With MacOS Sierra, you can sync your Desktop and Document folders to iCloud Drive, but if you are a Dropbox devotee, you can get the same functionality without adding to the number of cloud services you use. Dropbox offers the ability to sync folders between it and your Mac. Here’s how to set it up. …

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram provided feeds of user data to a social-media monitoring program used by police to track racially charged protests in Oakland, Calif., and Baltimore, according to an ACLU report released Tuesday. The monitoring program, created by Chicago-based Geofeedia, often included users’ locations and other personal information that was passed on to 500 law enforcement and safety agencies, …

Sprint, in partnership with the Sprint Foundation, is launching the 1Million Project, a multiyear program that plans to give 1 million disadvantaged high school students in the United States access to a free mobile device and high-speed internet. Inspired by President Barack Obama‘s ConnectED and My Brother’s Keeper projects, the 1Million Project aims to reduce the “homework gap” that affects …

Now playing: Watch this: Death of Samsung’s Note 7 leaves unanswered questions 2:15 Samsung‘s Galaxy Note 7 debacle is nothing short of devastating. The company confirmed on Tuesday that it had permanently shut down production of the Galaxy Note 7, bringing to an end the saga of the troubled, fire-prone handset. On Monday night, it had issued a warning to …

Oh, Samsung Galaxy Note 7, we hardly knew ye. After a botched recall, Samsung said Tuesday that it will stop making the Note 7 phones, following repeated reports that the devices catch fire. We discuss how bad this may be for Samsung going forward. We also go into a report that Amazon is considering opening convenience stores, and we check …

Donald Trump has gone on a tweet storm again. His target: House Speaker Paul Ryan. The GOP presidential nominee on Tuesday took to Twitter to lash out at Ryan, a fellow Republican, just a month before Election Day. The blast of tweets, which labeled Ryan “weak and ineffective, further fractures a party that already appears to be divided. Trump complained …

When you hear the term “convenience store,” you might think of names like 7-11, Walgreens, CVS…and, perhaps someday, Amazon? Hoping to grow its grocery sales, the Seattle retailer is looking into opening its own small bodegas to sell produce, milk, meat and other perishables, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the plans. Amazon declined to comment …

The Galaxy Note 7 has finally burned out. Samsung’s problematic phone trended for the second day in a row on social media as the South Korean electronics giant put out the word that it has permanently ended production on the Note 7. Users on Facebook and Twitter both mocked and mourned the Note 7’s demise. Social Cues is your go-to …

Now playing: Watch this: Top 5 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 alternatives 2:30 Got a Samsung Galaxy Note 7? You should power it down immediately, and return it to the cellular carrier or retailer from which you purchased it. There, you should be able to exchange it for a new phone — one that’s not the Galaxy Note 7, which Samsung …

Like previous phones in the Xperia range, Sony’s XZ is water resistant, lets you stream your PS4 over Wi-Fi and packs in a pretty impressive 23-megapixel camera. Here’s the quick rundown of specs: 5.2-inch metal frame 1,920×1080-pixel screen IP68 water resistance USB Type-C and 3.5mm jack ports 32GB storage, expandable up to via 256GB SD 2,900 mAh battery Fingerprint reader …