At first blush, Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 11 looks to be a solid update to the software that powers most of the world’s PCs. The first thing you’ll notice when looking at it is the new streamlined design similar to smartphones and tablets powered by Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Microsoft also added features meant to help people navigate …

Few people figure in the story of Silicon Valley as prominently as Steve Jobs. After co-founding Apple in 1976, Jobs was famously fired from the company in 1985. In a twist worthy of Shakespeare, he returned a little over a decade later to save Apple from near-bankruptcy, setting it on the path to become one of the world’s most highly …

Apple on Tuesday updated its free iWork series of productivity apps, adding updated features amid the release of its iOS 15 software, as well as the iPhone 13 and new iPads. Among the changes: Apple said it’s made documents easier to read and write in its Pages app, added new organizational features into its Numbers spreadsheet app, and introduced live …

Cher Scarlett is a senior-level software engineer who initially learned programming by reading the code in websites she liked. Scarlett was hired to work for Apple about a year and a half ago, but she’s been doing a lot more than coding the past few months. She’s attempted to organize an internal employee compensation survey, publicized worker complaints and helped …

It’s been nearly a decade since Microsoft surprised the tech industry with its first Surface hybrid tablet featuring a detachable keyboard. Until that moment in 2012, Microsoft had primarily been a software company — if you don’t count its wildly successful entrance into game consoles with the Xbox in 2001 and its failed foray into Windows-based phones in 2010 with Microsoft Lumia.  Today, …

Update, Sept. 21: CNET reviewed the iPhone 13, Mini, Pro and Pro Max. Original story follows. Apple’s iPhone 13 event has been put to bed, and in it we got the expected iPhone 13 announcement, as well as a refreshed 10.2-inch iPad, a big upgrade for the iPad Mini and a new Apple Watch Series 7. There were a few small …

A decade ago, Tim Cook got onstage at Apple’s headquarters, ready to lead his first event as the company’s new CEO. He was about to announce the iPhone 4S, which superficially seemed identical to the iPhone 4. Apple even signaled its lower enthusiasm by skipping the usual pomp of a massive hall filled with thousands of developers, partners and journalists, …

Last year, Apple tapped 5G wireless as the key new feature of the iPhone 12, promising faster downloads and more reliability. With this year’s iPhone, Apple may be looking to the heavens for its next big breakthrough. The tech giant is expected to offer new iPhones today that could include technology for making emergency phone calls even without a cellular signal. The …

Update, Sept. 21: The iPhone 13 lineup has arrived. Read CNET’s reviews of the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini, and the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. Original story follows. Apple’s next event, during which it will likely unveil its next slate of devices, including the Apple Watch Series 7 and the iPhone 13, is happening tomorrow, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. …

Epic Games has asked Apple to reinstate its hit Fortnite online battle game into the iPhone and iPad App Store in response to a South Korean law that clamps down on how mobile app stores operate. The new law, which was passed in August and is expected to go into effect soon, forces app store operators like Apple and Google …