Following countless leaks and endless teasers, Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones. The pair of S6 phones succeed the Galaxy S5, Samsung's prior flagship announced one year ago, and will be available across the world starting on April 10th. All four major US carriers plus US Cellular have committed to carrying both the S6 and the S6 Edge, while smaller carriers such as Boost Mobile, Cricket Wireless, and MetroPCS will only offer the S6. The Galaxy S6 Edge will be priced higher than the standard S6, though Samsung isn’t saying exactly how much either one will be at this point.

The S5 was largely considered a misstep by Samsung: its advanced display and plentiful features were overshadowed by its...

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The Federal Communications Commission today voted to enforce net neutrality rules that prevent Internet providers—including cellular carriers—from blocking or throttling traffic or giving priority to Web services in exchange for payment.

The most controversial part of the FCC's decision reclassifies fixed and mobile broadband as a telecommunications service, with providers to be regulated as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. This decision brings Internet service under the same type of regulatory regime faced by wireline telephone service and mobile voice, though the FCC is forbearing from stricter utility-style rules that it could also apply under Title II.

The decision comes after a year of intense public interest, with the FCC receiving four million public comments from companies, trade associations, advocacy groups, and individuals. President Obama weighed in as well, asking the FCC to adopt the rules using Title II as the legal underpinning. The vote was 3-2, with Democrats voting in favor and Republicans against.

A recently funded Kickstarter project wants to create technology that can beam virtual reality into an entire room. The project, called Immersis, plans to make virtual reality something that a group of people can experience all at the same time — without wearing anything on their faces.

The company behind the project, Catopsys, calls Immeris an "innovative, disruptive technology" and says it can change the social aspects of virtual reality. The projector, which Wired points out looks like a sinister Pixar lamp, can connect to your computer and beam any content in 180 degrees.

"An immersive, disruptive technology"

The technology can adapt an image to fit the size and shape of any room it's in, but Immersis users must first create...

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For the first time since the introduction of the App Store in 2008, Apple is increasing the maximum size of the app binaries that developers can upload to iTunes Connect. The company announced today that the cap would increase from 2GB to 4GB, though this doesn't affect the 100MB limit imposed on apps downloaded on cellular networks.

iOS app binaries contain both the executable file and all of the images, sounds, and other assets that the app needs—everything from icons to splash screens to UI is all included in one big file. Because of how they're packaged, these binaries can get rather large. Binaries include all the assets for all the devices they support. If you're shipping a universal app that supports all iOS 8 devices, for example, you've got Retina iPhone assets, Retina and non-Retina iPad assets, and special "3x" assets specifically for the iPhone 6 Plus (Apple's got a table here).

Universal apps include all of those assets, and the binary you download from the App Store is the same whether you've got an old iPhone 4S or a brand-new iPad Air 2. If you're running on an iPhone, for example, a universal binary will still contain assets for other iPhones and iPads, increasing the amount of space the app needs even though some of those extra assets aren't needed for your device. Xcode 6 partially supports vector graphics to ease the developer burden of maintaining and generating all these assets, but they're still stored as PNG files when the binary is built and uploaded.

A malware campaign targeting European defense organizations, governments, and media organizations first detected on Windows computers late last year has now spread to iOS devices, according to a report by security researchers at TrendLabs. The spyware campaign, called "Operation Pawn Storm," has been linked by some researchers to the Russian government, beginning as tensions between Europe and Russia rose over the crisis in Ukraine.

Pawn Storm began with "spear phishing" attacks and targeted Web attacks from fake Outlook webmail pages and "typo-squatting" websites that used site names close to those of legitimate sites. Now, the attack has spread to Apple iOS devices—without having to jailbreak them. "We have seen one instance wherein a lure involving XAgent"—one of the two malware components discovered so far—"simply says 'Tap Here to Install the Application,'" the researchers reported. The "lure" website then delivers the malware via Apple's ad-hoc provisioning feature for developers. A .plist file on the remote server will install the application over broadband or Wi-Fi.

Once installed, the XAgent malware connects to a command and control (C&C) server and uploads data from the device, including text messages, contact lists, pictures, Wi-Fi status and Wi-Fi networks connected to, installed apps, and running processes. The malware can also take photos, capture screen grabs, start voice recording, and collect location data on the device. However, it appears the malware was written for iOS 7, and it is unable to hide itself or automatically restart itself on iOS 8 devices. The second malware agent, which is disguised as a game called "MadCap," is focused on recording audio and only works on jailbroken devices.

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