The chip and the separate 5G modem that will power a big chunk of next year’s high-end smartphones (including the Motorola Edge Plus) are finally here. And a couple more processors, aimed at slightly cheaper phones, will come with 5G modems already integrated. Qualcomm, the world’s biggest wireless chipmaker, on Tuesday unveiled its new Snapdragon …

Best Buy doesn’t seem to have noticed that it’s Tuesday. Or, given the $9.4 billion in sales recorded on Cyber Monday, it just doesn’t care. As such, the retailer is still offering Black Friday-caliber discounts, leading to insanely good deals like $360 off this year’s Microsoft Surface Pro 7, which comes to $599 with the Type Cover included. Another amazing offer: Beats Studio …

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.  Apple named Sayonara Wild Hearts as the Apple Arcade Game of the Year, in the tech giant’s first annual App Store Best Apps and Games awards on Tuesday. The game — available exclusively on Apple’s $4.99 per month gaming service Apple …

o The tax discriminates against US tech giants Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, the Trump administration says. Angela Lang/CNET The US has proposed a series of tariffs on some French products following an investigation into France’s recently passed digital taxation laws. The tax discriminates against US companies, especially Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, according to the US Trade Representative. There …

We already knew Huawei’s Mate 30 couldn’t use Google’s Android operating system because of the Trump administration’s ban on the controversial Chinese phone maker, but it seems the impact isn’t limited to software. The phone is now being made without any US-sourced components at all, The Wall Street Journal reported. Huawei found non-American suppliers for parts, according to an analysis …

Spotify released its streaming numbers for the decade Tuesday in its inaugural edition of “Wrapped,” a new year-end look at the music service’s most-streamed artists and albums. Spotify’s 113 million subscribers will also be able to view their personalized streaming statistics soon. Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna’s ex-boyfriend, Drake, was Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade, with more than 28 billion …

Sonos has long been the king of the hill when it comes to multiroom audio. The earliest Sonos systems eased us into the digital age, making it easy to play our MP3 collection in every room of the house. Later, Sonos added countless streaming services so you could ditch your hard drive full of tracks. The Sonos Play:1 was the …

After Apple announced its picks for the best apps and games on its platforms earlier this morning, Google on Tuesday revealed its top picks for this year’s content.  In a blog post, the company announced it has two categories of winners: There’s a “users’ choice” award for the best movie, app, game and ebook selected by Google Play users, and there’s …

A year ago, Qualcomm introduced a new fingerprint sensor that uses sound waves to map the ridges on your finger and unlock your phone. It declared it to be faster and more secure than face unlock technology from companies like Samsung and other fingerprint technology that uses optical sensors to essentially take a photo of a user’s fingerprints.  Samsung jumped …

The iPhone 11 Pro apparently has a habit of behaving in a way its users have expressly forbidden. Apple’s flagship handset intermittently tries to collect people’s location information, despite settings on applications and system services that indicate the data shouldn’t be requested, according to a report published Tuesday by KrebsOnSecurity. Apple’s privacy policy for the iPhone’s Locations Services says the …

Black Friday is well over, but many of the major Apple product deals have held on fast into Cyber Monday. If you’ve been eyeing that discounted MacBook Pro or iPhone 11, now’s the perfect time to grab them while the deals are still available. You can even save $100 on a HomePod and $150 on Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones. Some of the earlier …

As we shift from Cyber Monday to “Cyber Week,” Walmart continues to roll out new deals. Perhaps the hottest of the moment: a Nintendo Switch bundle that includes the new version of the console, a Mario Red Joy-Con controller, a Mario & Bowser Edition carrying case and $20 in Nintendo eShop credits — all for $299. This is a great deal — perhaps …

Apple is reportedly planning to use Qualcomm’s new ultrasonic fingerprint reader in its future iPhones. The tech giant is partnering with Taiwanese touchscreen maker GIS to develop an iPhone for 2020 or 2021 that can use the under-display tech, according to MacRumors citing Economic Daily News. Qualcomm unveiled its new 3D Sonic Max ultrasonic fingerprint reader earlier Tuesday during its …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t think breaking up his social network is going to solve “real issues.” It’s a message we’ve heard before. In an interview with CBS This Morning that aired Tuesday, Zuckerberg said he welcomes regulation of the tech industry, but reiterated that measures like breaking up Facebook aren’t the right fix. “A lot of people are upset …

We’ve come a long way since the salad days of internet communications, when we used abbreviations such as LOL or keyboard emoji to help put a happy spin on our messages. As with all things internet, the way we express ourselves to others online has become more sophisticated, with animated GIFs replacing keyboard shorthand. Thanks to GIF generators, anyone and …