We may be getting an early look at the iPhone X Plus and 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, rumored to be coming this September. These renders of the 2018 iPhones were shared by phone site MySmartPrice in conjunction with mobile leaker and renderer OnLeaks. He says he bases his renders on factory CAD info, but it’s worth noting that these are …

Facebook will remove its troubled “Trending Topics” section next week, the company said Friday, signaling that the controversial feature was better off dead as Facebook builds different products for news. The section, which takes up important real estate on the social network’s desktop interface, has faced backlash since it first rolled out in 2014. Often criticized for surfacing conspiracies and fake …

A real-life picture of the rumored Motorola One Power may have just leaked, potentially giving us our first clear look at the phone’s design. The picture was shared by phone blog 91mobiles. It apparently reveals the Motorola One Power has a notched display, just like the iPhone X and several other iPhone X copycats. But unlike the iPhone, the One Power may come with a …

Best-value phone for price! Undercuts the premium models! OnePlus once again made magic with the OnePlus 6, a phone whose performance-for-value was good enough to snag a rare CNET Editors’ Choice Award. Here’s the thing, though. The power of OnePlus, a Chinese brand out of Shenzhen, isn’t that it’s crested the pinnacle of mobile design and performance. It’s that the …

US Cellular just launched an “iPhone 8 for $0” offer with no trade-in required. The carrier also has discounts for the iPhone X ($10 a month for 30 months), iPhone 8 Plus ($3 a month for 30 months) and LG G7 ThinQ ($300 off). But there’s really no such thing as a free iPhone 8, which is why these types …

Spotify canceled its controversial hateful-conduct policy on Friday in a policy update post.  Earlier this month, Spotify initiated a new policy addressing hate speech and hateful conduct, which let the music-streaming service remove songs or artists from its service or bury them without any promotion, like banning them from playlists. Under the new policy, Spotify stopped promoting the music of at least two …

The concept phone that nearly melted our eyes when we first saw it is close to being an Actual Thing.  Come June 12, Vivo will officially launch the Nex phone in Shanghai, a truly all-screen design with no notch. So, where does it put the camera? No joke, the concept phone we saw (which was called Apex back in February) …

Each year in June, just about every head in the tech world starts dutifully craning toward California to see what genius Apple will come up with next at WWDC. But this June, there’s a whole other world of tech happening outside the US. Forget WWDC, forget E3, forget Silicon Valley — if you want to see how the rest of …

With only six buttons and a clicking touchpad, the Siri Remote for the Apple TV seems like an overly-simplified remote, especially when you consider everything the streamer can do. It gets its job done pretty well, even if the trackpad can be a bit cumbersome at times. In fact, if you’re not using Siri all that much, you’re likely missing …

AT&T has given up efforts to challenge the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers. AT&T on Tuesday informed court officials that it would not file a petition to the US Supreme Court to challenge a lower court’s decision in the case. In 2014, the FTC sued AT&T in the US District Court of Northern California, accusing the company …

The latest smartphone from OnePlus, the OnePlus 6, is inexpensive and, frankly, quite impressive. With a giant display and a pretty darn good camera, there’s a lot to like about this phone. Here are some tips and tricks to help you get the phone looking and working the way you want. Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 6 review: Slick looks and …

If you don’t have an iPhone X or a big, honkin’ iPhone 7 Plus or 8 Plus, then your biggest gripe about your current iPhone is likely its inability to capture Portrait mode shots with the cool, artsy, blurred backgrounds. A cottage industry of apps has sprung up to approximate Portrait mode’s depth-of-field effect, but you don’t need to install …

Browser makers are trying to thwart network snoopers by encrypting your connections to the web servers that host websites, but Mozilla on Friday began a project to go one step further. Firefox Nightly, a rough-around-the-edges test version of Mozilla’s browser, now includes technology called DNS over HTTPS, Mozilla said. DNS is the Domain Name System used to find the numeric addresses needed …

The CNET giveaway team keeps the prizes coming. We’ve partnered with OnePlus to give away its latest flagship phone, the May 2018 winner of our Editors’ Choice award.  Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 6 review: Slick looks and blazing speed make… 3:53 According to our review, “the OnePlus 6 is blazing fast, shoots photos, has a polished refined design, and …

Amazon, Vudu, iTunes and other online retailers regularly feature limited-time deals on digital movies. Here’s a few deals worth highlighting as we head into the weekend. Note that many but not all digital movie purchases will port over to Movies Anywhere, which enables you to link multiple online retailers and access your purchased content from any one of them. On …