Google CEO Sundar Pichai signaled Tuesday that his company will take a cautious approach to going back into China, if it ever does. The search giant has been under persistent criticism for its Project Dragonfly, which would bring a censored search engine to China. The project has prompted employee protests and resignations, as well as criticism …

When Apple released WatchOS 5 and the new Walkie-Talkie app, the company also made it possible for your Walkie-Talkie contacts to randomly — and without warning — start talking to you through your watch’s speaker. If you’re in a meeting, class, or even on a date, having someone randomly start talking to you through the Walkie Talkie app can be …

The good news for Brave: its ad-blocking web browser is now the default option for surfing the net on a phone from a major phone maker, HTC. The bad news: it’s the HTC Exodus 1, a niche product aimed at cryptocurrency fans who’ve grown scarcer with bitcoin’s plunging value. Chief Executive Brendan Eich, co-founder of Brave and previously Firefox maker …

B&H marked down a ton of Apple hardware during the week leading up to Cyber Monday — and it’s not turning back. The retailer continues to tweak its discount on the 2018 MacBook Air that Apple introduced less than two months ago, and which is now priced at $1,059.  That’s $140 off Apple’s retail price, $10 off the previous low from Black Friday — …

Special Instagram users may be getting a special form of Instagram. Instagram is reportedly testing “creator accounts” for high-profile users, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The social media platform is filled with a number of these so-called “influencers” who can reach a large audience thanks to their high follower counts. Because of this, brands often turn to influencers to start …

Is Google’s location tracking so precise that it can know if someone moved from one side of a room to another? That’s a question US Rep. Ted Poe, a Republican from Texas, repeatedly asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai during one of the most pointed exchanges of Pichai’s congressional hearing Tuesday. But by using an iPhone, instead of a Google Android …

These days I have exactly one requirement when buying a laptop: It must have a solid-state drive. If you’ve ever had a system with one, you know it’s an order of magnitude faster than a traditional (i.e. mechanical) hard drive. Alas, it’s pretty rare to find a laptop with a decent-size SSD for below $600. Heck, even for below $700. …

Huawei, the second-largest smartphone maker and one of the biggest telecommunications equipment suppliers in the world, had a rough start to the year. A widely expected deal to be announced at CES that AT&T would carry the Huawei Mate 10 Pro never materialized. Then reports surfaced that Verizon Wireless had also pulled out of a deal. In March, CNET reported …

Starting Tuesday, Firefox will nudge you to try out options designed to make the web more interesting, more useful or more productive. Mozilla’s new Firefox 64 keeps an eye on what you’re up to and prompts you to try extensions and features that could help you with that activity, the browser maker said. For example, if you open the same …

Uber is facing a new lawsuit that alleges it used anticompetitive practices and predatory pricing to beat out its ride-hailing competitors. The suit was filed in US district court in San Francisco on Tuesday by Sidecar — the now defunct ride-hailing pioneer that was one of the first companies to introduce the idea of using a smartphone to connect drivers …