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See more stories from CNET Magazine. Michael Muller It starts iocently enough, with the same exact transaction you've performed a thousand times before. You walk up to an unassuming ATM kiosk, slip a plastic debit card into the slot, punch in a personal code and withdraw cash. Convenient, absolutely, but ATMs can host hidden dangers, especially for travelers already distracted by luggage, train schedules or herding an unruly family through an airport. It's a scam called ATM skimming, and it's only one of the pitfalls to watch out for, especially when traveling in unfamiliar territory, whether you're on vacat...

Enlarge ImageYolanda Jones makes her pitch to "Cleveland Hustles" host Bonin Bough (left) and Twitter executive Adam Bain. Terry Collins/CNET Last week, Yolanda Jones had 23 seconds to sell high-level tech leaders in San Francisco on why NBA superstar LeBron James should give her SF-based company an online endorsement.In a matter-of-fact pitch, Jones wooed the basketball star's representatives -- tech mogul Bonin Bough and Twitter Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain -- on Yolanda's Construction Administration & Traffic Control, or YCAT. Cameras caught every word: The pitch was part of the #PitchLeBronContes...

Close Galaxy Note 7 vs. S7 Edge drop test Drag The Galaxy Note 7 had an eye-catching Super AMOLED screen with subtle curves on either side. But after seeing so many Galaxy S7 Edge phones fall and crack on the edge, we've leaed this much beauty usually comes at a price.Can a tougher glass and a smaller curve toughen up the Not...

Enlarge ImageAshley Madison still boasts about its 47 million member base. Ashley Madison "Life is short. Have a dedicated risk management process in place to protect personal information."That's not a sexy tagline for a dating website that encouraged members to conduct extra-marital affairs. But it's one that Ashley Madison might be wishing it adopted after it was hacked last year. Now, the Canadian company behind Ashley Madison, Avid Life Media (ALM), has been the subject of a scathing report from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Australian Privacy Commissioner, criticising ALM's actions following...

The back-and-forth over which carrier has the best network continues, with Verizon Wireless taking the latest win. The nation's largest carrier also proved to be the best, according to the results taken from the first half of the year from testing firm RootMetrics. Along with the best overall performance, Verizon took the top spot in reliability, speed, data, calling and text message. AT&T finished second in every category except for calls, where Sprint edged out its rival. The results, which didn't differ much from RootMetrics' second-half 2015 test, give Verizon further ammunition as it touts the superiority of its network. These tests are critical to carriers as they sell you on the s...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustrySchedule a test drive where you want with Hyundai and Amazon Close AutoComplete: Massachusetts will tax ridesharing and give that money to taxi companies Drag "Bring it to the mountains, please. I have some, uh, steering tests I'd like to perform." Jos...

Here's our weekly bullet list of topics on today's long episode. Enjoy!Headline Deep Dive: We discuss MIT's DuoSkin tattoo technology, Audi's plan to coect its cars to street lights, and Intel's Project Alloy aouncement. Guest: We drag Producer Logan out of the control room to sit and chat a bit about the history of the show and where we're headed. Segment [Back It or Hack It]: Grow an organic chair made of grass with the help of Terra.Into It: Jeff raves about Kubo and the Two Strings, while Ashley loves the cute chaos of Overcooked on PS4. ...

Close Smuggled phones and a wall of silence: Reporting on Australian detention Drag Smuggled phones and a wall of silence: Reporting on Australian detentionThis is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all.I was in the kitchen at my ...

Close Intel tus to Overwatch to show off seventh-generation core Drag The PC industry's glory days, when people snapped up new computers powered by steadily faster chips, are over. But Intel thinks its newest PC processor will get some hearts racing in a few months. At its Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesda...

NASA Goddard Institute of Space Science Three independent agencies have confirmed July 2016 as the warmest month since they started keeping temperature records, the Weather Chael has reported. July is usually the warmest month globally, since the northe hemisphere has more land mass, and land heats up faster and retains more heat than the oceans.NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies found it topped the previous warmest July on its record, 2011, by 0.1 of a degree Celsius, 0.84 degrees Celsius above average, making it the warmest since 1880. The Japan Meteorological Agency's found that it was the warmest ...

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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageA resilient little thing, the iPhone 5S. CNET Not much can survive a fall from 2,500 feet. Even skydivers need parachute -- or a net.You certainly wouldn't expect an iPhone 5S to be anything other than a smashed collection of metal and glass if it fell that far. However, Jeaine Buck from British Columbia, Canada says her iPhone can do things others might not.As the Abbotsford News reports, Buck says she dropped her phone out the window of a Cessna in which she was a passenger last Monday night. She was fl...

Enlarge ImageDax and Sisko rock original-series uniforms in "Trials and Tribble-ations." Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET On Friday, the Star Trek 50th aiversary convention in Las Vegas came alive with passionate debate as Star Trek fans bantered their way through a debate on the worst episodes Trek ever committed to film. There's another side to that equation. Star Trek is also full of episodes that stand among the best in television. As tight as the race was for worst episode, the competition for the finest is even tougher.I have my personal favorites. "City on the Edge of Forever" from the original series ...

RoadshowNewsConcept CarsMitsubishi's latest concept is yet another SUVEnlarge ImageIt's not not handsome, but there's always plenty of time for that to change between now and when production begins. Mitsubishi Mitsubishi sure does love itself a sport utility vehicle. The company's cut down its US offerings to where its bread-and-butter products are crossovers, and most of its auto-show concepts have also been utility vehicles over the last few years. When it came time to roll out yet another concept, this time for the Indonesia Inteational Auto Show, what do you think Mitsubishi came up with?In a move that wi...

The Pioneer PLX-500 tutable looks almost identical to the original Technics SL-1200 deck, minus the absurdly high price tag. Pioneer If you weren't one of the lucky few to snag the remodeled (and absurdly expensive) version of the coveted Technics SL-1200GAE DJ tutable before it sold out in 30 minutes, you'll soon have the chance to pick up a very cool consolation prize. This week Pioneer aounced the PLX-500 tutable that looks almost exactly like the iconic direct-drive deck, and it doesn't cost $3,300.It's a continuation of the PLX DJ line that we first reviewed in 2014, but this model is an "all-in-one" de...

You're streaming a stroll through Central Park on Facebook Live. You walk to Belvedere Castle and the feed freezes. You're in a dreaded deadzone.It's at this moment when you wonder who actually has the best wireless coverage. OpenSignal, a wireless coverage mapping firm, is attempting to answer that question. In a test of network quality, T-Mobile came out on top. T-Mobile beat out Verizon, Sprint and AT&T in the categories of fastest downloads speeds on 3G and 4G networks, the shortest 3G latency, or the response time between your phone and the network, and in overall performance, according to OpenSignal's report.Sprint walked away with shortest latency for 4G and Verizon won for best a...