If you watch Netflix on Verizon or AT&T, the streaming video service is keeping you from getting the full picture — and it claims it’s for your own good. A week after the wireless carriers were accused of throttling video speeds on their networks, Netflix has stepped forward to take the blame for the degraded …

When the new Apple TV launched last fall, the biggest complaint users had was the inability to easily enter text. Most notably, entering user names and passwords using the onscreen keyboard and the Siri Remote’s trackpad was a tedious, cumbersome process. With the release of tvOS 9.2, Apple has greatly improved upon this experience by enabling Siri dictation. Meaning, you …

Tucked away in the back of a file cabinet, I have an overstuffed folder of owner’s manuals, many of which are for products I no longer own. I’m getting a jump on my spring cleaning this year and throwing out the entire folder. I no longer need any of these printed manuals in my house — even for the products …

Here’s a master class in how not to respond to a terrorist incident. A man from London who tweeted about accosting a Muslim woman in the street regarding this week’s terror attacks in Belgium has been arrested, the BBC reported Thursday. The tweet, which went viral, read: “I confronted a Muslim woman yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain …

Watch out, Twitter and Facebook. Google may be aiming to snag its own cut of the live video streaming market. The search giant has been cooking up its own live-streaming app dubbed YouTube Connect, tech news site VentureBeat reported Wednesday, citing a “source close to the matter.” The app would mimic Twitter’s Periscope app and Facebook Live Video by giving …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He’s so seductive. But is Apple TV? Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Actors are thinkers. Even those who appear in painfully tedious TV shows like “Game Of Thrones.” Or, as one of its stars Ian McShane calls it: “T*** and Dragons.” Apple clearly wants to …

The iPad Air 2 can run two apps at the same time, has Touch ID, has a Retina Display, and looks (and weighs) the same as the iPad Pro. Oh, and it starts at $399. So why would you pick the Pro over the Air 2? It’s what’s under the hood. More storage In order for the iPad Pro to …

Remember when superhero movies weren’t so dark and gritty? We’re looking at you, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Retro superhero films didn’t dwell entirely on violence and vengeance. In fact, in the ’70s and ’80s, most superheroes saved the world with smiles on their faces, or at least joked once or twice while punching out the bad guys. Related …

Now playing: Watch this: Make your Facebook profile picture a video 1:05 If you feel your Facebook profile is too static, Facebook is giving you 7 seconds to work with. You now have the option of ditching your profile picture for a short, looping profile video. To make a profile video from Facebook’s iOS or Android app, go to your …

Looks like delaying Apple court sessions is becoming a trend. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh late Tuesday granted Samsung’s motion to put a damages retrial on hold until the Supreme Court can review the case. The trial was scheduled to start Monday in San Jose, California, and would have taken about a week. The delay comes only a couple days …

On a bright Wednesday morning on the glass-encased 38th floor of One World Trade Center, about a dozen cartoonists waited anxiously outside Bob Mankoff’s office for a chance to pitch The New Yorker’s cartoon editor. Amid the pressure, at least one person was breathing easy: Colin Stokes, Mankoff’s assistant. Not too long ago, Stokes would spend eight hours a week …

Google has finally shed some light on when Android Pay will arrive in the UK, after launching the service six months ago in the US. The mobile payments service, which already has several major British banking partners on board, will be available in “the next few months,” Google said in a blog post Wednesday. Android Pay will support MasterCard and …

Yesterday, Apple went small. The company announced tinier versions of its flagship products in the form of the iPhone SE (basically, an iPhone 6S with a smaller 4-inch screen) and the new iPad Pro (like 2015’s Pro, but with a 9.7-inch screen instead of its predecessor’s 12.9-inch display). Both products will be available on March 31. Usually, we get high-profile …

The dangers of riding a hoverboard have been well documented. They can not only cause physical harm to riders who fall due to sudden, jerky movements on the part of the self-balancing scooters, but the gadgets also been known to suddenly burst into flames. But there’s a third danger that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention: hoverboards operated under the …

Apple’s new version of its mobile operating system is causing headaches for some owners of older iPads. Certain older iPads are unable to install iOS 9.3 and are “bricking” at the activation stage, which means the update leaves them inoperable, according to posts on Apple’s Support Communities site, tweets on the Apple Support Twitter page and readers of the AppleInsider …