This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iOS 14, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, has a new feature that may change how you use your iPhone. Called Back Tap, the feature will let you perform a variety of quick actions by tapping …

Samsung said Monday that it successfully demonstrated a new system using drone-based artificial intelligence to measure antenna configurations for 4G and 5G network towers. Cellular antennas are usually installed at great heights on towers and rooftops. When the antenna needs maintenance, field engineers have to climb up these tall cell towers. By using drones to maintain towers, Samsung aims to offer …

Google added a new fact checking feature for Google Images on Monday that aims to help people make more informed judgments about what they see on the internet.  “Photos and videos are an incredible way to help people understand what’s going on in the world,” Google said in a release. “But the power of visual media has its pitfalls⁠ — …

Snap last week removed a Juneteenth filter from its Snapchat app after some on social media called the filter tone-deaf. The filter, which featured a pan-African flag and the message “Juneteeth Freedom Day,” prompted users to smile to break chains.  Digital strategist and former journalist Mark Luckie posted a video to Twitter on Friday that shows the Snapchat filter (also known as a Lens) in …

Twitter is testing out a new feature that lets people record and share short audio clips, what the company is calling “tweeting with your voice.” “Sometimes 280 characters aren’t enough and some conversational nuances are lost in translation,” wrote Twitter product designer Maya Patterson and senior software engineer Rémy Bourgoin in a blog post. “So starting today, we’re testing a …

Instagram plans to reevaluate its policies in an effort to ensure black voices are heard on the app. In a blog post on Tuesday, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri promised to address inequities in the social media company’s approach to harassment, account verification, content distribution and algorithmic bias. “The irony that we’re a platform that stands for elevating Black voices, but …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Yelp will be launching a COVID-19 section on each business page, according to a release Tuesday. The new section aims to help businesses share the ways they plan on keeping customers and employees safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 section will include …

WhatsApp is bringing digital payments to its users in Brazil, according to a blog post on Monday. The app’s payments are enabled through Facebook Pay, an online payment service the social media giant announced late last year.  The expansion of Facebook Pay on WhatsApp aims to let people safely and easily send money through the app, according to WhatsApp. The …

Twitter may be experimenting with a new feature to let users react to tweets with emojis, according to a Wednesday tweet from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong. The screenshot attached to Wong’s tweet shows a line of emoji reactions, including a “100” icon, prayer hands and a shocked face, underneath the option to retweet or retweet with a comment. Emojis …

The Netherlands-based food delivery service Just Eat Takeaway plans to combine with Grubhub in a deal worth $7.3 billion, according to a release on Wednesday. The deal will mark Just Eat Takeaway’s entry into the United States.  The merger will create the largest online food delivery company outside of China, Just Eat Takeaway said in the release. The deal between …