Samsung launched two new fitness-focused smartwatches and a pair of wireless earbuds equipped with its voice assistant Bixby, in a bid to challenge the likes of Apple and Fitbit in the health space. The three products are: The Samsung Gear Sport smartwatch The Gear Fit 2 Pro fitness band The IconX 2018 wireless Bluetooth earbuds […]

Almost 20 years ago, a new company came on the scene promising to revolutionize the tedious and often frustrating chore of securing a restaurant reservation. No more waiting on the phone and pleading with snooty receptionists. With just a few clicks of a mouse, a diner could secure a table at prime times in the […]

Iranian-born Dara Khosrowshahi, who will soon become Uber’s new CEO, did not hide his patriotism in a May conversation with CNBC’s Jim Cramer. The Expedia CEO shed light on his personal experience as an immigrant to the United States on an episode of “Mad Money.” “I emigrated here when I was nine years old,” Khosrowshahi […]

In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth is criticized. The New America Foundation has received more than $21 million from Google; its […]

Senator Dianne Feinstein says talks in Congress about a tax break to encourage U.S. companies to bring home more foreign cash have little momentum. “I’ve had discussions, I haven’t given up yet,” California Democrat Feinstein told a crowd of hundreds packed into the Herbst Theater in her hometown of San Francisco. Her comments, during an […]

Google announced Wednesday that its voice assistant, better known simply as Google Assistant, will be coming to appliances this year. Google said washers, dryers and vacuums will soon gain voice controls. Need to run the dishwasher? A command like “OK Google wash the dishes” might start your washing machine. Google says it’s partnering with companies […]

Basketball’s current most famous family, the Balls, are headed to Facebook. “Ball in the Family” — which features father LaVar Ball, mother Tina Ball and their three sons, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, UCLA freshman LiAngelo Ball and Chino Hills High School player LaMelo Ball — is a reality TV series about the basketball […]

There is not much that the board of Uber has been able to agree on over the last few months. Along with an ugly lawsuit between its ousted CEO Travis Kalanick and major investor Benchmark Capital that arrives in court tomorrow, its directors have been riven into so many factions on so many issues that […]

Apple’s iPhone 8 will ditch the home button, Bloomberg said Wednesday. The iPhone 8, which is expected to be the most high end of three new iPhones, including the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, will reportedly allow users to interact with the phone through swipe gestures from the bottom of the screen. This aligns […]

As Amazon geared up to close its acquisition of Whole Foods last Thursday, the company said it would focus on four areas going forward: (1) A price decrease on a set of items from organic responsibly farmed salmon and tilapia to organic butter; (2) A switch to Amazon Prime as Whole Foods’ customer rewards program; […]