Twitter Now Lets Anyone Untag Themselves From Tweet Conversations

While Twitter’s legal team finds itself forcing Elon Musk to finish purchasing the company, the social media platform’s developers have started publicly rolling out a feature that lets people remove themselves from conversations.  Twitter described the feature, now called Unmentioning, as “a way to help you protect your peace and remove yourself from conversations” when …

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Samsung’s Next Metaverse Move Is a Roblox Game

What is a metaverse again? Maybe, just a game. Samsung’s newest “metaverse” move is a game on Roblox, called Samsung Space Tycoon. Its mission? Collect virtual Samsung products. Samsung used to make VR headsets for its phones and has been quiet on the smart glasses front for now. Instead, the company’s metaverse aspirations have largely been marketing efforts in virtual worlds. Samsung …

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WhatsApp Expands Emoji Reactions for Further Messaging Expressiveness

People can respond to a WhatsApp message with any emoji under the sun thanks to a new update, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Monday. The update will start rolling out shortly, and should be available to all WhatsApp users in the next few weeks.  To use the newest feature, continuously press on the message you’d …

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Should You Buy a 3D Printer on Prime Day?

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Short answer: Yes. If you’re looking to buy your first printer, or to add to the printers you have, this Prime Day is the time to do it. There are a lot of deals for a lot of …

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Unlocked Pixel 6 Sees $100 Discount Ahead of Official Prime Day Deals

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. The Google Pixel 6 is a budget-friendly smartphone option that doesn’t skimp on function just because it comes at a decent price. It has a lot of great features, including a powerful camera, a large display and …

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Dell XPS 17 9720 (2022) Review: Creative, With a Side of Gaming

If Apple isn’t going to make a 17-inch MacBook Pro, then someone else is going to have to. That’s what I always think when I see one of Dell’s big-screen XPS 17 laptops.  The oldest XPS 17 review of mine I could find dates back to 2011, although I’ve been covering this particular product line (or its identically named antecedents) …

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Get Up to 20% Off Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 and Tab S8

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Paired with its sale on Samsung Galaxy Book2 laptops, Amazon is offering discounts of up to 20% off Galaxy Tab S6 and S8 models right now, hours away from Prime Day. These tablets give iPads a run …

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Amazon’s 2nd

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Amazon’s Prime Day event is nearly here, but you don’t have to wait to take advantage of some impressive deals. Competitors like Target and Best Buy have dropped sales a day ahead of Amazon’s blowout, but even …

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PC Shipments Drop Again After Record Sales During Height of Pandemic, IDC Says

Worldwide PCs shipments fell for a second consecutive quarter, according to a report released Monday from market research firm the International Data Corporation. Shipments of traditional PCs fell to 71.3 million units in the second quarter of 2022, a 15.3% decline over the same period last year.  The decline was worse than expected due to lockdowns in China along with weakened …

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Nearly All of Apple’s AirPods Get Sweet Deals Before Prime Day

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Ahead of Prime Day 2022, Amazon has discounted a couple different models of  AirPods. The AirPods 2 are back to $100, the AirPods Pro are available for $170 on Amazon right now (down from $249), while the AirPods …

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MatterHackers Summer Sale has 3D Printing Deals Even Prime Day Can’t Beat

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. If you’ve never heard of MatterHackers before, you’re missing out. Based in Southern California, the company is a huge part of the 3D printing community here in the US. Its representatives are always at the meetups, constantly …

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Meta AI Tool ‘Sphere’ Could Help Curb Fake News

Facebook parent company Meta on Monday launched Sphere, an AI information verifier that validates the strength of claims in web entries, as reported earlier by TechCrunch.  The tech news outlet provided a demo showing how the software could work on Wikipedia. In a video, Sphere scans citations and then displays whether the information failed or passed verification. Though Wikipedia is interested …

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New WatchOS 9 Features Coming Soon to Apple Watch

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How Living Carbon’s Modified Trees Can Store More Carbon

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