13-inch MacBook Pro review: Apple’s M2 is a worthy follow-up to the M1

This is the 2022 13-inch MacBook Pro. [credit: Samuel Axon ] Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro is a little tough to recommend given the options in Apple’s lineup, but that doesn’t change the key takeaway: The new second-generation M2 chip doesn’t disappoint. While Apple calls the 13-inch MacBook Pro its “most portable Pro laptop,” there’s…

Spurred by Roe overturn, senators seek FTC probe of iOS and Android tracking

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Westend61) Three Democratic US senators and a US representative today asked the Federal Trade Commission to “investigate Apple and Google for engaging in unfair and deceptive practices by enabling the collection and sale of hundreds of millions of mobile phone users’ personal data.” “The FTC should investigate Apple and Google’s…

Apple’s AR/VR headset will arrive in January 2023, analyst projects

Enlarge / An early augmented reality demo by Apple, using a smartphone instead of a headset. (credit: Apple) Tech industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has offered the most specific prediction about a release date for an Apple augmented reality/virtual reality headset yet: January 2023. Kuo has often made accurate, informed predictions about Apple’s plans in the…

Report: Apple is resurrecting its high-end HomePod smart speaker

Enlarge / Apple’s discontinued HomePod smart speaker. (credit: Jeff Dunn) After officially killing off the HomePod last year, Apple will soon release a new version of the smart speaker, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in a Sunday newsletter. The report detailed expectations without citing sources and said the speaker “is unlikely to arrive until” 2023. Gurman said the new…

Jury holds Charter responsible for death of woman murdered by cable technician

Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) A Texas jury last week found that Charter Communications was responsible for the death of an 83-year-old woman murdered in her home by a Spectrum cable technician who is now serving a life sentence. A…

Facebook removed posts on abortion pills even when they didn’t break any rules

Enlarge (credit: Mario Tama | Getty Images) The status of legal access to abortion is now prohibited, restricted, or uncertain in more than half of the US. However, abortion pills are still deemed safe by the Food and Drug Administration, and it’s still legal for consulted certified prescribers to mail abortion pills to patients in…

Couple bought home in Seattle, then learned Comcast Internet would cost $27,000

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) When Zachary Cohn and his wife bought a house in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, they didn’t expect any trouble getting home Internet service. It was only after closing on the house in July 2019 that they learned the bad news. “All six neighbors I share a property…

Facebook could be sued for addicting children under California bill

Enlarge (credit: Yiu Yu Hoi | The Image Bank) Before the summer ends, California may pass the first US bill that would hold social media companies liable for product features that research has found are harmful to children. If passed, the law could have far-reaching consequences, potentially impacting how kids throughout the US use social…