Apple updates OS X, Safari after spyware exploit found and other top stories.

• Apple updates OS X, Safari after spyware exploit found

  

  Matt Elliott/CNET Apple released an update for OS X Yosemite and El Capitan on Thursday to patch a security flaw similar to what was found, and patched, on iOS 9.3.5 earlier in the week. The three vulnerabilities, found on iOS 9.3.5 by security firm Lookout, allowed access to a device's location, read contacts, texts, calls, and emails, as well as being able to turn on the device's microphone. In a security upd..

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• Chinese regulators reviewing Uber-Didi merger

  Chinese anti-monopoly regulators are reviewing the proposed merger of ride-hailing service Uber Technology Ltd.'s Chinese operations with its biggest local competitor. The Ministry of Commerce will look at whether the proposed tie-up with Didi Chuxing ...

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• Samsung confirms global recall for Galaxy Note 7

  

  The Galaxy Note 7 has been recalled worldwide. Samsung Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 problems are just heating up. The Korean electronics conglomerate on Friday issued a global recall for its new Galaxy Note 7 phone due to problems with the device's battery. The company's flagship device has been on sale worldwide for just two weeks. After announcing that it had "paused" sales of the device in Australia late on Friday l..

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• The iPhone 7's setting headphone trends, and it isn't even here yet

  

  Wireless headphones are having a moment. Libratone Even before we got on the plane to fly to Berlin, we knew something was up.This week we're at the technology trade show IFA in Germany, where manufacturers and other industry types gather each September to show off their coolest new kit. With so many tech companies in one place, you get a sense of shifts and trends in the industry. This year, while chatting to man..

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• Qualcomm's wild VR headset gives you freedom of motion -- without wires

  

  The Qualcomm VR headset isn't going commercial. Roger Cheng/CNET The good news: Qualcomm may have built the Goldilocks version of a virtual-reality headset. The bad news: You won't ever be able to buy it. The virtual-reality experience has largely split into two categories. There's the superslick (and superexpensive) experience with the $600 Oculus Rift and the $800 HTC Vive, which require dedicated, and powerful..

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• Google is reportedly preparing to launch 2 Pixel handsets as it kills off its build-it-yourself smartphone project

  

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google is preparing to launch two smartphones at an event on October 4, according to Android Police, who claims to have spoken to a well-informed source. The Mountain View company will reportedly announce the "Pixel" and the "Pixel XL" handsets alongside a 4K version of the Google Chromecast. There's no word yet when the devices —which take their name from Google's Pixel Chromebook — will go on sale or how much they'll cost. It's also ..

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