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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageColin Kaepeick. Standing up for his principles? Stack/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As protests go, it was as silent as you could get.While the rest of his team stood for the national anthem during a preseason game on Friday night, quarterback Colin Kaepeick sat on the bench.When asked about it by NFL.com, Kaepeick explained: "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be ...

On this date in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Park Service Organic Act, which mandated the creation of the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife" found inside the United States and make them available for public enjoyment. To celebrate the centeial of the service, Google has created an animated doodle that takes viewers on a virtual coast-to-coast tour of some of the sites and sounds that can be found on the 84 million acres of land designated as protected since the agency's creation. Starting with a collection of iron-on souvenir park patches, Google shows us the various wildlife that can fou...

Last year, the fourth Inteational reached a prize pool of $18 million, the largest in e-sports history at the time. In 2016, the touament for the battle arena game Dota 2 is looking to set another precedent, offering viewers around the world the option to tune in via VR, developer Valve aounced in a blog post.You'll be able to watch the world's best Dota 2 players on the Dota VR Hub, using compatible headsets to watch live matches and replays in VR. You'll have the option of watching as if you were in the crowd at the event, or, better yet, you can even watch from within the game itself."Put on a headset and join your friends and other Dota fans to watch live matches or replays in Dota VR Th...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIt's curiously affecting. Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Brands are desperate to infiltrate the Olympics Games because they assume everyone will be watching. Consumer electronics giant Samsung is among the official sponsors of the Rio de Janeiro games, which may not be entirely positive given the unfortunately typical terrorism threats, as well as the spread of the Zika virus and "super bacteria." But once the money is spent, you have to make the most of it. So on Thursday, Samsung ...

Are you a political junkie hungry for Republican National Convention news? Are you suffering FOMO because you're not in Cleveland? Are you just craving for gavel-to-gavel action at the Quicken Loans Arena?Well, here's how you can peep the action from anywhere in the world.If you've got a phone, download the official RNC app to see if presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump gets the formal nod from his party. The live stream, provided by Google, will include 360-degree cameras for an immersive experience. It also has a tu-by-tu map of the arena and a program list of speakers, complete with bios. You can also watch Google's coverage on a laptop or desktop or mobile. Twitter is also getting into t...

BitTorrent BitTorrent, best known for its peer-to-peer sharing technologies, continues its push toward becoming a media company with the BitTorrent News network. The live-streaming news network will be available through its BitTorrent Live app for Apple TV, iOS devices and MacOS computers starting July 18 with coverage of the Republican National Convention."Television news has been stagnating for some time," Vice President of Media for BitTorrent Erik Schwartz said in a statement on the company's site. "It's having trouble appealing to a generation that grew up online. We're building BitTorrent News to solve...

Enlarge ImageTwitter will be live-streaming CBSN's coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Twitter Twitter is adding presidential politics to its live-streaming repertoire. The social network, known in part for its users' bite-size, and often biting, commentary in real time, will be joining forces with CBS News to live-stream CBSN's coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the first of which kicks off next week. (Disclosure: CBS is the parent company of CNET.) It's yet another step in Twitter's shift toward live-streamed video, a format that has also been em...

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Scott Olson/Getty Images Reports are emerging that Russian govement hackers have broken into the Democratic National Committee's computer network, obtaining access to all emails and chat transcripts, as well as the entire database of opposition research on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.The cyber-attack is said to be one of several, including attempted breaches of Trump's presidential campaign and the campaign of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Details on those cases were not made available.This is a developing story.Let's block ads! بخوانی...