A bustling underground ecosystem is providing criminals with the tools to unlock iPhones—and wage phishing attacks against ...

Buying a new phone is a serious financial commitment, and it only gets worse if you're locking yourself into carrier plans just to get a discount. It's because of this that I only ever buy unlocked ...

Qualcomm has just announced the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, which sports gains across the CPU, GPU, and NPU and supports the APV codec for higher-quality video capture. This new SoC is expected ...

Samsung might be shaking up its biometric game with the Galaxy S27 Ultra. Early firmware references to “Polar ID v1.9” hint at a new polarized-light face authentication system — potentially replacing ...

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

UPDATE 2 (February 13, 2026): The Android 17 Beta 1 firmware is now finally available for all Google Pixel devices. UPDATE 1 (February 12, 2026): Google has decided to delay this update. It was ...

As we get closer to WWDC in June, more rumors are circulating about what the next iPhone could look like. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola Razrs ...