In early 2025, Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick was on his way home following a trip abroad. After landing in the US, customs agents demanded access to his Pixel phone, which was running an alternative ...

First look: Brooklyn-based consumer electronics company Light has launched a minimalist flip phone designed to cut down on screen time without compromising on essential communication. The $299 Light ...

After moving into a new house in 2023 and creating my very own smart home, I quickly realized how much I'd been missing out on. I assumed smart homes were mostly about asking a speaker to turn off the ...

ZTE Corp. showcased for the first time a lineup of co-designed smartphones with built-in AI services, joining a growing number of Chinese companies trying to reimagine mobile devices with artificial ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by John Cook on Jul 17, 2026 at 3:48 pm July 17, 2026 at 5:12 pm Maggie ...

So you paid a few hundred bucks for a neat little gadget and think you're good to go. But it turns out you'll need to subscribe to a monthly plan to unlock all its advanced features. That where ...

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Medicare has ...

Lenovo has launched a hyper-focused, stripped-down mobile device called AI Student Phone in China aimed squarely at students and their parents. It is priced at just 299 yuan (roughly $44) and ditches ...

Six high school seniors from the Greene Central School District are graduating from The Raymond Corporation’s Youth Apprenticeship Program, according to a community announcement. The program, a ...

College basketball players who just finished their fourth and final year of eligibility might now be in line for another season in 2026-27 if a legal challenge being raised against a new NCAA rule is ...

Cracked your laptop screen? Discovered your phone no longer gets software updates? You’re now facing a stiffer penalty than before, as device prices go anywhere but down. The global memory-chip ...

President Donald Trump has gilded the White House interiors in mountains of fake, tacky gold. Trump’s family, in similar fashion, plastered gold-colored aluminum onto an old foreign-made phone, the ...