The gap between midrange and premium phones is about to get smaller. That is, if those midrange phones come packing Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 630 and 660 chips. Announced Tuesday local time at a company event in Singapore, the two new system-on-chip (SoC) are the successors to the Snapdragon 625 and 652 processors, which are used …

Want to read it later? That web page, I mean? Chrome for Android just made the option a lot easier. Google‘s mobile browser added offline reading last year, but a new update expands the capability with a couple handy features. For starters, you can now long-tap any link, then choose Download link from the pop-up menu that appears. Enlarge Image …

Net neutrality became the law of the land in early 2015. Two years later, it looks like those laws are about to go away. CNET’s own Maggie Reardon interviewed Ajit Pai, the new Federal Communications Commission chairman, on his views about the regulations and what he hopes to change. Also on this podcast, we talk about Andy Rubin, the father …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants a do-over of the rules governing net neutrality. But he’s trying to keep an open mind about the proceedings. “I don’t have any predetermined views as to where we’re going to go,” he said in an interview with CNET on Thursday. “That’s the reason that we call it a notice of proposed rulemaking. …

Fuchsia, the mysterious new operating system under development at Google, is starting to take shape and has acquired a user interface. The new UI, dubbed Armadillo, features a card-based design for managing multiple apps, according to a profile by Ars Technica. The new interface, first spotted by Hotfixit.net, allows cards to be dragged around and used in a split-screen format. …

The digital wallet crowd is getting a little more packed in the US, with Apple and Android Pay being joined by two new competitors from the East. Alipay, the payment platform offered by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has joined forces with US credit card processing service First Data Corporation, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The partnership enables Chinese tourists who visit the …

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai says he wants to fix the agency’s net neutrality rules. The FCC is set to vote on a proposal this month that will revisit the rules governing net neutrality, once again opening up the issue for debate. Pai, a Republican appointed in January as chairman by President Donald Trump, says he supports the principles …

Last week, a mysterious bottle of chili lime hot sauce appeared on my co-worker’s desk. It was clear we needed fried chicken to go with it, he said. Too bad there isn’t any good fried chicken nearby, he moaned. As if that mattered. Within minutes I had pulled up a handful of on-demand delivery apps in San Francisco that would …

If you’re visiting China but don’t speak the language, you may be relieved to hear that you can hail a cab just as easily as the locals now. Didi Chuxing, a China-based rival to Uber’s ride-hailing service, on Monday rolled out an English version of its app in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The company said the feature will be introduced …