If you want to record your iPhone or iPad screen, the process is simple — whether you’re nearing the rewarding conclusion to your favorite Apple Arcade game and you want to document it, or you’re trying to walk a loved one through how to set up their new phone. Of course, you can still take screenshots and …
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Will Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro work with 5G? The answer is complicated
Google’s new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, introduced at Google’s Oct. 19 Pixel event, both seem poised to rival the iPhone 13 and the Galaxy S21 as the best phones of 2021. They boast impressive cameras, fast processors and stylish designs. Where Google appears to differ from its Apple and Samsung rivals, at least on the first few days of preorders, …
Read More »Windows 11 has arrived, but here’s why not everyone will get the upgrade yet
Windows 11 started its wide rollout on Oct. 5 — the first major upgrade in six years. Windows 11 is available as a free download for existing Windows 10 users, but it’s not yet available for every compatible Windows device. And every major new feature promised isn’t available right now. (Microsoft announced this in an August blog post). We’ve already tested and published a full …
Read More »iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 11: Portrait mode shootout
The iPhone 13 Pro is here and, unusually, its most vaunted features aren’t its cameras. My CNET colleague Patrick Holland gave the 13 Pro and Pro Max high marks for their long battery life, sumptuous ProMotion displays and the software improvements brought by iOS 15. But there’s plenty to love about its camera too, with the 13 Pro’s new 3x …
Read More »Apple Watch 6 vs. Apple Watch SE: Every big difference
Apple’s newest smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 7, made its debut at the tech giant’s California Streaming event in September, and it’s now available for purchase. (Here’s how to trade in your old Apple Watch to get the best deal.) But, before committing to the Apple Watch 7, you may want to consider last year’s models. Apple launched two new smartwatches …
Read More »LCD vs. OLED: TV display technologies compared
There are plenty of new and confusing terms facing TV shoppers today, but when it comes down to the screen technology itself, there are only two: Nearly every TV sold today is either LCD or OLED. LCD TVs, also called “LED TVs,” have been prevalent on the market since the early 2000s. The best ones feature technologies like quantum dots or …
Read More »‘Pacemaker for the brain’: How a neural implant keeps a woman’s depression at bay
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What’s old is new again for Apple, which this week refreshed its MacBook Pro line at the high end and touched up its AirPods and HomePod Mini offerings as well. The biggest change: The 16-inch MacBook Pro now runs on Apple’s own M1 chips, rather than those from Intel. And what’s old is inexplicably still with us: This week marks …
Read More »What it was like to watch Steve Jobs introduce the iPod 20 years ago
This is what I remember: There was a line to get into Apple’s headquarters to see Steve Jobs. That wasn’t all that unusual. Apple’s CEO was the closest thing the tech industry had to a rock star. Like him or not, he was a charismatic and persuasive presenter who could make even the most mundane tech sound like it was …
Read More »The iPod is still here, it’s just evolved
Twenty years after the first iPod debuted, it’s hard to find whether iPods even exist anymore on Apple’s website. They do, technically: One iPod Touch model remains. But really, iPods are kind of everywhere now. In 2021, Apple has atomized the iPod and spread its spirit into everything else. In the fall of 2001, I was living in Los Angeles …
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