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JBL was responsible for some of the best speaker deals of 2019, and it looks like 2020 will be no different. For a limited time, and while supplies last, the refurbished JBL Link 300 wireless voice-activated speaker is just $59.99. It normally sells for as much as $300, though you’ll more often see it for $250. …

Google and Tinder have come under scrutiny in Europe for their privacy practices. The Irish Data Protection Commission has launched two separate probes into whether the companies are in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the commission said on its website Tuesday. The investigation into Google will look specifically at the company’s handling of location data based …

Google Takeout lets you download a backup of your Google app data, but a glitch saw some of that data go astray last November. If you used the tool to download videos from Google Photos between Nov. 21 and 25, some of them may have ended up in random people’s archives, as previously reported by 9to5Google. “These users may have …

Google Photos is looking to expand its print offering for people who want physical copies of their memories. The company is running a trial for an $8-a-month subscription program that’ll send you 10 prints that will be “automatically selected from your last 30 days of photos,” 9to5Google reports. You can tailor that selection by choosing from three themes — people …

All eyes will be on Iowa tonight. The Democratic presidential candidates face their first major test when Iowans caucus on Monday, Feb. 3. Unlike primary states where voters head to the polls to cast their votes, Iowa is a caucus state where people gather at a series of local meetings to discuss and debate and vote on the candidates. A …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. In a packed ballroom at the Mirage hotel at CES 2020, a neon green logo beckoned me toward it like a siren calling to sailors in The Iliad. Fortunately for me there were no treacherous rocks waiting to send me to …

After an uneven start in 2019, foldable phones have another chance in 2020 to prove that they should exist — not just as a fad, but as a viable design for future phones. The Samsung Galaxy Fold, Huawei Mate X and new Motorola Razr all suffered from an inconvenient delay or worse. I can forgive them, at least in retrospect. In 2020, we …

Apple’s redesigned Maps app has arrived. The company on Thursday said its revamped app is now available for US users and will arrive in Europe “in the coming months.” Apple Maps‘ redesign makes navigation faster and more accurate and gives users “comprehensive views of roads, buildings, parks, airports, malls and more.”   Apple rebuilt its mapping service from the ground …

Seeing ads and then being tracked online has become the new normal when it comes to browsing the internet. A new service aims to shake up this web-surfing model, but not for free.  Scroll launched on Tuesday and touts web browsing that’s “twice as fast” with no ads and “80% fewer trackers.” The service costs $4.99 a month and has …

Google forked out more than $6.5 million in bug bounties during 2019, the tech giant said Tuesday. Its Vulnerability Reward Programs provide payouts for security researchers who find and report bugs in Google’s services. Of the total amount, $2.1 million was paid from the Google program, $1.9 million from Android, $1 million from Chrome and $800,000 from the Google Play program. …