In a month’s time you’ll need a TV licence to watch iPlayer, as the BBC prepares to lock down a legal loophole that let Brits watch catch-up programming for free. From 1 September, anyone watching iPlayer will need to have paid the £145.50 annual licence fee, the BBC reports. Previously a legal loophole meant that …

Now playing: Watch this: We spent 90 minutes with the HoloLens 3:17 If you wanted to get your hands on Microsoft’s mind-blowing augmented reality headset this spring, you had to audition first. You’d submit an application, and see if Microsoft liked it enough to approve your pre-order. No more. As of today, any Microsoft developer (in the US, Canada, UK, …

Now playing: Watch this: Everything Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 can do 2:03 Samsung has just unveiled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to the world — and it turns out all of the leaks and rumors were basically true. The news from this morning’s press conference in New York City: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unveiled: 5.7-inch curved screen, 12MP camera, iris …

Now playing: Watch this: 200 million Yahoo credentials may be for sale 1:41 You come up with complex password for you Yahoo account: two uppercase letters, three numbers and you didn’t use any part of your username. You assume your account is safe. That may not be the case. A hacker known as “Peace” claims to have 200 million Yahoo …

Enlarge Image Let dragons and direwolves relax you with this new “Game of Thrones” coloring book. Chronicle Books Get out your red crayon. You’re going to need it for the new “Game of Thrones” coloring book. The book, coming November 1 from Chronicle Books, includes 35 detailed black-and-white images on 60 pages, perfect for colored pens, pencils and watercolor paints. …

Google’s upcoming Nexus mobile devices may sport some renovations to the home screen. The 2016 models reportedly will feature a redesigned home screen with changes to the app drawer and other key features, blog site Android Police said on Monday, citing “multiple reliable sources.” Specifically, Google will do away with the app launcher button at the bottom of the screen, …

Once the unrivaled king of mobile photo sharing, Instagram has now taken a page from the Snapchat playbook. The app has just added a stories feature to its arsenal to let users keep a 24-hour snapshot of personal photos and video. As with the stories function cooked up and popularized by social media competitor Snapchat, Instagram account holders have the …

Golf is a challenging game but help — in the form of smart shoes — is on the way. Samsung spin-off Salted Venture on Tuesday confirmed its Iofit shoes have landed on Kickstarter and should hit stores in February 2017. With an expected sticker price of $260, early bird backers of the project should be able to scoop up a …

The MicroJib might look like an average GoPro pole mount, but a simple twist of the handle shows it’s much more. Instead of keeping the camera fixed at the end, you can use the MicroJib’s handgrip to tilt your GoPro up and down or pan it left and right a full 360 degrees. The pole extends from 16.5 to 33.5 …

Samsung has edged out its Android rivals with a clutch of best-selling smartphones. Over the first half of the year, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge was the most popular Android phone, according to a report released late Monday by Strategy Analytics. Samsung shipped an estimated 13.3 million units of the S7 Edge, which snagged a 2.3 percent cut of all Android …

Logitech was the first third-party manufacturer to come out with a keyboard case for the 12.9-inch Apple iPad Pro last year, and now owners of the 9.7-inch tablet can join the fun too. Unlike Bluetooth keyboards, the Logitech Create keyboard case uses the Apple Smart Connector that automatically powers on and pairs with the iPad Pro when you snap it …

Online music-video company Vevo said Tuesday it has sealed a license with the last of the three major labels, Warner Music Group, to add selections of Warner’s official videos into the Vevo library. It already has videos from the two other majors, Universal Music and Sony Music Entertainment, which together own Vevo. (YouTube’s parent Google and outside investor Abu Dhabi …

Ramsay Bolton thought of some terrible tortures in “Game of Thrones,” but had he just made Theon walk over a bunch of Legos, he might have broken the poor dude even earlier. As any parent or caretaker of children will attest, stepping on a Lego delivers a specially horrific type of foot pain. Especially if it happens in the middle …

Until now, drone enthusiasts have had to go to parks, lots or, if they’re really lucky, empty stadiums to skylark drone-style. That changes now — at least for those in Korea. Drone maker DJI said this week it’s opening a drone arena in Yongin, South Korea, later this month. The 1,395-square-metre venue will be kitted out with an LED-lit racing …

One of the biggest frustrations of Pokemon Go is losing a fresh catch due to the game freezing. You know what I’m talking about. You finally find the Pokemon you’ve been searching for, successfully catch it, but just as the game announces “Gotcha!” the whole thing freezes. When you close out the game and restart it, your new Pokemon is …