What just happened? Apple’s Emergency SOS feature has been praised for saving a woman from an attempted sexual assault in Virginia Beach, Va. The anonymous victim has credited the tool with saving her life after a stranger attacked her.

CBS affiliate WTKR reports that the incident took place around 2 AM on Sunday morning at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The woman was about to get into her Uber to go home when a lone stranger approached asking for help to find his iPhone.

"I wasn't suspecting he was bad

Why it matters: Like smartphones, TV technology has made huge leaps over the last decade, with one of the many advances being shrinking bezels. At the upcoming CES event, however, Samsung is expected to go one step further by unveiling the first true 'Zero Bezel' television.

According to The Elec , Samsung’s consumer electronics boss Kim Hyun-Seok and other executives have given the TV “two-thumbs up.” It plans to start mass production of the sets in February, which, if true

In context: Connected video doorbells are everywhere, and like it or not, police are using them to catch criminals. Some see it as the state trampling the Fourth Amendment rights of citizens, while agencies see it as another tool for catching bad guys. In a recent case, a doorbell recorded the confession of an alleged murderer.

According to Texas authorities, a video doorbell similar to Amazon’s Ring captured the confession of a murderer.

Former college football player Michael Egwuagu was apprehended on Friday for allegedly stabbing his sister

Why it matters: If you have ever wanted to watch a YouTube video but were busy doing something else, a picture-in-picture (PiP) mode would be convenient. Fortunately for Safari users, it is easy to enable PiP. Twitter user Ricky Mondello tweeted this trick over the weekend.

Editor's note: Opera browser offers similar functionality built-in, with the advantage that it's available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

To enable picture in picture in macOS, browse to the YouTube video

Bottom line: The Witcher franchise was never an unpopular one, particularly in the months following the launch of The Witcher 3. However, Netflix's highly-anticipated adaptation of the fantasy universe, aptly titled "The Witcher," has led to a massive popularity surge for the franchise -- and it's not hard to see why.

At the end of the day, video games simply don't appeal to everyone. The Witcher 3 sold like hotcakes, but not every casual consumer wants to sit in

The big picture: As a child, I can remember my parents actively avoiding big box retailers like Walmart for a few weeks after Christmas due to the ridiculously long lines populated with people returning gifts. Turns out, that same sort of behavior persists today albeit in the online retail space.

Optoro , a retail technology company, forecasts that US consumers will return roughly $100 billion worth of unwanted goods purchased between Thanksgiving and Christmas. And gifts purchased online will be nearly three times as likely to be returned, the

In context: Microsoft's Windows Phone is something of a tech legend now. Though it was eventually succeeded by Windows 10 Mobile, the classic Windows Phone OS only survived for a few years before its less-than-positive reception from critics and customers compelled Microsoft to declare its end-of-life. Many app developers have already stopped supporting any remaining Windows Phones, but today, another company is closing the book on the device: Facebook.

The social media platform is officially cutting support for the Windows Phone

In brief: Uber's ambitious plans for its international expansion have suffered a few setbacks in places like Russia and China, but the company scored a new deal in the Middle East. The ridesharing giant will take over rival Careem in the region, but will have to abide by a set of conditions so the market remains a level playing field.

Uber may have lost its license to operate in London

A hot potato: Last year, a team of Chinese scientists became the first to genetically engineer a human embryo. Now three of the researchers have been sentenced to jail time, fines, and medical bans by the Chinese government.

China-run news outlet Xinhua reports that He Jiankui has been sentenced to three years in prison for “illegal medical practices.” He was also fined 3 million yuan ($430,000) and received a lifetime ban from practicing reproductive medicine.

Two other members,