Rachel Barkman’s son started accurately identifying different species of mushroom at the age of 2. Together they’d go out into the mossy woods near her home in Vancouver and forage. When it came to occasionally sharing in her TikTok videos her son’s enthusiasm and skill for picking mushrooms, she didn’t think twice about it — …
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Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Moving to London
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is set to move to London later this year as part of his ongoing fight to keep the social network thriving in an increasingly competitive marketplace. The move is partly due to Mosseri’s personal desire to relocate to the British capital, the Financial Times first reported. With the move, which will be not be permanent, Mosseri will also …
Read More »Amazon to Hike the Cost of Prime Membership in UK and Europe
Amazon Prime will deliver last-minute gifts and stream original shows like Good Omens. But it comes at a cost — one that is set to increase in mid-September in the UK and Europe. On Tuesday, Prime customers awoke to an email from Amazon telling them that their Prime membership will increase by up to 43% on Sept. 15, depending on which …
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What’s happening EU lawmakers reach an agreement to make USB-C charging mandatory on all phones and other small- and medium-sized devices by 2024. Why it matters The legislation could force Apple to abandon Lightning ports on iPhones in favor of USB-C — and not just in Europe. We all know the frustration of a low phone battery when there’s nobody …
Read More »iOS 16 Lets You Customize Your iPhone Lock Screen More Than Ever Before
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Your iPhone‘s lock screen has long been a place to outwardly personalize the look of your phone, but have you felt like the customization options are a little… limited? Well, no longer. Apple announced during its WWDC 2022 keynote on Monday that it’s …
Read More »Europe’s New Rules to Curb Big Tech Seek to Transform Messaging Apps
Europe reached a key milestone Thursday in the renegotiation of its rules governing the tech industry, announcing agreement on the upcoming Digital Markets Act between the European Parliament and EU member states. The legislation amounts to an overhaul of antitrust rules in Europe and will give the EU more power to rein tech giants. The foremost example of this is …
Read More »Nothing to Launch Phone 1 With Latest Qualcomm Snapdragon Chip This Summer
Carl Pei’s tech company Nothing will unveil its first smartphone, the Phone 1, this summer, the entrepreneur announced at an event on Wednesday. The phone will run on Nothing OS, which the company said will distill “the best features of pure Android.” If you’re interested in getting a glimpse, a first preview of the OS will be available via its …
Read More »Life After Huawei: Honor Bids to Become ‘Iconic’ Global Phone Brand
What’s happening Breaking free of Huawei has allowed Honor to resurrect its partnerships with Qualcomm, and to make its first high-end flagship phone: the Honor Magic 4 Pro. Why it matters After already seeing growth in China, Honor is hoping the Magic 4 Pro will help spur similar growth in Europe, helping it along the road to becoming one of …
Read More »Mac Studio and Studio Display: Apple’s New Desktop for Creatives
Unlike Apple’s annual September iPhone launch, or its WWDC developer conference in June, both of which have pretty predictable agendas, the first event in Apple’s calendar can be something of a pot-luck: You never know quite what you’re going to get. This year’s March event, entitled “Peek Performance,” has turned up the Mac Studio and Studio Display — two new …
Read More »FCC Plans 2.5GHz Spectrum Auction for July, Paves Way for 6G at MWC 2022
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday that the US will hold a 5G auction for 2.5GHz midband spectrum this July. The benefit of this midband sliver of airwaves is that it combines great coverage over long distances and the ability to carry lots of data. T-Mobile, which already uses a bunch of 2.5GHz spectrum, …
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