When ghosts take over your town, who ya gonna call? In this full-length “Ghostbusters” trailer, we see the new specter-fighting team of Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon suit up and get ready for battle. The trailer for the upcoming movie made its debut Thursday on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” This version …

If you want to steal a 3D design, all you have to do is record the sound of the 3D printer making it. In research demonstrating that industrial espionage may be as simple as opening a recording app on your smartphone, a team led by Professor Mohammad Al Faruque at the University of California at Irvine has shown that it …

To show just what’s possible when you use your iPhone to livestream from a GoPro camera using Periscope, GoPro will be streaming a dive with some great hammerhead sharks. The event is happening today at noon ET (9 a.m. PT, 5 p.m. UK) with GoPro athletes Jeb Corliss and Roberta Mancino. Corliss says they hope to have anywhere from three …

The smartphone industry may have seen its last year of double-digit growth in 2015, and that could spell challenges for Apple and makers of high-end Android phones. Last year saw smartphone shipments rise by 10.4 percent from the previous year, IDC said in a report released Thursday. But this year will see that growth rate drop to just 5.7 percent …

Apple’s iPhone upgrade programs appear to have piqued the interest of Samsung, which is now trialing a similar service in Singapore. The South Korean electronics giant on Thursday unveiled a program called Samsung Concierge. The service, currently only available in Singapore, costs a one-time fee of S$38 (roughly $25, AU$35 or ‎£20). Like Apple’s recently announced Trade Up With Installments …

Apple could adopt an OLED screen for its 2017 iPhone, the Japan-based Nikkei news site reported Wednesday. The iPhone maker had originally planned to introduce phones with OLED displays no earlier than 2018, according to Nikkei, but is ahead of schedule and will push up the rollout to next year. Apple is reportedly close to signing a $12 billion deal …

“Alexa, how did you sneak inside my Bose speakers?” For the past year, Amazon’s Echo speaker, which houses a digital voice assistant called Alexa, has become a breakout hit of the connected home. People all over the country are now calling out to these voice-activated devices: “Alexa, what’s the weather today?” “Alexa, order more beef jerky.” “Alexa, play some classic …

If you’re the type of person who simply can’t sit still, this imaginative chair may be perfect for you. The Moov chair, a prototype, converts your movements into electricity by way of 288 piezoelectric crystals located under the seat cushion. Piezoelectricity is an electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials, in this case crystals, in response to pressure. The …

Google recently updated the Photos service on the Web with adjustments to the editing tools. Now the Android app for the service is getting improvements as well. Among these are big changes for the Assistant and Collections areas, as well as tweaks to in-app navigation. Version 1.15 of Google Photos is still rolling out. If you want to skip the …

Swedish band Wintergatan’s latest music video was a little outside the box. Not one for traditional instruments, Wintergatan’s Martin Molin built a complex musical machine by hand. It’s powered by hand crank and uses over 2,000 steel marbles to play vibraphone, bass, and kick, snare and hi-hat drums it incorporates. The Marble Machine took over a year to build. Molin …

Donald Trump wouldn’t last long in the (hopefully) exaggerated world of Washington politics portrayed in the hit Netflix series “House of Cards” — as long as Doug Stamper is on the scene. At least that’s the latest hot take on the leading Republican candidate for president in the real world, coming from the (very underrated) actor Michael Kelly who plays …

Google Photos users are getting a small batch of new tools. The photos team late Tuesday unveiled new online editing tricks. You can now jump between photos while remaining in editing mode, without losing either changes or the ability to revert to the original. You can also choose a specific aspect ratio for your photos by selecting any of four …

You’re probably not going to die any time soon (knock on wood), but it’s never a bad idea to prepare for the worst. Your will may take care of who gets your car when you pass away, but what about who gets your Facebook account? Or who’s allowed to access your Gmail data? Managing your digital afterlife can be tough, …

Oh Twitter — you may distract us from our work and lead to countless hours wasted on hashtag games, but you do really hold your own when it comes to celebrity spats. Who could forget Bette Midler squaring off against the much younger Ariana Grande, “All About Eve”-style, over the young ingenue’s choice of barely there clothing. Or One Direction …

You’ll soon need a licence fee even if you don’t have a telly and you only watch iPlayer on your PC, phone or tablet. The government has promised to bring in new laws closing the iPlayer loophole “as soon as practicable.” “The BBC works on the basis that all who watch it pay for it,” said Culture Secretary John Whittingdale. …