Facebook has objected to the 30% fee Apple charges for purchases that take place within apps running on iPhones, a major source of revenue for Apple and an increasingly contentious issue for developers. The fee hurts businesses trying to take advantage of a new feature in Facebook’s app to sell services like video streams or …
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Fortnite developer Epic Games is suing Apple and Google after both pulled Epic’s hit game from their app stores over direct-payment disputes. As of right now, neither are allowing users to download and install Fortnite on phones through their digital marketplaces. At the heart of the debate is whether Epic has the right to include a direct-payments service in its Fortnite app, …
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When the iPhone X first debuted in 2017, it made headlines for several reasons. It was the first iPhone to have Face ID, the first to have an OLED display and the first to have an onscreen notch . At the time it was a top-of-the-class device. Now, three years later, it’s just as reliable. Though Apple discontinued the iPhone X a mere …
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Epic Games put the billions of dollars it’s raked in from its hit Fortnite video game to some use, provoking Apple and Google to kick its title from their respective platforms, then blitzing them with a pair of lawsuits and an online video mocking the two tech giants. And in doing so, Epic drew the tech world’s attention to antitrust …
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After months of lockdown where I live, reviewing the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G has been an absolute blast. Samsung’s most advanced phone for power users is expensive — it starts at $1,300 (£1,179, AU$1,894) for the 128GB model — but it’s also stuffed with features and has an arresting (some might say divisive) design, all of which makes it fun to …
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It probably isn’t a stretch to say that most of us are staying in and watching more TV than usual these days. Now Google wants to rise to the occasion by making it easier to search for stuff to watch, whether that’s a baseball game or your favorite terrible reality show. “Today we’re adding new features to Google Search in …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Tech giants in the US are continuing to meet regularly to work together on protecting their platforms ahead of the 2020 presidential election. In a joint statement released Wednesday, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Reddit, Microsoft, Verizon, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Wikimedia Foundation said they’re countering …
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As a virtual private network reviewer, one of the hardest lessons I’ve learned is that no matter how clean a company’s code, how skilled its development team, how many transparency gestures it offers users — VPNs are still businesses based on asking us to trust what can’t be seen. We typically engage a VPN service to better protect our online …
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Microsoft will begin accepting preorders for the Surface Duo handheld device on Wednesday, the company said in an early morning blog post. The software giant said the device, which it revealed last year, will launch Sept. 10 and start at $1,399 for its 128GB version. Initial preorders are available through Microsoft, with additional retailers expected to be added soon. See at Microsoft …
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Travelers heading to the US have many reasons to be cautious about their devices when it comes to privacy. A report released Thursday from the Department of Homeland Security provides even more cause for concern about how much data border patrol agents can pull from your phones and computers. In a Privacy Impact Assessment dated July 30, the DHS detailed its …
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