The usual crowds that line up for Apple’s newest smartphones didn’t bother to show for the iPhone XR. Apple Stores around the world opened their doors on Friday for the first day selling the iPhone XR, and while Apple has offered something a little different than on previous launches — more colors and arguably the best …

Snapchat isn’t the social media powerhouse it used to be. The tech firm said Thursday that 186 million users logged into the ephemeral messaging app daily in the third quarter, down from 188 million users in the previous quarter. It’s the second quarter in a row that Snapchat has seen a drop in the number of daily active users Snap …

Here’s how I start my day: I snooze my iPhone’s alarm once (OK, fine — twice), roll out of bed, walk to bathroom, and brush my teeth while checking email and the weather. With a hidden tidbit of iOS 12, I now get a brief but detailed weather forecast right on my iPhone lock screen to help streamline my morning …

This is part of CNET’s “Crossing the Broadband Divide” series exploring the challenges of getting internet access to everyone. I sit in a massive green tractor, called a sprayer, as we drive down the field. A tablet in the machine’s cabin shows a map with blue rectangles marking where we’ve applied chemicals. Soon, I can see another sprayer pop up …

Be careful, online shoppers. The number of fake retail websites designed to phish for customer information is on the rise, according to a joint report published Wednesday by e-commerce fraud prevention company Riskified and cyber intelligence company IntSights.  Analyzing data from the third quarter of last year to Q3 2018, Riskified and IntSights found a 297 percent increase in retail …

Anker is known for its mobile charging products but in recent years has branched out into other consumer electronics categories. Heading into the holiday season, it announced a handful of new products at a media event in New York. They include the Nebula Capsule II pico projector, the PowerPort Atom PD charger (Anker’s smallest 27W charger yet) and the Soundcore …

Parrot launched its latest camera drone, the compact, lightweight Anafi, back in June, but since then it’s updated it with new features and improvements to keep its fans happy — and potentially woo buyers away from that other drone maker. Another big update arrives today with tweaks to the drone’s HDR, hyperlapse and dolly zoom.  It can now capture HDR …

Google’s Pixel 3 XL ($400 at Walmart) is the first phone from the company that features a notch at the top of the display. The notch is where Google has tucked the front-facing cameras and a speaker in an attempt to give you more screen without increasing the size of the phone. If you feel adamant about using a Pixel …

Starting today, you can ask your Google speaker to control Roku. Roku’s popular streamers and smart TVs now have the ability to take commands from Google Assistant. That means a Google Home, Google Home Mini or Google Home Hub, for example, can control Rokus using “OK Google” voice commands from across the room. People with Roku streamers and a compatible Assistant gadget …

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