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The Pixel 2 XL, Google’s top of the line phone for 2017, is a fantastic phone overall, but it’s been dogged by questions about its plastic-OLED (“POLED”) screen since it was first released. On some initial models, at least, the Pixel 2 XL exhibited faint outlines of images that “burn-in” to the screen and don’t …

Creating a serene garden of AR flowers to put in your app? Google on Wednesday launched a tool that will make finding the right 3D objects easier. Poly is a one-stop shop for browsing, discovering and downloading 3D objects and scenes that was built from the ground up with augmented and virtual reality development in mind, Google says. There are …

Editors’ note (November 3, 5:15 a.m. PT): Check out our full iPhone X review for the rating and our official evaluation of the device. This story will no longer be updated, but will remain available as a chronicle of our earliest impressions of the phone. Welcome to my ongoing impressions of the iPhone X.  I’ve entered my third full day …

There’s a paradox to the way Google is addressing potential issues with its new Pixel 2 XL, which may leave some buyers of the flagship phone less than satisfied with the company. On the one hand, Google wants you to know reported screen issues for the phone, released October 19, aren’t a big deal. Even so, it’s decided to extend the phone’s …

“You use this for a week and then go to any other phone, you’re going to be upset,” says Tom Moss, Razer‘s head of mobile. He’s talking about the Razer Phone. (From Razer, the company you might know from mice, headsets or laptops.) It’s real. It’s sitting in my hand. It’s unlike any phone I’ve held all year.  Update: Here’s …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. And so he decided to browse fast. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET At what point does corporate loyalty break and honesty take over?  I’m moved to finding the answer after viewing (a small portion of) a Microsoft presentation called “Datacenter Transformation. Migrating Apps, Workloads and Data …

For me, it was pretty frustrating to hear that Google’s new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones would ditch the headphone jack. Just one reason: Plugging in a 3.5mm cable is incredibly easy — but pairing Bluetooth devices generally isn’t.  But what if your Android phone could automatically detect a nearby Bluetooth headphone (or speaker, or car, or mouse) and …

Google Docs dished out more tricks than treats for some users hit by locked-out accounts Tuesday.  A slew of Google Docs users reached out to the service’s Twitter account Tuesday morning to say they’re being wrongfully locked out of their files with a warning about violating terms of service. Users complained they’ve lost access to their files that contain harmless material, …

Some iPhone users are feeling exposed by a feature in their phones’ Photos app.  When they type in the word “brassiere” in the photo search function, iPhone users find pictures their phone thinks include bras. As it happens, those photos tend to be a little intimate. Word began spreading on Twitter on Monday about this feature, and iPhone users began …

It was once the most high-tech and futuristic feature you could find: Transmit sound — with light! Lasers! A cable not of copper, but glass! Except, it was almost never glass, and was usually expensive. And while the optical cable was the digital audio transfer method of choice for decades, it has started to disappear. More and more products are …