Editors’ note: Updated on August 4, 2016, with link to Samsung’s FAQ for further details. Buy a phone, get a freebie. That’s Samsung’s come-hither for buyers of its new Galaxy Note 7 Android phone, which begins selling in the US in black, silver and Coral Blue. The Note 7 will be launching on August 19, …

Microsoft Edge got a decent update in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update — the browser now supports extensions (though only a handful are available at launch), tab-pinning, drag-and-drop, swipe navigation and click-to-play Flash video. But is Edge ready to take on browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox? Not exactly. Edge does have a few tricks up its sleeve — …

Apple may not have given up on TV programming after all. After pausing plans last year for a service that would stream live TV over the internet, the company is now focusing on creating a digital TV guide that would work on Apple TV boxes, iPhones and iPads, according to a Recode report Thursday. Apple is in talks with TV …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung highlights iris-scanning tech in new Galaxy Note… 2:19 The Galaxy Note 7 was made official Tuesday morning, introducing an iris scanner, curved edges (a la Galaxy S7 Edge) and Corning’s new Gorilla Glass 5. It also comes with water and dust resistance, a bigger battery and a brand-new color called coral blue. One of the …

Amazon One is clear for takeoff. The e-commerce heavyweight on Friday revealed one of its new branded cargo airplanes, which it will also showcase this weekend at the Boeing Seafair Air Show in its hometown of Seattle. Dubbed Amazon One, the plane is emblazoned with the Prime Air name on the sides and Amazon’s smile logo on the tail. It …

Donald Trump has fueled his candidacy for US president with his nearly constant and often controversial stream of tweets, but now some hashtaggers are turning against him. “Trump 32%” is a trending topic and nascent meme on Twitter on Thursday, following new polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton 47 percent to 32 percent in New Hampshire and 41 percent …

When beloved graphic novel “Watchmen” was reimagined as a movie directed by Zack Snyder, some irate fans, including “Watchmen” comics creator Alan Moore, criticized the movie’s depiction of the troubled superheroes. Leave it to Honest Trailers — a YouTube series from Screen Junkies that features a classic movie-trailer voiceover but with a narrator who makes fun of films — to …

On the morning of Monday, August 1, 2016, a mysterious video began streaming on Frank Ocean’s website. Set inside a spacious, warehouse-like room, the video mostly consists of a wide shot of workbenches littered with undecipherable carpentry equipment. Alternate angles of the room have shown a wall of boom boxes, as well as what appears to be Ocean sawing wood. …

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has jumped into the world of virtual reality. On Thursday, the company unveiled a test version of the Mi VR Play, its first virtual-reality headset. Similar to Samsung’s Gear VR, the VR Play works with your smartphone. You simply unzip the fabric panel on the front of the device and slip in your phone. The device …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Translate and the refugee who wants to be Justin… 2:22 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. Of the memorable conversations I had with refugees in Greece, and there were many, this simple exchange stands out: …