From PC Mag: Now that the big Gmail redesign has arrived, Google is shedding some dead weight by retiring Inbox.

In a Wednesday blog post, Google said it plans to shut down the email product at the end of March 2019 "to focus solely on Gmail."

"Four years after launching Inbox in 2014, we've...

From CNET: LG is bringing its next flagship smartphone to the Big Apple.

The Korean consumer electronics conglomerate sent out a save-the-date note for its LG V40 ThinQ launch event, to be held Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT in New York.

There's little to the message beyond the tagline, "Take 5."...

From The Verge: The European Parliament has voted in favor of the Copyright Directive, a controversial piece of legislation intended to update online copyright laws for the internet age.

The directive was originally rejected by MEPs in July following criticism of two key provisions: Articles 11 and...

From CNET: A leak reportedly confirmed rumors about the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR names ahead of Apple's Wednesday event.

The company's product sitemap -- a file that lists URLs of a website -- includes the two rumored OLED phones, the XS and XS Max, and the cheaper LCD option, the XR, according to...

From PC Mag: Verizon is launching its new 5G service as a home broadband alternative starting on Oct. 1st.

The new 5G service will be available to customers living in four major US cities: Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento. Verizon will start taking orders on Thursday, Sept. 13...

From PC Mag: If you own a Nvidia Shield TV for your media streaming needs, you've probably been enjoying the regular updates and ongoing support for the box from Nvidia. The fact it's near stock Android with support for most apps you care about also helps, and having gaming as an option is welcome...

From CNET: A redesigned version of Twitch's Xbox One app is now available for Xbox Insiders, bringing the app closer to the PlayStation 4's version.

The new features and tweaks in this beta version of the video-streaming app include live video previews (allowing you check out live streams as you...

From ComputerWorld: Mozilla last week shut down Firefox's support for Windows XP and Windows Vista, ending browser security updates for the outdated operating systems.

"It required effort, and it required devoting resources to supporting XP well after Microsoft stopped doing so," Chris Hutten...

From ComputerWorld: Microsoft bowed to the reality that enterprises won't purge Windows 7 by its January 2020 retirement, and has announced it will sell extended support for three years past that deadline.

Called "Windows 7 Extended Security Updates" (ESU), the after-drop-dead deal will add support...

From CNET: OnePlus' second flagship phone of the year, presumed to be called the OnePlus 6T, is shaping up to be more than the incremental update we were anticipating.

In addition to being available on T-Mobile (which would be OnePlus' first US carrier deal), the company confirmed that the OnePlus...