Gmail and Google Drive are back up after an hours-long outage affecting people around the world. “The problem with Gmail should be resolved,” reads a message  posted at 11:13 p.m. PT Tuesday on Google’s GSuite Status Dashboard. “We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system …

I don’t spend $1,500 on watches, but there are many who do. Garmin’s latest line of specialized watches look like they’re designed for high-end boutiques, rather than your local running gear store. The newly-announced MARQ line of “tool watches” seem pretty interesting-looking. They’re also pretty expensive. Garmin’s line of GPS smartwatches previously cracked the $900 barrier with a luxury Fenix …

If you’ve been eagerly anticipating Sony’s recently announced flagship phone, the Xperia 1, your chance to click “preorder now” on Amazon is here — though not if you were expecting it at a lower price than $1,000. The new Galaxy S10 is $900, so $1,000 is relatively competitive for a flagship these days, but possibly not for a phone that …

Let’s go back not very far in history, shall we? Just three years ago, the iPhone 6S was still Apple’s flagship. Price at launch: $649 — and that was for the 16GB model. Today, and for a limited time, Cricket Wireless is offering the iPhone 6S (32GB) for $99.99 when you transfer a non-AT&T number and buy at least one …

You can now protect your eyes from the blinding whiteness of Google Chrome — at least when you’re using a Mac. In the latest release of its web-based operating system, that’s Chrome 73, the company has enabled dark mode, which turns webpages and elements of the browser itself black.     To turn it on, go to the settings panel …

More than 200 Android apps are packed with adware that could compromise your phone, researchers said Wednesday.Security researchers from Check Point found malicious code in 210 Android apps in the Google Play store that had been downloaded nearly 150 million times. The “SimBad” code is part of the new adware campaign and is hidden inside a software development kit (SDK) on …

Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into controversial deals Facebook struck to share its users’ data with dozens of tech companies without the users’ knowledge, The New York Times reported Wednesday. A New York grand jury has subpoenaed records from two smartphone makers involved in the partnerships, anonymous sources described as familiar with the requests told the Times. Data …

This year is officially the year when foldable phones are taking the stage in earnest. At MWC 2019 for instance, which wrapped up last week, we learned about a bunch of new foldable phone ambitions from Huawei, TCL and Motorola. And while Samsung isn’t the first to release a mass-market foldable phone (that honor would go to the Royole FlexPai), …

 Verizon is ready to turn on its real 5G network in two cities. The nation’s largest wireless provider said Wednesday that it’ll launch its mobile 5G service on April 11 in Chicago and Minneapolis. Getting onto the next-generation wireless network will cost you an extra $10 a month (with the first three months free) on top of your normal unlimited …

The US Product and Safety Commission on Tuesday announced a “battery safety” recall of about 78,500 HP laptops for what the UPSC calls “fire and burn hazards.”  HP requested we emphasize that it’s recalling the batteries, not the laptops. Given that most batteries are nonremovable by end users, it amounts to the same thing on your end — you still …