Growing up, one of my mom’s biggest pet peeves was pulling together a grocery list, doing the week’s shopping, getting all the way home and realizing something was forgotten. Trying to get everyone to focus and add what they want to the grocery list is almost impossible. The text that said “Can you pick up …
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Google’s latest mobile OS, Android 11, dropped this week for developers. And while Google may be done naming each Android release after sweets and desserts, the search giant is still keeping to its schedule of shipping major updates to its mobile OS each year. Early prerelease versions of Android — as with any operating system — are interesting because they can …
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Huawei is expected to launch two new flagship phones, the P40 and P40 Pro, in late March. The devices have brought with them a fresh round of speculation and confusion from customers, who still aren’t really sure what the deal is with Huawei and Google. Will Google apps work on the new phones? Can you just sideload apps like Gmail, …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Can we hope for less caucus chaos this time around? After the Iowa caucus debacle earlier this month, it’s Nevada voters’ turn to caucus — the third state after Iowa and New Hampshire to vote in the presidential primary election. The Nevada caucuses take place …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. 5G networks are beginning to rollout throughout the US, but that’s not where most of the world’s 5G smartphones are being sold. Instead, China is buying most of the world’s next-generation phones. According to a new report by Counterpoint Research, China accounted for nearly half …
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The Samsung Galaxy S20 comes in three different permutations. There’s the 6.2-inch Galaxy S20, the 6.7-inch S20 Plus and the huge 6.9-inch S20 Ultra. All three phones are now available for preorder. Last week, Samsung unveiled these new flagships along with its new foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, which will compete directly with the new Motorola Razr. While the Z Flip …
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Ads can feel aggressive, especially when they’re served up by an app that’s not even in use. This form of advertising is prohibited by Google, and the search giant just banned a bunch of developers for it. Google removed nearly 600 apps from its Play Store, according to a blog post on Thursday. The company says developers of the software violated …
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Georgetown Law and the father of Alison Parker, a journalist who was murdered on air in 2015, have filed a complaint against YouTube for failing to take down videos of the murder. The complaint, filed with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Thursday, alleges YouTube allows videos showing violent murder and conspiracy theories to spread online, which violates its own …
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Disney Plus went live in November and it’s taken a while for some streaming platforms to catch up: Vizio on Thursday announced its SmartCast system now supports the service natively. The smart TV app includes support for Ultra HD and HDR video, and you can add Disney Plus on the apps row on SmartCast Home or through the SmartCast Mobile app. In its …
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The accounts of Google users in the UK will be controlled out of the US now that the country has left the European Union, according to Reuters. This means that the data belonging to British citizens will no longer fall under the control of European privacy regulation, even though they are still protected by the GDPR. Google accounts of European …
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