Now playing: Watch this: Has Netflix gone soft on net neutrality? 1:15 Netflix is ready to wave the white flag when it comes to the war over net neutrality. The Federal Communications Commission and President Donald Trump want to tear down the rules governing an open internet that were put in place under the previous …

Now playing: Watch this: ‘Last Week Tonight’ takes on the FCC, crashes its site… 1:48 The FCC still hasn’t provided any evidence it was hit by an alleged DDoS attack, but senators hope the FBI will. Here’s a breakdown of that alphabet soup we just served. In the first week of May, the Federal Communications Commission’s website went down after …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple may announce Siri speaker next week 1:27 Enlarge Image Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 5.  Apple We’re learning a bit more about Apple’s alleged Siri speaker as the rumor mill heats up before the company’s annual developer conference. The voice-control speaker is reportedly already being manufactured, according to Bloomberg, and an unveiling at the …

Windows 10 laptops running Qualcomm chips just gained stronger manufacturer support. Today at the Computex show in Taipei, computer makers Lenovo, HP and Asus officially expressed plans to build Windows devices powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processor. The idea of a Windows 10 machine running a Snapdragon chip isn’t new. Qualcomm confirmed that the Snapdragon 835 could handle …

Editors’ note, June 1, 2017: Motorola announced the Moto Z2 Play, a midrange phone with impressive battery life and compatibility with Moto Mods. Below is CNET’s original story on the rumor. Motorola fans can look forward to a new phone coming very soon. Lenovo (Motorola’s current parent company) declared on its Canadian Twitter account that it will announce the next …

Your dad doesn’t know how to configure his router. Your grandma can’t figure out how to program her TV remote. Your kid has questions about science homework while you’re on a business trip. Or maybe you’re the one who needs help.   We’ve all been there — fielding requests for assistance when we aren’t physically around.  Now, PTC’s Vuforia augmented-reality …

The father of Android has a new baby. Andy Rubin, who created the Android software that now runs on 2 billion active devices, has just unveiled the Essential Ph-1 (commonly referred to as the Essential Phone). In a blog post describing why he decided to jump back into the mobile fray, he talked about everything he doesn’t like about technology. …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s annual WWDC conference kicks off Monday, June 5, and runs through Friday, June 9, in San Jose, California. In addition to including seminars and workshops between developers and Apple engineers, Apple uses WWDC to unveil primarily software (and sometimes hardware) updates. This …

Now playing: Watch this: Twitter’s new privacy settings, MLB comes to Facebook 1:09 Your inbox on Twitter will undergo a slight, but an ever-important change in the coming days. Twitter is in the process of rolling out a second direct message inbox, where messages from those you don’t follow will wind up. The “Requests” inbox is similar to Facebook’s other …

If you still prefer your powerful gaming laptop to have a palm rest below your keyboard, Dell may be one of your options in the future. Unlike the radical designs of Acer’s Predator Triton 700 and the Asus ROG Zephyrus — both moved the keyboard downward and are doing away with the palm rest to fit GeForce GTX 1080 into …