Twitter is providing more clarification for users on how the platform enforces its behavior policies. The social network expanded its Help Center on Tuesday with two pages that discuss how the company reviews user reports of potential violations and how it decides if an account or tweet has broken the rules. The pages also detail …

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Apple’s latest iOS update makes wireless charging on the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X 50 percent faster.  Currently the three iPhones wirelessly charge at a rate of 5 watts, but the iOS 11.2 update allows them to charge at a rate of 7.5w, which is a 50 percent increase. The charging update was spotted and tested out by …

Four of the five biggest companies in tech now are backing an effort to make video easier and cheaper online. On Monday, Facebook joined the Alliance for Open Media, a consortium building new video compression technology that doesn’t require any patent licensing payments. The effort unified next-gen video compression work already under way at Google, Mozilla and Cisco, and includes …

Shinola, maker of luxury watches and high-end turntables, is branching out into headphones with a line of four new models. They’re going straight for the high end — think Bowers and Wilkins or Bang and Olufsen. The headphones include two pairs of in-ears models, a pair of on-ears and a pair of over-ears, all called “Canfield” for some reason.  The …

It was another down year for freedom on the internet, a new report finds. Of 63 countries studied, internet freedom worsened in 32 and got better in 13, according to the latest assessment from Freedom House, a nonprofit devoted to expanding those freedoms. Part of the problem: election tampering in the US and 17 other countries.  “Governments around the world …

Google Pixel Buds ($30 at Amazon) may lack inline buttons but their touch and voice controls offer so much more than just playback. You can talk with Google Assistant, use Google Translate to hold conversations in a different language, and triage your notifications without looking at your phone.  How do you do all that? Let’s take a look. Now playing: Watch …

If you schedule a ride with Uber more than an hour in advance, the ride hailing app will now tell you how much it will cost instead of giving an estimate, the company confirmed via email Tuesday. “That means no surprises when your car’s on the way,” an Uber spokesperson said. Before Tuesday’s update, the price of a scheduled ride …

Apple is reportedly working on a rear-facing 3D sensor system for its 2019 iPhone, according to Bloomberg. If true, this type of hardware could bring big improvements to the iPhone’s powers to fuse the real world with the world on your screen. Enlarge Image The iPhone X uses its own kind of 3D sensing tech. Juan Garzón/CNET Apple’s already using …

Pandora has announced that Sonos users are now able to control their hardware directly via the Pandora app in a way similar to Spotify Connect. Unlike Spotify Connect, however, the app will let you control your Sonos system regardless of which subscription level you have — even the free tier will work. The app lets you select and play music, …

For this Black Friday, Amazon is offering dozens of deals on TVs, Amazon devices, video games, toys and smart-home gadgets. The e-commerce giant on Tuesday revealed a slew of its planned price cuts just ahead of next week’s sale, adding that Black Friday will include more than 30 deals of the day and thousands of short-term Lightning Deals. The company …

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