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Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 doesn’t appear to have hurt the company’s earnings too much in the third quarter. The Korean electronics giant said Thursday that it expects its operating profit during the period to come in at 7.7 trillion won ($6.9 billion), a modest increase of about 5 percent compared with the same period …

Wireless isn’t new. The Microsoft HoloLens is wireless. The Intel Project Alloy is wireless. Qualcomm has a wireless VR headset too. None of them create a virtual world as stunning as what the Oculus Rift’s annoying tether can produce. But just tried a wireless Oculus Rift. And by “tried,” I mean I tried to break the illusion as hard as …

Samsung appears poised to shake up the market for voice assistants with its latest acquisition. The electronics giant said Wednesday it had agreed to acquire Viv Labs, the artificial intelligence startup behind Viv — the voice assistant that aims to handle everyday tasks for you all on its own. The multiplatform software can be used to do things like order …

Now playing: Watch this: Tick, tock, Apple Watch: Google’s new watches may land… 1:17 Google’s planned revamp of its Android Wear watch software, called Android Wear 2.0, has been pushed back to early 2017. But when it does arrive, compatible smartwatches might start doing a lot more apart from phones. Ahead of next week’s big Google news of what could …

One of the Samsung Galaxy Note’s most recognisable features, besides exploding, is its S Pen accessory. The S Pen may look like an ordinary stylus, but the software on the Galaxy Note has made it into a versatile tool that boasts, on the Note 7, 4,096 different pressure sensitivities. It looks like Samsung is adding yet more functionality to the …

Now playing: Watch this: North Korea’s internet has only 28 websites 1:25 Much of North Korea’s internet is closed off from the world. But there are some websites that people on the outside can see. We never knew how many websites there were — until now. A researcher happened to ping the web at just the right moment (perhaps when …

Now playing: Watch this: Did the iPhone 7 survive our water test? 4:36 Plop. That’s the sound of your phone impacting a pot of tomato sauce. Or a swimming pool. Or — God forbid — a toilet bowl. Normally, you’re screwed. Unless you’re very, very lucky (and have some silica gel packets handy), your phone’s delicate circuits are toast. But …

Early impressions of the Apple wireless AirPods had us worried the little white earbuds wouldn’t work with non-Apple sources, but the new W1 chip is actually device agnostic. In the company’s own words, “AirPods do work with non-Apple devices via Bluetooth. You lose the magic as a result.” That means you can technically pair them to any Bluetooth source, but …

Samsung on Monday kicked off its exchange program for potentially dangerous Galaxy Note 7 phones, in the UK and Ireland at least. The company says it has fixed the battery flaw that caused multiple devices to burst into flames and will start issuing Note owners with replacement devices this week. The UK is one of the first countries to receive …

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 …