system: September 20. As with past OS …

If you’re the proud owner of a new video game console, odds are you have a library of games from an old machine lining your shelf. While Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all promise that their newest machines can run these classics in some way, it varies by console — some are as easy as popping in an older disc; others …

The road to mobile payments in the US has been bumpy. Perhaps a new deal between PayPal and Mastercard will help pave the way toward a truly smooth shopping experience via phones at retail. PayPal, the digital wallet service of choice since the early days of e-commerce, has now entered a partnership with traditional payment processing firm Mastercard. The fruit …

Subscription TV is Foxtel’s bread and butter, but the pay TV provider wants you to start thinking of Foxtel more when it comes to streaming content. With that in mind, the company is overhauling pricing for its IPTV service, Foxtel Play, to compete with the stream providers on price. It’s also announced a low cost set-top “puck” to help stream …

Binge or binge not. There is no try. Foxtel has your long weekend sorted with news it will launch a pop-up Star Wars channel for the October long weekend. The movie marathon will feature all seven movies in the saga, running in order from “The Phantom Menace” to “The Force Awakens” (sorry folks, no “Clone Wars”). The films will run …

Apple is hosting its big press event tomorrow, and we’re expecting plenty of news about a second-generation Apple Watch. The latest leak gives us something to think about as we count down the hours. Byte.co.uk, a retailer that sells replacement parts for Apple products, released a video detailing what could be the Apple Watch 2’s display and battery measurements. They …

Google’s Pixel C tablet from last year was one of the best Android tablets ever. It looks like it could be Huawei’s job to follow those footsteps. If reputable tipster Evan Blass, aka @evleaks, is to be believed, Google’s next tablet will be made by the Chinese tech giant. Blass said the device will have a 7-inch screen and 4GB …

Netflix on Tuesday confirmed that seasons 3 and 4 of “Narcos” are definitely happening. The first season of the TV show, based on drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, was a critically acclaimed fan favorite, landing on many Best Of 2015 lists. Season 2, which dropped this weekend, allegedly has an ending that makes a future for the show look dubious. The …

While some inventors are known for their brilliance in the field of robotics, another kind of inventor — YouTuber Simone Giertz — has made a career out of making embarrassingly bad robots. “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert brought Giertz to his program Friday for a demo of her inefficient robots that brush teeth, apply lipstick, applaud and chop veggies. …

When you take a boat to go whale watching, you hope to at least see one whale out in the blue expanse of the ocean. Sailors on a recent expedition got three times that as a trio of playful whales surrounded their boat. The footage comes from Drones.nc, a French company specializing in drone video shoots, which describes the whales’ …

Tomorrow, Apple will take the wraps off the iPhone 7, and it’s a pretty poorly held secret that this model could be the company’s first major product without a headphone jack. For now let’s table the discussion over whether this is no big deal (Lightning-powered headphones do deliver a true digital audio experience — in your face, analog jack) or …