One of the finer features of the Mac experience is the seemingly endless list of applications that all come together to make your Mac easier or more efficient to use. There are apps that will keep your screen on forever with just a click, and apps that will automatically hide unused apps to keep your …

Shopping online is not only convenient, it can often be a great way to find great deals (but not always). Keeping track of all the stuff you buy and when it will arrive can also become a chore. Fortunately, package tracking apps for iOS are plentiful in the App Store. Here are five worth checking out. 17TRACK Taylor Martin/CNET One …

YouTube Premium is YouTube’s very own (and admittedly confusing) subscription service. It removes ads from YouTube videos, gives you access to YouTube Originals, lets you listen to YouTube Music ad-free and includes a Google Play Music subscription. At just $11.99 per month, it’s not a bad deal, considering you’re getting access to two music streaming services, YouTube Originals and removing …

Over the years, Alexa has popped up in a number of places we would never have expected it before — in refrigerators, cars, thermostats, televisions and even lamps. But it’s taken longer for Amazon’s handy personal assistant to arrive on our pockets. Last year, Amazon made Alexa accessible from every iOS device by adding it to the Amazon Shopping app. Then …

If you don’t use Chrome and you feel YouTube loads slower than it used to or should, you’re not crazy. Your internet connection (probably) isn’t the problem. And neither is your browser. Instead, the culprit is YouTube itself. Last year, Google rolled out a brand-new design for YouTube. This redesign not only brought a dark mode but was part of brand consolidation across …

Now playing: Watch this: How to use Alexa on your iPhone 1:47 Alexa has started to turn up in some unusual places, from the dash of new cars, to televisions and appliances. But one of the more predictable moves is Alexa coming to phones. Amazon made a Moto Mod for Motorola’s modular Moto Z ($220 at Amazon); Huawei put Alexa on …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s annual iOS update, iOS 12, will be hitting devices later this year. It’ll bring things like your standard performance improvements, new Animoji features, Memoji — since everyone has always wanted to turn themselves into an Animoji — group FaceTime, camera effects, ways to …

With only six buttons and a clicking touchpad, the Siri Remote for the Apple TV seems like an overly-simplified remote, especially when you consider everything the streamer can do. It gets its job done pretty well, even if the trackpad can be a bit cumbersome at times. In fact, if you’re not using Siri all that much, you’re likely missing …

If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a big AAA gaming title on your phone, now you can. Sort of. Valve’s Steam Link ($160 at Amazon) system originally required a physical box to be plugged into a television and connected to the same network as your gaming computer. You would then use the processing power of your dedicated gaming rig to stream …

Using PayPal to purchase things with Google Pay is nothing new. That specific partnership was announced over a year ago, but the two companies recently decided to extend their partnership. Starting later this year, you will be able to use PayPal in Google Play, YouTube and Gmail. Here’s how to set it up and what to be aware of. How …