Facebook is reportedly planning another video chat device, but this one could be for your TV. The world’s largest social network is building a camera-equipped device that sits on top of a TV and allows video calling along with entertainment services, according to Cheddar. The device is reportedly code-named “Ripley” and uses the same technology …

Even if you haven’t heard of Arm, you’ve known about its chip technology, because it powers just about every smartphone out there. Now with a new chip family called Neoverse, the UK company hopes every internet service your phone taps into will also be powered by Arm. Arm got its start as Advanced RISC Machines, a spinoff from Apple’s ill-fated …

We’ve taken Huawei’s new Mate 20 Pro and its three rear cameras for a spin around an unusually sunny London to see what this superphone is capable of.  The phone has a standard wide-angle lens, a telephoto lens and a new super wide-angle lens. It’s the latter I was the most keen on. While the standard view is reasonably wide …

Palm is best known as a pioneer in the worlds of personal digital assistants and smartphones. Even though the company has been dead for years, the brand still boasts a cult following among techies who stared at screens before staring at screens was a thing. So it’s surprising that Palm’s resurrection comes in the form of a device designed to …

Check out CNET’s full reviews of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, now! The Pixel 3 is one of Google’s most refined phones yet. It’s got the specs to compete with the iPhone XS and Galaxy 9, features dual 8-megapixel front-facing cameras for spectacular selfies and even supports wireless charging, all for hundreds less than the competition.  On top of all that, it …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Tuesday asked wireless carriers to waive bills for people affected by Hurricane Michael. The Category 4 storm, with 155-mile-per-hour winds, made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 10. It tore down electrical wires and ripped apart fiber networks needed for delivering broadband and mobile phone service. The death toll reached 19 on Saturday. “Even …

Huawei on Tuesday announced a raft of new products at an event in London. You can watch the event as it happened in the video above. Here’s what’s new: Huawei Mate 20 Pro: The company’s newest flagship phone is an Android handset with a 6.39-inch, 3,120×1,440-pixel AMOLED screen. But it has a host of unique features that sets it apart …

Starting at around 9:30 a.m. PT, Twitter users with mobile notifications turned on started to receive alerts that said… nothing. The messages, containing strings of nonsensical characters and numbers, swamped phones, but when opened, they simply went to whatever part of Twitter users last had open. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey acknowledged the issue Tuesday morning, in a tweet showing a …

Check out CNET’s full reviews of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, now! We’re still working on our full review of Google’s recently announced Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, but in the meantime, we wanted to showcase exactly what its camera is capable of. Last year’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL had fantastic cameras, and Google claims that this year’s …

A quick housekeeping note: There’s a new Cheapskate newsletter rolling out this week! Some of you will get it; some of you will see the old version. And that will change from day to day, so you’ll have ample chance to experience both styles. Please let me know what you think of the new version and whether you’d like it …