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You see QR codes just about everywhere these days. The square barcodes show up everywhere: real estate listings, TV ads and social media posts touting what look like great deals on must-have items. The pandemic fueled a surge in the use of QR codes. Seeking to cut down on possible transmission, restaurants replaced physical menus …

This story is part of The Year Ahead, CNET’s look at how the world will continue to evolve starting in 2022 and beyond. Anyone who tells you what the metaverse will be is either guessing or kidding themselves. “The topic lately fills me with frustration,” says CNET’s Scott Stein, our resident expert on virtual worlds. “It’s not just about VR …

Last year’s Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook was and still is one of our top picks for the category, primarily because it was a bargain for a premium Chromebook. The 2021 Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook (the added “i” denotes an Intel chip, though there is no AMD version) is mostly the same as the 2020 model and remains an excellent value …

Samsung’s new foldables are official, and although they are more affordable they are still not cheap. Both still are very much premium devices with the Z Flip 3 starting at $1,000 and the Z Fold 3 starting at $1,800.  Those already sold on getting one of these devices, however, do have options to save a bit of money. There are …

YouTube is launching paid “Super Thanks” in 68 countries starting Tuesday as a new way for fans to get money into the hands of creators they want to support. It’s the latest in a lineup of features broadening the ways creators can make money on YouTube.  These Super Thanks — which can be worth $2, $5, $10 or $50 in the US, …

Twitter said Tuesday that it’s looking for “a small group of people” to try out two new features, known as Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces, that could help creators make more money on its site. Twitter users can apply to try out Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces by clicking on Monetization in the app’s sidebar. Twitter The social network said …

Other than price and size, Google’s flagship phones of 2018, the Pixel 3 and 3 XL, are essentially the same device. Currently priced at $397 and $499, respectively, the phones are much cheaper now that the Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL are available. But even though they’re two years old, they still have excellent cameras, receive prompt software updates from Google and …

This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. Struggling to come up with a Father’s Day gift idea? If your dad is a techie, we have some ideas for that perfect gift in the form of a streaming device. After all, a new streaming stick would be the Father’s Day …

Travel is back, at least in the US. I’m sure I’m not alone in my eagerness to actually go somewhere, which is much easier now that COVID-19 vaccinations are readily available and we can finally do and see things out and about. Of course, travel is still expensive, so it makes sense to look for ways to save where you …

YouTube is creating a $100 million fund to pay people who make clips for Shorts, its take on TikTok, and it hinted it’ll soon start testing ads in earnest on these short, vertical, looping clips, as the world’s biggest source of online video starts figuring out how payments could make Shorts more competitive to its viral, upstart rival.   The $100 …