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Uber just launched an initiative to show its drivers some TLC. As part of its “180 Days of Change” program, Uber will now charge you $15 if a driver has to make an extra trip to return a lost item to you, the ride-hailer announced this week. The fee was imposed in Boston and Chicago …

It’s the end of an era. Apple appears to have quietly discontinued its iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. Earlier Thursday, the webpages for both devices were redirecting to a page for the iPod Touch. They now point to Apple Music. Both the Nano and the Shuffle were variations on Apple’s famed MP3 player, the iPod. The Nano was like a …

Perhaps you’ve accidently left your iPhone in the sun and returned to find it inoperable with the “Your iPhone needs to cool down before you can use it” message plastered on its screen. Or the opposite: It shut down because it was frozen. Whatever the case, iPhones — and smartphones in general — don’t do well in extreme conditions. Which …

We know that the Google Pixel’s successor is coming this year, but much about the Google Pixel 2 remains a mystery. Fans are using rumors and leaked details to imagine what the Google Pixel 2 could look like.  Headphone jack die-hards aren’t going to like what they see on the rendering below, which comes from notable phone renderer OnLeaks in conjunction …

“S-Town,” am I right? And “Missing Richard Simmons”? “Science Vs”? “The Truth”? And, oh, man, don’t forget the impossibly awesome “Battlestar Recaptica“! (I know one of the hosts. Charming, handsome fellow.) Welcome to the golden age of podcasts, where suddenly long commutes and traffic jams don’t seem so bad. Quite the opposite: They give you a chance to listen to …

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This is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. Mathias Bahnmueller is using his iPhone 6 to hear again. Several years ago, Bahnmueller began losing his hearing. He was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease, a disorder of the inner ear that causes vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss. Last month, the 49-year-old auto …

Now playing: Watch this: Siri vs. Google Assistant vs. Bixby 4:46 “Hey Siri, who’s the best voice assistant?” Talking to your phone can be way easier than typing in many situations. Siri, Google Assistant and Bixby Voice are the three big voice assistants available on phones so let’s see how they compare. Siri’s only on iOS, while Google Assistant is …

If you are like me, then your phone is your go-to music control device. Whether I’m using headphones or a Bluetooth speaker, I use Spotify on my iPhone and rarely touch the desktop app. After discovering playlist folders, however, when writing about 10 hidden features of Spotify, I wondered what other tricks the desktop app might have up its sleeve …

President Donald Trump wants to make the iPhone American. In an interview Tuesday, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised to build three manufacturing facilities in the US. The facilities would be “big plants, beautiful plants,” he told the paper.  “He’s promised me three big plants — big, big, big,” Trump said, referring to …