After a nearly two-month layover in beta, Virgin America’s mobile app is now available for iOS and Android devices. In addition to holding your mobile boarding pass, the app lets you book flights, check in, upgrade seats and receive flight alerts. It can also create a soundtrack for your trip with curated Spotify playlists based …

Of all of the crises faced by this great nation — and there are many — few rival the aggravation caused when you can’t hear the TV! Suppose, for example, you’re trying to watch football at the local wings-and-beer joint, but there’s too much noise; you can’t hear the commentary, can’t hear the instant-replay results of that controversial call. Suppose …

Now playing: Watch this: Did the iPhone 7 survive our water test? 4:36 Plop. That’s the sound of your phone impacting a pot of tomato sauce. Or a swimming pool. Or — God forbid — a toilet bowl. Normally, you’re screwed. Unless you’re very, very lucky (and have some silica gel packets handy), your phone’s delicate circuits are toast. But …

Things didn’t go so well when the humans of “2001: A Space Odyssey” tangled with artificial intelligence. Fortunately, Google’s Allo is much friendlier. In the classic 1968 movie, astronaut Dave Bowman asked eerie supercomputer HAL to open the ship’s pod bay doors and let him back inside. HAL infamously replied, “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Happily, …

Celebrities were swathed in silver for this year’s Met Gala celebrating “Fashion in the Age of Technology,” but designer Michael Kors is sticking with gold. Earlier this month the fashion house launched a line of luxury smartwatches with gold and stainless steel casings. Today it also announced a partnership with Fujifilm to bring Kors’s signature design, in gold, to the …

You won’t have to go too far into the future to pull on a pair of “Back to the Future”-style self-lacing shoes. Nike has confirmed it will sell the HyperAdapt 1.0 sneakers inspired by the movie on Monday November 28. The shoes will be available in select Nike stores in the US, according to a tweet from Nike PR Director …

Hold on to your headphones, ladies and gents. An early rendering of what is said to be the upcoming HTC Bolt depicts another phone that loses its dedicated headphone jack. The render posted to Twitter from Evan Blass, a frequent tipster known for leaking early information on consumer tech. After HTC’s revenue took a big hit this year, the company …

Now playing: Watch this: Beware of strange USB sticks in your mailbox 1:13 Some people just want to watch the world burn. A person or a group of people have been dropping malicious USB sticks in mailboxes around Victoria, Australia. The State Police on Wednesday issued a warning, saying these USB drives are “believed to be extremely harmful,” urging the …

Phase One has two new reasons for big-budget photographers to invest in its high-end camera system: new 45mm and 150mm “blue-ring” lenses designed to handle the highest image resolution. Even full-time photography professionals struggle to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars on medium-format cameras. These models feature large image sensors that can capture rich color and plenty of detail …

The Trump name was yet again embroiled in controversy when Donald Trump Jr. tweeted on Monday a picture comparing refugees to Skittles. In an amazing twist of irony, the BBC reports that the Skittles picture was taken by David Kittos, a 48-year-old refugee. Kittos, currently living in the UK, was a refugee from Turkey’s 1974 occupation of Cyprus. “This was …