Google Assistant is meant to help with everyday tasks. The virtual assistant found in Android phones and smart home devices like the Google Nest can check the weather, find the score of sports games and even help with math. Just ask your device, “Hey Google,” and whatever you want help with. However, you may not want it on all …

AT&T’s getting its wireless momentum back. The company boasted the strongest second quarter in 10 years in the key growth area of post-paid subscribers — or customers with higher credit scores who pay at the end of the month — and also saw growth in its HBO and HBO Max streaming service.  The company has spent the last few months …

If you’re looking for a really cheap smart watch with fitness tracking, this may the deal for you. Soundpeats is running a clearance sale on Amazon for its Watch 1 Smart Watch Fitness Tracker: If you check the $6 instant coupon on the product page and then apply the code 40MACOTD at check out, you get $19.20 off the watch’s …

Louis Vuitton has unveiled a new wireless speaker that looks like it was lifted straight out of a science fiction film. The Horizon Light Up, unveiled in early July, is a leather-bound speaker with a smattering of lights and conical shape that give it a UFO-like aesthetic. The French fashion label says the design inspiration for the speaker is more …

Face filters on Instagram and Snapchat are far and away the most mainstream use of what we call augmented reality. We’ve already spent years contorting our faces, surrounding them with butterflies or pinning stuff to our heads to find out which Disney villain best represents us. However, it wasn’t until I got my hands on the new iPad Pro and played …

The number of daily users logging on to Twitter  jumped 11% in the second quarter, demonstrating that people are still turning to the short-message service even as some countries start reopening after coronavirus lockdowns. The company said Thursday that daily users who can see ads, Twitter’s key metric for visitors, grew to 206 million in the quarter ending in June. Twitter …

Google Maps is adding transit crowd predictions covering 10,000 transit systems in 100 countries, making it easier for you to tell how busy your train or subway line will be, even down to each car.  The transit predictions are based on AI technology, user feedback and location trends over time, the search giant said Wednesday. And in New York and …

Several major websites and online services went down Thursday in a brief but widespread outage. Websites including those of UPS, AT&T, Airbnb, USAA and more were offline, with some showing DNS-related error messages. Popular gaming services including PlayStation Network and Steam were also impacted, as was Fortnite maker Epic Games.  The Epic Games Store/Launcher is currently impacted by a broader internet …

Google’s new Samsung-codesigned version of Wear OS is officially called Wear OS 3, and it’ll be on Samsung’s next-gen Galaxy Watch soon. But for many watch owners it won’t arrive until 2022. Or, you won’t be able to get the new software at all. The latest news comes from a new update from Google, which will make watches eligible for …

You can say goodbye to lens scratches and lens flares when using your smartphone camera — at least if you’re planning to buy a higher-end Android phone in the coming months and years.  Glass maker Corning on Thursday unveiled its new Gorilla Glass DX and DX Plus glass composite covers for smartphone cameras. DX and DX Plus, thin layers created …