Recently, I had the opportunity to go to Motorola's headquarters in Chicago and see a bunch of cool things. While I can't talk about all of them just yet, I am allowed to discuss the new Motorola Edge+ (2023) and, more specifically, the absolutely incredible camera features the phone is ...

screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET With ChatGPT and other AI chat services, you typically type a question or request and then read the results on the screen. But what if you could talk with a virtual AI avatar that doesn’t just answer questions but attempts to strike up a visual conversation ...

Jason Cipriani/ZDNet Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/ZDNET Apple on Monday used its Rapid Security Response feature for the first time by releasing an update with security improvements for the iPhone, iPad and Mac.  The updates — iOS/iPadOS 16.4.1(a) and MacOS 13.3.1(a) — are available to download and install through the standard ...

Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Gmail is one of the most widely used email services on the planet. With millions of users and hundreds (or thousands) of third-party apps and services that are available to connect with Gmail, Google had to come up with a reliable method ...

Image: ZDNET Running Google Authenticator on your mobile device is an effective way to protect your online accounts and logins with two-factor authenticator codes. But in the past, those codes would appear only on your primary device. So if that device was lost or inoperative, you were out of luck. ...

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET March is typically when Apple takes the impending warmer weather to refresh the colors of its cases, Apple Watch bands, and even the iPhone itself. And, like clockwork, this year Apple announced a very spring-like color for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. The tagline Apple is using on its ...

June Wan/ZDNET When it comes to smartphones, manufacturers seem to have this preconceived notion that everyone wants a glass slab with aluminum railings, multiple camera lenses, and a design that only gets harder to wield after you throw a case on it. Just look at the iPhone 14 Pro Max ...

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET March is typically when Apple takes the impending warmer weather to refresh the colors of its cases, Apple Watch bands, and even the iPhone itself. And, like clockwork, this year Apple announced a very spring-like color for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. The tagline Apple is using on its ...

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images I fear that we in the tech media shoulder some responsibility for making people worry — sometimes to the point of obsession — about their smartphone’s battery life. It amazes me how close of an eye some smartphone owners keep on their devices. ...

Photo by Phil Barker/Future Publishing via Getty Images Third-party entities go out of their way to collect data from you. In your web browser they use tracking cookies extensively and nearly every browser on the market goes to great lengths to offer tools and features to protect you from the ...