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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWhere on the dashboard is its moral compass? KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages I think of morality as a feather that shifts in the wind and occasionally brushes your face delightfully as it falls to earth.I'm still perturbed, however, whether technology has a fine grasp of it. Or whether it can.I'm moved by the news that Uber has launched its driverless vehicles in Pittsburgh. It crossed my mind whether these cars have already been programmed whom to kill if they face a moral dilemma.For example, the car is abo...

Close Robots can now be your in-store greeter, what jobs should they take next? (Open_Tab) Drag Pepper the robot paid a visit to the United States this month to bring a new type of customer service to the country: "She" can read your emotions and react accordingly.In this excerpt from Open_Tab, Jeff Bakalar, Mike Sorrentino a...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageHe's not a fan of Bluetooth. Is anyone? EPA/Corbis So many are worried about the jack hitting the road.It's becoming a very serious issue.If Apple removes the headphone jack from the next iPhone -- some say it will be called iPhone 7 -- then what will the world do?Now Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has lent a mouth, as well as an ear, to the debate.As the Australian Financial Review reports, Woz isn't positively moved by the idea of no perfect hole in which to plug in his headphones."If it's missing the 3....

Firaxis and 2K have continued their unveiling of the various playable civilizations in the upcoming Civilization VI, and the latest to get the spotlight is Spain.Led by Philip II, Spain players will want to focus on spreading religion and expanding to other continents. This is true for a number of reasons, including the fact that Spain's special ability, Treasure Fleet, causes trade routes between continents to provide extra yield. Spanish ships can be combined with one another to create fleets sooner than those of other civs, providing a way to ensure those waterbound trade ships stay protected. On the religion side, Spanish units get a combat bonus when facing off against units o...

Enlarge Image Vantas Drones are increasingly becoming a go-to for both hobbyists and the workforce, with racing and aircraft inspection being two prime examples of how this technology is becoming a big thing.Tokyo's Vantan High School is now ensuring the next generation is abreast of this burgeoning tech by offering a three-year course on drones.The course offers more than just an understanding of how to pilot a drone, also providing lessons in maintenance, aviation laws and computer programming when the need arises for firmware updates. While hobbyists may feel this is the perfect opportunity for them, Vanta...

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With this view especially, I wonder what the many builders of the Tower would think of London today, and that their castle is now pretty much solely a tourist attraction. (Editor's note: That brick building on the right edge of shot, once a warehouse, used to house CNET's UK offices.) Let's block ads! بخوانید...

The battleship Mikasa. Embedded in the pier, it still looks impressive for a 114-year-old ship. You can see the crossroads of naval design, with aspects from the ships from the late 1800s, and some that would continue into the 20th century. For the full story behind the tour, check out Japan's 114-year-old battleship Mikasa: A relic of another time. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Enlarge ImageGeorge Takei speaks at the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas. Amanda Kooser/CNET "Star Trek Beyond" brought with it a different take on the character of Hikaru Sulu. The role was originated by George Takei in the 1960s, but is now carried forward (debatably, depending on your stance on the reboot movies) by John Cho. The reboot version of Sulu is gay, we leaed in "Beyond," third of the new movies. Takei has said publicly he is against the idea of Sulu being gay, and he had plenty to say about it at the 50th aiversary Star Trek convention.Takei recalled on Friday a private conversation he had with...

Hi, I'm Liza Maloy, a product manager at CNET. Today I want to tell you about a project I've been working on: Photo galleries! As our Vice President of Product Jeremy Toeman mentioned in May, we are in the midst of a site redesign process. The updates to our front door and best pages are two recent wins (what, haven't seen them? go check them out!), and I'm excited to add galleries to the list!. Our amazing team of editors and photographers create galleries for everything, from technology shows, product reviews and our Road Trip around the globe to Pokemon tips, optical illusions, beautiful cars and Marvel characters, just to name a few. Behind the scenes, the engineers, designers, and I...

There are plenty of things in my house that I yell at. Some of them answer back these days, though, and even do what I ask. My dog is still a work in progress as far as that goes, but my Amazon Echo has just about nailed it. The Echo is a device that uses speech recognition to perform an ever-growing range of tasks on command. Amazon calls the built-in brains of this device "Alexa," and she* is the thing that makes it work.Alexa is a smart cookie: if I say "Alexa, play some Pink Floyd", she will find some Floyd and start playing it over the built-in speaker of the Echo. If I say "Alexa, what's the weather?" she will calmly tell me that it is too damn hot in Boston. How does she do this? The ...

There are plenty of things in my house that I yell at. Some of them answer back these days, though, and even do what I ask. My dog is still a work in progress as far as that goes, but my Amazon Echo has just about nailed it. The Echo is a device that uses speech recognition to perform an ever-growing range of tasks on command. Amazon calls the built-in brains of this device "Alexa," and she* is the thing that makes it work.Alexa is a smart cookie: if I say "Alexa, play some Pink Floyd", she will find some Floyd and start playing it over the built-in speaker of the Echo. If I say "Alexa, what's the weather?" she will calmly tell me that it is too damn hot in Boston. How does she do this? The ...

Rich Trenholm/CNET Phillips on Monday unveiled a new health platform and ecosystem of products to empower consumers to take greater control of their overall health. The healthcare company isn't targeting fitness buffs, but rather consumers at risk for a chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease and high cholesterol.Phillips previously aounced four health-related products at the IFA trade show in Berlin last September. Those were the Phillips Health Watch, a coected body analysis scale, a coected ear thermometer, and a coected blood pressure monitor for your upper arm or wrist. All of these ...

Facebook has been ordered to issue refunds for accidental purchases made by minors. CNET Facebook users that have racked up hefty charges for in-app purchases made without their consent are now entitled to a refund.A Califoia court has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in a 2012 class action lawsuit brought against the social media giant. The case applied to two children that accidentally charged thousands of dollars to their parents' credit cards buying Facebook Credits, a virtual currency that was retired in favor of Facebook Payments.While Facebook argued that the individual claims were too different, the w...

At 10:30 p.m. on a Friday night at the Dublin Square Pub in San Diego, Califoia, you can hardly hear yourself speak over the whooping and fist-pumping.There's a rugby game on the flatscreen TVs overhead, but no one is really paying attention. Instead, people are either looking down at their phones or joining the cacophony of chants:VA-LOR! VA-LOR! VA-LOR!MYYYYYYYS-TIC! MYYYYYYYS-TIC! Those are the names of Pokemon Go teams. Team Valor and Team Mystic. There are pepperings of "INSTINCT!" -- the game's third team -- but not enough to make a respectable sound dent. We are right in the middle of San Diego Comic-Con, the world's biggest pilgrimage for comic geeks and pop-culture fanatics. The und...

Marvel's "Luke Cage" panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con was pretty eventful -- more like a Marvel-Netflix panel, it included new show aouncements, surprise guests and teaser trailers galore. The panel, moderated by Marvel TV head honcho Jeph Loeb, started with a compilation of various clips of the Marvel shows on Netflix and some audience participation which meant shouting the names of the shows -- I was in the "Jessica Jones" cheering section, thank you very much. Jon Bethal, who plays the Punisher on "Daredevil" and in the impending "Punisher" show, popped out for a quick appearance and talked about the responsibility of playing the character, knowing what he means to f...

RoadshowNewsExotic CarsMcLaren has one thing Tesla doesn't: ProfitsMcLaren's not in a bad spot, raking in dough and throwing a good portion of it back into research and development for additional models. McLaren When it comes to manufacturing expensive, small-batch, desirable supercars, one might not expect it to be a profitable enterprise. McLaren's determined to make money on its efforts, though, and a release of its 2015 financials shows that the company is blowing it out of the water with record sales, continued profits and an ever-expanding network.Macca's global profits increased to $31.2 million in 201...