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CNET’s LG V20 Giveaway

Now playing: Watch this: The LG V20 is a camera triple threat 1:30 Want to get your hands on LG‘s best phone yet? Now is your chance! From November 4 at 9:01 a.m. PT and until November 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT, you can enter by filling out the form below for a chance to …

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Is Facebook secretly building a phone?

On a cloudy day this May, in the dull fluorescent light of a plain white Google conference room, Rafa Camargo, Richard Wooldridge and Blaise Bertrand told CNET their plan to disrupt the phone market. Ara, a Lego-like phone with modular parts, would let buyers snap on a better camera, additional batteries or any other creative hardware a developer might dream …

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New ‘Lego Batman’ trailer unmasks Caped Crusader’s greatest fear

Now playing: Watch this: New Lego Batman Movie trailer 2:18 Warner Bros. Pictures debuted a new trailer for “The Lego Batman Movie” Friday that shows the Caped Crusader finally accepting responsibility for Dick Grayson, aka Robin. The movie focuses on proud loner Bruce Wayne, voiced by comedic actor Will Arnett, who declares Superman “his greatest enemy,” much to the disappointment …

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See how easy the GoPro Omni makes shooting 360 VR video

Now playing: Watch this: GoPro’s Omni rig tackles 360 VR head-on 2:41 GoPro wants to make professional 360 VR easy enough for anyone to give it a go. The Omni is a synchronized six camera array. Because it’s a GoPro device, naturally it uses six Hero4 Black cameras. For those willing to hand over $5,000 (around £4,060 or AU$6,530 converted) …

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Streaming music happenings for November 4

New exclusives Beyoncé released the music video for “Daddy Lessons” on Tidal following a performance of the song at the Country Music Awards with the Dixie Chicks. The video is part of “Lemonade,” the visual-album she dropped earlier this year, but now, if you only want to see “Daddy Lessons” you don’t have to sit through half of “Lemonade” just …

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Lifeproof’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus cases shipping soon (hands

Now that the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are waterproof, there wouldn’t seem to be as strong a need to put them in a waterproof case. But as Lifeproof, now under the OtterBox umbrella, gets set to ship its next-generation of waterproof cases for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, it’s emphasizing its Fre cases’ “360-degree protection,” which includes a …

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s network cutoff set in New Zealand

Samsung is taking drastic steps to encourage people still hanging onto recalled Galaxy Note 7 phones to relinquish them. The company teamed up with carriers in New Zealand to announce Friday that it will cut off access to wireless networks for customers still using their Galaxy Note 7 devices. Starting November 18, customers still using the Note 7 will no …

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