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Google’s latest updates to Android will let you find important messages more easily, customize your experience with Android in the car and access more apps with your voice. The tech giant announced six new updates to its mobile operating system on Tuesday in a blog post. The updates are expected to roll out in the …

For many years, Google and Apple have been the two biggest and most dominant names in mobile ecosystems globally, but the UK’s competition regulator is now asking whether this duopoly is offering phone users the best deal. On Tuesday, the Competition and Markets Authority, the country’s antitrust regulator, announced that it is “taking a closer look” at iOS and Android. This …

Europe’s top court ruled on Tuesday that national privacy regulators could pursue investigations into big tech companies, even if they aren’t the lead regulator for that company — in specific circumstances. Until now, regulators have been bound by Europe’s one-stop-shop rule, which means only the regulator in the country where the company has its European headquarters may bring GDPR enforcements …

If you’re sick and tired of gimmicky features on phones (and of paying extra for them), then you might want to look out for OnePlus’ newest offering: the OnePlus Nord Core Edition. The Chinese company announced this stripped-down version of its best-selling OnePlus Nord, at a launch event on Thursday. It’s called the Nord Core Edition (CE), presumably because it’s focused …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Safari has beaten Google’s Chrome to the punch with extensions that customize your browser on smartphones and tablets. The software add-ons will be available in Apple’s upcoming iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 operating systems, which are expected to arrive this fall. (The …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Another year, another no-show for Apple AR glasses at the annual WWDC conference. At the company’s second all-virtual version of the developer conference, there wasn’t a peep about Apple’s long-expected VR and AR headsets. No new big AR push, either. You could have …

Phones have become absolutely critical in our lives. The technology that’s crammed into our devices has improved at an astonishing rate. Features once exclusively found on the most expensive phones are now widespread — even in budget phones. You want a good camera, a fast experience and great battery life? You can generally have all of those and not spend …

I’m not much of a gamer anymore, but I sure do love the idea of Stadia. Google’s streaming service effectively eliminates the need for a game console. Sure, you still have to buy individual games and/or subscribe to Stadia Pro ($10 a month), but you don’t have to wait around for downloads, updates and all those other console hassles. Interested? …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has begun testing passkeys, a new authentication technology it says are as easy to use as passwords but vastly more secure. Part of iCloud Keychains, a test version of the technology will come with iPhones, iPads and Macs later this year. To …

Despite what some headline writers would have you believe, Microsoft has not suddenly announced a new Xbox streaming stick. In a pre-E3 streamed briefing for journalists, Microsoft’s Xbox head Phil Spencer, CEO Satya Nadella and other Microsoft execs talked more generally about the plans for getting more Xbox games in front of more people in new and different ways.  My …