Design patents are given too much value when it comes to legal damages, Samsung has argued to the US Supreme Court in its patent dispute with Apple. In an opening brief filed Wednesday with the nation’s highest court, Samsung presented its arguments for why an earlier ruling in Apple’s favor should be thrown out. It …

Just in case you felt a bit unloved by your wireless carrier, AT&T wants to let you know it cares. AT&T on Thursday launched a new rewards program for customers, called AT&T Thanks. The goal is to make existing customers (post-paid wireless customers, “in good standing,” mind you) a little happier this summer. Basically, right now, AT&T Thanks amounts to …

Are we ready to see what T-Mobile is up to this time around? On Thursday, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier announced its Uncarrier 11 customer livestreaming event on Monday. “You’re invited! Tune in LIVE to be blown away by our next Un-carrier move. Epic news you won’t want to miss!,” tweeted the Bellevue, Washington company. Typically, T-Mobile’s customer promotions include …

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Pebble’s upcoming Android micro-computer, the Pebble Core, has promised a lot of potential and on-the-go connections. Add Amazon’s Alexa to that list. CEO Eric Migicovsky confirmed that Alexa will be one of the Pebble Core’s new functions, and it will work when paired with a Bluetooth headset or a wired one. The Core has a standard headphone jack as well …

The iPhone 7 Plus hasn’t even been announced yet, but you can already order a case meant to fit it, with a slot spacious enough for two cameras. Chinese online retail site Oppomart lists cases for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the phones that Apple is expected to launch in September. Call this a clue, if you will: …

Now playing: Watch this: Facebook’s AI is almost as smart as you 1:32 You put a picture up on Facebook. You write a quick caption, a little joke about parking at the football game. Then Facebook suggests something to help. A different parking lot nearby? A friend who likes football? This is what Facebook does, but the artificial intelligence and …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC Vive at Computex features three slick new VR experiences 2:05 If you’re a little bored when you hit the rowing machine at the gym, maybe you’d prefer to feel like you were rowing down a river in the Rockies, or even through an asteroid field in space? That’s what a brand new VR experience for …

Amazon’s Fire HD 10 just got a little swankier. For the same price as the existing black color option, you can now order can now order the Fire HD 10 with a new, “silver aluminum all-metal enclosure,” Amazon has announced. Additionally, if you want more internal storage, the Fire HD 10 now comes in a 64GB version for $290. All …

Instead of waiting for manufacturers to add a second camera to their phones, why not do it yourself with Weeview’s Eye-Plug dongle? Adding a 2-megapixel camera to your phone may not seem like much, but with the Eye-Plug, which costs $40 (around £30 or AU$55), you’re able to take 3D video as well as pictures that can be refocused. Now, …

When “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” was released back in March, it wasn’t received quite as warmly as Warner Bros. would have liked. Now, the company is ready for round two. On Thursday, the trailer for the film’s “Ulimate Edition” home entertainment release was posted to YouTube, giving viewers a glimpse of some of the scenes deleted from “BvS”. …

Hoop fans, can’t get enough of Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry? There are now several emojis to feed your fix. The two-time NBA MVP has released “Stephmoji,” a series of emojis and animations available on Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android mobile software. Emojis include Curry shooting a jumper, doing a shimmy dance after hitting a big 3-point shot, and …

Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft wants to own the next reality 1:34 Virtual reality is here, but Microsoft’s HoloLens is not. Microsoft doesn’t want to build a traditional VR headset, and it doesn’t know when its augmented reality (AR) headgear will be ready for market. Until then, Microsoft has a plan. It will use the combined allure of VR and …

Hololens: It’s as much a dream, or a mission statement, as it is a product — if Microsoft has its way. Announcing at Computex its shared Windows Holographic platform, which allows users to access Windows 10 using different VR or AR headsets, Microsoft showed off a Hololens user and a HTC Vive user working together on the same virtual model …

Bill Gates famously said that making Windows users type Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log in was “a mistake”. Now, if Microsoft gets its way, typing could be phased out for good with the company unveiling a new way of logging in from your wrist. Microsoft used its keynote presentation at Computex in Taiwan to talk up the new features of Windows Hello, …