Google Play’s Change the Game, an initiative that empowers women as gamers and creators, started accepting applicants for its 2020 design challenge on Monday. To enter, designers 13 to 18 years old can submit their idea for an original mobile game with a statement on why they’re passionate about gaming or what change they’d like …

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. The Otherside, a digital board game from indie studio Barbacube, joins Apple Arcade‘s growing catalog of over 110 games on Friday. The action survival game was created by Mark Rubin, a former executive producer of Call of Duty at Infinity …

Videoconferencing with services like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet has become the main way many people are staying connected during the coronavirus pandemic. People have found ways to make business meetings and calls to family and friends on the platform and other video chat apps more interesting, adding zany backgrounds and beauty filters. One more Zoom trend is starting to …

Apple Arcade rolled out updates for four games on Friday, which are all now available to play. Apple’s $4.99-a-month gaming subscription service also added new title The Otherside to its collection of more than 110 games on the platform, which debuted in September. The service is available on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and Apple TV. Here are the games that were updated this week, and …

In the wake of coronavirus outbreak quarantines, lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders, use of video chats apps and services has surged. Many people are now working from home, and in-person visits have gone digital.  While there are many options available, whether you’re looking for a way to spend a virtual happy hour or host a brainstorming session with coworkers, two popular choices are …

The stories of the past that my grandparents told me as a child now give me comfort when I miss my grandparents as an adult. Sure, the questions I would’ve asked them today are far different than the ones my 8-year-old self did. But after you lose a loved one, anything and everything she or he told you is precious.  …

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. On Friday, Apple Arcade added one of its most intense games yet to its growing catalog of over 100 titles. Neversong, formerly titled Once Upon a Coma, is an indie game from Serenity Forge. In the side-scroller style puzzle game, …

Apple and Google have both planted flags in the gaming world in the past year with the launch of mobile gaming streaming services: Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass. Both subscription services offer unlimited access to a library of games you can play on your mobile devices without advertisements or in-app purchases, all for $4.99 a month.  While Apple Arcade is …

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. On Friday, Apple Arcade, Apple’s $4.99-a-month gaming service, launched updates for three titles. Apple Arcade has been updating games almost weekly along with releasing new exclusive titles for its growing catalog of over 100 games that you can play on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple …

Out of all the options for streaming TV shows and movies, Hulu is one of the heavy-hitters, and for good reason. I don’t have cable, but with a Hulu subscription, new episodes of current shows are uploaded to the platform quickly, so I can still keep up despite having cut the cord. In addition to keeping up with newer shows, …