Apple CEO Tim Cook wants investors to stop worrying about China. The head of the world’s biggest public technology company on Monday emailed CNBC host Jim Cramer to say that despite concerns in the stock market, Apple has “continued to experience strong growth for our business in China through July and August.” He added that …

Cricket subscribers can purchase add-on bundles for calling nine more countries. Cricket Cricket Wireless continues to extend the reach of its international calling options, adding nine new countries on Monday in Central and South America. Cricket, which is AT&T ‘s prepaid branch, has made similar moves recently, introducing a ” round trip” international roaming plan that includes unlimited calling and …

Juan Garzon/CNET Just how secure is Microsoft’s Windows 10 new Windows Hello facial recognition system? Even your identical twin won’t be able to break into your PC, according to a test carried out by The Australian. Six pairs of identical twins took part in the newspaper’s test, which was reported last week. One twin created a new Windows 10 account …

The new ZenFone Special Deluxe Edition. Asus The latest model in Asus’ ZenFone 2 line is set to pack in four times as much storage as the previous model’s maximum offering. The Taiwanese electronics giant’s new Android handset features the same 5.5-inch screen and 2.3GHz Intel quad-core processor as its predecessor but will sport 256GB of storage data, the company …

Enlarge Image Jason Cipriani/CNET On Monday Microsoft announced it was opening up the beta for its Cortana on Android app, which had been in a closed beta since May. Yes, that means Android users who are interested can replace Google Now with Cortana, should they so desire. There are some limitations, however. Currently the wake-up phrase of “Hey, Cortana” that …

Enlarge ImageSome of the objects created with the printer. MIT CSAIL When you can 3D print with more than one material at once in the same printer, it makes creating complex objects a lot easier, removing the need for assembly once the print is finished. This is called multimaterial 3D printing, and it applies not just to creating objects with …

Enlarge ImageFrom coffee beans to 3D printing. 3Dom USA Do you like the color brown? Do you enjoy using your 3D printer? How about coffee? Do you like coffee? Of course you do. That means you’ll get a kick out of a new java-based 3D printing filament from filament manufacturer 3Dom USA in partnership with bio-composite company C2renew. Wound Up …

Enlarge ImageGlass structure created using the G3DP. Andy Ryan/Mediated Matter Group Once the basics for 3D-printer technology were established with plastic filament, the next step was experimenting with a variety of materials, which sees us pretty much smack-bang where we are now. Metal, ceramics, sandstone, sugar and even living tissue are all materials that have seen their way into 3D …

No need to shudder. Your camera can be replaced for free. Apple Does the camera on your iPhone 6 Plus turn out blurry photos? You may be able to get it replaced for free. Apple said “a small percentage” of 6 Pluses have a faulty component that affects image quality and that the company will replace the iSight camera on …

The new FiiO X5 high-res music player is a wee bit smaller than the original X5, with a different button layout. The new player feels nice and substantial in your hand compared with the skinnier and much smaller Sony Walkman NWZ-A17 high-res player, or the sleeker Astell & Kern Jr player. For me, sound quality is the deciding factor, and …

Two-in-one devices like Microsoft’s Surface 3 are on the rise. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple CEO Tim Cook once compared a tablet-laptop combo to mashing up a refrigerator with a toaster. The resulting Frankenstein device would do an equally lousy job of chilling your food and warming it up. That was three years ago. Today, these tablet-laptop hybrids — which blend the …

Judy, one of my wife’s friends, dropped by the other day, and she spotted my headphone collection scattered all around our apartment. I explained that I review headphones, and since she seemed interested, I asked if she wanted to hear a few. She was taken aback by my offer, but the look on Judy’s face when she first heard them …

For many users, Dropbox is the go-to tool for storing and sharing files, photos, music and the like. Put simply, it keeps everything under one roof. Well, almost everything. Until a couple days ago, Dropbox didn’t support one particular form of data: Web links. But thanks to a new update, now you can add URLs to your Dropbox account almost …

Enlarge Image MiPow Congratulations to John P. of Borger, Texas, for winning a Neo smartpen N2 in last week’s giveaway. This week’s prize is sure to light up your life. It’s a pack of three Playbulb Candles from MiPow, a maker of mobile accessories and smart lights. Playbulb Candles look like — you guessed it — candles, but have LED …

Jon Stewart became an icon telling jokes on “The Daily Show” that highlighted the absurdities of the American political system. But an online petition calling for Stewart — who hosted his last episode on August 6 — to moderate a major presidential debate before the election in 2016 is quite serious. The Change.org petition was started two weeks back but …