North America may be a mature market where the people most likely to buy a mobile phone have already done so. But the way we use those phones continues to change rapidly with explosive growth in data consumption. Data traffic grew 60 percent worldwide from the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of …

The Federal Aviation Authority is due to begin trials on a “drone-freezing” gun which can detect and bring down remote-controlled aircraft in restricted airspace. The FAA’s Pathfinder Program began as a military effort and will now use technology sourced from the private sector. The Anti-UAV Defense System (AUDS) includes a thermal imaging camera to identify drones and once it identifies …

Samsung wants to sell customers on its Gear VR headset in a big way, so much so that it’s giving away its virtual-reality headsets for free to anyone who buys one of six phones. Between now and June 9, buyers who pick up a Galaxy S7, S7 Edge, Note 5, S6, S6 Edge or S6 Edge+ will also walk away …

We’ve featured Coloud headphones on CNET in the past, but you might recognize the company as the brains behind other personal audio brands like Marshall and Urbanears. Today, the company added three new products to its lineup of budget-conscious headphones: the No. 16 on-ear, the No. 8 lightweight on-ear and the No. 4 earbuds. The No. 16 model is built …

If you like handwriting and doodling on your phone, LG is bringing new computing horsepower to its pen-powered model. LG introduced its Stylus 2 in February, but on Wednesday announced a Stylus 2 Plus with some hardware improvements to the Android-powered phone. The 5.7-inch screen’s resolution improves from 1,280×720 pixels to 1,920×1,080; the processor from 1.2GHz quad-core chip to a …

Telecommunications company Orange has announced that soccer fans will be able to “take over” the Eiffel Tower’s lighting system and even have slogans projected on it during this month’s Euro 2016 tournament in France. The soccer tournament runs from June 10 to July 10 2016 and the tower will change to a country’s team colors based on the number of …

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus already has an augmented reality product ready, but it won’t be showing it off anytime soon. According to CEO Jerry Shen, who spoke to CNET at Computex in Taipei, his company’s AR product was being put on hold at the request of a “very big player.” The earliest its AR product, likely a headset similar to …

The backpack form-factor may be the next big thing when it comes to virtual reality. And after trying one out, it’s easy to see why. My colleague Aloysius Low has already written about MSI and that company’s quite professional take on the idea of wearable computing in relation to VR. The MSI Backpack PC might not have the most inventive …

How valuable is the information on your phone? If you think it’s worth over six digits, Israeli start-up Sirin Labs just announced a smartphone for you. The Solarin costs £9,500. After tax and conversion, that’s roughly $16,500 or AU$22,700. The selling point of the phone is its KoolSpan military-grade encryption and Zimperium-based threat detection. “Our core consumers are international business …

During its keynote at Computex 2016, Microsoft went over many of the new features coming in the Windows Anniversary Update, as well as announcing the Windows Holographic shared platform for AR and VR and the company’s strategy for what it’s calling “mixed reality”. But before the focus turned to the future of Hololens, Microsoft took a look at some of …