From The Verge: If you’ve ever wanted to try out a VR gaming headset but have been put off by the price, we have good news — Sony is cutting the prices of its PSVR bundles in the US and Europe. In the US, the Playstation VR Doom bundle now costs $299.99 and includes a PSVR headset, the Doom VFR game...

From PC Mag: If Facebook's legal team wasn't already on high alert, it certainly is today as the social network is being sued by three Facebook Messenger users for violation of their privacy. The alarm bells will be ringing at Facebook because the lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of all...

From CNET: Tech's biggest companies -- including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Cisco and Netflix -- have finished the first version of video compression technology called AV1, and now they're ready to use it to speed up your streaming video.

AV1 can match the quality of the prevailing video...

From PC Mag: US consumer electronics company Belkin could soon be in the hands of well-known Taiwan-based manufacturer Foxconn if a deal announced today gains approval.

According to the Financial Times, Foxconn subsidiary FIT Hong Teng will acquire Belkin for $866 million in cash. As part of the...

From CNET: Mozilla has released a Firefox tool called Facebook Container to stop the social network from seeing what you do online beyond Facebook's own site.

Facebook, like Google and other companies, can track you when you visit many websites -- for example, on those that have a Facebook like...

From The Verge: Chrome OS has run on laptops, desktops, convertibles, and all-in-ones, but until today, it hasn’t run on a tablet. That changes with the Acer Chromebook Tab 10, the first tablet to run Chrome OS.

Acer’s Chromebook Tab 10 is very much meant to rival the iPad, and that’s particularly...

From PC Mag: Apple is holding a launch event on Tuesday, March 27 in an unusual place: Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago. (Those are Lane Tech kids pictured above, in a photo from Apple.) Why? Back in December, Apple announced that it was working with the city of Chicago to bring Swift...

From The Verge: Facebook has been collecting call records and SMS data from Android devices for years. Several Twitter users have reported finding months or years of call history data in their downloadable Facebook data file. A number of Facebook users have been spooked by the recent Cambridge...

From CNET: Uber has lost more Asian territory.

After letting go of its Chinese operations in 2016, the ride-hailing giant said Monday it has signed a deal to sell its businesses in Southeast Asia to Grab, its rival in the region.

Grab will take over all of Uber's businesses, including its ride...