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Apple is cutting production of iPhones by 10 percent in the first three months of 2017, according to a report published Friday in the Japanese business paper the Nikkei Asian Review. It would be the second year in a row in which the tech giant scaled back production of its flagship product, the report said. …

You have the right to remain silent — but your smart devices might not. Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot are in millions of homes now, with holiday sales more than quadrupling from 2015. Always listening for its wake word, the breakthrough smart speakers boast seven microphones waiting to take and record your commands. Now, Arkansas police are hoping an Echo …

Apple had nearly twice as many phone activations this holiday season as its rival Samsung, according to new research released Tuesday. About 44 percent of new phone activations during the holidays were Apple’s iPhones, compared with Samsung’s 21 percent, said mobile-app analytics firm Flurry. While the iPhone continues to be the gift of choice, Flurry noted Samsung is “slowly growing …

The Apple Watch is a device that can do more than tell the time or put iPhone notifications on your wrist. It can be used to pay for items in the real world, save you in an emergency, act as a fashion accessory and help you track down a misplaced iPhone — to name a few. Here are 11 tips …

Facebook’s latest innovation: podcasts? The social network said Tuesday it’s launching a new feature called Facebook Live Audio, which is like video live-streaming on Facebook but with no video. So, radio. It’s Facebook radio. To kick things off, the company is partnering with media outlets including BBC World Service and Harper Collins. Facebook said it will expand the feature next …

Now playing: Watch this: How to turn on iOS parental controls in 20 seconds 1:23 It’s highly likely that a child in your family might get a new iPad or a hand-me-down iPhone as a gift this holiday. Their shiny new iDevice will give them access to amazing technology, but it also puts both them and you at some risk, …

Now playing: Watch this: This fake Super Mario Run game is a terrible Flappy Bird… 1:27 First things first: There is no Android version of Nintendo’s Super Mario Run. The mobile game is exclusive to iOS devices like the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch for now, with an Android release to follow in 2017. Of course, that’s not stopping knockoffs …

Now playing: Watch this: Future iPhone, Pixel phones could be foldable 1:11 A couple years from now, maybe you’ll get a phone that doesn’t look pretty much exactly like the last three you got, because phones from Apple, Google and Microsoft could get folding displays in 2018, according to a new report. Display maker LG Electronics will supply the folding …

Now playing: Watch this: Super Mario Run’s finally on the iPhone: Here’s how to… 2:03 The wait is over. You can now play Mario on your iPhone or iPad. Super Mario Run is now available for download in the App Store. The game consists of six worlds with four courses in each. The first three courses of the game can …

For an uninterrupted hour every week, Susan Friedman stashes her smartphone in a locker and turns her full attention to a different screen. On her spin-class bike, only the control panel matters, and physical discomfort comes from exhausted, burning quads — not neck or eye strain. For Friedman, a 35-year-old attorney in Los Angeles, spin class isn’t just about getting …