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The Department of Justice on Wednesday charged 14 people for their alleged participation in a scheme that involved swapping counterfeit iPhones and iPads for legit devices at Apple Stores throughout the US and Canada. Apple estimates the operation cost it at least $6.1 million, according to a release from the DOJ.  “The manufacture of counterfeit goods — and their use …

In May 2006, a former CNET colleague and I interviewed Ed Zander, Motorola’s CEO at the time. The original Razr V3 was two years old, and Moto was still riding a wave of excitement from the radically thin phone. It had expanded to other carriers beyond Cingular and the company had introduced a second-gen model, the Razr V3x. In between …

Tune in on 10:30 a.m. PT/1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 14, as we livestream a battery test of Apple’s new $250 wireless earbuds, the AirPods Pro. These are the first Apple headphones to come with active noise-cancellation technology — and now in a new noise-isolating design.  Apple says the AirPods Pro can get 4.5 hours of listening time with …

Motorola’s new $1,500 foldable Razr phone is winking at you. With the right combination of keys and swipes, you can make the newfangled device for 2019 look, sound and act like the Razr flip phone from 2004. Or at least the phone dialer. We went hands-on with the fun throwback screen at Motorola’s headquarters in Chicago before the company launched …

Google is finally replacing traditional SMS text messaging with a more Apple iMessage-like texting option that offers read receipts, the ability to message over Wi-Fi or mobile data, and the ability to leave group chats. The improved texting is powered by technology called RCS, which stands for Rich Communication Services, and begins rolling out Thursday, Google said. Most Android users …

Disney Plus finally launched Tuesday, and with it a daunting array of choices. But in addition to the first day being marred by service failures and login problems, it’s become apparent that the streaming service also doesn’t work with Vizio smart TVs as reported earlier by Business Insider. “Disney Plus is not currently available on Vizio TVs as a built-in …

At its annual Xbox event in London, X019, Microsoft delivered updates on its Project xCloud cloud-gaming service, which went into preview on Android phones in mid-October in the US and UK. Most of it revealed the features we can expect next year — for instance, the preview will be coming to Windows 10, support an expanded list of Bluetooth controllers, and become available …

The Los Angeles Clippers are no longer playing second fiddle to the Lakers. After trading for Anthony Davis this past offseason to join none other than LeBron James, the Lakers were a good bet to be the talk of the town for yet another season in LA. The Clippers then made their move, signing Kawhi Leonard fresh off of winning the …

New Jersey is the latest state to say Uber’s drivers should be classified as employees rather than independent contractors. The state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development said that because of this misclassification, the ride-hailing company owes it roughly $650 million in unemployment taxes and disability insurance, according to Bloomberg Law. The Department of Labor reportedly has been trying to …

Apple might start offering subscription bundles as early as 2020, Bloomberg reported Thursday.  The bundling could possibly include Apple News Plus, Apple Music and Apple TV Plus.  Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Bloomberg said selling content could be a growth strategy for Apple as the smartphone market slows.    Apple News Plus launched in March. It’s …

A long period of beta incubation has come to an end with the release of Brave 1.0, the privacy-focused speed demon of a browser that’s been turning heads with its cavalier approach to ad-blocking and its promises of cryptocurrency payouts. The open source brainchild of Javascript creator and Mozilla project co-founder Brendan Eich, Brave now touts more than 8 million users …

Google has a new feature to help you learn to pronounce those words you read all the time but have no idea how to say. The feature announced Thursday will even show you an image representing the word so you know what it is or means, and help you practice how to say it. “We’re helping people pronounce tricky words …

It may not be obvious, but you’re almost certainly using AI every day. Artificial intelligence-boosting hardware in your phone enables voice recognition and spots your friends in photos. In the cloud, it delivers search results and weeds out spam email. Next up for dedicated AI hardware will be your laptop, Intel expects. Computer and software makers haven’t started clamoring for hardware …

Adobe’s Lightroom photo editing tool is about to get way more useful on Apple’s iPad with the ability to import photos directly from a memory card. Apple’s tablet doesn’t have all the same features as Lightroom on a personal computer, but direct import is a crucial step for those who want to leave their laptops at home. Adobe is testing …