This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games.  With all the hoopla over the new iPhones’ cameras and battery life, price and midnight green color, perhaps it’s easy to overlook Apple Arcade. Cameras come and go, but over the next …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Without the software that powers them, iPhones and Android phones would be high-priced pieces of glass, metal and plastic. So let’s see how the new mobile OSes from Apple and Google compare, now that iOS 13.1 is already here and Android 10 — previously …

I have a sheet of paper with my Wi-Fi name and password clearly printed that I give to houseguests so they can log on to the Wi-Fi network. That method of sharing is not foolproof, however, and can still take visitors a few tries to get it correct. Now that Android 10 is here, I’m recycling that sheet. No more …

Google has now officially uncoupled Google Photos from Google Drive, and the two Google storage services no longer automatically keep their photos in sync. That means photos you’ve uploaded to one service, and any changes you make to them, no longer reliably show up in the other place.  Google says it made the change because some people found the relationship confusing. …

If you’re reading this, then you — or someone you know — was probably affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach that exposed personal data of 147 million people to hackers. (To check if you were part of the breach — and therefore eligible to file claims to recover expenses and losses — go to the official data breach settlement website, …

Step away from the keyboard, and pick up your phone. A Microsoft tool for Android phones and iPhones ($899 at Amazon) can convert words and numbers on a sheet of paper into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in a couple of seconds. With Excel’s Insert Data from Picture tool, you can snap a photo of data in rows and columns on a …

If your personal data was exposed in 2017 Equifax data breach, you can file a claim now to get back money spent or lost in the breach. As part of the settlement, you may file to recover money you spent to protect yourself from identity theft and on credit monitoring following the Equifax data breach. And if you signed up …

And another one’s gone. With the Justice Department signing off on T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion acquisition of Sprint in July, and with the Federal Communications Commission set to vote on the merger soon, the number of nationwide wireless mobile carriers will drop to three, for the moment.  With the merger moving ahead, you might wonder if now is the time to switch to …

If you’ve been affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach, you have a choice to make — get a $125 payout or 10 years of free credit monitoring. The problem is, your $125 compensation for the grief you went through to recover from the hack may not add up to $125. The FTC has cautioned that if everyone eligible requests the …

If you’ve been putting off filing your claim from the 2017 Equifax data breach — which affected nearly half of the US population — there’s still time. You have until Jan. 22, 2020 to submit your claims, according to the Federal Trade Commission. And you can either file yours online or mail one in. If you choose to mail your settlement, it must be …