The phone’s for eww!

Published 5:08 pm Friday, March 11, 2016

I’ll need the hands-free option: Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 phones are touted as watertight, able to withstand submersion in 5 feet of water for as long as 30 minutes.

That solves half of the problem for some of us. How well do they withstand a germ-killing blast from a blowtorch after they’ve been dropped in the toilet?

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That’s just asking for it: As long as humans can still take control of a steering wheel and brake pedal, regulators aren’t going to stand in the way of self-driving cars, the federal highway safety agency says.

Of course, even with a human behind the wheel, we can’t recommend that anyone stand in the way of a self-driving car.

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Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Pop singer Ariana Grande is both host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live.”

Watch and find out how good her Donald Trump impersonation is.

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Is Tim Horton’s hiring? Canada’s unemployment rate climbed to 7.3 percent in February as the collapse of oil prices triggered layoffs in the nation’s oil fields.

To protect Canadian jobs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would build a wall along its border with the U.S. to deter American refugees seeking political asylum. Trudeau said he’d send President Trump a bill.

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