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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple on Monday unveiled a slew of new products and features, including its latest operating system, a redesigned virtual assistant and a revamped home screen that includes widgets. Apple executives also shared a number of stats at the …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. iOS 14 is official. Apple on Monday, at its first-ever digital Worldwide Developers Conference, unveiled the newest software that will power its iPhones — both the new devices expected later this year and the phones we already have in our hands.  The updated …

Smartphone footage has become a tool for citizen journalists to record interactions with police, be it for themselves or filming as a bystander. Phone videos filmed by activists and shared on social media and news sites have made a huge difference in the public perception of police brutality and provide new evidence for cases that might otherwise be left unexamined. …

The protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have brought to the forefront the way that videos and livestreams of interactions with police officers can form public opinion. As videos depicting police brutality are captured on smartphones and shared on social media, another consideration comes into focus.  What if you don’t have the time or forethought to pick up your phone, text …

If you’re shopping for new headphones, you owe it to yourself to get a pair with active noise canceling. The days of headphones without ANC are over — you wouldn’t buy a black-and-white TV or a car without automatic windows, would you? You can find good noise canceling at virtually any price these days, but one of the better headphones …

If you’re shopping for new headphones, you owe it to yourself to get a pair with active noise canceling. The days of headphones without ANC are over — you wouldn’t buy a black-and-white TV or a car without automatic windows, would you? You can find good noise canceling at virtually any price these days, but one of the better headphones …

Apple packed a lot of great features in its Apple Watch Series 4: a faster processor, brighter, bigger screen, louder speaker and an FDA-cleared electrocardiogram feature (ECG or EKG) that can help screen for potentially life-threatening conditions. But for a lot of people, the best thing about the Series 4 is that it made the previous-generation Apple Watch that much more …

Last year, a former Apple contractor made waves by raising concerns about how the tech giant handled Siri voice assistant recordings, ultimately leading the tech giant to cease listening to them without your permission. Now the whistleblower is back, having sent a letter to European regulators asking them to investigate and potentially punish the company. “I am extremely concerned that …

When Matthew MacNeil uses the voice-to-text feature on an Android phone, the resulting transcription looks nothing like what he said.   “Hello, my name is Matthew MacNeil. I live in Tillsonburg, Ontario,” becomes “Hello my name is Master MacNeil. I live in traffic Ontario.”  MacNeil, who is 30, has Down syndrome, and he’s often frustrated that voice technology, like the …

Spotify’s boss apparently thinks Apple will open up its platform in the wake of the music streaming service filing an antitrust complaint with the European Union in 2019. CEO Daniel Ek told Bloomberg his company is “encouraged” by its ability to use Siri for voice support, along with being able to make products for Apple TV and Apple Watch. In …