Regular readers know that my smartwatch of choice right now is the Amazfit Bip, which continues to sell for around $80. I like it primarily for time-telling and notifications, but as a fitness tracker it offers features like a step-counter, heart-rate monitor and even GPS. Of course, it’s not what I would call a fitness …

Now that the Moto Z3 — with its ridiculously fast snap-on Verizon 5G modem — has been revealed as Motorola’s new flagship phone, you might be wondering: What about the shatterproof Moto Z3 Force? Sadly, there is no Moto Z3 Force, the company just confirmed on Twitter, as spotted by The Verge. Hi. We will not be launching any more …

Verizon’s mobile 5G network is going to launch early next year, even if the company hasn’t outright said it.  The nation’s largest wireless carrier by subscribers essentially outed its plans with the debut of Motorola’s Moto Z3, which will get a “mod” attachment accessory that’ll let it tap into the 5G network early next year.  “You’re not going to have …

Update, Aug. 9: The Galaxy Note 9 is now official, and we’ve gone hands-on. Original story follows. You probably already know what the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 looks like. It’s been almost impossible to miss the flurry of leaked images around the web — even though the phone hasn’t been officially announced yet. But if by some chance you weren’t convinced, we …

On this podcast, we talk about: CNET’s review of the new Microsoft Surface Go tablet.  T-Mobile‘s latest strong quarter of customer growth. The huge demand for the Nintendo NES Classic mini-console. Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft’s low-cost Surface Go isn’t actually that cheap… 4:58 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought …

Facebook and its Instagram photo service remain popular places for neo-Nazis and white supremacists to sell merchandise championing an ethnostate, according to a report. Children’s T-shirts bearing slogans such as “White baby — the future of our race” and magazines supporting Nazi ideology are available on the social networks, HuffPost reported on Thursday.  Facebook reportedly removed White Rex, a Russian-owned neo-Nazi brand, …

The day was dawning at popular Instagram spot Lago di Braies when a young man and his girlfriend broke into the boathouse, jumped into one of the waiting boats and paddled out across the mountain lake in Italy’s Dolomites range. It sounds so romantic. Waking at daybreak, stealing a boat, rowing out into the middle of the lake to watch …

Late last month, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was fired by Disney after a series of Gunn’s old, off-color tweets resurfaced. Unfortunately, it didn’t seem to matter that some of the tweets dated back a full 10 years, or that Gunn had previously apologized for them. Disney wasted no time in giving him the ax. The moral of …

Facebook is directing $4.5 million toward helping the news industry, by donating to a fund for nonprofit newsrooms and kicking off a program to help publishers that need memberships to make money.  The world’s largest social network, which earned more than $5 billion in profit in its latest three-month quarter, said earlier this year that it would renew its focus …

Google’s upcoming Android P software has nothing on the humble Motorola Moto Z3 Play, Moto G6 and Motorola’s other phones for 2018, for one simple reason. You can swipe left to go back. Android P, now in its third and final beta, is Google’s vision of the next version of its Android operating system. This is the software that will …