The FCC has rubber-stamped wireless carriers' ongoing efforts to block spam text messages.

To date, Overwatch League matches have taken place in Blizzard's own venue in Los Angeles.

Don't worry, they only look like the Pokemon of your nightmares.

'Tis the season for tons of Amazon packages arriving at your doorstep, but nothing puts a damper on the holidays like having one stolen.

We all know how these things play out: A tech CEO is sworn in, and then is railed at for a couple of hours.

Most of us will have a couple of days off at the start of the year before getting back to work after the holidays, and Netflix hopes to keep us occupied with a slew of show and movie additions.

Apple may launch a new version of Texture, a magazine subscription app it bought in March, in the spring.

It's no secret that the season of goodwill to all is expensive, especially for those with tech-savvy loved ones lusting after the latest kit that comes with eye-watering price tags.

Android set-top box Shield TV has already added Alexa and a fully-featured version of cloud game streaming service GeForce Now, but it's making room for another significant update in the lead up to Christmas.

Streaming shows stand a much better chance of winning SAG Awards in 2019 than they did this year -- in fact, they're guaranteed at least one.

John Carmack isn't the only one ending a legal fight with ZeniMax.

While the likes of Uber, Airbus and Porsche tinker away on their respective passenger and transportation drones, a lesser-known startup is taking an altogether different approach.

Algoriddim's djay app has been an Apple favorite for some time, regularly appearing in the company's keynotes to show off incremental updates over the years.

The PlayStation Classic is a mistake. It's a quick attempt by Sony to cash in on the micro-console trend, something Nintendo kicked off with the NES and SNES Classic.

No, you didn't read that wrong. Intel's 11th generation integrated graphics will pack in more than a teraflop worth of computing power, the company announced today.

As it's getting more difficult to cram transistors next to each other in chips, and we near the end of Moore's Law, the only choice is to go vertical.

Big milestones deserve big announcements, which is why Facebook is giving its Life Events feature a revamp.

Virgin Galactic is leveling up the SpaceShipTwo's test flights and is planning to burn its rocket motor for durations far longer than it has before.

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey came under fire earlier this week when he posted a series of tone deaf tweets celebrating his recent birthday retreat in Myanmar, a country ravaged by political violence and whose government is accused of widespread genocide.

Samsung caused controversy at the Chinese launch event of the Galaxy A8 earlier this week, when it announced it would be partnering with fashion brand Supreme for some kind of tech x streetwear collaboration (exactly what wasn't specified).

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. This morning, we're stepping back to the '80s with some special-edition Pumas, while Tesla's Navigate on Autopilot shows off the future of commuting.

Tesla wants Martin Tripp to pay up big time -- it's seeking a whopping $167 million from the former employee, which company chief Elon Musk once called a saboteur.

As promised, Office 365 is ready to wring more out of macOS Mojave.

As is the annual tradition, Google has released its list of top trending searches for the year.

LG will showcase two new entries to its ultralight Gram lineup at CES 2019 -- one of them is a 17-inch laptop for those who prefer large screens, while the other is a 2-in-1 convertible.

NSA official Rob Joyce told guests at a Wall Street Journal security conference that hacking-related Chinese activity had been climbing in recent months.

Tonight the police in Menlo Park, CA are on the scene near the 200 block of Jefferson Ave where the headquarters of Facebook and Instagram are located.

Tensions remain high over the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou for alleged Iran sanction violations, but Canada just offered a tiny olive branch.

Safety is a major concern when it comes to autonomous vehicles, for both the people they're transporting as well as those who are nearby.

Farmers can use drones to monitor their fields, but they have their limits when they can rarely fly for more than 20 to 30 minutes at a time.

The GameCube controller for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might be sold out all over the place, but you don't need it to dominate the competition with your favorite fighter.

How would you keep a shopping mall lively in an era when more and more people are buying their holiday gifts online? The Mall of America has a one-word answer: holograms.

Let's be honest. We're a generation obsessed with taking and sharing photos.

Adidas is dropping its all new Ultraboost 19 running shoes later this week, but you won't have to wait in line to get a look at them.

Instagram is testing a new type of account for high-profile users (such as celebrities, artists and influencers) that should give them more control over how they use the platform.

If you were hoping that Google chief Sundar Pichai would shed more light on his company's potential censored search engine for China.

The Rivian R1T "adventure vehicle" made headlines and dropped jaws when it was revealed at the 2018 LA Auto Show last month, namely because nobody has ever really tried to make an all-electric pickup for the US market before.

Smart shoes may sound like a recent innovation, but they're really old hat -- Puma's RS-Computer shoes were tracking your running stats in 1986, well before wearable tech was a hot trend.

The next time you rent a car, you might need to show your face instead of your ID.

Privacy advocates aren't just concerned about warrantless device searches at the border because of the potential for deliberate abuse -- it's that the officials might be reckless.

The Anki Vector is more than a high-tech toy, it's a little AI wonderbot with facial recognition, smart speaker tech and an array of sensors packed into a remarkably lifelike package.

I'm talking and not paying attention to the Model 3's turn-by-turn navigation when the vehicle's blinker turns on.

Like Twitter before it, Pornhub is crowning its biggest trends of 2018.

Giphy announced an update to its iOS app that will give users the ability to quickly share GIFs from the Giphy Keyboard extension within any app that supports multimedia.

Given the phenomenal popularity of craft beers and ales sweeping bars across the globe, it's surprising that homebrewing hasn't yet taken off to the same levels.

If you lose your copy of Brave New World, it's simple to replace the entire story, word for word, by buying a new version of the book from Barnes & Noble or borrowing one from the library.

If there have been any Chinese spy chips on Super Micro servers, they haven't been easy to find.

Skullcandy is hopping aboard the bandwagon for all-wireless earbuds.

Walmart has opened its first online store in Japan with the help of local e-commerce giant Rakuten.

Texas prisons were notorious for denying inmates access to dentures, because chewing isn't considered a medical necessity.

While Vivo is still a largely exotic brand for many of us, you may remember it as the first manufacturer to both tease and release a truly bezel-less smartphone.

Just days after Uber announced its plans to resume testing of its self-driving taxis, new information reveals that a whistleblower had made the company aware of the technology's safety failures before the incident in Arizona last March, which saw a p.

OnePlus can't stop making different variants of its flagships, and its latest effort is the result of a team-up with car maker McLaren.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Besides our usual suggestions of new TV shows, movies and games to watch this week, we've got a 50-year-old video that you really should see.

For any studio, stopping development on a game is never fun. Just ask Epic Games, which just announced that it will no longer dedicate any more resources to its Infinity Blade trilogy because it couldn't support the series to "a level that meets [its.

Since Netflix first announced its animated Carmen Sandiego reboot, news about the upcoming series has been, well, hard to find.

Facebook might not only know where you are in the future, but also where you're going next.

Ever since being introduced as Project Sword alongside iOS 4. 1 back in 2010, the Infinity Blade games have shown the kind of graphics and action that are possible on Apple's mobile devices -- until now.

One of the downsides of digital media is never getting the satisfaction of holding your favorite title in hand.

You no longer have to fire up Google Photos if you want to use Lens searches on your iPhone.

After dropping slew of holiday-related material last week including a new Neo Yokio flick, Netflix has its Sabrina special this week as well as Alfonso Cuarón's (Gravity) new movie Roma.

Congress clearly didn't buy Equifax's attempt to pin its massive data breach on one lone technician.

Fyre Festival was billed as "the cultural experience of the decade," but as we all know, it actually turned out to be a massive disaster that was far from the luxurious, celebrity-filled event it was advertised to be.

The Proud Boys have lost another online platform, though this time it's not for the far-right group's hate speech and support for violence.

Alexa isn't just for at home anymore. Thanks to an update from Amazon, Alexa devices can perform time- and location-based routines and reminders, triggered at a given time or when you enter for leave a specific area.

It didn't take long for NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to glean valuable insights from the asteroid Bennu.

For the first time since the Pew Research Center began tracking how adults in the US get their news, social media has edged out print newspapers.

Lotus won't be the first British car manufacturer to go electric, but it might make waves when it does.

It's notoriously difficult for streaming music services to get a foothold in Japan -- this is a country where CDs still reign (72 percent of music revenue was for physical media in 2017).

You no longer have to strike up a live conversation if you want voice chats on Instagram -- the social network has launched walkie-talkie style voice messaging feature for direct messages.

There's about to be a whole lot more to explore in Monster Hunter: World.

Google's semi-defunct social media platform Google+ has suffered its second data breach in three months and, as a result, will be completely shuttered in April, four months earlier than previously planned.

China and the US may have declared a tariff truce (however tentative), but GoPro isn't taking any chances.

The PlayStation Classic, Sony's retro console that includes 20 PS1 games, arrived last week, and for those of us who prefer to play a little further away from the TV than wired controllers allow, a solution is on the way.

It's cold outside! Which makes the holidays the ideal time to give the gift of indoor entertainment.

Ready to feel ancient? The original Doom is 25 years old -- and co-creator John Romero wants to make sure you know it.

Earlier this year, Google redesigned Maps to add a bunch of features, including personalized suggestions based on your tastes and interests.

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has exited the heliosphere -- the plasma bubble created by the sun that encompasses most of our solar system -- and entered interstellar space, making it the second human-made object to do so.

A Chinese court granted Qualcomm an injunction against Apple that halts sales and imports of most iPhone models in the country.

Microsoft's upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser will support Chrome's vast collection of extensions.

Innovation usually happens in slow, measured steps over many years, but a demo in 1968 transformed the world of personal computers in just 90 minutes.

The Chinese launch event for Samsung's Galaxy A8s had a little surprise for fashion-conscious locals, as the company announced that it was partnering with Supreme.

Elon Musk says nobody censors his Twitter in the wake of his settlement with the SEC.

Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Netflix kept the pressure on this weekend with some new trailers -- don't miss the Stranger Things season three episode titles -- and the all-screen phone trend could go in a couple of new directions with Honor.

There's something ever so satisfying about milling around in your PJs at home when you need to wrap up like a mummy to set foot outside.

Netflix has unveiled a trailer and release date for Triple Frontier, a new cartel thriller with an impressive cast.

With Huawei and Samsung already prepping all-screen smartphones with a circular front camera cutout, other companies are bound to join this notch-free party.

The Newton Mail subscription service might be dead, but its owner just found an unusual lifeline.

StarVR's headset plans are facing a serious setback. The company has confirmed to UploadVR that it's putting its StarVR One developer program "on hold" a month after starting sign-ups due to both problems with its "key overseas shareholder" and whil.

Tesla has teased that Navigate on Autopilot will gradually handle more and more driving responsibilities, but those aren't just fanciful long-term plans -- they're very much on the roadmap for the near future.

Samsung's prototype 5G phone might be more indicative of the Galaxy S10's design than first thought.

Google is still tweaking its Mountain View expansion plans, and the public just got a clearer glimpse of what those changes could entail.

There's been talk (and apparent leaks) of a mid-range Pixel 3 variant, but what about an equivalent to the larger Pixel 3 XL? That might be coming too.

Unfortunately, social network leaders still appear to be tone deaf regarding Myanmar's reported atrocities.

Netflix has finally taken the wraps off its adaptation of the Dark Horse comic The Umbrella Academy.

While Christmas decorations have already been festooned throughout big box retailers since the start of November, the holiday season is finally in full swing now that Thanksgiving is over.

By Rachel Cericola This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter.

Fighting game fans are used to seeing ads in tournaments, but now they're infiltrating the games themselves.

Files by Google (formerly Files Go) is helpful if you want an official means of managing the files on your Android phone, but there's been an obvious limitation: you couldn't move files to physical storage beyond the phone itself.

Californians now have access to some of the fastest electric vehicle chargers on the planet.