Every year, countless smartphones fall victim to accidental spills or unexpected rainstorms, leading to one of the most distressing scenarios for users: a water damaged phone. If you’ve ever found ...

You switched on your PC. But instead of your desktop, you see a blue screen asking for a BitLocker recovery key when you haven’t even locked your drive. You don’t know how that happened, and it feels ...

Formatting an SD card on a Mac can feel like permanent data loss—but in many cases, your files are still recoverable. Whether you accidentally formatted the card ...

Update, April 22: Apple has released iOS 26.4.2 with a bug fix that addresses an issue where “notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device.” Apple did not directly ...

A new holographic storage technique uses light in three dimensions to dramatically increase how much data can be stored. It encodes information throughout a material using amplitude, phase, and ...

What does the orange dot mean on an iPhone? Apple values privacy and is dedicated to keeping your iPhone secure. Apps can only access your iPhone microphone and camera if you give them permission. Not ...

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...

Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and ...

Note: This article contains mention of violence, including violence against children. We’re publishing this piece alongside an essay by former Navy SEAL and emergency physician Daniel Barkhuff, “How ...

As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...