ExpressVPN is used to outpacing most of its competitors. Muscling its way ahead of the virtual private network pack, the company has gone head-to-head with several industry leaders in our reviews and has once again found itself besting a well-known brand in Norton Secure VPN. Here’s how one of the tech world’s legacy brands stacked …

Samsung’s new Galaxy S22 Ultra, S22 Plus and S22 phones were the main attraction at its Unpacked event on Wednesday, but they were joined by another set of devices with much larger screens: the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, S8 Plus and S8. Many details about these tablets were leaked before the Unpacked event, but that doesn’t make them any less …

Google’s mobile virtual private network service — Google One VPN — is branching out. Once restricted to Android users in the US, the VPN is now a perk bundled with the search giant’s cloud-based subscription storage service, Google One. Earlier this month, however, Google made a change to its developer documents, as reported by 9to5Google. Android users in Canada and …

Since Google capped its unlimited free storage in Google Photos at 15GB in June, you may have considered signing up for Google One to get more space. Formerly known as Paid Google Drive Storage, Google One is Google’s cloud storage service that’s been around since 2018. Signing up for a Google One membership gets you 100GB of space to use across Google …

Samsung announced its Galaxy S22 phone lineup and Galaxy Tab S8 tablet at an Unpacked event on Wednesday, and the high-end Galaxy S22 Ultra was the star of the show. The S22 Ultra’s size, design and stylus position it as a successor to the now-discontinued Galaxy Note. “Galaxy S22 Ultra takes the beloved functionality of the Galaxy Note and the most celebrated aspects of the S series and merges …

There are few more familiar names in information security than Norton and LifeLock. Long known for their competitive antivirus protection and ability to adapt to an ever-changing security industry, a virtual private network from NortonLifeLock sounds promising at the outset. But with limited server options and a few dealbreaker security issues, it’s clear that the Norton Secure VPN still has some work …

Fast cars, Champagne and virtual private networks — some goods are best imported. It’s not about snobbery; it’s about getting the best value for your dime, especially in the case of VPNs. Sure, there are plenty of homegrown US-based VPNs that offer inexpensive subscriptions with which you can game and stream media to your heart’s content. But for those of …

Editors’ note, Feb. 9, 2022: The VPN industry has undergone significant change in the past few months, with all three of our top VPN choices announcing major changes in corporate ownership. In December, ExpressVPN announced that it had officially joined Kape Technologies, a company that already owns several other VPNs and has raised privacy concerns in the past. In February, …

YouTube on Thursday unveiled its development plans for 2022 on the YouTube Official Blog.  The video platform is exploring several new features, including the ability for content creators to set channel guidelines — enabling them to shape the tone of the conversation in their comments — and allowing people to shop directly on YouTube via tagged items in their favorite …

Disney Plus is unlikely to raise prices before October, but after that, a price hike may be in the offing, Disney CEO Bob Chapek hinted Wednesday.  Disney is optimistic it’ll have a higher quantity of new, exclusive programming flowing steadily onto Disney Plus by 2023, which starts in early October on the company’s fiscal calendar. “Then [we’ll] have the flexibility, if we were to …

MoviePass plans to make its big return this summer, with a retooled movie ticket service that the company likens to more of a credit-based marketplace. Pricing was not announced, but the new MoviePass plans to offer a variety of tiers that will equate to credits that are then spent on movie tickets.  MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes said the system allows movie …

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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. When Apple announced a trio of new privacy perks for its iCloud Plus subscription service in iOS 15 at Apple’s WWDC event in June, the headliner was Private Relay — a browser-based encryption boost, aimed at the growing number of people who are turning to …

Just because a virtual private network app is shielding your mobile browsing from prying eyes, it doesn’t mean it needs to slurp up your data or control your operating system. So before you trust that highly-rated VPN with a million installs on the Google Play Store, know that there’s a list of shady Android VPNs that grab more permissions than …

Dec 2021 If I wanted to tell you why Orchid VPN is poised to be not only the next evolution of virtual private networks but also a futuristic answer to global online privacy threats, I could tell you its cryptocurrency-fueled decentralized bandwidth market makes it a blockchain-supported VPN-Tor hybrid ready to upend even the fastest, most secure VPN on the …