Various people were injured after a passenger bus veered off the road and was left hanging off an overpass in New York’s Bronx.  The New York Police Department told WABC that the incident happened at 11:10 pm Thursday on the Cross Bronx Expressway at University Avenue. WABC confirmed at least seven to eight people, including …

Google’s acquisition of wearable maker Fitbit is official, the tech giant said in a blog post on Thursday. The $2.1 billion deal was initially announced in late 2019, and faced scrutiny from European Union officials over privacy concerns relating to the health data Fitbit collects and how Google could use it. In December, Google got conditional approval in from the EU …

Facebook’s apps were flooded with violent content and misinformation last week as supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, according to a report Thursday from The Wall Street Journal that offers an inside look at how the social network grappled with content decisions amid the deadly riot on Jan. 6. User reports of violent content reportedly jumped more than …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. When you unbox your shiny new Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus or Galaxy S21 Ultra you won’t find the wired headphones or a charger plug included with most phones. Samsung is pushing customers to reuse old accessories instead, it said …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung officially revealed its latest Galaxy S21 phone on Thursday, at the 2021 Samsung Unpacked event on the last day of CES. The flagship phone costs less than its predecessors, starting at $800 (£769, AU$1,249), and includes new camera and video features, along …

Looking for a phone with a microSD card slot? You’ll want to stay away from Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 line. Having been present on earlier Galaxy S phones, Samsung is finally dropping the microSD card slot for expandable local storage on its latest devices. (Here are CNET’s Galaxy S21 review and Galaxy S21 Ultra review.) Although the move is not completely surprising — …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. At Samsung Unpacked on Thursday, the electronics giant unveiled its Galaxy S21 smartphones, which will arrive on Jan. 29 with a small but important change: Google Messages will be a native texting platform.  “We made Messages by Google native to the …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Update, Jan. 21: Here are CNET’s reviews of the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Ultra. We’re at the tail end of CES 2021 and Samsung decided to launch its new flagship Galaxy S21 line, comprised of the S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra, with an …

In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump has moved against another Chinese tech giant. On Wednesday, the Trump administration officially added Xiaomi, along with eight other companies, to its list of “Communist Chinese military companies.” Firms designated as Communist Chinese military companies by the Department of Defense are blacklisted from receiving investments from US citizens or organizations. If …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. While most of the details of Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Pro noise-canceling earbuds leaked in recent weeks, they’ve now officially been released and are available to buy for $200 alongside Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 smartphones. (Here are CNET’s Galaxy S21 review and Galaxy S21 …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S21 line is here, with the S21 Ultra packing all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a top-end phone. And while it has multiple cameras, and a variety of photography features, most of the headline features, including …

A robocaller has been fined $9.9 million for using caller ID spoofing to intentionally cause harm, the US Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday. The scam caller made thousands of robocalls using prerecorded racist, xenophobic and threatening messages, the FCC said.  The calls were made to a victim’s family, a local journalist, political candidates — and even as an apparent …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The new Samsung Galaxy S21 lineup is here. (Here are CNET’s Galaxy S21 review and Galaxy S21 Ultra review.) The phones will be available in pastels like phantom violet and phantom pink. Phantom shades of blue, gray and brown are also among the new colors …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. TVs are pretty awesome already. Models from 2020 like the LG CX OLED, which delivers the best image quality I’ve ever tested, and the TCL 6-Series, which has the best performance for the money, will keep even the pickiest picture snob …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung’s debuted its new Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21 Plus and Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphones at the Samsung Unpacked event today, the last day of CES. (Here’s everything Samsung announced.) Preorders opened Thursday at 8 a.m. PT and the phones are set to …