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Now playing: Watch this: Google Assistant rolling out to Android devices now 1:05 Check your phone: Today, Google Assistant is available to more devices running Android 7.0 Nougat and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The rollout was announced last week, but Google just released a video ad (see it above), signaling that today’s the day more people …

The man who would ” dismantle net neutrality with a smile” has another target in his cross hair for March. On Thursday, newly minted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released the agency’s agenda for the month, with six items it will discuss and vote on March 23. At the top of the list is killing robocalls — those automated …

I watched the drone ascend the 30 storeys from street level to my apartment balcony. It deposited the box on my table and buzzed right off again. Inside were oranges I needed for a salad I was going to make for my friend Barbara. At least they were supposed to be inside. I couldn’t tell for sure because — just …

There’s a Samsung-shaped hole in the new crop of phones we saw this week at Mobile World Congress, the industry’s largest mobile show. And that’s because Samsung didn’t launch one. Instead, it introduced a tablet and a two-in-one, and tacked on a disappointing video teasing the Galaxy S8 event, taking place March 29 in New York. Samsung pushed the Galaxy …

It could have been Moto’s show. With Samsung’s Galaxy S8 out of the picture, LG, Sony and Huawei were left to fight it out on the high end. But if we learned anything at this year’s Mobile World Congress conference, it’s that high-end doesn’t always win the day. For example, this year’s breakout surprise was the Nokia 3310 throwback, which …

Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., has become the newest hot tech stock to hit the market. The company’s shares started trading publicly Thursday, marking the biggest and splashiest initial public offering for a US-listed tech stock since Alibaba in 2014. Also on today’s podcast, we hit on the power of 5G and some of the early demonstrations of the wireless …

A new generation of the classic Nokia 3310 debuted in Barcelona on Sunday evening, and immediately became the talk of the town. Earlier that same day, I bought an original version of the phone on the back streets of Barcelona’s Gothic quarter for just two euros at the city’s weekly stolen goods market. Barcelona is known for many things — …

Now playing: Watch this: Nokia 3310 vs. iPhone 7 in a real city battle 2:27 Nokia’s new 3310 may have captured our hearts with its retro looks, but how useful is this feature phone when you’re out and about in a city? I headed out onto the streets of Barcelona with the new handset to find out. I was joined …

We’ve seen the blurry photos, read the rumors and pored over gorgeous concept designs. But a new leak gives us a more complete look of what could be the Samsung Galaxy S8‘s full-body design. Dealing with the aftermath of its disastrous Galaxy Note 7 recall caused Samsung to postpone the Galaxy S8’s launch, which typically takes place at the annual …

Simple and cheap, it’s easy to see how the roughly $50 throwback Nokia 3310 would be a phone people snap up as a second device or one for grandparents and kids. But if you’ve been dreaming of picking one up for yourself, you’re in for a world of disappointment. The new 3310 won’t work in the US. That’s because it …