There’s a Samsung-shaped hole in the new crop of phones we saw this week at Mobile World Congress, the industry’s largest mobile show. And that’s because Samsung didn’t launch one. Instead, it introduced a tablet and a two-in-one, and tacked on a disappointing video teasing the Galaxy S8 event, taking place March 29 in New …

Amazon offered up more answers Thursday about what caused a bunch of websites to fail two days ago. According to a postmortem by the company’s cloud services business, around 9:37 a.m. PT Tuesday an Amazon worker incorrectly punched in a command while trying to debug an issue. That command shut down a large set of servers at Amazon Web Services’ …

Those hoping that Apple would trade a Lightning connection for a standard USB-C connection on the iPhone 8 will most likely be disappointed: Apple has always had a proprietary connection on its iOS devices and it’s not going to change that, in my opinion. The rumor that Apple might ditch Lightning in favor of USB-C, which is increasingly found on …

The future of the Google’s Chromebook Pixel seems uncertain. After Google‘s Senior VP of Hardware, Rick Osterloh was quoted saying that “we have no plans for Google-branded laptops,” Osterloh tweeted earlier that Google’s own Chromebooks aren’t dead yet. Many Chromebooks are manufactured by third-party companies like Samsung or Acer, but Google designs the Chromebook Pixel in-house, giving it full rein …

The backstage screwup at the Oscars keeps getting more interesting. With the world still buzzing about what could have triggered the biggest flub in the Academy Awards’ history, a few more behind-the-scenes details from Sunday’s ceremony are emerging. Questions remain about whether a tweet may have caused the mix-up. And now there are pictures of Brian Cullinan — the PricewaterhouseCoopers …

Want a sip of water? With most VR headsets, you’ll need a straw. But LG’s new prototype has a clever solution: the entire visor flips right up. LG is perhaps the biggest, best-known company to totally screw up virtual reality on its first try — take it from us, the LG 360 VR was terrible. But it seems the company …

Industry analysts and journalists have been been quick to make judgments on the wearable market. Some have called it a fad, while others have claimed it’s already dead. Not so fast. A new report issued Thursday by International Data Corporation (IDC) will hopefully put an end to those claims. The research firm found shipments of smartwatches and fitness trackers reached …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Allo puts an assistant in your pocket 1:37 Messages on Allo are getting a bit more lively today. That’s becuse Google rolled out three new features on its messaging app, Allo. In addition to sending out GIFs, the app is more closely integrated with Google’s digital search assistant, which uses machine learning and the company’s …

I watched the drone ascend the 30 storeys from street level to my apartment balcony. It deposited the box on my table and buzzed right off again. Inside were oranges I needed for a salad I was going to make for my friend Barbara. At least they were supposed to be inside. I couldn’t tell for sure because — just …

Last year Netflix and Dave Chappelle announced plans for three new comedy specials, and now we know when to expect the first two. Netflix says two of the comedian’s stand-up specials will debut on March 21. No word yet on when we’ll see the third. The company says the specials will be available everywhere Netflix is available (pretty much everywhere …