Disney Plus mobile-app downloads jumped 72% in the US last weekend as the streaming service dropped Hamilton, the highly anticipated film version of the award-winning musical that Disney originally planned to release in theaters more than a year from now.  Mobile app downloads surged 72.4% in the US on Friday through Sunday, compared with the average number of …

This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. TikTok said late Monday it plans to exit the Hong Kong market within days as several tech giants have announced they’re pausing the review of Hong Kong government requests for user data in reaction to a new national security law China imposed on the region that …

The CEOs of US tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon are set to appear at an antitrust hearing on July 27. The news came from Rep. David Cicilline, as reported by Recode and confirmed by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on July 6. Apple’s Tim Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will all testify. …

Stuck at home this summer? If the coronavirus pandemic has canceled your summer plans, you could pivot and use your vacation funds on a new gaming laptop. If you want to get into PC gaming or upgrade your aging setup, a new gaming laptop can certainly help fill the hours during those long summer days and hot summer nights. Read …

Update, Aug. 3: The Pixel 4A is here. Read CNET’s review. Original story follows. Google is discontinuing the Pixel 3a and 3a XL phones. Google confirmed the news over the weekend, saying it has “sold through its inventory and completed sales of Pixel 3a.” The $400 phone is now listed as being out of stock on Google’s website. The Pixel 3a, which …

The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down an exception in federal law that allowed debt collectors to use robocalls to automatically dial cellphones.  The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits robocalls made to cell phones without a user’s consent. But in 2015, Congress added an exception in the law that allowed debt collectors, who were seeking to recover money …

Hello freedom, goodbye tethering. That’s what I thought when I first opened the box for the new Lenovo Flex 5G, the first 5G-powered laptop we’ve been able to test, and the first most consumers will be able to purchase.  Now I can go anywhere, do anything, and not be at the mercy of coffee shop Wi-Fi systems or tethering to …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Bird has denied it received a loan from the US government to help it through COVID-19. Its statements follow reports Monday that the electric scooter company received between $5 million and $10 million under the government’s Paycheck Protection Program in April. Both CNBC …

The new Alloy Elite 2 mechanical gaming keyboard from HyperX is blindingly bright. And heavy, which is probably the first thing you’ll spot. But once it’s on your desk and plugged in, you’ll definitely notice how bright the keys are. Part of the reason for that is the company’s homegrown Red linear switches with surface-mounted diode LEDs. Combined with the …

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