Maybe you didn’t catch the news at this year’s Google I/O conference, but Google’s developed a fascinating tool for enabling multiplayer AR on phones called Cloud Anchors, which syncs positions across devices. It even works across iOS and Android. The Just A Line app already existed on Android, and is a doodling app in AR. …

Another day, another Android phone with a notch.  A rumored upcoming Motorola phone called the Motorola One Power will feature a near bezel-less display with a notch at the top and a vertical dual-camera setup, according to Android Headlines, which cites unnamed sources.  It also would mark the return to use of the Motorola brand — as opposed to Moto …

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson praised the cancellation of the popular ABC sitcom Roseanne after its star posted a racist-filled Twitter rant on Tuesday. Stephenson was asked about the controversy Wednesday during an interview at Recode’s Code Conference. AT&T is in the midst of trying to buy Time Warner, one of the biggest media companies, which owns cable channels such as …

The next generation of VR headsets will most likely all have eye tracking built in. And in the meantime, eye-tracking technology company Tobii is developing ways to analyze where our eyes go in VR, and learn from it. I tried Tobii’s eye-tracking tech in an HTC Vive VR headset a few months ago, and it was astonishingly good. But what’s …

It’s pretty clear what Facebook wants with Oculus: for you to use VR to socialize with your network when you’re not physically with your network. Sound creepy? I hopped around a virtual arena and sat with other avatars during a VR broadcast of a basketball game last week for an hour, and I didn’t hate it. Oculus Venues is the …

The affordable Motorola Moto G6 is joining the ranks of the LG G6 and Moto E4 as an Amazon Prime Exclusive phone. This means you can now buy the Moto G6 for $235 if you’re an Amazon Prime member in the US. The Moto G6’s regular price is $250. Amazon sells the phone unlocked so you can use it with the …

A new report from IDC says 2018 won’t be the best year for smartphones — but there’s hope for 2019. The report, out Wednesday, predicts that smartphone shipments will drop 0.2 percent this year, following a drop of 0.3 percent in 2017. However, starting in 2019, shipments will get a bump once again, growing 3 percent annually.  That growth shakes …

One of the smartest flying cameras available is now even smarter.  The Skydio R1, which started shipping earlier this year for $2,500, is a “fully autonomous flying camera” that uses its 13 cameras to see in all directions and map its environment in real time using an Nvidia Jetson TX1 processor. Today, the company announced its first major software update for the …

Essential may be in trouble, but the company wants you to know that its current phone, the Essential Phone PH-1, is safe. Essential confirmed to CNET that its phone will continue to receive the latest security updates and software fixes. On May 24 Bloomberg reported that Andy Rubin, the CEO of Essential and co-creator of the Android OS, may be …

Google may join the phone-notch bandwagon. According to Bloomberg, one of Google’s next marquee phones may flaunt a black cutout on the top of its screen. That means the Pixel 3 XL, as it’s expected to be called, will join the likes of the iPhone X, LG G7, OnePlus 6 and a few other phones that have a notch. In addition, …