Google Messages is testing a new feature to defend against SMS blasters, helping protect users against phishing scams. Check it out!

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Bookseller Barnes & Noble stopped developing Android tablets in-house many years ago, but the company has continued to sell rebranded versions of existing tablet for folks looking to read NOOK eBooks, ...

Are your chats and DMs flooded with scams? If you have a Pixel or Galaxy phone, Circle to Search can come to the rescue. Here's how.

As a long-time staple on Pixel phones that recently took over for Samsung Messages in the U.S., Google Messages is the closest thing we have to a default texting app on Android. It has built-in RCS ...

Chrome on Android has offered a Reading mode for several years now, and Google is now significantly redesigning it. Update 2/28/26: As of this month, Chrome for Android’s Reading mode redesign is ...

You may or may not be reading this on a smartphone, but odds are that even if you aren’t, you own one. Well, possess one, ...

If you're interested in going paperless, you probably think you need a scanner. It's true that hardware scanners make turning multipage documents into PDFs very simple. But most of us don't have easy ...

I’ve bounced between ebooks and audiobooks for years, usually picking whichever format fits the moment. Audible’s new immersive reading tool makes a pitch for doing both at once. In my experience, the ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Google Pixel users who enjoy being on the bleeding edge and participating in Google’s Android Beta program will be happy to hear that an Android 17 beta will be rolling out sooner than they ...