Is Google’s location tracking so precise that it can know if someone moved from one side of a room to another? That’s a question US Rep. Ted Poe, a Republican from Texas, repeatedly asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai during one of the most pointed exchanges of Pichai’s congressional hearing Tuesday. But by using an iPhone, …

These days I have exactly one requirement when buying a laptop: It must have a solid-state drive. If you’ve ever had a system with one, you know it’s an order of magnitude faster than a traditional (i.e. mechanical) hard drive. Alas, it’s pretty rare to find a laptop with a decent-size SSD for below $600. Heck, even for below $700. …

Huawei, the second-largest smartphone maker and one of the biggest telecommunications equipment suppliers in the world, had a rough start to the year. A widely expected deal to be announced at CES that AT&T would carry the Huawei Mate 10 Pro never materialized. Then reports surfaced that Verizon Wireless had also pulled out of a deal. In March, CNET reported …

Starting Tuesday, Firefox will nudge you to try out options designed to make the web more interesting, more useful or more productive. Mozilla’s new Firefox 64 keeps an eye on what you’re up to and prompts you to try extensions and features that could help you with that activity, the browser maker said. For example, if you open the same …

Uber is facing a new lawsuit that alleges it used anticompetitive practices and predatory pricing to beat out its ride-hailing competitors. The suit was filed in US district court in San Francisco on Tuesday by Sidecar — the now defunct ride-hailing pioneer that was one of the first companies to introduce the idea of using a smartphone to connect drivers …

More people are likely to get their news from a tweet or a post than a physical newspaper. That is, according to a Pew Research Center study about where people turn to get news. It may seem obvious to some that social media outpaces print journalism — with the circulation of physical newspapers steadily declining and social media reaching billions …

The Google Lens AI smart search app (download on iOS or Android) is rolling out for iOS users, Google announced Monday. The feature was released for Android in March but was only accessible to iOS users through the Google Photos app (iOS, Android). Now, instead of having to take a picture and use Lens through the camera roll, iPhone and iPad users can …

A trio of patent applications hint at Facebook’s efforts to figure out your next move, when you’ll be offline and how best to advertise to you. The proposed patents, previously reported by Buzzfeed News, won’t necessarily result in these systems being implemented, but do give a sense of how the social network could take advantage of the location data it …

Apple first released WatchOS 5 and iOS 12 back in September, adding a new walkie-talkie mode, improved notifications, the Podcasts app and other welcome tweaks to the Apple Watch. Last week, Apple released WatchOS 5.1.2. This update includes a critical feature for Apple Watch Series 4 owners — the ECG app. The app enables the Watch to act as an …

OnePlus isn’t making a 5G phone for the money, the company told CNET in an interview last week. Instead, its first phone to access blazing 5G network speeds is part of the cult brand’s strategy to get a foot in the door as 5G develops over the next few years. OnePlus wants to be ready, alongside heavy-hitters like Samsung and …

When it comes to foldable devices like the the Royole FlexPai and Samsung’s unnamed foldable phone, this major question inevitably comes up: Is that screen made plastic or glass? Plastic looks cheap, but today’s glass screen are more likely to break than flex when you bend them. Maybe not for long. CNET got an exclusive look at an ultra thin …

Facebook hasn’t been very fun for the last few years. From political fighting to fake news to privacy concerns, many users are logging on less and others are deleting their accounts altogether. For those who primarily use Facebook today but are looking for alternatives, we’ve put together a list of the best options—from the most popular challengers to a few …

Verizon’s plan for Yahoo and AOL doesn’t appear to be going as expected. The wireless carrier merged the former internet giants in 2017 under a media division dubbed Oath, aiming to create an alternative to digital advertising juggernauts Google and Facebook. However, Verizon said Tuesday the integration of Yahoo and AOL has achieved lower-than-expected benefits. As a result, Verizon expects to record a goodwill …

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