Author: Mike Snider, USA TODAY

Can’t bring yourself to pay $800 to more than $1,000 for a smartphone? Samsung’s newest Galaxy A smartphones range from $109 to $499.

This week’s tech topics included an update on musicians using NFTs, a new Google Map feature, and scams about vaccinations and tech support.

Caribbean pop singer Shontelle, freed from her label recording contract, is making a direct-to-consumer career move using NFTs to connect with fans.

Starting Friday, it will cost you more to subscribe to Disney+. The streaming service will now start at $7.99 a month, or $79.99 a year.

You can stream music in higher quality from Qobuz on your Sonos speakers. The subscription service’s high-res tracks are better than CD-quality.

Verizon now has its own cloud data storage service for wireless and internet customers. Its selling point? Unlimited storage for photos and videos.

Niantic Labs, the makers of ‘Poké​​​​​​​mon Go,’ have a new Nintendo-based augmented reality game in the works based on the ‘Pikmin’ video game.

A firm that made 1 billion robocalls falsely claiming to sell insurance for Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and others was fined $225 million by the FCC.

“Our America,” a VR project about racism faced by Black Americans is among five recipients of $25,000 grants from 3D software maker Unity.