In a vast, dark room, the lights glow a steady green, blue, yellow. I’m not inside the Matrix, but it’s not far off. With every step, I walk past thousands upon thousands of virtual interactions between real people happening through the world’s largest social network, Facebook. I’m inside the company’s newest European data center in …
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I’ve done my fair share of drop tests in my time at CNET, and I’ve never come out of one without a broken phone. Until now. Try as I might, the iPhone XS would’t crack. I took Apple’s new iPhone XS phone through my typical four-drop tests, the same one that cracked last year’s iPhone X on the first fall. But …
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Your phone can probably pull hotspot duty, which is undeniably handy while traveling. However, it’s a huge drain on the battery, and maybe you don’t want to be paying an extra $10 to $15 per month for a feature you use only occasionally? Consider packing a dedicated mobile hotspot, which will give your phone a break and let you pay …
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Buying something from eBay today? If it’s priced $25 or higher, you can save 15 percent by applying promo code PICKSOON. And there’s truth in coding, there: The deal is good only through 6 p.m. PT today. So you better pick… soon. Shop at Ebay Some of eBay’s past promo codes limited you to a maximum savings of $50, but this one is good …
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Facebook Stories, a timeline of photos that disappears after 24 hours, has hit a milestone of 300 million people using it every day via its namesake social network and messaging service Facebook Messenger, the company said Wednesday. At a presentation in New York on the sidelines of Advertising Week, Facebook also said that it’s opening up advertising in Facebook Stories to all …
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He pleaded guilty to accessing Apple’s systems multiple times over a period of two years, but today an Australia teenager (who cannot be named for legal reasons) escaped conviction and will not serve time in prison for hacking Apple. The boy accessed Apple’s mainframe from his Melbourne home, reportedly because he was a fan of the company and wanted to …
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Launching on Kickstarter today, Brain Magic’s Orbital 2 joystick seems like one of the most well thought-out control devices for creatives I’ve seen in a while. I didn’t get to use it much — the interface was completely in Japanese when I met with Brain Magic to see it — but it still looks like a pretty impressive piece of …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple Watch Series 4. Special guest Scott Stein rolls in with his impressions after a week with the wearable. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan VanGelder. Now playing: Watch this: …
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At WWDC 2018, Apple took the name for its Mac operating system down from Northern California’s majestic mountains and moved southward to the Golden State’s famed desert. After a run of mountain themes — Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra — Apple has named the next version of MacOS (version 10.14) after California’s Mojave Desert. MacOS Mojave (version 10.14) is available now …
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If you want to step back from Chrome, the Vivaldi alternative browser just grew up a notch with the addition of cross-computer sync and other improvements in version 2.0. Vivaldi, with about 1 million people using it each month, doesn’t have anything like the visibility or clout of Google’s Chrome, Mozilla’s Firefox or Apple’s Safari. But if you’re looking for …
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