Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Facebook, despite its ongoing privacy troubles and ...

The Portal Go has a softer aesthetic than previous models, with a grey fabric enclosure that’s similar to Google’s Nest Hub. It has rounded corners and almost looks like the display has been stitched ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Facebook desperately wants to be a hardware company, and to some extent, it seems to be succeeding in this mission. The Oculus Quest 2 is an ...

The company is going all in on its smart displays, offering a revamped Portal+ for large families and Portals for business, too. Reading time 3 minutes Facebook bet big on connecting people via video ...

Facebook’s new Portal Go is a smart display with a 10 inch HD display, support for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, and a 12MP wide-angle smart camera for video calls. It’s also one of the first smart ...

While most are familiar with Amazon's and Google's smart displays, Facebook's Portal devices are alternatives that can be more convenient for those that use the social media platform regularly to stay ...

If Facebook’s Portal didn’t creep you out before, now it might. Developer and digital explorer Jane Manchun Wong has discovered an unnerving “feature” in the social media giant’s smart display. Wong ...

Researchers from Facebook Reality Labs and the University of Arizona published new work exploring the use of high-speed mechanical display shifting to reduce the so-called screen-door-effect (SDE) of ...

Facebook has been working on a new smart watch for the last several months, and The Verge today unveiled new details about the device, which will compete with the Apple Watch. The Facebook smart watch ...

The glasses won’t have a display, but Facebook’s Project Aria research unit is working on true AR glasses The glasses won’t have a display, but Facebook’s Project Aria research unit is working on true ...

Meta is set to start displaying eBay listings in its own Facebook Marketplace classifieds platform, in an effort to appease European regulators. Back in November, Meta was hit with a €798 million fine ...