Finally, the real Google Phone appears. Google showed off the Pixel and Pixel XL, the new flagship phones from the search giant. Unlike in past years, Google had a stronger hand in developing the hardware and software, which will be the first to work with Google Assistant. Google Assistant was such a big deal, by …

Now playing: Watch this: No home button, no problem: Navigate around your iPhone’s… 1:06 Phones break, no matter how advanced they get. Especially if their owners are uncoordinated, like me. Thankfully, iPhones have a workaround that’ll help you navigate even if one or more of your buttons are broken. In the video above you’ll find how to activate assistive touch, …

Personality-filled, voice-activated digital assistants are everywhere. Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana and Google has Google Now and Google Assistant. At the moment, Google Now and Google Assistant are still two separate things — Google Now works from within the Google Android and iOS app, while Google Assistant is found in Google’s Allo chat app and integrated into Google Home …

If you’re gearing up (heh) to watch the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 on Fox Sports this weekend, don’t forget your coasters. No really. Fox Sports has launched Fox Vision, a new augmented reality app to go alongside its broadcast of the iconic Australian race, the Bathurst 1000. And it uses special coasters to bring up a 3D version of the …

It may start getting clearer when a YouTube video was paid for by an advertiser, but only if the creators feels like sharing. On Tuesday, YouTube said it added an optional feature that puts visible text on the first few seconds of a video. The text reads “Includes paid promotion” in the lower left corner. Creators on YouTube who build …

2016 is set to be a very big year for Google phones. The search giant just announced two new Pixel phones to compete with the Apple iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy models. But if you’re in the market for a new phone this November with the latest Google tech, you may have a hard decision ahead. Remember the Lenovo Phab2 Pro, …

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. I didn’t expect to have tears in my eyes while on assignment in Munich. But that was before I saw a group of Muslim refugees holding signs of peace and hope. I was in …

Crystal balls have been long used by self-proclaimed fortune tellers to gaze into the future. The idea of these beautiful orbs, also referred to as orbuculums, laying out one’s destiny is pure whimsy, of course. However, this video posted Sunday by YouTube user Tito4re demonstrates the magic of pouring 1,984-degree Fahrenheit (1,085-degree Celsius) molten copper on top of a clear …

Earlier today at the “Made By Google” event, Google unveiled two new phones, the Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL. These phones are designed by Google and meant to showcase the best hardware and software experience offered by the company. The new Pixel phones come in three colors: Really Blue, Very Silver and Quite Black (I’m really, very, quite serious …

You never know if the government is secretly compelling your favorite internet company to hand over its data on users. Well, sometimes you do. On Tuesday, the ACLU announced it succeeded in getting a gag order (PDF) lifted for its client Open Whisper Systems, creator of the Signal messaging service. That’s the service favored by antisurveillance activists like Edward Snowden. …