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Enlarge ImageThe Airlander 10 is designed to fly for up to five days at a time. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images The Airlander 10, the world's largest aircraft, took to the skies for the first time over Bedfordshire, England, on Wednesday and completed a lap of Cardington airfield before safely landing, the BBC reports.At 92 metres (300 feet) in length, the helium-filled airship is 19 metres longer than the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger jet. The Airlander 10 has been nicknamed "The Flying Bum" due to its peachy behind's striking similarity to the human rump.While the airship was originally in produ...

MIT recently unveiled Duoskin, and even though it looks like a simple fashion accessory, these faux tattoos have some cool functions: they're coected, and can receive input, coect wirelessly, and even light up with the right setup. We're also checking out a new HoloLens demo from N3S, an NES emulator team tuing 2D NES titles into slightly 3D experiences. The demo is in alpha, but it's another exciting showcase for what Microsoft's augmented-reality headset is capable of. ...

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Enlarge ImageSamsung's massive new mobile is... pretty cool! And that blue will make my eyes pop. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung's popped out yet another massive phone, but the Note 7 has made us sit up and pay attention -- underwater doodling, iris scaing, easy GIF creation? This might be the mobile to prove that these devices have a bit of creative life in 'em yet. On the UK's best tech podcast, Luke Westaway and Rich Trenholm debate the merits of Samsung's toy, including asking whether it's too pricey to battle with low-cost Android rivals. Elsewhere, Britney's back! In a storm of puns, we try and figure out why...

Enlarge ImageHere's one I caught earlier. Then I took a screenshot, uploaded that to CNET's content management system and set it as this page's promo image, so everyone can see the wicked cool Vaporeon I caught. Screenshot by Luke Westaway/CNET Pokemon Go might still have an iron-tight grip on human social behaviour, but the mobile gaming phenomenon has done very little to line the coffers of Nintendo -- the House of Mario confirmed big quarterly losses, in the same week it reminded investors that it didn't actually, y'know, make the monster-catching game. Elsewhere the Solar Impulse sun-powered plane has co...

Amazon Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery system has been taking some time to get off the ground -- it was aounced in late 2013, and the drone wasn't unveiled until November last year -- but it just got one step closer to the sky. Amazon has aounced that it will be partnering with the UK Govement and the UK Civil Aviation Authority to test the drones for three key areas: operations outside line-of-sight in rural areas; sensor testing for hazard avoidance; and one-person operation of multiple drones. "Using small drones for the delivery of parcels will improve customer experience, create new jobs in a rapidly ...

Enlarge ImageIf Spock's so lacking in emotion, then why does he insist on such natty shoulder pads, eh? Checkmate, Roddenberry. Kimberley French/Paramount Best Madness voices everyone -- it's... "Star Trek Beyoooond!" This week's episode of the UK's best tech podcast brings you a spoiler-free examination of the new Trek flick. Is it simply mindless action, or does Simon Pegg's script for "Beyond" encapsulate the beating heart of Star Trek?It's not all pontificating on sci-fi future utopia though. Back in the significantly more bleak present day, British chip-designer ARM has been sold to Japanese telecoms gia...

Marvel's "Luke Cage" panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con was pretty eventful -- more like a Marvel-Netflix panel, it included new show aouncements, surprise guests and teaser trailers galore. The panel, moderated by Marvel TV head honcho Jeph Loeb, started with a compilation of various clips of the Marvel shows on Netflix and some audience participation which meant shouting the names of the shows -- I was in the "Jessica Jones" cheering section, thank you very much. Jon Bethal, who plays the Punisher on "Daredevil" and in the impending "Punisher" show, popped out for a quick appearance and talked about the responsibility of playing the character, knowing what he means to f...

This caption, like all of CNET's output this week, was written while playing Pokemon Go. Josh Miller/CNET "POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON," has been the content and the subtext of all our communication this week. As the craze for Pokemon Go sweeps across the globe and into the UK, Luke and Andy take a break from training up Drowzees to bring you all the Pokenews that's fit to Pokeprint -- from privacy fears to news of a man who continued playing, even after being stabbed. We also ask how long the craze can last -- has app maker Niantic plaed ahead, or will "Pokemon Go" fade from our lives like a vani...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryNew UK driving test will assess if you can follow a sat navThe British driving test will now include sat nav directions in a move to modeise the way people lea to drive.The UK's Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) updated the test to reflect the fact that more than half of UK drivers use a satellite navigation device to guide them as they drive."Candidates will be given more responsibility for making decisions during the test," explained DVSA Chief Driving Examiner, Lesley Young. "We want them to show they can cope with distractions and assess risk without the intervention of their instructor or examiner."The independent driving portion of the test will increas...

Go catch 'em all -- Pokemon Go is finally available in the UK on iOS and Android. The game launched earlier this month in Australia and the US, and has already created something of a frenzy among Pokemon fans.While it's been possible to get the game in the UK by unofficial means, today is the first time the game has been available to download from the Google Play Store and iOS App Store.The game, which is free to download, displays virtual Pokemon on a map of the real world, using what's called augmented reality. Your job then is to catch the critters -- you see them in the real world, using your phone's camera -- and battle them against others in nearby "gyms".Excuse me now while I do absol...

Pokemon Go has this week invaded Google accounts, Europe and, above all, our hearts. Now, Pokemon is taking over politics.On Wednesday, Jane Kim, a San Francisco-based senate-hopeful, issued a Pokemon Go "challenge" to competing candidate Scott Wiener over Twitter. Wiener, apparently a confident trainer himself, accepted. The details of the challenge, initially reported by the San Francisco Examiner, aren't known. There's currently no function in the iOS and Android game that allows players to battle each other, although there is combat in the form of gym showdowns. But if this leads to a future where govement officials are el...

Google Google asked, you delivered. Nougat is the new name for the latest version of Android, as chosen by the public. This naturally prompts Andy to question whether that stuff inside Milky Ways and Mars bars is actually nougat. Katie meanwhile thinks that 2016 is ready for a healthier serving of Android Nectarine.Also up for discussion on the UK's greatest tech podcast is the Florida man who's hoping to sue Apple for $10 billion, and why music sensation Adele might appreciate Apple's latest patent.Finally, the ever-joyous pair chat about whether Google is really cooking up its own smartphone, and what we c...

Enlarge ImageUse the toaster, Luke. The Fowndry The Death Star toaster is a curious thing. It's obviously modeled after Darth Vader's deadly ride, but its form is restricted by the requirements of being a toaster, so it's a truncated version of the usual Death Star sphere. No matter. Your Star Wars fandom allows some leeway when it comes to product design. What's important here is that you will wake up in the moing, stumble groggily into the kitchen, flip the switch on your coffee maker, catch sight of your planet-destroying toaster and start merrily humming the Imperial March. The toaster sears the classic S...

London's Silicon Roundabout. Getty Images Well, now what?The UK's decision to leave the European Union -- a movement called Brexit -- goes against the sentiment of leading technologists and economists, all of whom fear the potential effects at home and abroad. Nevertheless, the British tech industry and the foreign tech companies that operate in the country must now decide how to proceed, how to weather any potential storms and how to make the most of the new environment in which they'll have to operate.The referendum to exit the EU is unprecedented, making it impossible to make long-term predictions about th...

What could UK tech look like outside the EU? Getty Images The UK has voted to leave the European Union, in a momentous move that will impact every aspect of British life. The CNET UK podcast doesn't deal with every aspect of British life, but we do deal with tech, so mere hours after the votes are counted, Luke and Katie talk about what Brexit could mean for our country's tech, from more expensive roaming to the survival of Britain's small businesses. If you're already sick of Brexit talk, we've also got a landmark flight for the sun-powered Solar Impulse plane, the Queen's second tweet and -- wait for it -...

The retu of the MacOS. (Do you WWDC what we did there?) Tyler Lizenby/CNET If you've spent years struggling to say "OS 10" instead of "OS x", Apple's finally put you out of your misery. We're breaking down its desktop operating system rebrand, plus all the new features coming to the iPhone and Apple Watch on this week's CNET UK podcast.It's not just WWDC we're rounding up. This week we've also seen the biggest games conference on the planet. Luke and Katie bring you everything you need to know about this year's E3, plus all the week's hottest tech news, and a surprising amount of discussion on Matthew Broderi...

Enlarge ImageTime to use your Jedi powers. Tom Spina Designs When you're hanging upside down in the cave of a bloodthirsty wampa, what you really want is a nice hot cup of coffee and good table to set it on. Tom Spina Designs built a detailed wampa-cave coffee table for just such an eventuality. It replicates the look of the creature's lair from "The Empire Strikes Back" and features Luke Skywalker's lightsaber stuck into the snow. The lightsaber is removable in case you need to actually battle a wampa.The coffee table is made from hand-carved foam with a glass top. Tom Spina Designs is known for its custom-c...