A 14-year-old boy and his mother have filed a lawsuit against Snapchat, alleging that the photo- and video-sharing app’s Discover service routinely exposes minors to sexually explicit content without warning them or their parents. The lawsuit, which was filed Thursday by celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos in US District Court for Central California, accuses Snapchat of …

You don’t have to be able to outswim Michael Phelps or dash as fast as Usain Bolt to have the same phone as an Olympic champion. Samsung is selling the Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Limited Edition on July 18 in countries including the US, Brazil, China, Germany and South Korea. This variation on the S7 Edge brightens up its …

Now playing: Watch this: Ways to use Android Marshmallow’s Now on Tap 1:04 Enlarge Image Google has beefed up its Now on Tap feature to translate more than just webpages. Google Google’s Now on Tap feature has expanded its language translation skills. Now on Tap, which can translate certain languages to and from your native tongue, now supports any mobile …

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10 Public Beta is available today: Here are the best… 2:25 The first public betas of Apple’s next big mobile and computer operating systems are about to be installed on millions more devices. Both iOS 10 and MacOS Sierra can now be downloaded from Apple’s website for users who had previously signed up for them. …

After using iOS 10’s public beta for half a week, I’m surprised that my favorite feature isn’t even something I knew about. It slipped my mind somehow while covering Apple’s developer conference. But I think it’s my favorite bit of design in the entire OS update. And I wonder, maybe, if it’s a preview of what the Apple Watch 2 …

Libsyn’s podcasts are coming to iHeartRadio, a music and radio streaming platform with more than 85 million users, parent company iHeartMedia announced Thursday. Before today, Libsyn was already syndicating with Google Play Music, Spotify, iTunes, and 20 other platforms. It will be adding over 28,000 podcasts to iHeartRadio’s service, which is available on iOS and Android devices. This is not …

Now playing: Watch this: Why you shouldn’t install the iOS 10 public beta 1:23 The time has come for Apple to unleash iOS 10 and MacOS Sierra to the general public for further testing. Up until now, both operating systems have only been available to developers. With the public betas available, you’re just a few taps or clicks away from …

Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black man, was killed by a policeman on Wednesday after he was pulled over for having a faulty taillight. Diamond Reynolds, his girlfriend and a passenger in the car he was driving, broadcast the aftermath of the incident in real time on Facebook Live. The graphic video remains on Facebook. Unlike other videos on the site …

Audible has launched a new monthly subscription service today called Channels that offers listeners a variety of commercial-free, short-form audio programs including podcasts, comedy shows, spoken news articles and more. Premium account holders that already pay the $14.95 (£12 or AU$20) monthly fee will get Channels for free and the company is also offering a standalone subscription for $4.95 (£4 …

Those of you looking to try out a free version of Skype aimed at small businesses now have your chance. Skype parent Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out Skype Meetings, a new variant of its audio- and video-conferencing software. Aimed at small businesses, Skype Meetings offers such features as the ability to share your screen, to collaborate on PowerPoint presentations and …

As computers around the world get smarter and more powerful, internet heavyweight Google is determined to stay ahead of the game. The company said on Wednesday that it is buying a French artificial intelligence company called Moodstocks that specializes in image recognition. Moodstocks focuses on building image-recognition capabilities into phones, and first introduced software that could do this back in …

Samsung has cooked up a new smartphone, at least for South Korean consumers. The Galaxy Wide smartphone, launched on Monday, is similar to Samsung’s Galaxy On7 with such specs as a 5.5-inch, 1,280×720-pixel display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel rear camera. And that’s no coincidence. “The Galaxy Wide is a Korean exclusive version of Galaxy On7, and there …

With less than two weeks before the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland commences, the GOP has released an official mobile app for the event. Enlarge Image Clifford Colby/Download.com The Republican Party said Wednesday the app is now available on the Apple App Store for iPhones and the Google Play store for Android devices. An estimated 50,000 attendees are expected …

Slim hybrid PCs that can do double duty as both a laptop and tablet usually carry premium prices, especially ones that are thinner than a MacBook Air and use Intel’s high-end Core m-series processors. Asus has a new 13-inch model that manages to be very thin, use an Intel Core M processor and cost just $699 in the US (which …

Amazon’s Prime Day is less than week away now, but the discounts have begun in the form of Countdown Deal. The biggest savings, of course, are reserved for next Tuesday, July 12, when more than 100,000 items will go on sale throughout the day. But Alexa — the personality and voice of Amazon Echo — suggests there’s even more in …