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Reading Time: 5 minutesAUSTIN — The most interesting businessman in America came to SXSW to dance. And to talk. After dancing his way onstage to the tune of Randy Newman’s “My Little Buttercup” — a longtime favorite of his — Elon Musk spent over an hour talking to Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan about his hopes…

Reading Time: 5 minutesWith wireless power you’ll never need to change the batteries in your remote again. More Wireless charging like what’s in the iPhone 8 and iPhone X suffers from an embarrassing problem: It’s not truly wireless. There may be no plug involved, but the phone still must touch a charging surface that’s plugged…

Reading Time: 4 minutesMy apartment is home to a ridiculous number of smart speakers, and sometimes they just want to talk. More My apartment is haunted. Disembodied voices randomly echo off the egg-shell white walls of my humble abode, playing Taylor Swift and trying to get my attention with bright flashing lights. It’s almost as…

Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to David Pogue’s Rated:App series. Each week, I’ll install whatever is the No. 1 bestselling app on the iOS or Android store and review it, to save you the effort in case it’s a turkey.  This week, the No. 1 bestselling app on the iPhone app store is an augmented-reality stargazing…

Reading Time: 12 minutesSamsung’s Galaxy S9 is the best Android phone you can buy despite some hiccups. More Samsung and Apple. Apple (AAPL) and Samsung. Every year the tech behemoths play the same tit for tat game with their flagship smartphones: the Galaxy S series and iPhone. But with their handsets coming closer and closer…

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe Dell XPS 13 has been one of my favorite laptops since the company first revamped the line with a near-edgeless display and super-slim design in 2015. And like Apple and its MacBooks, Dell has decided to offer incremental, but meaningful updates to the XPS 13 over the years. Which brings us…

Reading Time: 6 minutesPresident Donald Trump is expected to speak with members of the video game industry this week to discuss the medium’s relationship to the kind of violence that occurred when Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. But such a meeting is likely nothing…

Reading Time: 8 minutesPresident Donald Trump met with members of the the video game industry and interest groups on Thursday to discuss the issue of video games and their potential impact on real-world violence. And while the meeting was closed to the press, we have a good idea of how the event went. According to…

Reading Time: 5 minutesWelcome to David Pogue’s Rated:App series. Each week, I’ll install whatever is the No. 1 bestselling app on the iOS or Android store and review it, to save you the effort in case it’s a turkey. If you’re viewing this on your phone, in an app or Facebook or Twitter, the video…

Reading Time: 5 minutesASUS latest ZenPhone is fine Android phone designed to look like the iPhone X. More BARCELONA — Any gadget gathering the size of Mobile World Congress won’t just feature items that solve an obvious consumer need in a predictable manner. You’re also going to run into hardware that defies expectations — and…

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe residents of Hope County are certainly an interesting lot. More “Far Cry 5” creative director Dan Hay didn’t think the game he and his team were making about a doomsday cult could ever become reality in America when it was first pitched three years ago. But that was before people who…

Reading Time: 7 minutesThese are the best mobile games of the month. More Cutting-edge consoles like the Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox One, Sony’s (SNE) PS4 and Nintendo’s (NTDOY) Switch might score more headlines and pump out flashier games, but when it comes to sheer size, no gaming platform on the planet can compete with that smartphone…

Reading Time: 5 minutesSometimes it’s better to avoid your carrier when buying a new smartphone. More BARCELONA — Most of the smartphones on display here at Mobile World Congress 2018 lack a common ingredient commonly found in U.S.-market devices: a carrier’s stamp of approval. In much of the rest of the world, a wireless carrier…

Reading Time: 5 minutes5G wireless connectivity is coming this year, and companies are running a full-court press to make sure you know about it. More BARCELONA — 5G wireless is coming faster than you might think. But as the advent of this next generation of over-the-air broadband draws near, the hype surrounding it is starting…