ZTE’s Axon 7 phone now has a little brother. The Chinese phone maker on Thursday unveiled the Axon 7 Mini, which rocks a 5.2-inch 1080 display. That compares to the 5.5-inch Axon 7. The phone, which costs 299 euros (likely about $300), was announced ahead of the IFA trade show in Berlin. It will be …

Even before we got on the plane to fly to Berlin, we knew something was up. This week we’re at the technology trade show IFA in Germany, where manufacturers and other industry types gather each September to show off their coolest new kit. With so many tech companies in one place, you get a sense of shifts and trends in …

Now playing: Watch this: Jumping on AT&T’s cheaper unlimited plan? Not so fast… 2:46 T-Mobile is “doubling down” on its single, unlimited data plan — T-Mobile One — by making it super confusing. Let me explain: On August 18, T-Mobile announced that it was killing all of its current data plans in favor of a “single, unlimited data plan” called …

A lawsuit is accusing the Golden State Warriors of a real-life technical foul, claiming the NBA team’s free app secretly uses smartphones’ microphones to listen in and record user conversations. The app, which delivers up-to-date scores, schedules and news, asks for permission to access the microphone on users’ phones. But, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in San Francisco federal …

Google gave the world a taste of Fantastica on Thursday. The Google Doodle appearing on the company’s search page pays homage to “The Neverending Story,” a fantasy book by Michael Ende published 37 years ago on September 1, 1979. In the book, a character named Bastian gets slurped into a book containing a mystical realm called Fantastica, where he meets …

British audio company Bowers & Wilkins has crafted a wireless version of its P7 luxury headphones — but you’ll need deep pockets to afford them. The P7 Wireless, on sale as of today, will set you back $400, or £320 (we don’t have Australian price information, but that converts to roughly AU$527). For your cash you get a chunky set …

We already expect to see new iPhones and an upgrade to Apple Watch at the tech giant’s event next week, but now it looks like we might also get a new pair of Beats headphones. An email reportedly sent to French tech site iGeneration by the public relations team at Beats included an invitation to Apple’s event on September 7 …

Now playing: Watch this: Amazon wants to put Alexa on your PC 1:28 Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant may be talking her way into yet another important place: PCs. Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC maker, has held talks with Amazon on potentially using Alexa in its computers and other devices, according to a Lenovo executive with knowledge of the talks. The …

Fresh from rolling out a new robot vacuum, Xiaomi today announced a new contactless payment system for its home market in China. The catch? It really only works on one of its phones, the Xia​omi Mi 5. That’s because the Mi 5 is really the only phone in Xiaomi’s lineup that supports NFC. It’s likely Xiaomi took NFC out of …

Some might say that sports mascots are already a parody of themselves, but no one can take the ridiculous and make it even funnier than Christopher Guest. The man who tackled the world of dog shows (“Best in Show“) and folk singers (“A Mighty Wind“), among other mockumentaries, now takes on team spirit for Netflix in “Mascots.” The first trailer …

Sometimes companies just make things because they can. That seems to be the case with Acer’s Predator 21 X (the X is for EXTREME), a hulking beast of a laptop that weighs 8 kilograms, or 17 pounds, and features a 21-inch curved display. The curved display is a world’s first, and even the size is notable. Most laptop screens top …

Apple’s App Store has hundreds of thousands of apps, but the company says it’s time to get rid of some duds. Two categories will be scrubbed from the store, the company told developers, according to a message seen by TechCrunch. First to go will be old apps that aren’t compatible with modern iPhones and iPads, or that don’t abide by …

What’s the best way to get you invested in a company? Offer the chance to participate in the creation of its products. That’s exactly what ZTE is doing with Project CSX, an initiative that taps the consumer base for ideas for its next gadget. There are few restrictions on the product, which just needs to be mobile and affordable. The …

Alongside the newly announced Touch fitness tracker, TomTom on Thursday showed off two new GPS sports watches at the IFA trade show in Berlin. There’s the TomTom Spark 3 and TomTom Adventurer, both of which are similar to last year’s TomTom Spark. The key differences are a slightly slimmer design with slimmer watch straps for a more comfortable fit. There’s …

Editors’ note: Samsung has now officially recalled the Galaxy Note 7 worldwide. See the full story here. Samsung is planning to announce a global recall of its new Galaxy Note 7 phone in less than a week, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, amid reports that batteries in some of the devices have exploded. Word that an unprecedented recall …