Spotify launched lyrics as a native feature of its service for all its users — free and paid — globally Thursday, widening a long-awaited product feature to its entire listener base after it was already native to its service in a few large corners of the world. Spotify teased the news on social media the previous day.  …

Apple changed its return-to-office plans on Thursday, marking another shift for one of the world’s largest tech giants as it navigates what work will look like once the COVID-19 pandemic comes under control. The iPhone maker sent a memo to staff saying it plans to reopen offices in February, as opposed to earlier plans for January. The memo, reported earlier …

Starbucks on Thursday opened a new store located between New York’s Park and Lexington avenues — and it features Amazon Go’s “Just Walk Out Shopping” experience. Along with the ability to use the Starbucks app to order and pick up coffee and tea, Amazon Go lets you pick up snacks and go on your way without having to stop at a cashier.  …

Twitter is teaming up with S&P Dow Jones Indices to give investors a broader view of opinions about companies they may be considering investing in. The S&P 500 Twitter Sentiment Index launched on Thursday to measure public opinion of companies in the S&P 500 stock market index. Through the Twitter API, S&P analyzes both bearish and bullish tweets in real …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s latest operating system, iOS 15, launched in September, bringing new features to the tech giant’s popular video chat platform, FaceTime. (Here’s how to download iOS 15 today.) Along with portrait mode, spatial audio and the ability to schedule calls in advance, and invite those with Android and Windows …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. TV deals are a staple of Black Friday, and this season is no exception. Amazon has been running its early Black Friday event all month long and today’s featured top deals include big savings on TCL Smart TVs. TCL’s midrange TVs might not be the …

One of the biggest challenges of mixed-reality headsets is the size. That’s the challenge a Chinese upstart called NReal wants to tackle with its sunglass-style AR glasses. The company, which raised $100 million this year, is planning to release its Android-based glasses in the US on Nov. 30. If you’re curious, you can try the smart accessory at select Verizon …

Apple released iOS 15 for iPhones in September, alongside four new phones, the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini and the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. And a new OS update has already arrived with iOS 15.1. (We also get a small glimpse at iOS 15.2 with the update’s first developer beta.) iOS 15 brought a variety of new and improved features …

Prepaid mobile provider Boost Mobile on Thursday released the first of several new plans that will debut this holiday season under the name Carrier Crusher. The plans are aimed at people currently paying for more data than they use. Boost is offering two plans that require a yearly payment: unlimited talk and text with 1GB of data a month for …

Prusa Research, a company specializing in 3D printers for consumers, on Thursday unveiled a new large-format 3D printer. Unlike the 3D printers that it has made before — the Prusa Mk3s and the smaller Prusa Mini — the long-rumored Prusa XL is based on the CoreXY system. This system uses a gantry to move the print head on the X …