A Canadian startup called Nuula that is aiming to build a superapp to provide a range of financial services to small and medium businesses has closed $120 million of funding,
Twitter tests a safety feature on web to remove followers without blocking them
Twitter announced yesterday that it’s testing a feature on the web that makes it possible to remove followers without blocking them. Sometimes, users want to stop a follower from seeing
Twitter wants you to tweet to interest-based communities, not just followers
Twitter is a useful place for following breaking news and keeping up with what the people you’re already interested in are doing, but its relative dearth of discovery features and
Should I still buy a Samsung Galaxy S20 or S21 or wait for the S22?
Samsung’s Galaxy S21 is currently $800, and you might want to save money by going with last year’s Galaxy S20. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung’s Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S20 phones are
Android 12 beta 5: How to download and install Google’s phone OS on Pixel, OnePlus and more
Android 12 is almost ready. We’ll tell you how to get started and what to know. Sarah Tew/CNET Google just released Android 12 beta 5, the final beta before the
Take better videos on your iPhone or Android phone with these 8 tricks
Andrew Hoyle/CNET It’s never been easier to shoot professional-level video at home. Smartphone camera technology and editing software just keeps getting better, between Apple’s ProRaw mode on iPhone 12, Google’s
How to use the iPhone’s ProRaw mode to make your photos look better than before
The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max come with Apple ProRaw photo support. Once you enable ProRaw, you’ll see a new “RAW” button at the top right of the
The Open Source Initiative names Stefano Maffulli as its first Executive Director
Once upon a time, and it wasn’t that long ago, developers didn’t think about licenses. They assumed open-source licenses didn’t matter. Oh, how wrong they were as one open-source lawsuit
Continental’s eco-friendly concept tire includes a renewable tread
Many efforts are underway to reduce the environmental impact of cars, but what about the tires those cars ride on? Continental thinks it might help. Roadshow reports the company has
Virtual meeting platform Vowel raises $13.5M, aims to cure meeting fatigue
Meetings are an inevitable part of the work day, but as workplaces became more distributed over the past 18 months, Vowel CEO Andy Berman says we are steadily moving toward
New IBM Power E1080 server promises dramatic increases in energy efficiency, power
We know that large data centers running powerful servers use vast amounts of electricity. Anything that can reduce consumption would be a welcome change, especially in a time of climate
Driven by livestreams, consumer spending in social apps to hit $17.2B in 2025
The livestreaming boom is driving a significant uptick in the creator economy, as a new forecast estimates consumers will spend $6.78 billion in social apps in 2021. That figure will
Twitter is testing big ol’ full-width photos and videos
Twitter is exploring ways to build a more visually immersive experience with its latest test, which brings edge-to-edge tweets to the app on iOS. Full-width images and videos track for
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 durability: Did the phone stand up to 18 hours of S Pen use?
We put together an extreme drawing experiment, having an S Pen draw on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 for what turned out to be a little more than 18 hours.
Freedom Phone: The ‘ultimate political tool’ and why you should avoid it
The Freedom Phone is a new “free speech and privacy first” handset unveiled in July that’s raising red flags with journalists and security experts, who say it’s just a rebranded