This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC 2018) kicks off this coming Monday, June 4, and we’ve got a whole list of predictions — but Bloomberg says we shouldn’t expect a new Mac, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or even …

Apple, Microsoft and a handful of other tech companies are making it so you can plug in a braille display much like a mouse or keyboard.  The companies have teamed up with the USB Implementers Forum, a nonprofit that promotes adoption of USB tech, to integrate braille into a new USB Human Interface Device (HID) standard (PDF), according to Engadget. Now playing: Watch this: …

Just last week, Acer announced a bunch of new gaming PCs and accessories, but it apparently held back something for Computex 2018, which kicked off in Taipei today.  The company’s new 17.3-inch Predator Helios 500 gaming notebook and Predator Orion 5000 and Nitro 50 desktops will be available with AMD Ryzen 7 processors as well as options for AMD Radeon …

Last Friday, the FBI issued a report recommending that everyone reboot their routers. The reason? “Foreign cyber actors have compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and other networked devices worldwide.” That’s a pretty alarming PSA, but also a somewhat vague one. How do you know if your router is infected? What can you do to keep malware …

We all know that there’s one glaring problem with parasols. In order for them to give you shade, sometimes you actually have to hold them — with your hands, no less! That’s not the case with the part-umbrella-part-drone Free Parasol developed by Asahi Power Service. In the company’s video, the prototype seems to be an off-the-shelf DJI Mavic Pro drone with …

Canon is officially done with film. The camera-maker just announced that it’s ending sales of its last film camera, the EOS-1V. In 2006, reports said that Canon was ending production of all film cameras, but the company never officially confirmed this. Instead, Canon quietly stopped making them.  The EOS-1V is a 35mm SLR camera that released in 2000. Since Canon reportedly stopped …

By lunchtime each day, open window upon open window litters my desktop workspace. I’m sure you feel my pain. Thankfully, there is a way to get rid of the clutter and focus on the task (and window) at hand that doesn’t involve going around and clicking the tiny minimize button on each and every window you want to clear from …

Update, June 5: The Lenovo Z5 has been officially announced — and it has a notch after all. It won’t be long now.  Lenovo posted another teaser to its Weibo page for its upcoming flagship phone, the Z5, letting the world know it will launch on June 5. The company’s VP Chang Cheng shared images of the device earlier in …

Spotify’s CEO said Wednesday the music-streaming service could have done a better job informing the world about its playlist ban, conceding the company “screwed up.” Earlier this month, Spotify initiated a new policy addressing hate speech and hateful conduct that lets the music-streaming service remove music or artists from its service or bury them without any promotion, like banning them from playlists. Under the …

A dual-screen mobile device project from Microsoft thought to be abandoned may have been snatched up by Dell, reports Winfuture.de.  The device, which resembles Microsoft’s Courier and Andromeda projects, was seen in documents by Winfuture.de and details a Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 on Arm device codenamed ‘Januss’. The site also suggests it would be the first device to use an unannounced Snapdragon …

I have a family vacation coming up, and I always like to bring a speaker so we can enjoy some tunes while lazing around. Ah, but which speaker? Maybe this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Tribit XSound Go portable Bluetooth speaker is $29.87 when you apply promo code BTS20BLK. It normally sells for $36. Not …

The LG G7 ThinQ is a perfectly fine phone, full of artificial intelligence and other fancy features.  Instead of waiting until you happen upon a new feature or setting, read through our list of 10 tips and tricks below. We can’t promise they will change your life, but they will help you get the most out of your new phone.  Now …

Cheeps! If you were among the lucky 250 to purchase a Cheapskate Mystery Box, chances are good you’ve received it by now. (Share those pics! #CheapskateMysteryBox) But if you missed out, I’ll wager you’re wondering what was inside. Wonder no more. In the video below, I give you the Cheapskate Mystery Box unboxed! (Needless to say, if you haven’t received …

Is it better to have a self-contained pair of smart glasses, or something that simply uses your phone to do the heavy lifting and battery power? Kopin, a manufacturer of microdisplays and smart glasses components, is betting on the latter. The Kopin Golden-i Infinity isn’t really an AR device, so much as it is a smart screen that plugs into …

An Amazon Prime subscription costs $119 a year for free, fast shipping on everything you buy. Walmart’s new Jetblack service costs $50 every month — but you won’t have to do the buying. It’s a personal shopper service where you’ll simply text a request to have Walmart fulfill your needs, by purchasing the item and shipping it to you — generally …