The Federal Communications Commission is asking phone companies that allow illegal robocalls into the US for help in putting an end to what it has called a “scourge.” On Tuesday, the agency sent letters to seven so-called gateway providers to ask for help in tracking down the originators of illegal foreign robocalls.   The FCC’s …

Amid his ongoing impeachment trial and the Iowa caucus results debacle, President Donald Trump will deliver the final State of the Union address of his first term on Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress. You don’t need cable to watch the speech because streaming options abound, including the CBS News stream embedded above. Here’s what you need to know to …

Google and Tinder have come under scrutiny in Europe for their privacy practices. The Irish Data Protection Commission has launched two separate probes into whether the companies are in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the commission said on its website Tuesday. The investigation into Google will look specifically at the company’s handling of location data based …

Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service has been available on the company’s Nvidia Shield streamer for a while, but the versions for PC, Mac and Android phones have finally left beta. Like Google Stadia, Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass for PC/Project xCloud and other cloud gaming services, GFN renders and streams supported games from its data centers to phones, PCs and Macs so you …

Are you using a VPN? You should be, especially if you frequently connect to public Wi-Fi networks on your phone, tablet or laptop. There are free options out there, but I agree with ZDNet’s David Gewirtz that free VPNs are not a risk worth taking. Fortunately, a VPN doesn’t have to be expensive — at least if you take advantage …

A new version of Samsung’s wireless earbuds is on the way, Samsung confirmed after an app for its Galaxy Buds Plus became available in Apple’s App Store. Rumors have been circulating ahead of Samsung’s Feb. 11 Unpacked event that the tech giant may release an update to last year’s Galaxy Buds. It’s believed the wireless earbuds will have long battery life and a similar design …

Disney expects to start expanding its streaming service Hulu internationally in 2021, after Hulu has operated in the US almost exclusively for more than a decade, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday, noting that the company is prioritizing its global launch of Disney Plus before turning attention to widening Hulu.  Hulu’s expansion beyond the US has been closely watched for years. The service …

Google Takeout lets you download a backup of your Google app data, but a glitch saw some of that data go astray last November. If you used the tool to download videos from Google Photos between Nov. 21 and 25, some of them may have ended up in random people’s archives, as previously reported by 9to5Google. “These users may have …

Cheap AirPods are back. We’ve been frequent passengers on the AirPods roller coaster price ride for months now, watching the AirPods with the standard charging case routinely dip down into $130 territory. But right now, you can get second-generation AirPods with a charging case for just $115 — that’s $44 off the regular $159 price tag. Of course, when the …

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Forget about carrying a bag full of USB chargers and AC adapters — it’s the 21st Century, and if you have a collection of relatively recent gadgets, you can probably keep them all topped off with a single charger. Many modern laptops — like  MacBooks, the HP Spectre, Dell XPS and Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 — can be charged through …

You can get that cracked iPhone screen fixed without leaving the house in some US cities. Apple is offering at-home repairs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston and Dallas, as previously reported by MacRumors. “In select locations, onsite service may be available,” reads the note on Apple’s support site. The service is handled by Go Tech Services — …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Uber confirmed Monday that it’s temporarily suspended roughly 240 user accounts in Mexico to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The virus was first discovered in the Wuhan region of China late last year but has since been found in at least 20 other …