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Publisher Description This program is read by the authors, with Paul Giamatti, and includes sections recorded in front of a live audience.The highly anticipated first boo...

Description The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times best-selling Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson at the top of his game. In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New ...

Description With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Coben explores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller. Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brot...

Description In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of free...

RoadshowNewsThis dongle will let you know if your car is about to breakdownSingapore startup Carmen has plans to make your car smarter, and it's doing so by tapping into the power of the cloud. Much like Verizon's Hum service in the US, Carmen uses an On Board Diagnostic reader that's coected to your phone via Bluetooth, reads your car data through an app and then uploads it to the cloud for analysis -- providing real time driving data on your phone.If your car is in danger of suffering a breakdown, either due to a failing battery or engine, you'll be alerted through SMS or the mobile app. You can also read a history of your jouey through an online dashboard. In the event that a breakdown do...

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Enlarge Image Marvel Natalie Portman's Jane Foster was conspicuous by her absence in 2015's "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron", and it looks as though that was a sign of things to come."As far as I know, I'm done [with the Marvel Cinematic Universe]," she told The Wall Street Joual. "I don't know if maybe one day they'll ask for an 'Avengers 7' or whatever, I have no idea. But as far as I know, I'm done. But it was a great thing to be a part of," said the actress, who played Thor's love interest.The question was raised due to Portman's not taking part in "Thor: Ragnarok", the third fim in the Thor series, which is c...

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Emmett Brewer is no taller than the lecte on the stage, so he stands to the side of it to deliver his presentation. He's got a Deis the Menace hairdo and he's only 10 years old, but I strongly suggest you take him seriously.The topic of his speech today: hacking competitions. He's showing other kids here how to run a capture the flag competition so their friends can lea new skills and trade secrets of how to bend software to their small but mighty wills.That's right, I'm in a room full of kid hackers. They range from the tiny to high school aged, and they want to lea how to break all the things."I like hacking, sniffing, jailbreaking, fuzzing -- all that stuff," Emmett tells the room.This is...

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...

[embedded content] "The Simpsons" has never been shy about making fun of American politics. After all, several presidents have been Simpsons-fied on the long-ruing animated comedy series. Bill Clinton, famously, was always hitting on Marge. George Bush Sr. was a neighbor for a while.But as the 2016 race for the US presidency increasingly resembles a "Simpsons" episode, it was inevitable that the animated series take aim at both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.In a short video clip called "3 a.m." -- posted on YouTube on July 30 by Animation on Fox -- we see Homer and Marge grappling with who to support in the upcoming election, as they watch a ...

Enlarge ImageThe sights of London. Rob Stothard/AFP/Getty Images Are you pining to live in Chelsea and stroll past Big Ben every day? You're not alone: London tops the list of cities for Americans working overseas, according to a LinkedIn survey. The UK's most populous city also is the most popular city for American expats, followed by Sydney and Toronto. Paris and Shanghai round out the top five. The survey, released Friday, comes from the data of 25,000 LinkedIn members who have a four-year college degree and who had their first job in the US, but also spent an extended period working overseas. That does no...

Enlarge ImageThe Trump tower of sound. Sound of Power Finally, you can get Donald Trump to say or sing whatever, whenever and wherever you want. Sound of Power is commemorating Trump's official nomination for president by the Republican Party by adding a bust of The Donald to its line of high-end speakers in the shape of some of the world's more controversial leaders. "It's with pride we present the final character in the Sound of Power series, Donald the Great. Offering you to play Donald like he's been playing you," reads the catty description of the speaker on the company website. "Donald the Great i...

The future is now, people: a drone delivered snacks and a chicken sandwich to a private residence in Nevada. This marks the first time a commercial drone delivery occurred here in the US, but it definitely won't be the last. We're also taking a look at an interesting feedback solution for moving objects in VR. YouTube user Scott Devine used a Baxter robotic arm to create a realistic sensation of tension when pushing small wooden blocks in a virtual space. Drone-delivered donuts? Check (Tomorrow Da...

Vowing he's the only man who can do the job, Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night. The "blue-collar billionaire" has used social media to propel his once-unfathomable campaign. But Trump's Twitter account, naturally, was radio silent during his more than hour-long speech to close out the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. In his address, he promised to lead America back to prosperity, eliminate political correctness and restore law and order. "Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it," said Trump to a raucous crowd inside Quicken Loans Arena. "My message is that things have to change -- and they have to change ri...

Want to get followed by Donald Trump on Twitter? Change your name to Trump.As of midnight Tuesday, Pacific Time, the Republican nominee for president follows just 42 accounts on Twitter. But nearly 45 percent, 18 in all, carry The Donald's suame in some form in the handle. There are members of the real-estate developer's family, including his daughter Ivanka Trump, son Donald Trump Jr. and wife Melania Trump. And institutions run by family members, like the Eric Trump Foundation, which raises money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.The man who pledges to make America great again also follows the tweets of hotels that bear his signature eponymous titling. There's Trump Hotel Panam...

London's buing! Or at least it will be, in Minecraft form. The Museum of London is crafting the Great Fire of London in Microsoft's block-based videogame, bolting together an explorable model of the famous conflagration that's designed to educate players.Three Minecraft maps will be published, with the first due for download from the museum's website on 29 July. That map, playable on PC and Mac, promises explorable landmarks including London Bridge and the old St Paul's Cathedral, plus a treasure hunt for audio extracts that will reveal how the famous fire was spread.The second map is coming in September, around the 350th aiversary of the blaze itself, which started at a bakery on London's P...

Enlarge ImagePokemon Go is unofficially working in Jakarta, but not the rest of Asia. Leong Hean Leun/CNET While much of the world waits in anticipation for the wildly popular Pokemon Go game to launch in their countries, one Asian country is already catching them all, despite it not being officially available in its app stores. Unlike the rest of Asia, including Pokemon's home country of Japan, the game has been working in Indonesia since it first went live, letting resourceful trainers hunt Pokemon and battle them in gyms. As in some other countries where it's not yet officially available, Android users can...

Enlarge ImageCredit and debit cards can be swiped directly on the entrance barriers at London stations, so you don't need to buy a ticket. Getty Images London's technology for swiping your credit card to board a train or bus could be coming to other cities. The British capital's transit authority Transport for London has licensed its contactless technology to be used elsewhere, with the money eaed earmarked for a fare freeze for London's commuters.London's contactless ticketing system allows anyone with a contactless credit or debit card to swipe it on readers in stations and on buses, allowing you to travel ...

The state of Washington's Department of Transportation has a message for Pokemon Go players: don't play while driving.In a tweet today, the Washington DOT advised fans to play the game safely. "No Pokemoning from behind the wheel," the govement agency said in its message, which was accompanied by an animated GIF of the Pokemon Eevee.If your weekend includes looking for #Eevee on #PokemonGO, please do so safely. No Pokemoning from behind the wheel. pic.twitter.com/Kt9CmTOKiP— Washington State DOT (@wsdot) July 8, 2016Pokemon Go challenges players to go out in the real world to locate and catch Pokemon. Notifications pop up when creatures are nearby, which in theory could distract people--wher...