How do you show love and support for your favorite YouTube Gaming videos? Well, now you can do it with money.   YouTube Gaming fans can now directly give money to their favorite eligible creators with sponsorships, the company said Tuesday. A monthly $4.99 payment gives fans perks such as custom emoji and access to exclusive …

Come Oct. 4, Google’s Pixel 2 XL phone could debut with a starting price of $850 and come in a black and white color combo, according to a new rumor from Droid Life. The phone is rumored to come in all-black as well. A $850 price tag — which converts to £630 or AU$1,060 — would pay for a version with 64GB of storage. …

iOS 11 adds a bevy of new features and interface tweaks to your iPhone (and even more changes for your iPad). After opening your new iPhone or upgrading your current iPhone, here are the settings to check or change straight away. Do Not Disturb While Driving Given the frightening number of drivers I see each and every day with their eyes …

Texting while driving is deadly. Everyone knows this, yet few drivers can resist the siren song of a newly arrived message. Too bad smartphones aren’t smart enough to detect when you’re driving and send automated replies on your behalf. Google took steps in that direction last year, however, with an updated version of Android Auto. And with the arrival of …

You don’t need to spring for an iPhone 8 ($162 at Amazon) or iPhone 8 Plus ($212 at Amazon) or wait for the iPhone X ($285 at Amazon) to arrive in November in order to get the latest iOS bells and whistles. On Tuesday, Apple released iOS 11, the company’s newest mobile operating system for iOS devices. If you have …

There is a seriously long list of features Apple added to iOS 11, ranging from slight upgrades to the Messages app to a completely revamped experience when using the iPad. Now playing: Watch this: 7 important hidden features in iOS 11 2:21 One of the more subtle, and hidden, features Apple added is the ability to scan QR codes without …

Reviews of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are out and are largely ho-hum about the latest smartphones from Apple. Sure, there are some nice updates for both phones. But are they really worth getting or is it better to wait for the higher-end and more expensive iPhone X, which ships in early November? One feature, though, that may …

Those of you on T-Mobile’s unlimited data plans will soon get to use at least 50 gigabytes of data each month before you face a possible speed reduction. T-Mobile, the third-largest wireless player — well behind Verizon and AT&T — previously warned that it may reduce customers’ download speeds once they’ve consumed 32GB of data each month. The wireless carrier …

T-Mobile and Sprint are quickly becoming the Ross and Rachel of the wireless industry.  The nation’s third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers are in active discussions for a merger, according to a person familiar with the talks. It could take anywhere between three and five weeks before the deal might be made official, although there’s no guarantee it will go through. CNBC’s …

With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — from prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. The self-employed worker is becoming increasingly popular among software vendors. And there’s a good reason for that. There were 15 million people self-employed in 2015, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. …