There are millions of fake accounts tweeting, retweeting and liking many of the most high-profile accounts on Twitter. So what is the company going to do about it? The issue’s been bubbling under the surface at Twitter for years, but was brought to the forefront last month by The New York Times, which uncovered companies …

Listen up. Now you can hear the bestselling book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” along with other popular audiobook titles, via  Google Play.  The company said Tuesday it’s releasing audiobooks on its Google Play store in nine languages across 45 countries. Titles will be available on iOS and Android for phones and on the web with Google Play Books, …

Remember all the hype surrounding Apple’s 3D Touch for iPhones not so long ago? Apple’s 3D Touch feature could be a goner for one new iPhone. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Well, the pressure-sensitive feature that came with the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus to compliment swiping and other actions may not be in a newer model, according to KGI Securities analyst and …

Apple has fixed a problem that could allow a carefully crafted malicious text to freeze your iPhone.  Apple has patched up the “text bomb” security flaw. James Martin/CNET On Tuesday, the company released an update to iOS, the software that runs iPhones and iPads, to patch up a “text bomb” called ChaiOS that could cause those devices to crash and …

A top-ranking US politician wants more transparency from Apple about why the tech giant purposely slowed down the processing performance of older iPhones. Republican Sen. John Thune, who chairs the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, asked Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday if the company had offered customers an opportunity to decline a version of its operating system that throttles …

The Federal Communications Commission may have voted to roll back net neutrality rules, but some state lawmakers and attorneys general say they’ll battle the feds to make sure online traffic is treated equally. Politicians from California, Washington and New York said Thursday they’ll use a mix of legislative action and legal moves to fight the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality …

You know those times when the space of a single tweet isn’t enough? Enlarge Image Prolific tweeters like President Trump will soon be able to thread together tweets and publish them at the same time. Getty Images Well, the days of laboriously “threading,” or chaining tweets together, will soon be gone. Twitter is going to institute a threading feature designed …

Twitter is providing more clarification for users on how the platform enforces its behavior policies. The social network expanded its Help Center on Tuesday with two pages that discuss how the company reviews user reports of potential violations and how it decides if an account or tweet has broken the rules. The pages also detail what actions Twitter can take …

A new breed of apps is overlaying computer images on the real world so you can identify constellations in the sky, organize your future living room and even live in a hit music video. So, the NBA says, why not shoot digital basketballs too? On Monday, the NBA released a new free iPhone app called NBA AR, designed to bring …

Google has sold 55 million Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices. Rick Osterloh, Google’s hardware chief, made the announcement about the cheap wireless video dongle during Google’s Pixel 2 event in San Francisco on Wednesday.  The device lets users steam Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, HBO Now and thousands of other apps and games to TVs using either a phone, tablet or …