3+ hour, 54+ min ago   (282+ words) It's been a rough day for Verizon, as one of the largest network operators in the US faces an ongoing outage that has generated millions of user reports nationwide. If you're impacted by the loss of cellular connectivity, you may…...

8+ hour, 43+ min ago   (205+ words) Gemini will reference where it pulled information from, and will not use your data to personalize every answer; instead, it will only do so when it is helpful and relevant. It is also built to avoid proactive assumptions about sensitive…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago   (787+ words) 5G made a number of promises when it debuted. The first was the ability to handle excessive capacity. I tested that promise outside a baseball playoff game this past October, and I found it to be partially true. The other promise…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1262+ words) I've spent a significant portion of my life searching for ways to extend the battery life on my'Android phones. Admittedly, that sounds rather dramatic, but growing up with only budget models meant I was constantly tweaking device settings to squeeze…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (314+ words) Also: Best of CES 2026 awards My biggest criticism of Motorola's 2026 lineup is that it closely mirrors the previous generation: many of these phones feel almost identical to their 2025 counterparts. However, even though the 2026 Moto G Power shares a lot of…...

2+ day, 21+ min ago   (534+ words) In between the humongous TVs, hypnotic slot machines, and whiffs of smoke and alcohol at CES last week, I slipped into a private showroom to go hands-on with the elusive Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold. Also:CES 2026: Biggest news stories on…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1308+ words) Samsung buries some of the most useful networking features in its Galaxy phones inside Connectivity labs. The hidden menu, tucked away in its default One UI interface, is meant for Wi-Fi experts, but Samsung could have made it far easier…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (988+ words) Officially, Wi-Fi 8 is known as IEEE 802.11bn or Ultra High Reliability (UHR) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The keyword in that mouthful of a name is reliability. Instead of chasing higher speeds, which Wi-Fi 7 was all about, Wi-Fi 8 is designed to…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (454+ words) Follow ZDNET to learn more about smartphones:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. It's a new year, which means new deals on brand-new products. OnePlus is kicking off 2026 with a limited-time promotion on its most recent flagship smartphone: the…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (450+ words) Kicking off 2026, Google is advancing its mission to bring Gemini to as many people as possible, accompanied by some fresh AI upgrades for Gmail. The upgrades -- which include AI Overviews, a new proofread feature, and an "AI inbox" interface -- have…...