I’d never really thought to count the years before, but since I first started on the North America server, it’s been 18 years ...

Vanish Mode is a feature in Messenger that lets you send disappearing messages to your friends. Once a friend sees your Vanish Mode message and closes the chat, your message will delete itself. You ...

No matter which browser you prefer—Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Opera, or any of the others—it will almost certainly offer an incognito or private mode, one which ostensibly keeps your web browsing ...

Sometimes you'll try to play a video game on your TV and it just feels wrong. Your button presses aren't responsive enough and, before you know it, you're staring at a "game over" screen. You may not ...

OpenAI has been swinging for the fences with recent updates like GPT-5.2 and ChatGPT Images. This week, the company rolled ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

StandBy is a customizable Lock Screen mode in iOS 17 that activates only when an ‌iPhone‌ is positioned on its side (i.e. horizontally in landscape orientation) while connected to a charging cable, a ...

Microsoft is rolling out GPT 5.2 to Copilot on the web, Windows, and mobile as a free upgrade, and it'll coexist with the GPT ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When Android and Apple operating system updates started giving users the option to put their smartphones in dark mode, the feature showed potential for saving the battery life ...

If you've ever poked around your router settings, you might have come across something called "Bridge Mode." It sounds technical (and, well, it is), but the concept is actually pretty simple. Bridge ...

Many modern cars have drive modes and they usually come with modes like "Sport Mode" and "Eco Mode". As the name suggests, the "Eco Mode" is short for "economical mode" and used when you need your car ...

Airplane mode disables the radios and transmitters on portable electronics like phones and laptops. You can toggle individual radios like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on and off even if airplane mode is on.