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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I like to think I keep a neat and orderly desktop, but it does spiral out of control from time to time and I find myself staring at a sea of thumbnails scattered across my MacBook. With MacOS …

Hot on the heels of its dual iPhone XS and XS Max teardowns, device repair specialist site iFixit headed back to the workbench on Monday to pull apart the new Apple Watch Series 4.  The disassembly delivered good news — the battery is bigger, though still smaller than the original Apple Watch’s. Plus, it gave us a glimpse into the workings of the …

It’s Apple by a nose. Windows 10 will soon have a dark mode, but Mac users can get a system-wide dark mode now with MacOS Mojave.  Here’s how to enable dark mode and what it does and doesn’t do to your Mac’s UI. Now playing: Watch this: Apple MacOS Mojave is here, but we’re still waiting for… 2:08 Mojave dark …

In nearly a decade and a half covering the tech industry, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing companies go all out when showing off their new products. One of the more awkward is the image of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin on Rollerblades gliding up to the stage to talk about the T-Mobile G1, the original Android phone. From …

The T-Mobile G1 is an iconic device. But with its slide-out full QWERTY keyboard and a thick chin, it isn’t an attractive one. When it debuted a decade ago, the original Android smartphone was seen as a bulky, awkward product. Critics loved the slick Android operating system it ran, but the hardware didn’t prompt the universal praise its contemporary, the …

Chika Umeadi could be the poster child for what’s wrong with virtual reality today. At a glance, he seems like the perfect candidate to buy a VR headset. He’s an app developer and techie. He loves video games. He’s 30, unmarried and says he has the means to splurge when he wants to. Yet even though the Chicagoan has tried …

Apple on Monday said it’s completed a deal to acquire music recognition app Shazam, and the app will soon become ad-free for all users. “Apple and Shazam have a long history together,” said Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple Music, in a press release. “Shazam was one of the first apps available when we launched the App Store and has become …

I rarely cover Bluetooth headphones, mostly because their wired counterparts usually sound better for less money. Still, it’s hard to ignore Bluetooth ‘phones booming popularity, so when NAD offered a sample of its Viso HP70 noise-canceling Bluetooth headphone, I agreed to take a listen. After all, its Viso HP50 headphone sounds awfully good; it’s really one of the best wired headphones I’ve …

A new batch of iPhones has landed, and with it comes the expansion of Apple’s Face ID and the ability to make your face your password.  Face ID is incredibly advanced facial recognition biometrics. Just glance at the phone, and it unlocks. When it works, it is pretty smooth — but it’s got its quirks. Especially for new users.  Now …

If you don’t want to brave the launch day crowds to check out the iPhone XS and XS Max, no worries: Apple has a way to let you experience them virtually. You can spin it, check out colors and compare sizes. Apple/Screenshot by CNET The company’s new microsite, which only works on the mobile versions of the Chrome or Safari …