If there’s one thing our drop tests have taught us it’s that phones with glass backs do not hold up well when dropped on concrete sidewalks. We didn’t expect that to change with Samsung’s new Galaxy S9. It uses the same Gorilla Glass 5 material as the previous Galaxy S8, and the Galaxy Note 8 both …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not exciting?  Cesar Salza/CNET As I wander around the restaurants and supermarkets of the world, I’ve noticed that many people who work at these places have an Apple Watch. When I ask why, I get simple, practical answers. For example, a server in …

A federal court has put the kibosh on FCC rules that were put in place to curb unwanted robocalls. On Friday the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down rules passed in 2015 under a Democrat-led FCC that expanded the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which bans the use of auto-dialers known as robocallers. The court …

The good news is that the next version of Google’s Android smartphone software, Android P, has a feature to shrink your photos to half the size of an ordinary JPEG. The bad news is there’s no guarantee that every phone will actually be able to use it. That’s because of hardware and patent licensing limits on the technology used, called …

Foreign countries may be growing wary of products developed in China, but that hasn’t stopped international brands from leveraging WeChat’s popularity and reportedly spending millions to engage with potential customers. Nike and McDonald’s have become the first companies to advertise on the Chinese social-messaging platform’s wildly popular mini game called Tiao Yi Tiao, loosely translated as Jump, WeChat announced on …

The smart speaker competition is getting fierce. Voice-powered digital assistants — Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri — appear in more standalone audio products every day, from tiny Dots and Minis to more expensive Echos, Homes and Maxes.  For people willing to pay extra for better sound quality, though, only a handful are worth considering. Two of the most …

It’s almost springtime. The first buds have begun to sprout. And like this time every year, there’s new receivers on the way! The first of these is Onkyo’s entry-level TX-SR383. The receiver receives a mild feature bump compared to last year’s TX-SR373, with the main additions being an extra two channels of amplification — now at 7.1 — and a …

Facebook issued an apology on Friday after offensive terms appeared in the social network’s search predictions late Thursday. When users typed “videos of” into the search bar, Facebook prompted them to search phrases including “videos of sexuals,” “videos of girl sucking dick under water” and, perhaps most disturbingly, “video of little girl giving oral.” Shocked users reported the problem on …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives     With just one look, you have magical powers. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Apple has given you magical powers… if you bought an iPhone X, that is. All you have to do is look at anything with a lock and, presto, it opens. What? …

Apple snuck in a little Friday surprise with an unexpected invite to a March 27 event. And it’s not at the company’s lavish Cupertino campus — it’s in Chicago. “Join us to hear new creative ideas for teachers and students,” the invitation says. The location is Lane Tech College Prep High School on the city’s north side. Apple’s last education-themed …