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You're About to See a New 5G Icon On Your T-Mobile iPhone

A 5G UC indicator will pop up when you're tapped into super-fast 5G.

Sam Rutherford

9/16/21 11:24AM

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Verizon Is Offering Big Discounts and Trade-Ins on Broken Phones on April 1, and It's Actually Not a Prank

Now’s the time of year when it pays to be extra wary of pranks and promotions that seem too good to be true. But…

Sam Rutherford

3/31/21 7:23PM

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Samsung Taps Twitch Rivals for Exclusive Gaming Events

Samsung Galaxy is now the exclusive mobile partner of Twitch Rivals, a year-long agreement that will see the…

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Is Technology Making Me More Depressed?

At what passes for its best, technology would seem equipped to provide a slight relief from tedium/despair, or a…

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The SMS Has Been Able to Rent a Car By Itself for Three Years

Happy birthday, SMS! Today marks the 28th birthday of the SMS aka the Short Message Service, the way GSM phones used…

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The Only Good Modular Phone Now Has New Cameras and Is Even More Sustainable

Get excited, repair nerds: Fairphone is rolling out a new 3+ model with two new camera modules. And yes, they’re…

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People Are Apparently Jerking Off With Their Phones During the Pandemic

People are doing things with their phones that I didn’t even know you could do with phones. I mean, I get it: In…

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Ajit Pai, Who Abandoned FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps, Urges States to Clean Up His Mess

Federal Communications Commission chief Ajit Pai is urging that states impose caps on the price of intrastate prison…

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How to Turn Your Smartphone Into a Webcam

You’re maybe using video calling software a heck of a lot more than you were, say, a month ago—and you don’t want to…

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LG's Dual Screen V60 Is So Charming, I Don't Mind Its Flaws

Life is getting weirder and scarier, and we’re clinging to what we can for happiness. In some of us, that comfort is…

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Samsung Blames the Coronavirus for the Galaxy S20’s Horrible Sales Numbers

As you all might have noticed, the coronavirus outbreak is affecting a lot of things in the tech world, from huge…

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Essential Is the Latest Phone Maker to Fold

Former Google executive Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup, Essential Products, is officially done after years of…

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The Best Apps for Customizing Your Android Phone

One of the reasons for choosing Android over iOS is the extra customization options you get—you can really dive deep…

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Motorola: Don't Panic. Your Razr's 'Bumps and Lumps' Are Normal

Motorola released a whole slew of YouTube videos Sunday about its new Razr, a revamped throwback to its mid-2000s…

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Help, I Can't Unsee These Faux-Flesh Phone Cases

We’re all too happy to scroll aimlessly on our phones for hours on end, but have you ever once stopped to think and…

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Essential Debuts Phone, Just Cut in Half and With a Creepy Backstory

Here’s something to raise your eyebrows. Essential, the company founded in 2015 by disgraced former Google exec Andy…

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LG's New Dual-Screen Phone Is Like Two Phones in One!

The name says it all: LG G8X ThinkQ Dual Screen. It’s an updated LG G8 phone with an additional screen that…

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Nokia Reminds Us Dumb Phones Can Still Be Good in 2019

Nokia is keeping the feature phones alive with three new ones announced at IFA 2019. While owning a smartphone often…

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Samsung Is Supposedly Working on a Much Cooler Folding Phone

The Galaxy Fold is an innovative device, even if many reviewers broke it almost instantly. It’s more a tablet that…

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Report: FTC, FCC Squabbled About Who Is Responsible for Cracking Down on VoIP Robocalls

As automated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems fueled a national robocall epidemic estimated at tens of…

Tom McKay

8/18/19 3:45PM

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