If you have that rarity in the PC market, a laptop powered by a Qualcomm processor and not the more common Intel chip, you can now use the Firefox web browser on it. Mozilla on Thursday released a beta version of Firefox for computers based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips for laptops. The nonprofit hopes its …

There aren’t many issues lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can rally around. But there’s at least one: those annoying robocalls that interrupt your dinner or trick you into answering your cell phone thinking it’s a friend or neighbor. On Thursday, the Senate commerce committee’s subcommittee on communications held a hearing to discuss what’s being done to limit illegal …

We’ve seen this top-ranked Bluetooth speaker sell at this price before — but that doesn’t make this deal any less of a beauty. Ultimate Ears’ Boom 2 delivers excellent sound quality in a compact, rugged and totally waterproof package.  Today only, Best Buy is offering $100 off the Phantom Black model, bringing the price down to $80. (Note CNET may get a share …

This Saturday is Record Store Day 2019, and to celebrate, budget turntable manufacturer Crosley is releasing a turntable. A really, really weird one. You’ve heard of 45s, EPs and LPs but have you heard of Triple Inchophones? For Record Store Day on April 13, Crosley is resurrecting the little-known 3-inch vinyl format with its RSD3 player. The $70 RSD3 is …

It may not be as much of a household name (in the US at least) as Apple or Dell, but Acer makes a lot of desktops, laptops, monitors, accessories and pretty much every type of PC-related gear you can think of. This includes some of our longtime favorites, such as the Acer Swift 7 or the Predator 21 X.  Now …

Disney’s CEO says social media has become a medium for hatred. While receiving the Humanitarian Award at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s National Tribute Dinner on Wednesday, Bob Iger criticized social media for letting people spread hate. “Hitler would have loved social media,” Iger said, according to Variety. “It’s the most powerful marketing tool an extremist could ever hope for because …

LinkedIn users worldwide will soon be able to do more than just “like” a post on the business-oriented social network.  On Thursday, the company said that it’s rolling out five “reactions” to let you express a wider range of emotions. Those include like, celebrate, love, insightful and curious. Users tap and hold on the like button displayed in a post …

Editors’ Note, May 14, 2019: CNET’s OnePlus 7 Pro review​ is here. Read more about the new phone from OnePlus.   Supposed images of an upcoming OnePlus phone were leaked yesterday on the Chinese social networking site Weibo. The account that posted it, which goes by the username IT Station, uploaded two photos: one that included the phone’s edge, which …

Uber, the highest valued private company in the world, just filed to go public. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing company filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its initial public offering. It reportedly plans to sell about $10 billion worth of stock, which would make it one of the largest US tech IPOs ever coming in at an …

Acer’s pushing hard into the corporate world with its latest Chromebooks.  At its Next@Acer press event in New York Thursday, the PC maker announced the new 15.6-inch Chromebook 715 and 14-inch Chromebook 714. Both feature premium all-aluminum chassis with military-grade durability to survive drops from up to 48 inches (122 cm) and downward force up to 132 pounds (60 kg). …

It’s not just Apple going green. Many of its suppliers also are making a vow to run on renewable energy. Apple early Thursday morning said it has nearly doubled the number of suppliers — now totaling 44 — that have committed to running their Apple production on 100% clean energy. Because of that, Apple will also beat its aim of …

At its annual global press conference, Acer showed off new Chromebooks along with an entirely new line of computers for creatives, called Concept D. But some of the most interesting announcements were from the Predator Helios gaming line. The new Helios 700 looks and feels a lot like previous Helios laptops, at least at first. But with a quick hand …

After Google partnered with Huawei to launch the Nexus 6P in 2015, many users of the phone experienced bootloop issues. Now, the two companies have preliminary agreed to pay Nexus 6P users who suffered from this issue in a class-action lawsuit, according to The Verge. The suit first began on April 2017 and the companies could pay up to $9.75 …

Samsung has unveiled a phone in its midrange Galaxy A series that features a new reversible camera system, the Galaxy A80. The phone’s sole camera array automatically flips around when toggled into selfie mode and consists of a 48-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel ultrawide and a time-of-flight sensor. The latter of which can be used for facial recognition and depth mapping for better …

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, blew the top off the mobile industry when we first heard of it in February. Since then, this foldable device, which we’ve never seen in person (this YouTube video might be it), has been beset …