Now playing: Watch this: Drones in the way as firefighters take on California… 1:25 Drones are great for capturing action and locations you couldn’t otherwise film. There are times, though, they should probably stay grounded — and that includes when they could get in the way of firefighters battling wildfires that rage every year in …

SpaceX’s quest for a reusable rocket has been through many challenges, culminating in a triumphant landing of the Falcon 9 on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this year. The first four tries resulted in explosions, a fate that a cute drone version of the Falcon 9 manages to avoid. YouTuber user ajw61185, who also created a Star Wars …

Dear Maggie, My family is going on a cruise this summer. Do you have any tips for saving money while at sea and visiting multiple countries? Thanks, Tech-challenged Landlubber Dear Landlubber, Staying connected onboard a cruise ship is a costly luxury. In port, your phones will access the local wireless networks and be charged international roaming rates. And at sea, …

Yuneec’s Typhoon H camera drone already had the ability to stop itself before colliding into large objects. But now with help from Intel RealSense technologies, it will avoid obstacles and keep moving right around them to get the shots you’re after. A factory-installed Intel RealSense R200 camera and an Intel Atom processor module will map the Typhoon H’s surroundings in …

Amazon is reportedly trying to attract more consumers to its Dash push-button ordering devices by beefing up the brands offering goods for sale through the gadgets. The internet retail giant is expected to announce this week the addition of dozens of new brands for Dash buttons, according to a Wall Street Journal report Sunday that cites documents and people familiar …

Just outside Hiroshima, Japan, in the town of Kure, there’s an odd sight: a submarine almost as long as a football field, up on stilts. Amid the buildings with no water in sight, the sleek black and red shape couldn’t look more out of place. It’s the Akishio, a former submarine of the JMSDF, or Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Decommissioned …

If you primarily listen to LPs, this blog won’t be of much interest. But for everybody listening to digital music at home, the Schiit Bifrost Multibit digital converter can make a big difference. The Bifrost Multibit is small enough to fit on a shelf or desktop — it’s just 9 x 6.75 x 2.25 inches (228 x 171 x 57mm). …

Samsung’s Galaxy Note smartphone line has been one number behind the company’s S series phones since the Note’s 2012 debut. That may be changing in 2016, with reliable tipster Evan Blass reporting on Twitter on Saturday that Samsung’s sequel to last year’s Galaxy Note 5 will skip the number 6 and be named the Galaxy Note 7. Should this become …

You may not think of it this way, but the phone in your pocket is really an extension of you — it contains everything from personal photos and videos to critical contact information. It’s also valuable data that cyber criminals can exploit. This means you need to make sure your phone is protected. While your device can be compromised anywhere, …

Are you ready for a weekend of binge-listening to new sounds? Here’s the latest round up of albums that caught and sustained my attention. Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool Definitely my favorite Radiohead album since “Amnesiac,” and it’s loaded with great tunes. Starting with “Burn The Witch,” a string driven romp, and “Desert Island Disk” that has a quiet, …

I meet Paul Jacobs in a studio in San Francisco’s warehouse-filled Dogpatch neighborhood. We’re there to watch the filming of Qualcomm’s Invent-Off competition. Two teams are competing to create a smart device — in only three days — that can save lives. They’re doing it all in a warehouse studio that’s packed with power tools and high-tech electronics components. One …

After unboxing the OnePlus 3 and sliding the SIM card tray out, you may have been met with a surprise: As with the OnePlus 2, the company’s latest phone supports dual SIMs, which means you can put two active SIM cards in the phone and use either one at will. Why would you want to do that? There’s a couple …

Rumor has it that Samsung will release an exclusive version of the Galaxy S7 Edge for the 2016 Rio Olympics. This wouldn’t be a huge surprise coming from a sponsor that has already released an emotional ad about the Olympic Games. Though the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Edition was initially reported three months ago when SamMobile “received information” about …

With each iteration of iOS, Apple adds new features to make iPhones and iPads more flexible and easier to use. I happily accept these improvements each year, but there are some that end up just getting in the way. There are three features in particular — two for the iPhone and one for the iPad — that I use only …

Net neutrality advocates demand action. Representatives from Fight the Future, the Center for Media Justice and Free Press on Friday hand-delivered a 6-foot tall package containing 100,000 letters of complaint to the Federal Communications Commission. They ask the agency to take action against AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile and Verizon for violating the agency’s Open Internet order by offering so-called zero-rating service …