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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...

"Endless" is exclusively streaming on Apple Music. Screenshot/Xiomara Blanco The wait for a new Frank Ocean album is over -- kind of.Early Friday moing the artist released a visual album, "Endless," exclusively on Apple Music. Currently, it's only available to stream as a 45-minute long video, not as a typical audio-only album with individual tracks.The project was heavily teased, thanks to a mysterious live stream that unceremoniously debuted two weeks ago. It answers a few questions curious fans have patiently waited for (he really was building some type of staircase), but, it doesn't quite answer the most ...

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...

Apple's latest iOS update resolves another security flaw. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple's latest update to its iOS software fixes a security hole that could have been exploited to take control of your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Released on Thursday, iOS 9.3.4 addresses the problem as one in which an "application may be able to execute arbitrary code with keel privileges," according to an Apple support page. That means an attacker could execute virtually any command, including one that would gain control of your iOS device.iOS 9.3.4 fixes that vulnerability, the latest in a long line of flaws disco...

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...

Enlarge ImageMicrosoft's Surface Book PC includes a pen the company says will be even more useful after the Windows Aiversary Update. Sarah Tew/CNET A new update to Microsoft's Windows 10 is coming, but you're forgiven if you didn't know. It tus out not many people are going to tell you.Admittedly, there's not much to talk about. The list of refinements for Microsoft's free paper-aiversary update to Win 10 can fit on a small sheet with less than a dozen bullet points. The changes boil down to features like making the digital pen more useful, new technology to detect hacking attacks and the ability to log into...

Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET Apple's latest numbers are in -- and while the company was quick to celebrate selling a billion iPhones, a closer look reveals a troubling trend for one of the company's most important markets: China. Sales in the Greater China region (the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong) plummeted 33 percent year over year to $8.8 billion for the quarter that ended in June. Apple's revenue for its fiscal third quarter was $13.23 billion for the Greater China region. That was Apple's worst regional drop among its markets. China, which for some time has been Apple's second largest market after ...

Enlarge ImagePokemon Go is the latest video game hit. But people are doing dangerous things to play. Leong Hean Leun/CNET Some people scraped their knees or sprained their ankles. Others smacked into revolving doors, crashed their cars or accidentally walked off cliffs. Some people even ventured into old minefields -- the real-life kind that can literally blow you up.No, this isn't a waing about the perils of drinking too much or experimenting with drugs.This is what people are doing to play a video game.The game is Pokemon Go, and it's been a massive hit since it was released earlier this month. Grab your ph...

Enlarge ImagePokemon Go is the latest video game hit. But people are doing dangerous things to play. Leong Hean Leun/CNET Some people scraped their knees or sprained their ankles. Others smacked into revolving doors, crashed their cars or accidentally walked off cliffs. Some people even ventured into old minefields -- the real-life kind that can literally blow you up.No, this isn't a waing about the perils of drinking too much or experimenting with drugs.This is what people are doing to play a video game.The game is Pokemon Go, and it's been a massive hit since it was released earlier this month. Grab your ph...

Enlarge Image Fujifilm Joining its kin in Tokyo, Barcelona, Bogata, Manila, Shanghai and Singapore, Fujifilm's Wonder Photo Shop gets its US debut this Friday, July 22, in New York City at 176th Fifth Avenue. As with many manufacturers, the company's brick-and-mortar stores will show off the company's imaging product lines -- these include the Instax print digital cameras and various enthusiast-targeted camera models -- plus host related classes, lectures and exhibitions.Given the location, though, I suspect it will mostly attract tourists seeking to escape the current steamy and stormy New York weather.Let's...

Katy Perry Katy Perry is the latest artist to forgo Spotify in favor of Apple Music. The singer debuted her new song "Rise" on Apple's streaming service late Thursday night. While the song can also be found on the singer's Vevo YouTube page, it isn't available on either Spotify or Tidal. The song is exclusive to Apple Music subscribers for the time being and can only be purchased through the iTunes store. "This is a song that's been brewing inside me for years, that has finally come to the surface," Perry said about the song during an appearance on the Today Show. "I was inspired to finish it now, rather tha...

The reality of 5G, wireless coectivity that's faster than our speediest home inteet service, is years away. But that isn't stopping Verizon from making its presence felt now.The nation's largest wireless carrier on Monday said it had worked out the radio specifications for its 5G deployment with its vendor partners, providing a common blueprint for everyone regarding the network infrastructure, processors and devices. Setting the specifications not only speeds the process for its own vendors, but may influence the inteational community when players around the world finally begin hammering out a global standard, expected in 2020. By moving quickly now, Verizon hopes to set the agenda for how...

Want an Amazon tablet for the price of four movie tickets? Just wait until next week.As part of the online retailer's Prime Day sale this upcoming Tuesday, the company is cutting the price on its $50 Fire tablet to under $35, an Amazon representative told CNET on Friday.Amazon has been teasing out different Prime Day deals throughout the week, as it works to make this year's sale bigger than its first-ever Prime Day last year. For example, the Segway MiniPro hoverboard will go on sale for $799, a price drop of $200. Also, Kindle Unlimited, a $10 monthly subscription service for e-books and audiobooks, will be offered for up to 40 percent off.Amazon said it plans to offer plenty of deals acro...

Twitter is adding ex-Facebook chief technology officer Bret Taylor to its ever-changing board of directors.The consumer-savvy Taylor, who is also the founder and CEO of Quip, a business software startup, joins the board immediately, the San Francisco-based social network aounced Tuesday. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, naturally tweeted out the aouncement: Taylor responded, of course, with a tweet: Taylor becomes Twitter's fourth new board member since April. The company has also added Pepsi Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston , Martha Lane Fox, a co-founder of the travel website Lastminute.com, and Black Entertainment Television CEO...

Ask Apple's Siri digital assistant if she's evil, and she'll respond curtly, "Not really." Repeat a famous line from the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," in which a computer on a spaceship kills nearly all the human crew, and Siri groans. "Oh, not again." And who can blame her? We humans have a morbid fascination with machines rising up to wipe us out or to enslave us as cocooned, flesh-and-blood battery packs. You can see that vision of the future streaming over Netflix whenever you want. Face it. For every lovable R2-D2 and C-3PO from the Star Wars universe, it's the dark side that seems to resonate most: the Cylons, who nearly eradicate human civilization in "Battlestar Galacti...

Enlarge ImageSurface features on Pluto, photographed by New Horizons. NASA/JHU APL/SwRI Data from the New Horizons mission revealed many previously unknown things about Pluto, and hinted at others. One tantalising tidbit was the prospect of an ammonia-rich ocean of water under the surface, a liquid sea beneath the frozen plains."Thanks to the incredible data retued by New Horizons, we were able to observe tectonic features on Pluto's surface, update our thermal evolution model with new data and infer that Pluto most likely has a subsurface ocean today," said lead author Noah Hammond, a graduate student in Bro...

Now you can control your Sonos speaker on an iOS device directly from the lock screen. The company just released a software update for its multiroom streaming speaker system that will allow customers to perform a wider range of iOS shortcuts, including quick navigation from the lock screen, Force Touch access to menus, Split View support, and more. Before version 6.3 was released today, iOS users had to unlock their devices and click over to the Sonos app to do things like change tracks or adjust the volum...

Enlarge ImageGik blue wine would fit right into the Star Wars or Star Trek universes. Gik Live Blue beverages hold a weird fascination for science fiction writers. Remember Luke Skywalker pouring himself a glass of blue Bantha milk back home on Tattooine? And the characteristic blue hue of Star Trek's Romulan Ale, which Bones McCoy only uses "for medicinal purposes"?Now cosplayers can quit waiting for Pepsi Blue to come back and indulge in a blue beverage of their own -- blue wine, made by Spanish winemakers Gik Live.As if the color didn't already clue you in, don't expect stuffy tradition from these folks."G...