Korea’s LG Electronics is reporting that it had a strong second quarter with operating profit likely reaching a two-year high. According to Reuters, LG stated in a regulatory filing that April-June profit was likely 585 billion won ($504 million), compared with the average of 599 billion won compiled from 23 analyst estimates in a Thomson …

If you fancy using a smart watch to buy your lunch in Pret, but don’t want to get rid of that classic traditional timepiece, Barclaycard might have the solution for you. It’s called bPay Loop, and it essentially lets you stick Barclaycard’s bPay contactless tech onto the strap of your existing watch. Once there, you can wave your watch over …

Spotify now lets you customize your out of office message with songs related to where you are heading. The company’s new tool, Out of Office (OOO), is now available to anyone with a Spotify account. The process is rather simple. OOO will ask you where you are going, whether you are traveling for work or pleasure and the mood of …

After breaking away from Google and partnering up with Lenovo, Motorola is hard at work on a new launch and a new look. In Australia, that means bringing a budget-conscious Android experience to consumers. Part of that is dealing with the repeated pain points of access to particular stock and variants. “That’s why we’re launching the Moto Online Store in …

You’ve gotta hand it to AMD. The company’s latest video card, the AMD Radeon RX 480, just brought the price of high-end PC gaming and virtual reality graphics down to $200. But long-time rival Nvidia already has an answer to AMD. Nvidia on Thursday launched the GeForce GTX 1060, a $250 desktop video card (roughly £195 or AU$335) which, it …

Facebook will be testing a new feature in which users can download videos from the site and view them at any time, whether online or offline. Starting July 11, the testing will occur among a small group of people in India, according to a Facebook email received by blog site TechCrunch. The company targeted that country because of feedback that …

Now playing: Watch this: Dallas police killed in ambush 1:54 Here is a screenshot of police officers lying next to cruisers during a shooting in Dallas. Michael Kevin Bautista/Facebook A shooting that left five police officers dead and seven others wounded Thursday night in downtown Dallas was live-streamed. The three-minute video, streamed by Dallas resident Michael Kevin Bautista, shows police …

Wireless speakers come in all shapes and sizes, but the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Wireless took off in the marketplace last year, in no small part because of its distinct cigar shape and “glass fibre ribs” that reduced vibrations in the cabinet. Today, the company announced a new white color option that will go on sale this August for $699 …

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Now playing: Watch this: Is your PC ready for a VR video card? 2:02 It’s tough to justify spending money on a PC graphics card. I can see why: for some it’s never made sense. Why would “PC gamers” pay $400 for a single, soon-to-be-obsolete component of a gaming computer, when that money could buy an entire Xbox or PlayStation? …

Soon, you won’t have to worry about constantly readjusting your earbuds. Instead you’ll spend all day sorting through 180 options to find just the perfect fit. ELWN, a manufacturer and retailer of Bluetooth headphone gear created by two former Apple engineers, is starting a Kickstarter campaign on July 12 to launch earbuds that adapt to your ears and to what …

Say cheerio to your pocketful of microSD cards — Samsung’s new Universal Flash Storage (UFS) cards are here to give them a swift lesson in the ceaseless march of progression. The new cards are as small as microSD cards, but they’re much faster. Samsung promises the cards can achieve read speeds up to 530 megabytes per second, which is five …

Now playing: Watch this: Android malware ‘HummingBad’ infects millions 1:18 Bad news: a malicious app has taken hold of about 10 million Android phones around the world, and it’s creepy. Security specialist Check Point says the software, called HummingBad, can take root in your phone, collecting your personal data and making it act like you’ve clicked on ads that you …

Now playing: Watch this: Why you shouldn’t install the iOS 10 public beta 1:23 The new iOS 10 beta is full of fun and useful features: Messages is completely revamped, you can delete Apple apps you hate and the Music app kind of makes sense now! Yet, as with any new release, there are some annoying aspects to iOS 10. …

We’ve all been there. You find a lovely pub deep in the heart of the countryside, and there’s no signal to post a picture of your food to Instagram! Vodafone is hoping to tackle this living nightmare with a new scheme that offers phone signal boosting technology in community hubs (pubs, village halls and those adorable little shops) in rural …