Now playing: Watch this: Did the iPhone 7 survive our water test? 4:36 With Apple trumpeting its new iPhones as being “splash and water resistant,” you’ll understandably be tempted to take your new iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus on more adventures, from rainy-day hikes and long walks on the beach to fishing trips and …

HuffPost RYOT will soon debut two new virtual reality shows, set to launch this fall on the Hulu VR app for the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR headsets. The first show is called “Virtually Mike and Nora.” It’s a VR comedy series written, directed and starring Nora Kirkpatrick from “The Office” and Mike O’Brien, a former cast member on …

Is Google Allo the next big thing in messaging apps? Maybe…or maybe not. The new “smart” messaging app is actually pretty straightforward — especially if you’ve used its competitors, such as Whatsapp or Line, in the past — but it does have a few tricks up its sleeve (namely, that in-chat Google search that nobody will ever be able to …

In the event an app on your Apple Watch stops responding, you can force quit the app instead of restarting your entire device. I’ve had to do this a number of times since iOS 10 and WatchOS 3 were released. The next time you find yourself staring at a watch app that won’t load, or is behaving oddly, try this: …

Director/writer Joss Whedon is back on Twitter with an important get-out-the-vote campaign wrapped in a video that satirizes traditional campaign commercials and features nearly all of his Avengers, James Franco, Keegan-Michael Key, Stanley Tucci and more. Whedon and friends make no attempt to hide their disdain for the Republican presidential candidate. The video calls Trump a “racist, abusive coward who …

Not a fan of your cable provider? AT&T is prepping an alternative for you. The Dallas-based telecommunications giant plans to launch an online streaming video service, DirecTV Now, in the fourth quarter, CEO Randall Stephenson said Wednesday at an investor conference. He teased that the service will include more than 100 premium channels and feature “very, very aggressive price points.” …

The autumnal equinox arrives in the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday, officially heralding the first day of fall, one of two days of the year when the length of day and night is nearly equal. To mark the onset of cooler weather and progressively shorter days, Google has created an animated doodle that welcomes back the familiar family of boulders that …

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VR is exploding, but if there’s one thing it lacks, it’s mobility. Both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive require reams of cables connected to a (powerful) PC or laptop, meaning the immersive worlds they offer are still just that little bit confining. The Idealens K2 aims to release you from those confines, providing wireless mobility and a built-in …

With less than six weeks to go before Election Day, Republicans are hoping a new social media app will help the party attract voters, volunteers and donations to support their party’s candidates. The Republicans are hoping a new app will help the party get more voters out on Election Day. Republican National Committee The GOP launched the Lead Right 2016 …