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I grew up before computers were common in classrooms — the most you could expect to get in my school was a CD-ROM encyclopedia to mess around with. (And if you don’t even know what a CD-ROM is, don’t sweat it. We’ve come a long way since then). So imagine my surprise when I popped …

You might run an ad blocker in your browser to cut website clutter and keep companies from tracking you online. But the ad-blocking Brave browser has another reason to intervene: to free up memory and preserve your battery life. Detailed tests comparing Brave to Google’s dominant Chrome browser, with and without the Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin ad-blocking extensions, show …

Everyday it seems like there are rumors and leaks about another company working on a foldable phone. Xiaomi, Huawei, LG, Lenovo, Motorola all are rumored to have a bendable or foldable phone in the works. On Thursday, Apple updated a patent with drawings of a foldable clamshell phone. This is a continuation of a patent originally filed in 2011 and …

If you’re on Twitter, you may soon encounter a familiar Snapchat feature. The social media site has been developing a “News Camera,” according to code uncovered and tweeted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong. The new camera feature apparently will be accessible by swiping left from the home screen and let you add Snapchat-style captions to photos, videos and live …

President’s Day isn’t until this Monday, but Best Buy has already rolled out a big sale — with some deals that might earn your vote. The full online list is here, but I’ve rounded up what I consider to be the cream of Best Buy’s sale crop. These prices will be in effect through Monday, though there’s always a chance …

Apple removed five smelters and refiners from is supply chain for failing to pass or not being willing to participate in human rights audits, according to its 2018 Conflict Minerals Report filed on Friday. In 2018, the iPhone maker identified eight potential incidents “involving the police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and/or the DRC army in connection with a variety …

Samsung’s coming to a mall near you — if you live in California, New York or Texas. The company on Thursday said it plans to open three Samsung Experience Stores, at these locations: The Americana at Brand in Los Angeles; Roosevelt Field on Long Island in Garden City, New York; and The Galleria in Houston. The locations will open Feb. …

Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 will be on sale in Germany again, though now with Qualcomm chips. On Thursday, Apple said it’ll resume sales of the older iPhone models at its German stores. They had been banned in December amid a patent dispute with Qualcomm. Reuters earlier reported the news.  Apple will stop using chips from Intel in the older …

The camera on your phone is pretty spectacular. In an instant, it can capture a milestone in your child’s life, a night out with friends or that particularly attractive slice of avocado toast in front of you.  Camera technology on phones has made giant jumps in innovation over just a few years resulting in plenty of phones that take outstanding …

Some apps may track your activity over time, even when you tell them to forget the past. And there’s nothing you can do about it. Roughly 17,000 Android apps collect identifying information that creates a permanent record of the activity on your device, according to research from the International Computer Science Institute that was shared with CNET. The data collection appears …