The top half of the new Siri Remote for Apple TV is touch-enabled. When watching video, you can swipe across the pad to jump ahead or back in the video. It’s a cool feature, when you intend to use it. But then there are those times when you pick up the remote and accidentally swipe …

Leica’s taking camera customization to a whole new level. Sure, Pentax paved the way for the rainbow of on-demand custom color combinations, and Leica’s always offered custom engraving on its cameras, but Leica’s taking personalization a step further and allowing you to select specific features for the Typ 240 full-frame interchangeable-lens camera with its new a la carte program. In …

The ability to manage devices currently signed in to your iCloud account is possible through iCloud.com, but did you know you can also do the same thing using an iOS device? When viewing a list of devices currently linked to your account, you can remove a device from your account with just a few taps. Once a device running iOS …

Australia is now officially the fourth country to adopt Apple Pay, but it’s got some restrictions. Apple’s mobile payment service launched Down Under on Thursday for American Express cardholders. Apple Pay debuted just over a year ago in the US before reaching the UK in July and Canada on Tuesday. Using an iPhone 6 or higher or an Apple Watch, …

Google on Thursday announced an update to its Fit app on Android. The health-tracking software will now provide real-time information on your walks, runs and bike rides. The Google Fit app will record your speed, pace, route, elevation and more using only your smartphone. This on top of its ability to already track steps, distance, active minutes, and calories burned …

The wood-paneled showroom was nearly empty, like a museum with the exhibits removed. There was no sign of the Volvo S90 — a never-before-seen luxury vehicle — except a few sketches hanging from the walls. But as soon as I put a Microsoft Ho​loLens on my head, I could see the car. An entire computer-generated 3D automobile appeared right in …

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Travel can be stressful no matter the time of year, but the holiday season is particularly awful. There are more people passing through airports and hitting the road, creating increased congestion. Throw in bad weather in some parts of the world and you’re looking at delays. Some reports suggest this year will be the worst for traveling around Thanksgiving and …

Once the hallmark of the high-end, 4K TVs are now coming down in price. In the US on Black Friday, for example, you can get a 60-inch Vizio 4K TV for $800. At the same time, many of the top picture quality technologies, like that Vizio’s multi-zone local dimming, are becoming increasingly rare in non-4K, (aka 1080p) TVs. So what …

Just when you thought there couldn’t be more tech companies tackling the notion of mobile payments, in walks LG. The South Korean electronics conglomerate said Thursday it plans to launch LG Pay, a service that will presumably turn its smartphones into digital wallets. LG is the latest company looking at mobile payments as the next big service. While the idea …

If you’re running Windows 10 with default settings, you’ve probably noticed apps creeping into the right (tile) side of your Start menu — apps you didn’t put there. Clicking on these “apps” opens up the Store, where you can purchase and download them. Microsoft calls them “suggestions,” but they’re actually just ads. That’s right, Microsoft is putting ads in your …

The Apple Pencil has gotten a fair amount of ribbing for its retro name, but it has also sparked some concern based on the awkward position it has to be in to charge. The Pencil is placed into the power port on the iPad Pro, and it just sticks out from there, open to the world and any passing person …

There are plenty of reasons to change your computer’s name — especially if you bought it directly from a manufacturer and it’s named something generic like “windows-user-pc” or “TUF000445811EE”. If you want to connect computers through a homegroup, or just be able to recognize which computers are on your network, changing your computer’s name to something more descriptive is definitely …

LG has stopped taking orders for its Urbane Second Edition smartwatch a little more than a week after the Android wearable went on sale. The company canceled the rollout of the device, the first Android Wear smartwatch with 4G LTE connectivity, because of an unspecified hardware issue, LG said Thursday. It couldn’t say if sales of the smartwatch might be …

Many find social media difficult after a breakup, struggling with the posts and pictures of their ex but not wanting to take the drastic measure of unfriending or blocking them completely. On Thursday, Facebook started testing a tool to help solve this dilemma. After changing your relationship status from “in a relationship” to “single,” Facebook will give you the option …