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Yesterday, we got a foldable phone. But Samsung’s Developer Conference is only half over. In addition to the very intriguing foldable Infinity Flex Display, the Korean electronics giant gave a big shot in the arm to Bixby, its voice assistant competitor to the likes of Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri. It opened Bixby up to third-party …

Google’s computer brains are helping The New York Times turn a historic archive of more than 5 million photos into digital data that’ll appear in the newspaper’s features about history. The newspaper’s “morgue” has 5 million to 7 million photos dating back to the 1870s, including prints and contact sheets showing all the shots on photographers’ rolls of film. The …

Files Go is getting a new look and losing half its name. On Thursday, Google rebranded its Files Go app. It’s now called Files by Google, according to a company blog post. Google said it redesigned the app to focus on content in Android phones, such as telling you how much space you’re saving and how you can fill up …

You probably don’t think too much about whether your browser will protect you from the bad parts of the internet, but Google’s Chrome is hoping to change that. Google said it plans to tune up the web browser, used by nearly two-thirds of people on the internet, to crack down on pages that are out to trick you into signing …

It’s November, and new Wear OS-compatible smartwatches keep dribbling out as we approach the holidays. Fossil’s latest, the Fossil Sport, is another Google Wear OS smartwatch, But it adds Qualcomm’s newest 3100 wearable chip for what could mean longer battery life. (Fossil only claims 24+ hours in smartwatch mode, though, and two-plus days in a new standby watch-only mode.) Fossil Sport …

Google Maps is reportedly working on a fresh way to avoid delays in Navigation. The new feature, which Digital Trends reported is currently testing for some Android users, allows you to report crashes and speed traps. That crowdsourced data is then used to warn other drivers or offer them more efficient alternative routes, much like the data already shown in the Google-owned …

This year, Black Friday will get started early. Like, on Thursday. You may want to experiment with a Thanksgiving lunch instead of Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22. Best Buy and Walmart have both announced that their in-store Black Friday sales will kick off on the evening of Thanksgiving Day.  Best Buy will open its stores from 5 p.m. local time on …

I hate having to wait. But do I hate it enough to give up my privacy? This dilemma popped up on a Wednesday night in October, as I stood at the front of a Szechuan restaurant in Brooklyn, eyeing the empty tables inside. It wasn’t particularly busy, and I really wanted this special grilled fish I knew I couldn’t cook. …

Samsung’s trying to make it easier to use its smartphones by redesigning the software running on them.  The company on Wednesday unveiled its new One UI user interface. It will roll the software out to the Galaxy S9, S9 Plus and Note 9 in January — and the interface will be on the upcoming foldable phone that Samsung showed for …

Just last month I shared a deal on a Tile tracker 4-pack bundled with a free Google Home Mini. This deal is like that, only better in a couple respects. For a limited time, Amazon is offering a Tile Mate four-pack and Amazon Echo Dot for $59.99. That’s pretty much scoring you the latter for free. See it at Amazon …