- YouTube vanishes from Amazon's Echo Show – CNET
Amazon and Google are apparently locked in a dispute over how the video site’s content should appear on the smart speaker.
- Get to know the CNET family: Q&A with Laura Martínez – CNET
Meet the CNETer known as “Taco Queen” among her peers. She’s also a compulsive texter who learned a big lesson from the pavement.
- DirecTV said to offer refunds over NFL anthem controversy – CNET
Sunday Ticket subscribers upset over players’ pregame protests are getting their money back, The Wall Street Journal reports.
- Firefox Quantum challenges Chrome in browser speed – CNET
A beta version lets you test whether Mozilla’s newly named web browser, replete with changes built over more than a year, is a match for Google.
- Gorgeous 'Blade Runner' anime short introduces new Replicants – CNET
”Blade Runner Black Out 2022,” directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, shows what happens when angry humans start killing a new model of long-living Replicants.
- Homeland Security plans to collect immigrants’ social media info – CNET
The rule, which would take effect Oct. 18, would allow the agency to collect information from US immigrants’ Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts.
- Your Tweets may double in size, giving more space for Trump – CNET
Twitter is testing whether to double its 140 character limit to 280. Would more space be enough to attract more tweeters?
- Tesla Model 3 audio capabilities initially limited, updates coming – Roadshow
Want to listen to FM radio or play your own music via Bluetooth? You’re not able to just yet.
- Uber shareholder sues over 'illicit business practices' – CNET
A new lawsuit claims the ride-hailing company and its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, knowingly misled investors.
- Vimeo acquires Livestream, plans streaming platform – CNET
Livestreaming opens a new frontier for the ad-free Vimeo, often known as a highbrow YouTube.
- The 23 best ARKit apps you can try right now – CNET
Your iPhone and iPad just got the gift of augmented reality. Here’s what you should try first.
- 'Game of Thrones' final-season directors are bloody good – CNET
The showrunners get the season finale, and two Emmy winners will return to bring down the curtain on HBO’s hit.
- Twitter trials 280-character tweet limit
Twitter currently limits tweets to 140 characters, but is testing 280 for a small group of users.
- FCC paves way for wireless mergers, net neutrality repeal – CNET
The Federal Communications Commission’s annual report on wireless competition declares the mobile market competitive. But dissenting members cry foul.
- The Evil Within 2 delivers surrealist scares – CNET
It’s not out til Oct. 13, but a sneak peek offers up a variety of horror experiences to delight fans of the series.
- NASA's asteroid spacecraft gets a gorgeous look at Earth – CNET
The Osiris-Rex spacecraft may be destined to study a distant asteroid, but a lovely Earth portrait shows it still has a fondness for home.
- Facebook's Oculus will give refunds for apps you didn't like – CNET
Gear VR and Rift headset owners can now get free app returns.
- Google pledges $1 million to Puerto Rico hurricane relief – CNET
Combined with earlier donations, Google says it, its workers and the public have given $7 million for Harvey, Irma and Maria recovery efforts.
- Equifax CEO steps down in wake of massive data breach – CNET
The credit monitoring agency’s chief is leaving, effective immediately, just three weeks after disclosure of a hack that touches nearly half the US population.