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Description The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times best-selling Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson at the top of his game. In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New ...

Description From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the number-one New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life's inevitable setbacks. After the sudde...

[embedded content] We've all had fantasies of a future where robot chefs live in our homes and make us any meal we desire at any time of the day. But sadly, robots aren't quite sophisticated enough for home use as of yet. But that didn't stop Simone Giertz, a YouTube vlogger known for making hilariously crappy robots, from making her own simplistic robot to make her a sandwich. On Friday, Giertz posted the video "The Sandwich Robot" to show off all that a robot arm can and caot do for its hungry master.Not surprisingly, the robot -- armed with a plastic knife -- couldn't figure out how to get peanut butter from the jar to the bread. "I had a robo...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIt takes just one call to make Siri get it right. Apparently. Barbra Streisand/VEVO screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Let me tell you about pain.Actually, let Barbra Streisand tell you. The renowned singer and occasional actor gave an interview to NPR that was aired on Saturday.In a surely unrehearsed moment, interviewer Scott Simon asked her about Siri. Streisand revealed the extreme distress Apple's personal assistant had caused her."She pronounces my name wrong," she said. Indeed, her second "s" come...

Enlarge ImageFoundry workers built a tutable using melted steel from old bridges. Science Chael Believe it or not, you can fund your own DIY tutable for less than the cost of a trip to Whole Foods, and it only takes six steps to make it.It's so simple, in fact, the Science Chael recently built its own on an episode of the show "Made By Destruction." But instead of going the cheap route with plywood and batteries, the team sourced reclaimed steel from structurally faulty bridges to make the most metal record player ever. According to the clip posted below, there are more than 600,000 bridges in the United Stat...

Chicago-based artist and photographer Freddy Fabris used a very unlikely location to recreate some of art's most famous pieces, but the result is positively amazing....

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 ...

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RoadshowNewsCar IndustryA drop in the bucket: Italy fines Volkswagen $5.5M for diesel malfeasance...

When you hand your credit card over at a restaurant a hotel room, you probably don't mean to give your information to hackers, too....

RoadshowNewsElectric CarsNissan might be off-loading its battery-manufacturing outfit Close AutoComplete: Nissan reportedly looking to sell its battery operations Drag Outsourcing: Is there anything it can't solve? NurPhoto/Getty Images Vertical ...

Relying on bio-ethanol to generate electricity, instead of compressed hydrogen gas, Nissan is hoping that its latest powertrain iovation will keep us from relying on complicated new infrastructures....

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RoadshowNewsConcept CarsNissan's BladeGlider is a zero-emissions, high-performance...thingEnlarge ImageNot goa lie, I'd rock it. Nissan Nissan's concepts are generally pretty awesome. Whether it's the Gripz crossover, the IDS EV or the Warrior pickup, Nissan's futuristic styling plays well to concepts. The company's got a new concept out, the BladeGlider, and not only is its name pretty wicked, it's got some sharp looks, to boot.The goal of the BladeGlider (man, that's an awesome name) is to present an electric vehicle that's fun to drive. Simple premise, right? While the premise might be simple, its executio...

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The future is now, people: a drone delivered snacks and a chicken sandwich to a private residence in Nevada. This marks the first time a commercial drone delivery occurred here in the US, but it definitely won't be the last. We're also taking a look at an interesting feedback solution for moving objects in VR. YouTube user Scott Devine used a Baxter robotic arm to create a realistic sensation of tension when pushing small wooden blocks in a virtual space. Drone-delivered donuts? Check (Tomorrow Da...

Michelle Obama took aim at Donald Trump and Twitter during her DNC speech Monday night, saying the issues a president faces "caot be boiled down into 140 characters." Well said. It's perfectly legitimate however to boil down reaction to such speeches to 140 characters. Let's tu to the eagerly anticipated address by Beie Sanders, who closed out the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. We can boil it down to "compare and contrast." The senator from Vermont endorsed his onetime rival for the presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton, amid the crowd's cheers, tears and boos (boos at times for Clinton but mostly for Trump). But he quic...

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 ...