A Facebook investigation into its Trending Topics feature found no evidence of systematic political bias in the editorial process that determines which stories are promoted in its most-popular section, the social network said Monday. In a letter (PDF) sent to Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the company said it found no evidence to support allegations made …

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone may not be long for this world. Although the first quarter of 2016 saw a 3.9 percent increase in global smartphone sales year-on-year, Windows Phone saw a nearly 2 percent drop in sales. According to the latest Gartner report, Windows Phone sales went from 2.5 percent and 8.27 million units in Q1 2015 to 0.7 percent and …

A startup company in Seattle that secured a $5 million investment round back in April just announced its secret weapon: a pair of strange-looking wireless ear-pod headphones that can shift from a private listening device into a portable loudspeaker, and more. In a press release published on its Web site today, Human Inc. makes it clear that its intention with …

Most of us own an iron, but did you know this common household appliance can be used for more than just getting the wrinkles out of clothes? The video “7 Genius Uses for an Iron You Have to Try,” from the Household Hacker YouTube channel, shows how to laminate documents, remove spilled candle wax, make peeling stickers look like new …

Now playing: Watch this: Summer return of the Razr? Teaser video gets nostalgic… 1:24 What was hot ten years ago in tech could be coming back into style. Lenovo, the new owner of Motorola, is getting the Internet worked-up over a possible return of the Razr flip phone on June 9. Update looks into the nostalgia of the hottest phone …

Facebook has had a change of heart about plus-size women appearing in ads on the social network. Facebook on Monday apologized for refusing to display an ad that featured a size-26 model wearing a bikini. The ad, which featured Tess Holliday, a model who is an outspoken advocate for body acceptance, was initially rejected because it went against the site’s …

Now playing: Watch this: Pebble Watch hands-on: how smart is this smartwatch? 4:09 What’s Pebble teasing? The company hopes you’ll check in Tuesday for the answer, based on the countdown clock posted on the front page of its website and repeatedly shared in its Twitter feed. It’s scheduled for 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET Tuesday. (That’s 3 p.m. in the …

In Chinese Internet and text slang, “520” means “I love you“. Naturally, there’s a lot of romantic gift-giving going on come May 20. This weekend Taobao, an Alibaba-owned online marketplace similar to Amazon, encouraged people to shop via VR headset by offering interactions with a virtual boyfriend or girlfriend. To enter this brave new world of digital love, Chinese buyers …

Your wallet is about to get a little bit lighter. Samsung Pay now lets you add membership and loyalty cards to the app, so you can add cards from places like your local library, club stores like Costco, or loyalty cards from places like Starbucks or CVS. Before you can add the new card type to Samsung Pay, update the …

The “Game of Thrones” opening sequence is legendary. The theme song pulses as the camera flies across the Seven Kingdoms, closing in on cities and structures growing out of the ground. Does that remind you of anything? How about time-lapse videos of molds and fungi? The thought occurred to some Reddit users, including one by the name of Octagon_Time_Machine, who …

Dry ice is often used as a cooling agent in preserving food, but it also has other applications, including preventing insect activity, loosening asphalt floor tiles and altering cloud precipitation. Add dry ice to water, and dense white fog occurs, which makes for a rather spooky visual effect. On Friday, YouTube user CrazyRussianHacker posted a video showing him adding 30 …

These diners in Vietnam have just upped the ante for unimpressed. President Barack Obama is sitting right there dining with chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, and the other restaurant patrons are just as cool as the other side of the pillow, not even sneaking a peek at the leader of the free world or asking him to pass the …

“Star Wars,” “Captain America,” “The Jungle Book” and “Finding Dory” — this September, Netflix will become the exclusive place to stream all of Disney’s latest movies. It’s a deal that’s taken nearly four years to bear fruit. In 2012, Netflix and Disney said they’d reached an arrangement to make Netflix the exclusive US subscription television provider of first-run, live-action and …

If you’ve dabbling in the torrents lately, it’s unlikely you’ll receive a letter from your ISP in the post any time soon, after the peak body representing Australia’s Internet service providers revealed that the industry’s proposed scheme has been quietly shelved. Communications Alliance joined forces with Foxtel to notify the Australian Media and Communications Authority of the news in a …