Facebook on Monday confirmed it will remove groups and events that encourage people to defy guidance on social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes as some Americans are using Facebook to organize protests of business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders intended to slow the spread of the virus.  In an interview on Good Morning …

After teasing its Velvet phone through concept images and explaining its naming convention, LG gave us our first close look at the device and its chipset in a trailer over the weekend. It’ll use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 5G 765 processor, instead of the higher-end 865. The cameras descend in order by size, with the main lens sitting just above the surface, …

If you’re able to weather the global pandemic without regular bouts of anxiety, I salute you. My pendulum swings back and forth between “We’ll get through this” and “We’re all doomed” — often several times per day. That’s why I’m increasingly on the lookout for helpful (and cheap) coping tools, be they free games to keep my mind off things …

Spring is normally a terrible time to buy a new TV, but 2020 is hardly a typical spring. The millions of Americans sitting at home to slow the spread of coronavirus are watching more TV than ever, and Vizio is dropping prices to tempt them to upgrade. The company makes some of CNET’s favorite televisions for the money, and the …

My whole life is on video now. Zoom, Houseparty, FaceTime, Hangout, Skype — I’m signing up for all these services to keep up with business, family, friends. We’re swapping devices. We’re using phones, laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, whatever’s around. Whatever you pick, there’s a drawback. Phones are easy to use and have great front-facing cameras, but are small and hard to …

Motorola seems to barely have noticed what’s going on in the world right now. It’s certainly not slowing down, having just released the affordable G Power and G Stylus. The flagship Edge and Edge Plus phones are rumored to be revealed later this week. Now new leaks from Evan Blass and 91Mobiles detail two additional Moto phones due to arrive in …

Movie ticketing company Fandango confirmed on Monday that it has signed an agreement with Walmart to acquire TV and movie streaming service Vudu. In an email to CNET, a Fandango spokesperson said the companies expect the deal to close in the next few months.  Vudu customers won’t experience any disruption to their Vudu libraries, a Walmart spokesperson told CNET. Customers’ …

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the wizard-themed augmented reality mobile app game, has added a new feature so players can continue their adventures from the safety of their home during the spread of the coronavirus. The book series’ famous purple Knight Bus is being added so that people in lockdown or quarantine can keep fighting foes. “Rather than extending your wand …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon shuttered its French warehouses last week following a court ruling that it had to limit deliveries to products in the food, medicine and hygienic categories due to inadequate coronavirus protections at its warehouses. Workers have been asked to stay home until at …

The timing of the new iPhone SE — which goes on preorder today and arrives April 24 — could not have been better for Apple. As the coronavirus puts millions of people out of work around the world, a $400 iPhone (£419, AU$749) will appeal to people in search of a budget device that does it all. But Samsung has a …