Checking in on a family member in 2016 is much easier than ever, and perhaps less invasive, too. We don’t have to call or text to see that Sally hasn’t left the house or that Dad is driving and should be home by 7. We have apps that can passively keep an eye on friends …

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. Enlarge Image This tablet, $39.99? Yes, please. Amazon OK, I’m calling it. Amazon wins the tablet wars. Sorry, Apple. Sorry, Samsung. Sorry, Lenovo, …

There are two types of projects you can create with iMovie on your iPhone: Movie and Trailer. The Movie template is by far the more flexible of the two, letting you adjust the length of each clip in your movie and, thus, the length of your movie. The Trailer template is much more rigid, with an outline that features fixed …

Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo once acknowledged that “we suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years.” Now the company is confronting the problem in a new way. The company is forming the Twitter Trust & Safety Council to get feedback on harassment and bullying, Patricia Cartes, Twitter’s head of global …

Shattered phone screens aren’t fun. Don’t feel like paying the $99-$150 that Apple charges for an iPhone screen repair? You could always just add a screen protector. It won’t necessarily keep your phone screen from breaking, but it might help. I’ve never been a screen protector person, but Apple Stores are going to make it easier for people on the …

In the past few days you may have seen a photo making the rounds on social media that shows a carved stone relief dating back to ancient Greece along with the word “laptop” displayed prominently in the headline. The relief shows a woman lounging in an armchair, her right arm stretched out toward a shallow box with its lid open. …

Beliebers just want to go to Justin Bieber concerts. They don’t really care if their tickets came from the box office or an independent seller. That feeling is likely true for more than Bieber lovers, and it’s why StubHub decided to start regularly selling box office tickets for the first time in the ticket resale company’s 15-year history. “Consumers no …

Consumers eyeing Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 tablet or Band 2 activity tracker can save some cash thanks to a new sale. The Surface Pro 4 comes in five variations, each now on sale for $100 off the usual retail price at the Microsoft Store. The offer is good through February 27. The Microsoft Band 2 is on sale for $200, …

India has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics service. The action is the result of a new regulation released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), BBC News reported Monday. Free Basics, launched in 2014 under Internet.org, is a Facebook-backed initiative that aims to provide a limited number of Internet sites and services for free to areas of the world where …

There’s something moving in the snow at the Formigal-Panticosa ski resort in Spain. It’s big and shuffling and as white as the ground. And it was caught on camera. Update: It was a marketing stunt. On February 11, sunglasses company Hawkers and Spanish ski resort association Aramón took responsibility for the viral Yeti video as advertising for a sunglasses and …