Apple and Hollywood reportedly wrestling for control of streaming shows

Apple’s executives are often praised for sweating the details for a presentation or new product launch. But in Hollywood, they’re seen as annoying. That’s the message from a New York Post story Sunday, relaying complaints from unnamed Hollywood agents and producers who say the iPhone maker is “difficult” to work with. As Apple ramps up its …

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5G is still a little magic, a little smoke and mirrors

The scene on the big display in front of me looks like something from Grey’s Anatomy.  A team of doctors and nurses lean over a patient who’s draped with a white cloth, while a TV screen beside the operating table displays a video of the patient’s colon. Suddenly, a yellow line appears on that video, showing the doctors where to …

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How to spot fake Amazon reviews

True story: Recently some friends purchased a GPS locator for their daughter and were having trouble getting it to work. They brought it to me for help — I’m the Geek Squad for my friends and family — but I couldn’t solve the problem either. My friends were puzzled: “It had a five-star rating on Amazon!”  I pulled out my …

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Flickr dumps despised Yahoo login system

Photo-sharing site Flickr has severed a major tie to its previous owner by ditching the old Yahoo login system, a move that will let millions of members switch their accounts to new email addresses. It’s been difficult for Flickr’s new owner, SmugMug, to step away from Yahoo. In an effort to improve performance and reliability, SmugMug also has been moving …

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Microsoft rolls out Excel tool that turns phone pics into spreadsheets

The days of having to enter data manually are coming to an end. Microsoft’s newest feature for Excel, “Insert Data from Picture” has begun rolling out to users. The feature, first announced at the Ignite conference last September, lets you take a photo in the Excel app of table data with your phone. The information is automatically turned into an …

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Apple vs. Qualcomm: Court battles explained

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Inside Fukushima: Standing 60 feet from a nuclear disaster

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How to use Android Instant Tethering

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Top 5 products CNET readers checked out (February 2019)

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SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with ISS, Galaxy S10 Plus reviews are in

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Using the Mate X made me a foldable phone believer

Update, Oct. 23: The Huawei Mate X was released, but only in China so far. Original story follows. Last week, Samsung and Huawei announced the $1,980 Galaxy Fold and $2,600 Mate X foldable phones, respectively. I gawked along with everyone else, absorbing every detail I could, but it wasn’t until I spent a good 5 minutes playing around with the Mate X in …

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2019 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon takes on the Rebelle Rally

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft docks with the International Space Station

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