In the wake of coronavirus outbreak quarantines, lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders, use of video chats apps and services has surged. Many people are now working from home, and in-person visits have gone digital.  While there are many options available, whether you’re looking for a way to spend a virtual happy hour or host a brainstorming session with …

This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. For many of us who are physically separated from our moms during the coronavirus pandemic, Mother’s Day will be a challenge to celebrate. But the offbeat digital-analog wooden box called the Lovebox is out to make that a bit easier. …

The Megaboom 3 speaker from Ultimate Ears has never been cheaper. The big, bassy Bluetooth speaker was released at a price of $200 and over the nearly two years since has occasionally dipped to $170 or $180. Right now, you can get the Megaboom 3 for only $130 or $150 at Best Buy. The black-and-white Moon model is discounted to $130, …

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IBM now has 18 quantum computers, an increase of three this quarter that underscores the company’s effort to benefit from a revolutionary type of computing. Dario Gil, head of IBM Research and a champion of its quantum computing effort, disclosed the number at the Big Blue’s Think conference Wednesday. Eighteen quantum computers might not sound like a lot. But given …

Along with new Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3 laptops Microsoft on Wednesday released two new headphones: The Surface Headphones 2 and the Surface Earbuds. (The earbuds were announced last October and subsequently delayed till now.) Microsoft hadn’t previewed the full-size noise-canceling Headphones 2 at its Surface event last fall, but the originals are now about 18 months old, so …

The TiVo Stream 4K is the well-known DVR company’s first piece of hardware that doesn’t have anything to do with recording TV broadcasts. Instead this little box, designed to plug into HDMI and hang from the back of your television, is all about streaming video — and could be a serious competitor to some of our favorite such devices like …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. T-Mobile spent two years working to seal its acquisition of Sprint. Now that the deal is closed, we get our first glimpse of what the combined company looks like, whether Sprint’s losses will weigh down the Un-carrier and how it’s dealing with the …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Twitter has partnered with the British government to take its fight against conspiracy theories linking coronavirus and 5G to the next level. The social media giant will prompt users who search for 5G on its platform to visit a government webpage featuring credible, …

Several popular apps crashed for many users Wednesday afternoon, including TikTok and Spotify, and the issue may be connected to Facebook’s developer toolkit, which lets third-party software programmers integrate their apps with the social network. Users complained on Twitter that TikTok, Spotify, Tinder and Pinterest weren’t working for them. Some people described apps crashing when they tried to launch them. The …