From The Verge: Apple just published a letter to customers apologizing for the “misunderstanding” around older iPhones being slowed down, following its recent admission that it was, in fact, slowing down older phones in order to compensate for degrading batteries. “We know that some of you feel...

From PC Mag: When the Wii was first announced, gamers were left scratching their heads as to what Nintendo had done to its home console. Gone was the traditional gamepad, replaced instead by a motion controller called the Wii Remote (also commonly referred to as a Wiimote). The Wii went on to be...

From CNET: Remember the Google Pixel C? We called it "the best Android tablet money can buy" when the $500 slate arrived in 2015.

Two years later, Google has offically confirmed that it's stopped selling the Pixel C -- officially retiring it in favor of the new $1,000 Pixelbook hybrid laptop the...

From The Verge: Snap is working on a new feature that will let users share stories outside the Snapchat app, according to a report from live streaming news network Cheddar. The feature, to be called “Stories Everywhere,” is designed to boost Snapchat’s presence beyond the core mobile app as...

From PC Mag: It looks as though someone in Microsoft's marketing department decided it was fine to lift the content of a concept advert and re-purpose it for an official Xbox One ad without crediting the original designer. Now Microsoft is scrambling to figure out how it happened.

As Polygon...

From CNET: Powercast said Tuesday that it's won FCC approval for its PowerSpot transmitter, which can deliver over-the-air charging to electronic devices two or more feet away and, in some cases, as far as 80 feet (24 meters). The idea is that charging certain devices could work a little like Wi-Fi...

From PC Mag: With the launch of the Switch, Nintendo decided to drop the optical drive completely from its hardware line-up. The GameCube used small optical discs before the Wii and then Wii U went with a more standard optical drives. By using cartridges in the Switch$299.99 at Amazon, gamers can...

From CNET: After closing its money-losing Xchange Leasing business in September, on-demand car service Uber appears to have found a buyer.

According to The Wall Street Journal, startup Fair.com, which offers open-ended leases for used cars -- excuse me, make that "pre-owned" -- through dealer...

From The Verge: One of the OnePlus 5T's most coveted and new features is Face Unlock. Now, the authentication method is rolling out to the slightly older OnePlus 5. Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, tweeted yesterday morning that the security measure will come to the phones. He didn't specify a...