The Trump administration’s looming ban on WeChat won’t target people who use or download the Chinese-owned app, the  administration said in a filing Wednesday. The government’s filing came in response to a lawsuit filed in August by a group of WeChat users who aren’t affiliated with the company behind the app and argued that President …

Apple’s popular smartwatch is getting an update, called the Apple Watch Series 6, with a key new health sensor, as well as features focused on making the gadget easier to use with kids. The new sensor for the Apple Watch can measure your blood oxygen level in 15 seconds, Apple said, and will also track your blood oxygen in the background. …

Google announced a new policy Wednesday that will limit developers’ ability to put stalkerware apps on the Play store. The apps are typically used by someone who wants to monitor another person’s phone use, communications and web browsing history. The new policy forbids the apps if they don’t do enough to let phone users know they’ve been installed. Many apps …

Update, Oct. 13: The next Apple event is today, and the iPhone 12 is expected to be unveiled. Here’s how to watch the livestream. Apple CEO Tim Cook started Tuesday’s event by telling us the Apple Watch and new additions to the iPad family would be the highlights — and then we got the Apple Watch Series 6, the Apple Watch SE, the redesigned iPad Air …

Apple fans have been looking forward to the release of iOS 14, the latest version of the iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) operating system and its new features like home screen widgets, automated shortcuts and camera tricks. But several iOS app developers took to Twitter Tuesday to say they were caught off guard during Apple’s iPad and Apple Watch event, when …

Yes, the PS5 will be getting the exclusive  on the newest title in the veteran Final Fantasy Franchise, Final Fantasy XVI. While we got to see an extended clip at today’s PS5 Showcase today — PS5 “experience” emulated on a PC — we still don’t know when to expect it. Screenshot by CNET

Bose’s QuietComfort 35 II headphones are among the most comfortable noise-canceling headphones ever made, so it’s not surprising that Bose has converted them into a gaming headset, with the addition of a “noise-rejecting” boom microphone and PC desktop controller. What is a little surprising is that Bose didn’t make its new QuietComfort 35 II Gaming Headset sooner as a lot …

The holiday shopping season is fast approaching and Apple has begun lining up its new devices, including its latest entry-level iPad and iPad Air, which the tech giant revealed at a launch event Tuesday. The new iPad Air gets a bigger screen, at 10.9 inches from 10.5. That bump-up in display size was made possible by removing the home button …

Facebook said it will remove posts that falsely claim deadly wildfires in Oregon were deliberately started by arsonists for both far-right and far-left groups. The move came as the FBI said its investigations have found the claims to be unsubstantiated. New research published Wednesday, however, shows that deleting these posts may be easier said than done.  Facebook, which typically places …

At Apple’s virtual event on Tuesday, we got a first look at Apple One, the new subscription bundle tying together different combinations of the tech giant’s services, including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, iCloud, Apple News Plus and the newly announced Apple Fitness Plus. Think of this as Apple’s version of Amazon Prime. Over the past few years, Apple …