There’s a new smartphone in the works by Andy Rubin, the father of Google‘s Android operating system. Rubin tweeted a teaser picture of the “Essential” phone back in March, but besides that not much is known about the device. However, Russian site Mobiletelefon recently dug up a Geekbench test dating back to late December with …

Ready to enter the Cabana? That’s what Tumblr calls its new standalone app launching Tuesday that encourages six friends to chat and watch YouTube videos together. The app is a collaboration between the Yahoo-owned social network and incubator Polyvore Labs. The idea came to life after Tumblr CEO David Karp saw a demo of Cabana by Jason Lee, Polyvore’s product …

The Roots, the Grammy-award-winning band that regularly brings you renditions of popular songs using classroom instruments, have partnered up with Amazon to develop two children’s series. “South Street Sounds” is the working title of an animated series about three best friends who form a band. A live-action show is also being explored. The Roots recorded the music for the upcoming …

High-end custom gaming PC makers are known for great performance, great customer support — and high prices. That’s often left PC gamers with modest budgets stuck with off-the-shelf options from big mainstream brands such as Dell, HP or Lenovo. Those familiar names make some excellent, reasonably priced gaming laptops, but sometimes you want the extra service and attention to detail …

Google and Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog agreed to settle a two-year-long disagreement over Google’s Android software. According to the settlement, which Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service announced Monday, Google will stop demanding phone makers give exclusivity and priority to its Google apps on Android-based devices in Russia. The company also can’t restrict competing search engines and applications from being preinstalled on Android …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 8 may have hit a roadblock with its Touch ID 1:11 Red flags keep popping up over Apple’s new fingerprint sensor for its next iPhone. Pacific Crest Securities analysts said in a note to investors Sunday that Apple’s component suppliers were struggling with a new fingerprint sensor. That sensor is expected to go under the …

Quidsi’s six retail sites, including Diapers.com and Soap.com, will officially shut down Wednesday. All the sites will transition to Amazon.com that day and are currently using “we’re moving” banners on the top of each site to alert customers. Amazon, Quidsi’s parent company, bought the company for $545 million in 2011 but said last month it would shut down the business …

Lenovo is rumored to be working on the successors to last year’s trio of Motorola Moto Z phones, and thanks to 3D renders courtesy of Android Authority and OnLeaks, we have an idea of what one of the handsets, the Moto Z Force, could possibly look like. One notable feature is that the rendered Moto includes a headphone jack, which …

VR is about to get a creative filmmaker’s touch. Ridley Scott’s RSA Films production company is launching a new imprint “dedicated exclusively to the creative development and production of VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality) and mixed media.” It’s called RSA VR. RSA VR’s first project is a VR Experience for “Alien: Covenant,” in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox and …

Forty-six percent of Instagram users have tried the new bookmark feature since it rolled out in December 2016. Now with Instagram you not only can save the images and videos you want to check out later, you can also organize them into collections. If this sounds a lot like Pinterest, you’re right. Each collection is like a board and every …