Instagram will top Twitter as a source for news, survey says

Instagram is likely to overtake Twitter as a source for news within the next year, according to the 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report. Use of the Facebook-owned app for news has doubled across age groups since 2018, the report says.  Instagram, which in recent years has expanded to include features like Stories and IGTV, now reaches more than a …

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Amazon’s new Distance Assistant uses AI to encourage social distancing

Amazon said Tuesday it’s developed a new artificial intelligence system to help maintain social distancing in its warehouses, and it plans to share the underlying technology for free. Called Distance Assistant, the tech involves a 50-inch monitor, camera and laptop set up on a mount. The camera tracks how closely people are walking near each other, showing workers walking by …

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Qualcomm brings 5G to cheaper phones with Snapdragon 690 processor

Qualcomm on Tuesday introduced the newest 5G chip in its lineup, and this one’s targeted at cheap smartphones.  The processor, called the Snapdragon 690, marks the first time Qualcomm has offered 5G toward the lower-end of its smartphone chip lineup. It’s had 5G modems for premium smartphones since 2016 (though they didn’t start appearing in devices until a couple of …

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We play Lego Super Mario: Nintendo comes to life in bricks

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Best antivirus apps for Windows 10

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Bezos agrees to testify, Star Wars: Squadrons announced

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AT&T expands 5G network to cover over 160 million people in 327 markets

AT&T’s low-band 5G network is growing, expanding on Monday to now cover over 160 million people in 327 markets. Among the new areas that can now tap into 5G are Atlanta, Baton Rouge and Nashville.  AT&T previously announced that it planned to launch a nationwide 5G in the first half of 2020. With the coronavirus disrupting the world, that timeline moved toward having …

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Apple’s 16

Apple on Monday added a fresh graphics option for its 16-inch MacBook Pro: AMD’s new Radeon Pro 5600M GPU. It offers a higher performance than the current Radeon Pro 5300M and 5500M GPU options, but it’ll cost you at least $700 more. The 5600M GPU’s 8GB of HBM2, or second-gen high bandwidth memory, should make it considerably faster than the …

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Apple WWDC 2020: Everything you need to know about the online developers conference

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s 31st annual Worldwide Developers Conference will kick off next Monday, June 22. The conference will take place entirely online due to the coronavirus pandemic, allowing millions of developers to get early access to upcoming updates for iOS, iPadOS, MacOS, WatchOS and TVOS and learn …

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