New Xbox Family Settings app gives parents more control over kids' game time

New Xbox Family Settings app gives parents more control over kids’ game time

Microsoft’s Xbox Family Settings give parents and carers more control over their children’s Xbox console gaming activities. Microsoft Microsoft has a new tool called Xbox Family Settings that will hopefully give parents and carers more control over their children’s activities on Xbox consoles. The app, which was previewed on Wednesday, allows parents to limit screen…

The Cheapskate Show podcast is here to put deals in your ears

The Cheapskate Show podcast is here to put deals in your ears

CNET Cheeps! The Cheapskate Show is now in full swing. This weekly podcast is dedicated – as you guessed it – to saving money. This has been my job in these areas for over 12 years, but always in printed form. Now I’m going to bring cheapskate goodness right into your ears. And I’m accompanied…

High-end smart home brand Savant acquires GE Lighting

High-end smart home brand Savant acquires GE Lighting

The C by GE Life and Sleep LEDs, two of GE Lighting’s latest smart bulb offerings. Chris Monroe / CNET Savant Systems, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of professionally installed smart home systems, has signed a contract with General Electric to purchase the GE Lighting brand. The companies announced Wednesday. The venerable luminaire manufacturer, which goes back…

Browser privacy bill amendment blows up over a single line

Browser privacy bill amendment blows up over a single line

Support for a change that could have protected the privacy of your browsing history based on a line about who would be protected. Graphic from Pixabay / Illustration from CNET On Tuesday morning, an amendment to a draft law to protect the privacy of browsers and search protocols met with a wave of support from…

Facebook launching TikTok-inspired Collab app

Facebook launching TikTok-inspired Collab app

Facebook’s new app works like TikTok. Facebook / Screenshot by Shelby Brown / CNET Facebook’s app-focused NPE team launched the Collab app, a TikTok-style app for making music with friends. According to a, Collab starts as a beta version only with an invitation for iOS publication by the NPE team. With Collab, users can create,…

Plans to import first Chinese cars to US scrapped amid pandemic

Plans to import first Chinese cars to US scrapped amid pandemic

Now you’re just a brand I used to know … Zotye For the latest corona virus pandemic news and information, visit WHO website. It looked like we would finally see Chinese cars on US roads after decades of promises. The Corona virus However, the pandemic has postponed the plans. These plans were contingent on HAAH…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball looks like a radical blast of '90s nostalgia

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball looks like a radical blast of ’90s nostalgia

The latest table from the pinball manufacturer screams in the 90s. Star pinball Just look at pictures of Stern’s newest pinball machine and don’t hear the classic cartoon music of the 90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles appear in your head. You can’t do it. The pinball manufacturer’s newest table screams for this nostalgia, especially for…