Samsung may give its lower-cost Galaxy A5 phone for 2017 something that right now only its highest-end phones have: a curved screen, according to leaked renderings and rumors that are tied to the phone. Samsung is the only device maker currently selling phones with wraparound displays (LG seems to have stopped, at least for now) …

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January brings five “Superman” movies to Netflix. Two of them are excellent, two are not so great and the other one is “Superman Returns.” Speaking of aliens (because Superman is an alien, remember?), Steven Spielberg’s classic “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” starts streaming in the new year. Lots of titles are expiring with the new year, including a lot of episodes of …

Facebook knows people get snap-happy over the holidays but would prefer they don’t get Snapchat-happy. Over the next few days, Facebook’s Messenger app will introduce a new quicker-to-launch, quicker-to-shoot camera, the company said Thursday. A bunch of Snapchat-esque masks and effects are coming too. related content Facebook wants to be your new games arcade Facebook to launch 360-degree live videos …

Rumors of the first phone with next-gen Bluetooth have social media buzzing about the potential of the new wireless feature. On Twitter, “verification questions” are trending, with people using polls to “verify” whether people are really from a certain region. Luckily, it’s a joke — no one is looking to kick you out if you answer wrong. Social Cues is …

T-Mobile and CEO John Legere are up to their old tricks. The phone company gave rival AT&T a tweak on the nose Thursday as T-Mobile tried to lure customers away from its competitor. The deal? Leave AT&T Wireless and jump to T-Mobile’s One plan and you’ll get a year of streaming-video service DirecTV Now for free. The punchline? DirecTV is …

Now playing: Watch this: How to buy a hoverboard that won’t catch fire 2:59 Whether you call them hoverboards, self-balancing boards or explosions waiting to happen, these two-wheeled scooters aren’t going anywhere. This 2015 tech fad may have been cool, but it had a dangerous side. Last year the news was peppered with reports of hoverboards exploding and catching fire. …

Let’s hope your ears have strong hands. If you lose one of your shiny new AirPods — the interesting looking wireless earbuds from Apple — here’s how much it’ll cost you to replace: $69. That’s according to an Apple customer-support page spotted by AppleInsider. The headphones, which went on sale Tuesday via Apple’s site and are set to hit stores …

Now playing: Watch this: Tech titans turn out for Trump 1:25 For President-elect Donald Trump, it’s kiss-and-make-up time. Trump met with more than a dozen executives from the biggest tech companies in the US — a roundtable fraught with potential for awkwardness given Trump’s repeated attacks on tech and the philosophical disagreements he has with some of the executives. The …

This is the first story in a two-part series about the complications of Facebook‘s unique media impact. Facebook has titanic media power. The only thing that matches that influence may be the company’s denial it exists. The US election crystallized the stakes. There are a myriad of reasons behind the voting decisions of millions of people, and the world’s biggest …