From CNET: Google Assistant lives in your home and might have its own button on your phone. Now it's in your Android Messages texting app, too. I got a hands-on demo of how exactly it works, here at MWC 2019 in Barcelona.

Each year at the world's biggest phone show, Google transforms a concrete...

From Fractal Design Press Release: Fractal Design today announced the release of the new Prisma family of LED case fans with Adjust R1 RGB Controller accessory. Six hub-mounted LEDs work in harmony with Prisma’s white semi-opaque outer ring and fan blades to produce an exceptionally uniform glow in...

From The Verge: Samsung is planning to hold another press event in early April for its foldable phone. The Galaxy Fold maker revealed its plans in an interview with The Verge at Mobile World Congress today, and hinted at a high-end luxury launch akin to what we saw with the Apple Watch Edition in...

From PC Mag: Micron and Western Digital are both prepping 1TB MicroSD cards, but they won't be cheap.

Western Digital's 1TB MicroSD will drop in April for $449.99. The SanDisk Extreme UHS-1 microSDXC can reach data read speeds of up to 160 MB/second or about 70 percent faster than the older UHS-1...

From CNET: The upcoming OnePlus 7 will likely rock the latest processor and upgraded cameras. But one thing it won't have is wireless charging.

OnePlus phones are known for packing many of the latest features found in premium smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S10 -- but at a much lower price. But...

From ARCTIC Press Release: ARCTIC introduces the new Freezer 34 air cooler series. Development of the new Freezer series focuses on increased cooling capacity. With static pressure optimized P-fans and an improved heatsink, the Freezer 34 series offers high quality products with high-powered...

From QNAP Press Release: QNAP Systems, Inc. today unveiled the new dual-port 25GbE QXG-25G2SF-CX4 and 10GbE QXG-10G2SF-CX4 network NICs. Featuring Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx SmartNIC controllers, these cards can greatly boost file transfer speeds and also support iSER (iSCSI Extension for RDMA) to...

From The Verge: Here’s a good reason to update to your latest version of Google Play Services: Android devices running version 7.0 and later can now log you into apps and websites without requiring you to type in a password. Using FIDO2, an open standard developed by the FIDO Alliance, the update...

From PC Mag: Your Wi-Fi network is probably facing a traffic jam, and it'll only get worse in the era of 5G. Here at Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm just released a new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip that aims to ease that congestion using new technologies in Wi-Fi 6.

"We can turn the 2.4GHz wasteland...

From CNET: Eager to jump on T-Mobile's 5G network? You're going to have wait a little longer.

T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said in an interview that the company won't be formally launching its 5G service in its first 30 cities until the second half. A year ago, Ray told CNET that...