This story is part of War in Ukraine, CNET’s coverage of events there and of the wider effects on the world. Three days after a Lithuanian crowdfunding effort raised $5.4 million to buy Ukraine a Bayraktar TB2 drone, the Turkish company that makes the unmanned military aircraft said Thursday it’s donating one for free instead. …

After some growing pains, USB-C has hit its stride. Many laptops and phones come with USB-C ports for data and charging, and now an abundance of accessories take advantage of the standard. Even Apple, which for years favored its competing Lightning connector, is building USB-C into new iPads and reportedly will release USB-C iPhones in 2023. That’s great, because more …

You’ve heard of wireless standards like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 5G. Now it’s time to learn about another: ultra wideband, or UWB. The technology, which has begun arriving in phones, tracking tags and a few cars, uses radio signals to pinpoint a device’s location. UWB is the foundation of tracking tags like Apple’s AirTag and Samsung’s SmartTag Plus, which can help you find a lost …

Google on Wednesday debuted two new search features that tap into images online or photos you take in a store, part of the company’s effort to expand far beyond text you type into a search box. One feature announced at the Google I/O conference, scene explorer, lets you sweep your phone camera across a shelf of products at a supermarket or …

What’s happening Nvidia has opened up a new building at its Santa Clara, California, headquarters. Voyager’s unusual architecture is designed to keep company workers happy and productive. Why it matters Imposing and lavishly appointed campuses aren’t just for impressing employees and competitors these days. After COVID, they also have to lure employees back into the office. On Feb. 14, after …

What’s happening Nvidia is releasing a new chip, the H100 “Hopper,” that has the potential to speed up artificial intelligence that’s sweeping the tech industry. Why it matters The chip helps cement Nvidia’s lead in technology that’s revolutionizing everything in computing from self-driving cars to translating language as people speak. Nvidia will begin selling a new AI acceleration chip later …

Meteor Lake, a radically redesigned Intel processor due to ship in PCs in 2023, now can run Windows, Linux and Chrome OS. It’s a notable achievement for a complicated new approach that combines many “chiplets” into one more capable processor. “We have officially powered on our first disaggregated product: Meteor Lake,” tweeted Michelle Johnston Holthaus, head of Intel’s PC processor …

A startup drone company will begin delivering prescription drugs and other medical supplies in May to hospitals in Japan’s hard-to-reach Goto Islands.  Zipline, a drone maker based in South San Francisco, and Toyota Tsusho Corp, a logistics subsidiary of the car manufacturer, said the service will cut delivery times to 30 minutes from several hours. Toyota Tsusho, which invested in …

Google Search might be the most useful tool in the world, given its ability to pull information from the vast web with pinpoint precision. But usefulness isn’t the only thing Google Search has going for it.  Just for fun, Google regularly tucks Easter eggs into the service, maintaining old favorites like Atari Breakout while adding temporary features based on current …

Google Search might be the most useful tool in the world, given its ability to pull information from the vast web with pinpoint precision. But usefulness isn’t the only thing Google Search has going for it.  Just for fun, Google regularly tucks Easter eggs into the service, maintaining old favorites like Atari Breakout while adding temporary features based on current …