T-Mobile says it’s ready to block more scam calls. On Thursday, the wireless carrier said it had integrated new spoof identification technology into its network to better guard customers against scam calls. The company also said it’ll comply with the Federal Communication Commission’s request to employ technology that’ll detect illegal caller ID spoofing.  T-Mobile has …

One drawback to relying on an iPhone ($899 at Amazon) or iPad ($170 at Amazon) for your web browsing needs is that you’re almost always using the mobile version of a website. And for the most part, mobile websites are fully capable versions of the same experience you would have using a full desktop-class browser. Now playing: Watch this: 6 …

There are certainly some good reasons to pay for Spotify Premium other than the obvious one about removing the ads. That’s not to say that the free version of Spotify is an ad-filled, shuffle-only affair. Far from it. Here’s a handful of tips on how to get the most out of Spotify for free. On-demand playlists One of the biggest …

Samsung’s much-hyped foldable smartphone is indeed real. We all got a brief (and dimly lit) glimpse of it earlier this week. Sometime next year, Samsung says, it’ll hit the market. So now what? Smartphones with foldable displays could represent the next big leap in mobile technology, an innovation that’ll finally get us excited about the category again. (Need something soon? …

Since the beginning of iOS, the process for taking a screenshot involved pressing the sleep/wake button and the home button at the same time. The screen would flash, emit a camera shutter sound, and the screenshot would be saved to your camera roll. With the reinvention of iOS devices that lack a home button, starting with the iPhone X, and …

We rejoiced when Apple’s Mac Mini 2018 brought back the ability to upgrade memory, which had been soldered in its 2014 predecessor. Now iFixit’s teardown shows that the storage is soldered to the logic board instead. If it had to be one or the other, it does make more sense to solder the storage. Since Apple doesn’t use M2 NVMe, an external …

A vacuum giant may be looking to hoover up some of the wearable tech market. Dyson is considering making a wearable air purifier that could double as headphones, according to Bloomberg, which reported the company submitted patents for wearable air-purifying tech earlier this year. Dyson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.  Air purifiers are popular in Asia, especially in …

Giphy wants you to start watching movies. Really short movies. On Friday the company behind the popular website for animated GIFs — where people go to find the perfect expression of their current mood — rolled out a new page on the site for videos of 30 seconds or less. “Giphy is now looking to the future — the future …

Verizon is one of the industry’s leaders in 5G, and its 5G development extends beyond making your mobile data speeds faster. On Thursday, Verizon announced its 5G First Responder Lab, an innovation incubator for public safety tech that uses 5G. It will give startups and other innovators early access to 5G so they can come up with useful real-world applications. 5G …

Facebook launched on Friday a new short-form video app called Lasso that lets users make and share videos with filters and special effects. The app includes video-editing tools, and helps users add music and text. Users can also follow creators, browse videos and find popular hashtags.  Lasso’s features are similar to those of TikTok, another short-video platform. Bytedance Technology, a …