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Samsung has just taken the wraps off its new Gear S3 smartwatch.The Gear S3 is a large 46mm digital timepiece powered by Samsung's Tizen operating system. It will offer the same clickwheel-style bezel as 2015's Gear S2, a 30 percent larger battery and compatibility with Samsung Pay when it's released in three different models (including one with on-board LTE cellular) later this year. [embedded content] Follow along with the aouncements above, and check out our full hands-on first take and video.Read more:Samsung Gear S3 is a supersized smartwatch that brings Spotify and GPS to your wrist (hands-on) Samsung...

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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This grape rides a spider in Google's latest Doodle for its Fruit Games event. Google Grape is getting its game on for Google on Sunday.As part of the search giant's third day of the 2016 Doodle Fruit Games, the delicious berry is showing off its show jumping prowess in an interactive game added to the Google app on iOS and Android. The game can be accessed by tapping the doodle inside the app.The game features a grape riding on the back of his trusty steed Spider as the pair leap over hurdles. Google says the bite-sized treat and its eight-legged friend have been inseparable since they landed in the same cra...

It's pineapple vs. orange on the teis courts of Google.Pineapple serves the teis ball to Orange in Saturday's Google Doodle, available in the iOS and Android app. Google / Screenshot by Mike Sorrentino As part of the search giant's second day of the 2016 Doodle Fruit Games, a teis minigame where players control a pineapple's match against an orange has been added to the Google app on iOS and Android. The game can be accessed by tapping the doodle inside the app.A Google Doodle featuring the pineapple is also one of two that can be seen on the Google website Saturday, the other being a doodle celebrating Boliv...

Sony today released its monthly list of the best-selling PlayStation Store games for July 2016, and for the second month in a row, it was a bit of a weird one.Like in June, the PS4's top five in North America is not compromised of especially recent games. It wasn't a huge month for new releases, but it's still a surprising list: God of War III Remastered took the top spot, with The Last of Us Remastered, Minecraft, and Grand Theft Auto V also topping the charts. The only newer release in the top five was the No. 2 game, 7 Days to Die, which launched at the end of June.With even fewer releases on PS3 and Vita, it's a similar story on those platforms. LittleBigPlanet 3, The Last of Us, and Min...

Pokemon Go game on an iPhone. Jaap Arriens/Getty Images Maybe it was Pokemon Go.Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted Wednesday that July was the best month in the App Store's history, setting records for both monthly billings and money paid to developers. In a subsequent tweet, Cook said developers have eaed more than $50 billion from the consumer electronics giant since the digital bazaar opened in 2008. Cook didn't explain why July was so good, but we're thinking Pokemon Go had something to do with it.The app, from Nintendo and Niantic, was downloaded m...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryTesla posts $150 million Q2 loss, may miss 2016 delivery targetsTesla has posted Q2 2016 eaings and, while the word isn't resoundingly terrible, there's more bad news to be found than good. We'll start with the good, Tesla posting $1.56 billion in non-GAAP revenue for Q2. That's up from $1.2 billion in the same period last year. Total vehicle deliveries of 14,402 (9,764 Model S, 4,638 Model X) is also a big bump from this period last year, when Tesla shipped 11,507 vehicles. Tesla also says that average price of the Model S is up three percent. That's the good, here's the bad: Tesla posted a $150 million non-GAAP loss, which amounts to $1.06 per share. That's about do...

Enlarge ImageIf you're a business, you can only show so much of your Olympic pride. DANIEL SANNUM LAUTEN/AFP/Getty Images It's all fun and good until someone tweets the wrong thing.When the Olympics start Friday, social media is likely to light up with pride for sports, countries and various teams as they come together in Rio to compete for the next few weeks. But your local plumber will have to sit it out.Businesses have long been expected to keep their Olympic excitement to a minimum, as they can't use the famous five rings or other symbols and phrases from the games, since they're all trademarked. The conc...

The next batch of Nexus devices may rejigger the home screen. CNET Google's upcoming Nexus mobile devices may sport some renovations to the home screen.The 2016 models reportedly will feature a redesigned home screen with changes to the app drawer and other key features, blog site Android Police said on Monday, citing "multiple reliable sources."Specifically, Google will do away with the app launcher button at the bottom of the screen, which opens the app drawer showing your installed software, according to screenshots of the changes. Instead, you'll be able to open the app drawer by swiping up at the bottom ...

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...

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Enlarge ImageWatch some of the best cosplayers in action in this San Diego Comic-Con 2016 video from Sneaky Zebra. Video screenshot by Boie Burton/CNET For some geeky fans who attended San Diego Comic-Con this year, the withdrawal symptoms afterwards can be downright painful. Who wants to sit in a boring office meeting when you'd rather be attending a panel on "The Walking Dead" while dressed as a zombie? The real world is downright dull when you're not dressed up as Superman while eating a plate of nachos. This new video from Sneaky Zebra, posted July 27 on YouTube, showcases the most impressive cosplay co...

With 2016 more than half over we're taking a look back at the first 7 months of shows and picked one of our absolute favorites to re-run. Vladimir Duthiers is a CBS News correspondent and CBSN anchor who blew us (and our audience) away with his remarkable story. The 404 Show: Best of 2016 Your browser does not support the audio element. Download today's podcastLet's block ads! بخوانید...

Titans like Apple, Samsung, Fitbit and Google aren't your only choices for smartwatches. Upstart Pebble continues to offer cool alteatives like the new Pebble. It keeps the black and white display, but adds a durable Gorilla Glass face, heart rate monitoring and a microphone -- all for just $129 in the US. Look for it in October, or hold out for the fancier, somewhat pricier Pebble Time 2 that's coming in January. Read editors' take Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Netflix is getting rid of "The Sandlot?" You're killing me, Smalls. 20th Century Fox Netflix's August information is here! "No Country for Old Men" might be the most critically-acclaimed movie heading to Netflix in August. If that's not for you, maybe watch the most Nic-Cage-y movie headed to Netflix in August, "The Family Man."Netflix might have it out for Eddie Murphy in August. Three of his movies disappear on August 1, "Bowfinger," "The Nutty Professor" and "Vampire in Brooklyn." If you can only watch just one of those movies, just make sure it's not "Vampire in Brooklyn." Speaking of awful movies, "A Nig...

There was a resurgence of Poképride at this year's SDCC thanks to the worldwide phenomenon that is Pokemon Go....

Comic-Con 2016 is almost in the books. The 130,000 attendees who descended on Southe Califoia also got their fill of sneak peeks, premiers and movie trailers featuring Star Trek, Wonder Woman and Luke Cage.There were all the staples of a good, old-fashioned geek extravaganza: There were cosplayers from Harley Qui to Alexander Hamilton to a Star Wars stormtrooper dressed as Indiana Jones. There were artists sketching drawings and selling them at the host venue, the San Diego Convention Center. Then there were the marketing campaign kickoffs, including but not limited to Wonder Woman's invisible jet and Game of Thrones' hall of faces. For this newbie to San Diego's aual comic and pop culture ...

Pokemon Go has already taken over San Diego Comic-Con, and whether you are on Team Mystic, Team Valor or Team Instinct, we now know from Sunday's Hall H panel the names of the in-game leaders for each team.Team Valor is led by Candela, who wears a white jacket with red accents to go along with her team's color.Enlarge ImageCandela, the leader of the fiery Team Valor. Claudia Cruz/CNET If the blue Team Mystic is more your fancy, your leader is Blanche, who wears a long blue trenchcoat with striking shoes to match.Enlarge ImageTeam Blanche is the leader of Team Mystic in Pokemon Go. ...

The DC Comics booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 features an up close and personal preview of the costumes that we'll see in the upcoming "Wonder Woman" movie. Plus, the heroine's original costume and concept art from the 1970s "Wonder Woman" TV show with Lynda Carter are also featured....