Celeb-owned music-streaming service Tidal is getting a boost from a major US carrier. Sprint announced Monday that it is buying 33 percent of the service, which is famous for being backed by rapper Jay Z. Buying a third of Tidal will allow Sprint to offer the service, as well as artist content not available elsewhere, …

Not everyone is wedded to styluses as input devices for tablets. In fact, I’d bet a lot of people would gladly trade the built-in cost of a stylus for a different accessory — in the case of the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, for example, a keyboard. Now Microsoft has sheared $100 US ($799), and AU$450 (AU$899) off the price of …

Now playing: Watch this: With Android Instant Apps, you can use a program without… 1:30 Android Instant Apps are now one step closer to reality. On Monday, Google said some of the first Instant Apps are now available to Android users in a limited test. Generally, to use an app on a mobile device, you first need to download and …

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Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the Note 7’s battery flaws (with cake) 2:31 At Samsung’s 837 “experience store” in New York’s trendy Meatpacking District, a few visitors lined up to try the company’s virtual reality experience based on the action series “24.” Others took in a latte and a comfy chair, surrounded by the latest phones and smartwatches. The “store” …

Five months after releasing the doomed Galaxy Note 7 to much fanfare, Samsung revealed what caused its flagship device to go boom not once, but twice. This was Samsung fulfilling its promise to explain exactly what went wrong with the phone. The level of transparency was unusual for a company accustomed to keeping its processes close to the vest, but …

Net neutrality may be enjoying its final days after President Donald Trump‘s latest appointment. The president on Monday named FCC commissioner Ajit Pai to head the agency, which in 2015 adopted rules to preserve net neutrality. Pai, who replaces outgoing Chairman Tom Wheeler, a staunch defender of net neutrality, has already expressed a desire to dismantle those rules. “During the …

Do Peter Dinklage a favor: Please don’t film him eating out with your iPhone. For his latest film, Dinklage switched from the pseudo-medieval setting of “Game of Thrones” to a not-so-distant future with groundbreaking technology. “Rememory,” premiering this week at the Sundance Film Festival, imagines current-day era with a machine that can record and replay anyone’s unfiltered memories. It’s a …

The rumor that Samsung will bring a new AI assistant named Bixby to the upcoming Galaxy S8 gains more credence with the news that Samsung has trademarked a feature called “Bixby Vision,” according to Dutch site Galaxy Club. When Samsung acquired AI startup Viv Labs last year, people suspected a Samsung assistant wasn’t far from becoming reality. We first heard …

Yahoo, dealing with questions around two massive hacks, said Monday it’s pushing the timeline of its expected $4.8 billion buyout by Verizon from the first quarter to the second quarter of this year. “The opportunities ahead with Verizon look bright,” Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said in a statement. “Our commitment to our users is unwavering, and we continue to be …