Enlarge ImageSamsung is discontinuing support for Video Milk, a video-discovery app it launched a year ago. CNET Samsung plans to shut down Milk Video, a video-discovery app for users of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones. The Korean electronics giant announced Monday it would end support for the app on November 20, a day after the first anniversary …

Now playing: Watch this: Netflix gets ‘Batman Begins,’ ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and… 1:59 Netflix just released its full information for October. On the Netflix originals front, check out the Netflix original movie “Beasts of No Nation” on October 16. A new season of Netflix’s horror series “Hemlock Grove” should arrive on October 23. For the kids, there is Netflix’s “The …

Enlarge ImageSamsung Pay works with older retail terminals, not just those with near-field communication chips like Apple Pay. James Martin/CNET Stateside Samsung phone users can now leave their wallets at home. Samsung Pay, the company’s mobile payments service, went live in the US on Monday. The service lets users pay for items using their phones or upcoming Gear S2 smartwatch, …

Josh Miller/CNET Apple’s latest iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus may be waterproof, two videos posted on YouTube show. Both devices have been given the full-dunk treatment by YouTube user Zach Straley. Straley has posted two videos online — the first showing the phones being submerged in water for an hour each, the second demonstrating how the devices were faring …

NBN Co. On Thursday a 6,400-kilogram satellite will take to the sky in what will arguably the biggest step NBN has taken thus far in launching Australia’s national broadband network. In celebration of high-speed and widespread Internet, NBN has set up a live YouTube feed that will allow people around the country to watch the satellite’s send off. The launch …

Enlarge ImageDetail of a screenshot that reportedly shows a do it yourself VR headset powered by Windows phones. Thurrott Microsoft is luring developers to a hackathon in Russia with the promise of a do it yourself virtual-reality headset that appears to be a challenger to Google Cardboard , according to a report. Hackathon participants with successful ideas will be rewarded …

New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services has issued 40 suspension notices to the registered owners of vehicles that have been “involved in ride-sharing services.” The suspensions targeted UberX drivers. UberX is the ride-sharing arm of the popular Uber hire car and taxi service. UberX allows for private car owners to offer rides for a fee, one that is usually …

Josh Miller/CNET Apple added another dimension to how we interact with our iPhones. The company is calling it 3D Touch, which in essence, turns your phone’s entire screen into one, big, pressure-sensitive button. The new input method can be used throughout the device, with different actions and results occurring based on the app you’re currently in. Discovering what apps support …

Facebook is warning users not to fall for a recent resurgence in privacy hoxes. Facebook has always been ripe for privacy hoaxes, and it appears it’s harvest time again on the social-networking giant. Users of the world’s largest social network were inundated Monday with messages on their news feeds reposted by friends that warn if they don’t act fast, Facebook …

Europe is looking toward a new deal with China to quicken the development of 5G networks. CNET Europe has made yet another deal designed to further the move toward 5G. The European Commission and China reached an agreement Monday to cooperate on the development of 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless networks. Under the terms of the agreement, both parties promise to …