Samsung’s Bixby will help you shop, unless you have Verizon – CNET

A new camera feature on the Galaxy S8 that recognizes bar codes and products was delayed…

Ads for voice assistants are here and they’re already terrible – CNET

Can commercials ruin the Amazon Echo and Google Home?

Google Chrome wants to help you block annoying ads (The 3:59, Ep. 214) – CNET

Also on the show: Facebook's Building 8 and Verizon's unlimited data push.

Forget Apple Pay. Mastercard’s got a fingerprint reader – CNET

The payment company is developing a card that includes a built-in fingerprint sensor.

Galaxy S8 is awesome, except for one thing (The 3:59, Ep. 212) – CNET

What are reviewers saying about Samsung's new flagship phone? Also, we talk about the latest iPhone…

Android Pay, PayPal aim to make paying with your phone easier – CNET

Or did mobile payments just get that much more confusing?

iPhone 8’s new fingerprint sensor may be on the fritz – CNET

Another report comes out saying the upcoming iPhone's fingerprint sensor may not be working.

Google agrees to open Android to competing apps in Russia – CNET

The search giant reaches settlement deal with Russia's competition regulators that allows preinstallations of other search…