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Reading Time: 4 minutesSince news broke on Thursday that Equifax (EFX) had the personal data of some 143 million Americans — including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers — stolen, things have stuck to the script with depressing predictability. Equifax’s blows a larger hole in our collective…

Reading Time: 4 minutesApple’s (AAPL) much-hyped 10th anniversary iPhone is nearly upon us, and we’re as excited as the next person to see what the Cupertino, California-based company has cooked up this time around. Will the 8 match up with all of the rumors we’ve read over the past few months? Will it be the greatest…

Reading Time: 7 minutesSamsung’s Galaxy Note 8, the follow-up to the Note 7 — or as it’s more commonly called, one of the worst public relations disasters in the history of consumer electronics — is finally here. And it’s quite the encore. Not only has the handset been completely redesigned from the Note 7, but…

Reading Time: 2 minutesImagine this. You’re on Facebook. You find an item you think your mom might like. Or your friend, or your Twitter followers, or anybody else who isn’t on Facebook. Or who is on Facebook, but will never see the post you liked. There’s a sneaky way you can create a universal link…

Reading Time: 5 minutesBERLIN — Living in the United States and seeing every other electronics-producing country try to sell its gadgets to us, it can be easy to think that the digital universe revolves around us. And most of the time that’s true. But spending days touring dozens of halls of tech exhibits here at…

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Acer Swift 5 is just 2.5 pounds and rocks a boatload of connectivity options. More BERLIN—The slew of new laptops shown off at the IFA trade show here are headed in the right direction—with one exception. Windows laptops, whether conventional screen-and-keyboard models or hybrid designs that can be folded up to…

Reading Time: 7 minutesWhile it may be difficult for Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) Android fans to admit, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone has become one of history’s most influential consumer electronics devices. Today’s iPhone 7 and the upcoming iPhone 8 — or iPhone 10, or whatever it’s going to be called — is an amalgamation of the best…

Reading Time: 9 minutesHope you had a nice outdoorsy summer, because for the foreseeable future, you’re going to have a hard time leaving the living room. The fall video game season is just about underway, and the 2017 edition is keeping with tradition by slinging enough massive games your way to tax both your wallet…

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen Ubisoft announced that it was teaming its bizarre bug-eyed, gap-toothed rabbis characters with Nintendo’s (NTDOY) iconic mascot Mario for a turn-based strategy game, I was less than hopeful. In fact, when the news broke that the companies were working together at E3 2017 and showed a demo of their game, I…

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe PeaceTech Lab’s headquarters. More The plague of “fake news” may be news to Facebook (FB), but it’s a familiar foe to a small non-profit in Washington that’s trying to use mobile apps, big data and social media to promote peace and accountability in places like Iraq, Kenya and Mexico where those…

Reading Time: 5 minutesSamsung’s Gear Sport promises smartwatch and fitness capabilities without having to keep your phone with you all the time. More BERLIN — Samsung today introduced three new fitness-minded wearable gadgets at the IFA trade show here. The company hopes the devices, a watch, a fitness tracker and a pair of earbuds, will get…

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a big week for YouTube (GOOG, GOOGL). It’s getting a new design and new features—all of which have been in the works, carefully and methodically, for a very long time, and all of which, as far as I’m concerned, are welcome! There’s a new logo in town. More   It’s…

Reading Time: 4 minutesMicrosoft (MSFT) has a plan to save VR — low-cost headsets and slick new controllers. It’s a heck of a game plan, and if it works it could put to bed any fears that the seemingly floundering virtual reality craze will fall to the wayside. I got to play with a Windows…

Reading Time: 2 minutesFacebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam More Facebook (FB) on Monday took another step towards curbing the distribution of so-called “fake news.” Effective immediately, the company will stop business pages, which the…

Reading Time: 6 minutesFitbit’s all-new smartwatch is designed to do battle with the Apple Watch.It’s no secret that Fitbit (FIT) has been working on a smartwatch — Co-founder and CEO James Park said as much during the company’s Q2 2017 earnings call earlier this month. And now it’s official. This is the Fitbit Ionic, the company’s…

Reading Time: 3 minutesExpedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is expected to take the role of Uber’s new chief executive. (Courtesy of Expedia, Inc. via AP) More After two months of discussions, Uber has finally found its next chief executive in current Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, a source told Yahoo Finance. The 48-year-old Iranian businessman was the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBelieve it or not, YouTube creates a written transcript for every single video. Just click More and Transcript and boom! What’s cool is that you can use this feature as a great way to create free transcripts of your own recordings. Go to the video manager, click Edit Subtitles, pick a language,…

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s been just about a year since Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 exploded onto the market with its red-hot features and smoking design. And if it weren’t for the phone’s propensity for blowing up in people’s pockets and while charging on their nightstands, the Note 7 would have been one of the best…

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Essential Phone, arriving next week, is the latest creation of Android creator Andy Rubin. Source: JP Mangalindan/Yahoo Finance More It’s tough out there for a new phone, but if anyone has a chance at releasing one that grabs people’s attention, it’s Andy Rubin. In September 2008, Rubin’s team at Google (GOOG,…

Reading Time: 6 minutesYou know Symantec’s (SYMC) Norton for its line of PC security software that continuously tells you it needs to be updated. But now the company is moving into the hardware space with a special kind of router that promises to secure all of your disparate connected devices. The Norton Core, available now…

Reading Time: 3 minutesQualcomm’s new camera technology could big AR and VR improvements to your next smartphone. More Your next smartphone’s camera could do more than take great pictures of your latest meal. Qualcomm (QCOM), the company that builds the processors found in a variety of Android handsets, has debuted its latest camera technology, which…

Reading Time: 4 minutes  Tech companies are leaving your private data unlocked online and there isn’t much you can do about it. (image: Flickr/ Maarten Van Damme) More SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — Chances are your private data has probably been available on the web for any random visitor to read. And you may not even…