There may soon be a lot less pressure to rack up likes on Instagram.  The photo sharing site is testing a design change that would hide how many people have liked a post, tipster Jane Manchun Wong tweeted Thursday.  “We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts …

The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, is reportedly already having screen problems. It doesn’t go on sale in the US until April 26, but some review units have reportedly broken after just a few days of use. Bloomberg’s Mark Gruman tweeted on Wednesday that the interior, folding screen of his Galaxy Fold review unit was “completely broken and unusable” …

The Galaxy S10 has a superb camera, and for the most part, it takes excellent photos. But unlike some of its rivals, like the Pixel 3 and the LG G8, it does not have a dedicated camera mode for low-light environments that users can manually select. Instead, Samsung’s phone would just optimize its settings whenever it auto-detected a really dark …

One thing I love about modern wire-free earbuds: You pop them out of their case and they immediately turn on and pair with your phone. Sport earbuds, though, like the kind you wear at the gym or out running? First you have to hold down the power button for a few seconds to turn them on. Then repeat to turn …

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YouTube is testing a new gifting feature in Super Chat, a function on the video site that lets viewers pay to pin a comment on an influencer’s livestream. The company said it’s currently testing a program that grants a random group of existing YouTube Premium subscribers free Super Chats to interact with their favorite creators. YouTube Premium subscribers started receiving $2 …

All the customer wanted was a refund on a defective Pixel 3, but instead of cash, Google reportedly delivered 10 more phones. This is a tale of customer service gone awry, as told by Reddit user Cheetoz, who said he was resorting to shaming Google to try to get some resolution to the apparent shipping blunder. In a post on …

Editors’ Note, May 7, 2019: CNET’s Google Pixel 3A and Pixel 3A XL reviews are here. Read more about both phones and why Google decided to release these budget handsets. Six months after their launch in October, Google’s marquee phones, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, are two of the best phones you can buy. To that effect, Google may …

How long does it take to really get to know a TV-streaming service? After all, this could be the thing that replaces your pricey cable TV subscription. Is seven days — the standard trial period for the likes of Sling TV, YouTube TV and others — enough time? Nope. I think you need a solid month to decide if any …

Amazon will shut its online store in China by July 18, a report said Thursday, It’ll mean shoppers in the most populous country (with 1.4 billion people) in the world won’t be able to buy from local sellers, but can still order from the US, Britain, Germany and Japan via the Amazon’s global store, according to Reuters. The e-commerce giant …

For a limited time, Google’s mobile network Google Fi is selling the Motorola Moto G6 for $99 — that’s $150 cheaper than its retail price of $249. As premium phones get more and more expensive (like the $1,000 iPhone XS Max or the $2,000 Galaxy Fold), it’s important that affordable, midrange phones are available for other users who don’t have …

HP on Thursday announced its biggest Chromebook laptop to date, which features a 15-inch touchscreen display and full-sized keyboard and number pad. The company joins Acer, Asus and Lenovo, all of which unveiled 15-inch laptops running Google’s Chrome operating system during the past two years.  The HP Chromebook 15 starts at $449 and comes equipped with fairly typical 2019 Chromebook components: an Intel …

It can be incredibly convenient to use Android to download files and forgo a computer for things like editing a document for work, adding to a presentation for class or downloading a photo that you want to use as a wallpaper. The problem is, it’s not always clear where the file you just downloaded was saved on your phone or …

Chinese smartphone maker TCL on Thursday released the Alcatel Avalon V through Verizon Wireless. The phone is available at Verizon stores for $100 starting Thursday. “We’re excited to officially introduce Alcatel-branded smartphones to Verizon Wireless customers for the first time,” Eric Anderson, general manager for TCL, said in a release.  The smartphone comes with a TCL-built 18:9 full-view display, durable Dragontrail glass …

With Oppo bowing out of the race in 2018, Sony is one of the only manufacturers still catering to the high end when it comes to 4K Blu-ray players. With the new X800M2, announced at CES, it also fixes something the company left out of the original X800: Dolby Vision. While the cheaper X700 offered it (and hence earned our …