For years now, YouTube has been your go-to for streaming videos of all sorts — from music videos, how-to tutorials, product reviews and even movies. In October, the video streaming service, which has over 2 billion users, announced several new features designed to expand how you watch videos. From adding video chapters and helping you find your place, …

If you’re still using Adobe’s Flash Player, you’ve got 55 more days until Mozilla fully banishes it from Firefox. Firefox 83, released Tuesday, is the penultimate version of the web browser that will run Flash software, and Firefox 85 will completely disable it when it arrives on Jan. 12, 2021. Flash expanded browser abilities with features like streaming video and …

Using your Android phone‘s dedicated dark mode, be it across the entire system or within specific apps, is more than just a preference for how your phone’s interface looks. According to Google, using dark mode as much as possible saves battery life and reduces eye strain when you’re using your phone in a dim environment.  Even Facebook is getting onboard with …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Think you know everything there is to know about saving money on Black Friday ? Think again. I’ve got a couple tips you might have missed. (While you’re at it, be sure to learn the secret of scoring Amazon deals all year long.) 2020 Holiday Gift Picks …

Dec 2020 Nov 2020 Going hands-on with the new M1-powered Apple MacBook Air feels very different from using any previous MacBook Air, even the early-2020 Intel version I tested alongside it. But that mostly comes from the new MacOS Big Sur experience, more than the hardware changes inside. Big Sur is a huge change for the Mac, with new visual …

Verizon on Tuesday unveiled its second-generation Stream TV, an Android TV-powered streaming device. The gadget, which shows top content from streaming apps like Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, features an updated user interface and organizes viewers’ favorite shows so they can more easily resume watching content. Verizon is also launching a Stream TV mobile app, the company …

Twitter, a social network known for 280-character messages, is giving users more ways to share their thoughts online including through ephemeral content and audio clips.  The move is part of Twitter’s efforts to encourage more people to converse publicly online, a task that can be daunting to users who are worried others won’t like or share their tweets.  “It is …

Google’s Chrome web browser is a notorious resource hog, but now Chrome 87, the browser’s final software update of 2020, is promising to speed things up. “Starting in this release, Chrome is actively managing your computer’s resources to make the tabs you care about fast — while allowing you to keep hundreds of tabs open — so you can pick …

Roku still doesn’t have HBO Max’s streaming app. Peacock streams free shows and movies but not on Amazon Fire TV. And T-Mobile just rolled out its own live-channel streaming service, TVision — but Roku users, again, are out of luck.  These gaps in app support used to be rare on streaming devices. This year, they’ve cropped up with nearly every …

TikTok is boosting its parental controls, the company announced Tuesday, adding new ways for parents to monitor their kids on the popular app and social media platform. The Chinese company, which has been under constant pressure from the Trump administration and US government officials over the past year, is boosting its Family Pairing controls. It will allow parents greater control …