For those who use Slack, the group chat service used by companies and groups of friends alike, you know emoji reactions to comments are commonplace. Slack offers a healthy dose of reactions by default, but did you know you can create and upload your own reactions to your team? It’s easy, and only takes a …

The MacBook Pro‘s TouchBar can be useful within apps, providing shortcuts to extra functionality and features. However, there’s more to the tiny strip of touchscreen on Apple‘s MacBook Pro. Games! That’s right, the TouchBar is a gaming workhorse. Well, maybe that’s taking it a bit far, but you can play games on it. Some of the games below are posted …

While there’s a ton of fun features in Messages on iOS 10, there’s one feature that seems to draw the ire of nearly all users: the Handwriting canvas. Thankfully, there’s a couple of methods to hide this annoying feature that randomly appears. The quick fix Enlarge Image Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Rotate your iOS device into landscape orientation, purposely triggering …

Editors’ note: This post has been updated to reflect changes to Windows 10 and the process for activating “Hey, Cortana.” One of the standout new features found in Windows 10 is the addition of Cortana. For those unfamiliar, Cortana is a voice-activated personal assistant. Think of it as Siri, but for Windows. You can use it to get weather forecasts, …

WhatsApp is rolling out a new Status feature to all users. Instead of the text-only status that lets people know whether you’re busy or available to chat, the new Status feature uses photos, text, emojis and sketches to show what you’re doing. If that sounds familiar, it could be because it appears to be inspired by Snapchat. And unlike Snapchat …

Now playing: Watch this: Google’s Android Wear 2.0 is here, starting with LG Watch… 2:37 There are a lot of new features tucked away in Android Wear 2.0, the OS running on the LG Watch Sport ($245 at Best Buy). From Android Pay, to Google Assistant, to stand-alone apps on your wrist, Android Wear can do a lot. We’ve already …

Now playing: Watch this: Google is committed to Android Wear, says VP 1:16 With the launch of Android Wear 2.0 Google added support for its mobile payment platform, Android Pay. The only hiccup with the feature right now is the number of Android Wear watches with NFC support is, well, limited. So limited, that as of this writing, only the …

Now playing: Watch this: Start chatting with Google Assistant 3:33 First spotted by Android Police, the new voice commands make it easier to view your search history, change account settings, adjust privacy settings and adjust security settings. According to a Google support document, the four new commands are: Change your account settings: “Open Google account settings.” See your search history: …

Now playing: Watch this: Google’s Android Wear 2.0 is here, starting with LG Watch… 2:37 Android Wear 2.0 recently launched, adding new features and a revamped interface to Google’s smartwatch platform. The idea of using an Android Wear watch with an iPhone is admittedly, well, odd. However, with Pebble no longer around, the Android Wear lineup is a worthy alternative …

Messaging service WhatsApp is giving you the option to add an extra layer of security to your account with two-step verification. WhatsApp already encrypts conversations and does all it can to ensure your data stays private. The new two-step verification feature will make it harder for other people to access your account. Two-step verification adds an extra step when you …