Denise Young Smith, Apple’s head of HR, says Apple has learned it “requires an incredible amount of mindfulness and focus” to improve diversity. Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET Apple knows it needs to do more to encourage diversity, but it will take time to show real results in the numbers, the company’s head of human resources …

Enlarge ImageThe Moto E with 4G LTE Josh Miller/CNET Republic Wireless announced that it is offering the entry-level Motorola Moto E 4G LTE smartphone for $129 without a contract. It has also reduced the price of the first-gen Moto G , which was released in 2013, from $149 to $99. The carrier is known for its cost-conscious pricing structure, with …

Another critical employee at Reddit has left the company as trouble continues. Screenshot by Claire Reilly/CNET Reddit, the traditionally unbridled social-news site and community forum, has lost another key staffer, the third executive to exit this month amid the company’s effort to strike a balance for users between uninhibited speech and a climate free from abusive and other undesirable content. …

The CS1 goes all old school on your iPhone. Lumenati “And…action!” Some of us dream of spouting those words while peering through the lens of a big fantastic movie camera. You can capture a little bit of that feeling with the Lumenati CS1 on Kickstarter. It’s a case for your iPhone 6 that looks (and acts) like a vintage film …

Nicole Cozma/CNET Gmail and Inbox by Gmail are providing access to the same email service, but in different ways. If you’ve found that you prefer the way Inbox handles your mail, task list, and other reminders, then you have probably started using it as your primary email client. However, you may also still be in the habit of typing Gmail.com …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella still sees promise in mobile market. CNET Despite rumors to the contrary, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company is not getting out of the mobile market. That was the concern of many after the tech giant announced last week it planned to restructure its mobile phone business and lay off more than 7,800 employees. However, …

Now playing: Watch this: How to get back to iOS 8 from the iOS 9 beta 2:22 Reverting from the iOS 9 public beta to a more reliable version of iOS, currently iOS 8.4, is possible. While not the easiest process, if you go into it with a bit of patience and time set aside, you’ll be back up and …

Nokia is said to want at least $4 billion for mapping service Here. Nokia Nokia has rebuffed an offer by car-hailing service Uber to buy up its mapping business Here for as much as $3 billion, according to a Monday report by The New York Times, citing people with knowledge of the negotiations. The offer may have been too small …

The Axon Pro is ZTE’s newest flagship smartphone. ZTE ZTE wants to make the leap into the premium smartphone league in the US. The Chinese telecommunications vendor, the fourth-largest smartphone vendor in the US, on Tuesday introduced the first product in its new Axon flagship series. But unlike the Samsung or HTC route of partnering with all of the US …

Nokia may eventually get back into the smartphone business. CNET A Nokia Technologies spokesman has answered a question that has been asked ever since the company sold its Devices business to Microsoft: Will Nokia ever get back into the mobile devices business? The answer…”It’s complicated.” Spokesman Robert Morlino wrote Monday in a company blog post that Nokia has plans to …

Matt Elliott/CNET Let us begin with a disclaimer: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan is not fully cooked and therefore might do some funny things to your Mac. Proceed with caution with this prerelease software that could, in Apple’s words, cause “crashes, freezes, kernel panics.” I suggest you install El Capitan on a secondary Mac if you have one or, …

An assistant called Moneypenny could be slated for Facebook’s Messenger app. James Martin/CNET In the world of James Bond, Moneypenny is the name of the assistant of Bond’s boss M. But in the world of Facebook, Moneypenny could turn out to be an assistant for the app’s millions of users. The social network is purportedly testing a new virtual assistant …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. LG Electronics Bigger is better, especially when it comes to monitors. Of course, a bigger screen means a bigger price, right? Not today. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Adorama has …

Titan is the second-most-powerful supercomputer in the world. US Department of Energy Supercomputers may be awfully powerful, but in recent years, they haven’t been gaining much strength. For the fifth consecutive time, China’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer has led the Top500 List of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, the list-builders announced on Monday. Tianhe-2, which means Milky Way-2 in English, has a …

T-Mobile Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert shares his thoughts on the company’s new international plan at the New York CNET office. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile isn’t done yet. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier is poised to introduce a new service plan option this week, its chief operating officer, Mike Sievert, said in an interview on Thursday. “We’ve got something big, bold …