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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...

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...

Microsoft will bring on Genee's co-founders to its team working on Outlook and Office 365. Jim Kerstetter/CNET Microsoft has bought Genee, a technology startup making bots to help set meetings and manage your calendar.The company didn't disclose terms of the takeover in its aouncement Monday. Genee's virtual scheduling assistant is powered by natural language processing, artificial intelligence and chat bots. Co-founder Charles Lee said in a blog post that Genee will cease to operate as a stand-alone service next month. He and fellow co-founder Ben Cheung will join Microsoft in the takeover. To explain how Ge...

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...

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...

Close This lab is a phone's worst nightmare Drag If you've ever dropped a bare phone on a cement floor, you've probably experienced that nail-biting anguish of tuing it over to assess the damage. At OtterBox, dropping phones is in the job description. "In meetings, people will drop their phones on purpose", says Paul Sagger, Engineeri...

Alphabet is a step closer to getting its proposed drone delivery service off the ground.The Google parent company will be allowed to test its unmaed aerial vehicles in designated areas in the US, the White House said Tuesday. The test flights were aounced as part of a new initiative unveiled by the US National Science Foundation, which plans to spend $35 million over the next five years on unmaed flight research. "Data gathered will be shared with govement partners to help regulators answer critical safety and human factors questions for UAV cargo delivery operations," the White House said in a statement.The aouncement comes less than two months after the Federal Aviation Administration fina...

Enlarge ImageSamsung's Galaxy S7 Edge has topped all other Android smartphones in shipments. CNET Samsung has edged out its Android rivals with a clutch of best-selling smartphones. Over the first half of the year, Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge was the most popular Android phone, according to a report released late Monday by Strategy Analytics. Samsung shipped an estimated 13.3 million units of the S7 Edge, which snagged a 2.3 percent cut of all Android phones shipped globally over the first six months of 2016. That's another sign of welcome change for the electronics giant. Until recently, Samsung had been suff...

RoadshowNewsAuto TechDelphi begins testing first autonomous car service in SingaporeDelphi wants to give you a lift to your metro station. The automotive supplier made headlines earlier this year when it sent one of its self-driving research vehicles coast-to-coast -- both a test and a publicity stunt. The event appears to have paid off, as today it aounces it's been awarded a contract by Singapore's Land Transport Authority to spearhead an automated mobility pilot program.Glen DeVos, vice president of Delphi's services business unit, says the trip caught the attention of Singapore govement officials who had been working on ways to make better use of the southeast Asian country's mass-transi...