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The US government, industry and academia have pooled efforts to fight the coronavirus by offering researchers access to some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers from IBM, along with cloud-computing resources from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium can be used for work like projecting the disease’s spread and modeling possible …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Google will delay updates to its Chrome web browser because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company said Wednesday, and Microsoft said Friday it’ll do the same. “Due to adjusted work schedules at this time, we are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS …

As I finished cutting and gluing the Envelope together to eventually encase my Pixel 3A, I was hopeful. On top of being an average phone user, I’ve been reviewing and reporting on phones for years. To spend time with phones and be paid for it, then turn around and do the exact opposite, would be new for me, and I …

Toward the end of last year I cut the cable TV cord and replaced it with CNET’s favorite live TV streaming service, YouTube TV. While I enjoy the solid channel lineup and endless cloud DVR of Google’s live TV streaming service (along with the lower monthly bill), it’s still not quite as easy to channel surf as it was with my …

Cheeps, these are crazy times. It’s hard for me to engage in business as usual when our priorities have shifted so dramatically. Thus, my focus right now is to help you find free ways to stay entertained, affordable options for working and exercising at home and strategies for saving money on essential goods and services. Read more: How to stay …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. It’s all over the news, social media and nearly everywhere you look — the novel coronavirus, now a pandemic, has been changing the way employees work and emptying store shelves. And if you don’t have time to follow the news, you’re in luck …

YouTube is following Netflix’s lead in cutting the quality of its video streaming from high definition to standard in the European Union, it confirmed to CNET, as the bloc’s leaders try to reduce strain on the internet during the coronavirus outbreak. Since more people are working from home and children are staying out of school, internet usage has spiked. “We …

If you’re one of the millions of people now working solely from home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, you might be spending more time in your home office than usual. I do this daily, and for me, work means Google Docs. There’s one invaluable tool I urge every remote worker to make sure they have turned on, regardless of …

Nokia is calling its new flagship 8.3 phone the “first global 5G” phone, due to the fact that it’s apparently the first phone to support all 5G bands used around the world. In theory then, you’ll be able to roam on 5G networks anywhere with the phone, assuming you’re on a roaming plan that allows it. But it’s not just …

Android Go, the lightweight mobile operating system designed for less-powerful phones, has been installed on more than 100 million devices, Google said Thursday. In addition to the milestone, Google introduced its new Camera Go app.  Camera Go is Google’s attempt to ease the processing burden of often sluggish and memory-intensive camera apps.  “It’s built for people using smartphones for the …