Texture, the service that gives readers unlimited access to over 175 magazines (including CNET Magazine), is offering subscribers a free Amazon Fire tablet with a six-month subscription. Available through Amazon’s website, the deal is available while supplies last and ends July 21. As long as you don’t cancel the subscription within the first 7 days, …

Epic giffage on is now possible on Twitter. The microblogging platform has quietly increased the maximum size for gifs from 5MB to 15MB. There has been no official announcement, but the updated Twitter help page now reads, “Photos can be up to 5MB; animated GIFs can be up to 5MB on mobile, and up to 15MB on web.” As noted, …

Now playing: Watch this: You know you’re cool when you have these two Samsung… 2:31 If you want both super-fast performance and top capacity for your computer, you can have it now, if you’re willing to spend $1,499.99 (£1,156, AU $1,991, converted), which is the price of the latest 4TB 850 Evo solid-state drive (SSD) that Samsung announced today. Samsung …

The reality of 5G, wireless connectivity that’s faster than our speediest home internet service, is years away. But that isn’t stopping Verizon from making its presence felt now. The nation’s largest wireless carrier said Monday it has worked out the radio specifications for its 5G deployment with its vendor partners, providing a common blueprint for everyone regarding the network infrastructure, …

Many people spent the weekend getting acquainted with augmented reality, the fusing of the digital and physical world, through the popular new Pokemon Go app that lets users see fictitious creatures hanging out in the real world through a phone screen. But augmented reality, also referred to as mixed reality, can have more practical applications like training. That’s exactly what …

The annual iPhone Photography Awards recognizes professionals and amateurs around the world using iOS cameras and digital processing apps to capture creative photos, and today the collective announced the winners of its ninth competition. The applicants this year numbered in the thousands and spanned 139 countries around the world, but the grand prize was awarded to a Chinese photographer named …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. I’m pretty confident that most Cheapskate readers already own a tablet, maybe even several tablets. I’m also well aware that iPads don’t generally …

Now playing: Watch this: Jaybird X2: Popular wireless sports headphones get upgraded 2:42 Amazon Prime Day is coming — tomorrow! But guess what? You can start scoring deals right now. That’s because Amazon is offering “Countdown” deals in the days leading up to the main event. Needless to say, the company is saving all the best deals for Tuesday, but …

Have a Sam’s Club membership and need a new wireless plan for your phone? Cricket Wireless announced today that you can sign up for its services at more than 400 Sam’s Club locations. Phone plans start at $35 a month, the company said. Cricket Wireless is a subsidiary of AT&T, which inherited the brand with its $1.2 billion acquisition in …

Twitter is adding presidential politics to its live-streaming repertoire. The social network, known in part for its users’ bite-size, and often biting, commentary in real time, will be joining forces with CBS News to live-stream CBSN’s coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the first of which kicks off next week. (Disclosure: CBS is the parent company of CNET.) …