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If you’re unfamiliar with the most Australian of practices, no trip to a Bunnings hardware store on a weekend morning is complete without a quick stop at the charity barbecue out front for a sausage sizzle. Normally it’d cost you a couple of dollarydoos, but one enterprising drone pilot could be on the hook for …

The Federal Aviation Administration last week granted Disney a waiver so it can show off its amazing drone skills in the Orlando and Anaheim parks. Not a company known to wait well, it’s already released a video teasing Disney’s use of the drones to create what appears to be a floating, rotating Christmas tree. The clip, posted Monday to its …

Now playing: Watch this: 5 Google Maps alternatives for Android 3:02 Don’t get me wrong: Google Maps is the king of the online mapping industry, but that doesn’t mean that the Google Maps app is the best navigation app for your Android phone. There are plenty of other navigation apps on the market, and most of them are just as …

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is no longer flight ready. A group of US regulators on Friday banned of the device from all flights to, from or within the country, describing the phone as a “forbidden hazardous material” under federal regulations. The ban, which goes into effect on Saturday at noon Eastern Time, is a significant expansion of a previous …

If you’re worried about flying on a plane where passengers may have a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the airlines want you to know it’s in the bag. Airlines have begun installing fire-containment bags on their planes to address the threat posed by overheating lithium ion batteries in mobile devices during flights. Alaska Airlines and Virgin America have already stocked their …

Samsung’s exploding phone woes continue with more reports of replacement Galaxy Note 7s exploding. A Minnesota teenager told a Minneapolis-St. Paul TV station that she felt a “weird, burning sensation” in her thumb while holding her Galaxy Note 7 Friday afternoon. That report was followed Saturday by news that a Kentucky man had to go to a hospital to be …

The Galaxy Note 7 keeps turning up the heat on Samsung. The Korean electronics titan could face an unusual second recall of its Galaxy Note 7, according to Bloomberg, citing two former US safety officials. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are investigating whether a replacement Galaxy Note 7 was the smoking phone that led …

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners, the carriers are giving you an out. Sprint said that any customers with a “safe” Galaxy Note 7 can trade it in for any other device at one of its stores. Verizon and AT&T later said that they too would let customers who felt uncomfortable with their replacement Note 7 exchange it for another phone. …

Now playing: Watch this: The Galaxy Note 7 is the “hoverboard” of 2016 4:21 Are you, or someone you know, still hanging on to a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone — despite the explosion risk? Here’s the latest reason to switch: It’s now illegal to use a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 aboard an aircraft under FAA jurisdiction. The Federal Aviation …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung explains what went wrong with exploding Note… 1:29 A small manufacturing flaw in the Galaxy Note 7 battery may be the cause of a giant headache for Samsung. Samsung’s preliminary report has found a small manufacturing flaw in the Galaxy Note 7’s battery. There have been at least 35 reported cases of the phone exploding. …