The upcoming 10th anniversary iPhone is expected to be impressive — but also pricey.  With that device rumored to reach well above $1,000, CNET delved into some cheaper alternatives, including the Moto E4 and Moto G5 Plus. We also weighed in on the highly anticipated Tesla Model 3 launch this past Friday, and match it …

Now playing: Watch this: Is this the Galaxy Note 8? 1:15 The Samsung Galaxy Note 8: bigger, better… longer?  VentureBeat’s Evan Blass, who has a long history of accurate leaks, on Tuesday tweeted a picture of what he claims is the Galaxy Note 8, a full three weeks before Samsung is set to officially reveal the device.  Samsung Galaxy Note8 …

When India threatened to put people responsible for fake news behind bars, it didn’t exactly know how it’d do that. The Indian Minister for Electronics and Information Technology admitted that the country is “helpless.” It’s unable to access “objectionable” content because of encryption, according to The Economic Times. WhatsApp‘s encryption is the only obstruction to the government’s ability to act on …

 Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Does she know great photography? Is that why she bought an iPhone? Noam Galai / Getty Images What makes a photograph better?  Not an Android phone, apparently. This, at least, seems to be the view of former Google executive Vic Gundotra. In a spirited chat on …

Now playing: Watch this: Amazon stops selling Blu phones over spyware worries 1:20 Amazon just put budget phone maker Blu in the penalty box.  The online retailing giant told CNET that it was suspending sales of phones from Blu, known for making ultra-cheap Android handsets, due to a “potential security issue.” The move comes after security firm Kryptowire demonstrated last …

A pair of chatbots has recently done something children often do: create a secret language. Last month, researchers at Facebook found two bots developed in the social network’s AI division had been communicating with each other in an unexpected way. The bots, named Bob and Alice, had generated a language all on their own: Bob: “I can can I I everything …

Google is following through on its pledge to make sharing files from one phone to another phone without an internet connection easier. The Nearby Connections 2.0 API, previewed at Google I/O earlier this year, offers offline, high-bandwidth peer-to-peer communication by leveraging Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE and classic Bluetooth connections. It’s now publicly available on all Android devices running Google Play services …

Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled a gaggle of GPUs designed to give Nvidia a run for its money in high-end PC gaming. Sunday’s announcement of the Radeon RX Vega family marks AMD’s return to this corner of the market after several years of ceding domination to Nvidia in the most-sophisticated gaming PCs. Plenty of teases about Vega have popped up over …

Now playing: Watch this: Battle of the Motorola budget phones: G5 Plus vs. E4 2:09 Australian millionaire Tim Gurner caused a social media storm earlier this year when he criticized millennials for buying avocado toast and four-dollar coffee instead of saving money. But if you like such edible amenities, giving them up to save money is difficult.  Fortunately, you don’t …

According to Spotify, it now has over 60 million paying users. Compared to its biggest competition, that’s double Apples Music’s 27 million subscribers. Spotify updated its subscriber information today with the new number. It’s impressively increased by 10 million over the 50 million subs the company announced in March.   Last month Spotify claimed it had 140 million total users, which …