From CNET: Apple would like you to know that you should think twice about putting it on an oiled wooden surface.

You see, Wirecutter observed that the HomePod caused white rings to appear on both an oiled butcher-block countertop and on a wooden side table.

No, Apple didn't suggest to Wirecutter...

From PC Mag: As it gears up to launch Chrome's built-in ad blocker tomorrow, Google today shared some details about how the new feature will work.

First announced in June, the new feature will remove only the most intrusive types of ads that violate the Coalition for Better Ads' standards, as...

From PC Mag: The 4G/5G boundary is about to become really fuzzy. Today, Qualcomm announced the X24, a 4G LTE modem that can reach 2Gbps, or about half the maximum speed of its current 5G modem—and faster than the average 5G customer will receive for years.

The X24 does this through 7x carrier...

From PC World: Normally, the addition of a mobile Intel Core i3 chip wouldn’t be cause for excitement. But the new Core i3-8130U adds something special: Turbo Boost, a capability that Intel hasn’t added to its mobile Core i3 chips before now.

Intel launched the Intel Core i3-8130U, a dual-core...

From CNET: YouTube TV, one of numerous new services that deliver a bunch of live TV channels over the Internet, will cost $40 monthly if you sign up on March 13 or later. That's a $5 hike compared to the current price of $35.

The good news is that today YouTube TV is adding a nice chunk of networks...

From The Verge: Amazon is cutting several hundred corporate employees from its Seattle headquarters and global operations, reports The Seattle Times. The cuts are mostly from the consumer retail division and come as rapid growth has reportedly left some of Amazon’s various departments over budget...

From PC Mag: ARM has built a new set of processors from the ground up to power an artificially intelligent world.

Ahead of Mobile World Congress, the ubiquitous chip maker is pulling back the curtain on Project Trillium—its new suite of products designed to enable machine learning (ML) anywhere and...

From CNET: Facebook wants you to post more about yourself, instead of filling your news feed with viral videos and news articles. On Tuesday, the social network released a new feature called Lists that's designed to encourage personal posts.

The Lists feature lets you, well, create lists. The idea...

From The Verge: Google still has some serious work to do to get its most recent Android version to users — only 1.1 percent of Android users are using Oreo — but the company is already hard at work on Android P, which we’re starting to hear the first rumors about in a new report from Bloomberg.

One...

From CNET: At the end of 2017, Amazon bought security startup Blink, which makes cameras and doorbells.

The acquisition reportedly cost Amazon about $90 million, Reuters said on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The tech giant hopes to do more with the company than simply sell smart...