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Signal is the privacy-focused smartphone messaging app everyone seems to be using. You can also use Signal on a Windows PC, Mac—or Linux computer. It’s…

On an iPhone, photos are a huge potential privacy leak. They include not only visual information but also metadata that might reveal your location or…

Even though iPhone has Siri, some iPhone owners prefer using Google Assistant for performing spoken-word tasks. With a feature called Back Tap available in iOS…

Said Marroun/Shutterstock.com You’ve likely heard of “the big six” streaming service—Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, and Prime Video—but what does each one really offer? It’s easy…

There are many sensors on your smartphone, and two that present some privacy concerns are the camera and microphone. You don’t want apps to be…

The success of the Nintendo Switch revived interest in portable gaming consoles and gave birth to some devices and smartphone accessories that tried to capitalize…

Are you wondering why you’re seeing “Touch Bar” trending all over? The answer is that it’s been widely reported that Apple is ditching the Touch…

The $500 Pixel 4a 5G sets the benchmark for mid-range phones, but you can still go a lot cheaper. Google As flagship devices from Samsung,…

Few iPhone privacy issues make people as nervous as whether an app is using your camera or not. Luckily, thanks to Apple’s Privacy settings, it’s…

Signal is a popular privacy-focused, encrypted messaging app. It’s an alternative to WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, and others. There’s a lot to like about the…

Cameron Summerson Someone less smart than me once said “it’s all about that bass, no treble.” I believe one half of this statement to be…

The new 5G wireless standard holds great promise in speeding up your iPhone’s wireless data transfer rates, but it also can take a heavy toll…

If you have dozens of tabs open in Safari on iPhone or iPad and need to clear them out quickly, it can be tedious to…

Apps that use the Android Exposure Notifications System are currently experiencing loading issues. The Android apps, which track the spread of COVID-19 via Bluetooth, are…

As part of a suite of privacy enhancements in iOS 14, apps will have to ask before tracking your activity across other companies’ apps and…

As CES starts in earnest today, I anticipate we’ll be seeing a lot of hardware focused on remote work. PC sales saw a nice spike…

v74/Shutterstock Ten years ago, Netflix reported that 25% of its subscribers stream shows and movies on the Nintendo Wii. But the companies’ decade-long relationship could…

A growing number of House Democrats say they’re concerned that tactical decisions by some Capitol Police officers worsened Wednesday’s riots and have raised the possibility…

If often happens that in an attempt to clear the constantly accumulating clutter on our phones, we accidentally end up deleting photos we didn’t mean…

Cameron Summerson Every new iPhone has wireless charging, but it can be hard to tell which Android phones come with this handy feature. Brands such…

From Apple’s iPhone to high-end Android phones from manufacturers like Samsung, every flagship phone has a camera with a night mode now. Here’s how these…