June, 2016

• 14 June

  Unpacking WWDC: Did Apple wow you? (The 3:59, Ep. 61)

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple left us feeling a little meh on Monday. We discuss the highs and lows of Apple’s annual developers conference, which offered a wide array of minor improvements and new features. But for all the things announced, from …

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• 14 June

  Biggest iOS 10 letdown: Siri doesn’t go far enough

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Vocally activating your phone, your watch, your car and your home is where the future is headed. And the question of who has the best “voice-triggered assistant” — or artificial intelligence platform — is an important one. Whoever does it best might not …

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• 14 June

  Get a Pebble Time smartwatch for $72.79

  

  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. Today’s deal is a bit of a rerun, but when the price is lower than last time, can you really argue? Here’s why …

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• 14 June

  Apple’s total rethink of the Apple Watch is exactly the step forward it needed

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple Watch is Apple’s most beleaguered product. It’s not fast enough. It’s not always intuitive. It’s not the best fitness tracker. But that might change very soon. And at Apple’s WWDC developers conference, the company wasted no time addressing all of the …

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• 14 June

  You will be able to get rid of Apple’s preinstalled apps in iOS 10

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple unveils iOS 10, packs it with new features 3:43 There are nearly 30 apps that come on every iPhone and iPad that can’t be uninstalled, but that may soon change. Apple on Monday released a developer preview of …

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• 14 June

  Good news! The internet is staying the same in the US

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Net neutrality in the US is safe, for now 1:12 Back in 2015, the FCC reclassified broadband as a utility. Then the agency made rules to ensure all bits on the internet were treated equally. That would mean no special treatment for any kind of data. This led to telecoms and cable companies to sue the …

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• 14 June

  LifeBeam artificial intelligence headphones put a biosensing fitness coach in your ear

  

  Most wearable fitness trackers give you the option to choose your own headphones to listen to while you exercise, but the new Vi headphones from LifeBeam actually bundles a pair of proprietary “biosensing” headphones along with an artificial intelligence app to put a personal fitness coach right in your ear. Vi is outfitted with eleven internal input sensors that keep …

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• 14 June

  What’s everyone saying about net neutrality?

  

  Love or hate the Federal Communications Commission’s rules governing the open internet, people aren’t keeping quiet about it. For more than a decade, the issue of net neutrality, or the principle that all traffic on the internet should be treated equally, has pitted the broadband and internet industries against consumer advocates, who have called on the government to enact rules …

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• 14 June

  Keep your kids safe in Windows 10

  

  The Internet is a scary place even if you don’t have children. But for those of you who do have children, Microsoft has built parental controls into Windows 10 (and Windows 8) that can help you track what your kids are doing online, limit their screen time across multiple devices and prevent them from bankrupting you with in-app purchases. To …

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• 14 June

  FCC’s Net neutrality rules win big in appeals court

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Net neutrality in the US is safe, for now 1:12 The Federal Communications Commission has won a major victory in its decade-long battle to keep the internet open. In a ruling issued Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the rules the agency imposed in February 2015. The decision confirms …

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