Facebook, Twitter and Google are on the receiving end of a lawsuit from a man who claims they’re providing “material support” to terrorist groups such as ISIS. Reynaldo Gonzalez, whose daughter Nohemi was among the 130 people killed in the Paris attacks last November, filed his lawsuit Tuesday in the US District Court in the …

“Where did I park my car?” If this is a question you often mumble to yourself in a crowded parking lot, you’ll apparently get some help from the next version of Apple’s Maps app. Demoed on Monday at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and now available for developers as a beta, iOS 10 will pack in a long list of new …

Apple is stepping up its fight to rid the world of Adobe Flash. Apple’s Safari 10 browser, which will ship with MacOS Sierra later this year, will deactivate Flash by default. Instead it will favor the newer HTML5 technology that has been gaining traction on websites for delivering interactive content. If you encounter a site that can use either Flash …

Fitness trackers remain the go-to device for people who want to monitor their health and activities, but smartwatches are starting to up their game. Among wearable owners who exercise, activity trackers are still more popular than smartwatches across most fitness-related categories, NPD Group said Monday. Their users are also more active, with 79 percent of activity tracker owners exercising regularly, …

Your future iPhone could be outfitted with a transparent display that could overlay images onto objects in the real world à la augmented reality. “Transparent electronic device,” a patent granted to Apple on Tuesday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, describes a touch-sensitive display integrated into a transparent window. The patent paperwork gives as an example a museum visitor, …

Those of you shopping for a Fitbit fitness tracker can save a few dollars at Best Buy. Available both online and in Best Buy’s stores, all Fitbit Charge HR activity trackers are on sale, including in black, plum, blue, pink and tangerine and in both large and small sizes. For example, you can save $20 on the large pink version …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Siri is offering answers to a couple of questions that could be tip-offs to its upcoming debut on the Mac. Currently available on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple Watch, Apple’s digital voice assistant will hop onto the Mac next, according to …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Siri will soon be able to let you control a much wider range of apps via your voice. At its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple revealed that it will open up Siri to play ball with any third-party mobile app. Apple is …

You may one day be able to wirelessly tap into the internet at speeds as fast as or faster than you can get via a wired connection. Google parent Alphabet is aiming to cook up a wireless technology that would match the speed of its fastest wired service, Chairman Eric Schmidt said at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday, according …

Samsung may be eyeing an iris scanner for its Galaxy Note 7. A screenshot from software for Samsung’s newly launched Galaxy Beta program shows an option in the settings screen that, when translated into English, says “Use iris,” as shown by Indian comparison shopping site PriceRaja.com. Further, a report displaying import and export data indicates 200 iris scanners being imported …