Facebook Messenger’s payments platform is now available across the US. Facebook Facebook’s increasingly popular messaging platform has had a payments feature for months. But it hasn’t been available to everyone in the US — until now. Facebook on Tuesday announced that its Messenger payments service is available to all users across the US. Facebook Messenger’s …

Sony TPS-L2 Walkman (left), NW-ZX2 Walkman (right) Sony It was 36 years ago today the original Sony Walkman was born and changed the way we listened to music on the go. The first-generation analog cassette Walkman was a phenomenon, and while it was pricey, everybody had to have one. Before Walkman, portable music was limited to AM/FM radios or large …

It’s official: companies have run out of names. Aibocn If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And then there’s this: Amazon has the Aibocn Power Bank 5,000mAh mobile charger for $8.99 (shipped free for Prime subscribers) when you apply coupon code GS3K4RJA at checkout. Too good to be true? First things first: Aibocn? Not only …

Now playing: Watch this: Get Apple Music on your iPhone 3:59 Apple has released iOS 8.4 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. The update includes a series of bug fixes, along with a new app to access the company’s new music streaming service, known as Apple Music. The service offers unlimited on-demand access to over 30 million tracks for …

Buy the HTC One M9 through Verizon this summer and you’ll be rewarded. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Looking for a reason to buy the HTC One M9? How about $100 in Google Play credits? Related Links HTC One M9 review HTC Aero rumored as new flagship for fall Verizon completes its $4.4 billion purchase of AOL HTC announced a new, limited-time promotion …

Europe is putting the kibosh on roaming charges come 2017. CNET In mid-2017, Europeans will no longer be saddled with roaming charges when they make mobile phone calls anywhere within the European Union. The European Commission announced on Tuesday the creation of a single telecommunications market across the continent, set to take effect June 15, 2017. The shift is part …

Customers can order batteries, toys and sports equipment through Amazon’s Prime Now. Screenshot by CNET of Amazon.co.uk Amazon’s Prime Now rapid delivery service has made the jump across the pond. Starting Tuesday, people in certain London postcodes can start using the e-commerce company’s Prime Now mobile app, allowing them to order over 10,000 items for one-hour delivery. Orders can include …

Photo by Nicole Cozma/CNET When sharing photos on Instagram, you may receive either unwanted comments, or even spam messages (don’t click their links!). Whether you just want to remove a comment you don’t like, or you want to prevent a spammer from also spamming your followers, Instagram allows you to delete and report individual comments. Here’s how: Enlarge ImagePress on …

Chinese vendor Xiaomi launched in Brazil with the Redmi 2 smartphone. Aloysius Low/CNET Fans of Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi are nothing if not devoted. It didn’t take long for Xiaomi to fill a 1,000-person theater in Sao Paolo for its Brazilian market launch event. Enough people showed up that Xiaomi held another session, essentially launching the brand in the country …

We really enjoy French maker Olivier C’s awesome “Star Wars” quadcopter casings, and his latest build based on the Galactic Empire’s TIE Fighter might be one of his best yet. Related Links Ready, Red Leader? ‘Star Wars’ X-wing quadcopter takes flight New Millennium Falcon drone is a bigger, better hunk of junk Imperial Star Destroyer drone patrols the skies above …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Microsoft is upping its screenshot game in Windows 10 with a slight improvement to its Snipping tool. The Snipping tool now features a time-delay shutter option, which lets you take cropped and uncropped screenshots of previously un-snippable items, such as pop-up menus. In earlier versions of Windows, the Snipping tool can only be used to capture items …

Eric Franklin/CNET Coming hot on the heels of the launch of Apple Music this morning, Apple also unveiled an updated version of GarageBand for both Mac (Mac App Store link) and iOS (iTunes App Store link). With the launches today, Apple seems to be doubling down on its commitment to the whole musical process. Now musicians can start a song …

Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 build is looking good one month away from its official launch. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft has released a new preview build of Windows 10 with just one month left before the operating system’s official launch. Released on Monday, Build 10158 offers updates to the Cortana voice assistant and the Edge Web browser. It also stirs …

Apple plans to launch iOS 8.4 and the Beats 1 radio station with Apple Music on Tuesday, according to an Apple executive. James Martin/CNET Editors note (June 30, 2015, 8:09 a.m. PT): The iOS 8.4 update with Apple Music is now live and available for download. In an announcement that is literally music to Apple fans’ ears, an Apple executive …

Pinterest’s e-commerce “buy” buttons, long awaited by users, are out. The popular digital-scrapbooking site on Tuesday rolled out “buyable pins” for its iPhone and iPad apps. The feature will allow shoppers to purchase products directly from Pinterest by tapping a blue “Buy It” button and using Apple Pay or a credit card. Buyable pins, which will also be running soon …