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Description A newly belligerent Chinese govement leaves US President Jack Ryan with only a few desperate options in this continuation of the number one New York Times best-selling Tom Clancy series. Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggressive challenge from the Chinese govement. Pawns are being moved around a global chessboard: an attack on an oil platform in Africa, a terrorist strike on an American destroyer, and a storm-tossed American spy ship that ...

As part of our coverage of Star Trek's 50th anniversary, I talked with a dozen cast members from across the franchise about everything from Star Trek's inclusive message to how it feels to be a sex symbol to nerds. Jeri Ryan didn't want the role at first. The then up-and-comer was trying to kickstart her career after eaing a theater degree and winning the Miss Illinois beauty pageant (she later competed in Miss America, coming in fourth place). "I wasn't remotely inte...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageRyan Lochte. Does he think swimming through social media can rehabilitate his image? Stephen Dunn Performing a media pivot is just like taking a routine tu in the individual medley.You reach the wall, head in the opposite direction and perform a completely different stroke.So it is that Olympic swimmer Ryan L...

Musician Jack White's label Three Man Records recently launched a small craft into near-space with a special payload: a spinning vinyl album playing a remix of Carl Sagan's "A Glorious Dawn."We're also discussing Ripchair 3.0, a massive, tank-like machine that allows a disabled person to load in their wheelchair and head outdoors through rugged terrain and difficult weather conditions. ...

[embedded content] "The Simpsons" has never been shy about making fun of American politics. After all, several presidents have been Simpsons-fied on the long-running animated comedy series. Bill Clinton, famously, was always hitting on Marge. George Bush Sr. was a neighbor for a while.But as the 2016 race for the US presidency increasingly resembles a "Simpsons" episode, it was inevitable that the animated series take aim at both Hillary Clinton and ...

"Double Dare" had a one-night-only revival on Facebook Live during San Diego Comic-Con 2016 with original host Marc Summers at the helm. Mike Sorrentino/CNET The annual geek-fest that was Comic-Con 2016 is now over, but the CraveCast crew is still digesting all the news and everything we leaed.Whether it's the improbable revival of the Nickelodeon classic "Double Dare," all things "Star Trek Beyond" or the latest...

Enlarge ImageMicrosoft will offer Xbox users the abilty to choose an avatar in a wheelchair. Mike Ybarra/Twitter/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Microsoft is expanding the scope of its Xbox avatars by adding ones seated in wheelchairs.Xbox head Phil Spencer responded Sunday to a couple of tweeters who asked about the possibility of creating wheelchair user avatars. Spencer said the company had already looked at ...

Bryan Cranston has signed on with the Lionsgate "Power Rangers" reboot, the "Breaking Bad" actor said Tuesday on Twitter.Cranston joins the cast as Zordon, the disembodied holographic head in a tube that trains, leads and advises the group of teen superheroes. The rebooted Rangers themselves have a starkly different look, but there's no word yet on whether Cranston's Zordon will be a big departure from the classic TV show.We do know he'll be up against Elizabeth...

Apple might be pulling its support from the Republican National Convention, but it doesn't appear to be giving up on the GOP entirely. CEO Tim Cook will help raise money for House Speaker Paul Ryan next week, reported Politico. Tim Cook is reportedly hosting a fundraiser for Rep. Paul Ryan. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A private breakfast hosted by Cook along with Apple's Gary Wipfler is said to be taking place...

Enlarge Image Ou et al, MIT Media Lab Slowly but surely, researchers are stripping away the limitations of 3D printers. Until now, dense and finely-featured objects had been considered off-limits, simply because the computer-aided design (CAD) files required would be enormous and take hours to compute. But new software designed by researchers at MIT's Media Lab circumvents this problem.Called Cilllia, it uses sli...

Eric Schmidt: Google will keep supporting gay rights. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images No matter which candidate gets your vote in the upcoming presidential election, the world's most valuable tech company will not be standing behind you.Google will not lend its support to either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, according to company's executive chairman Eric Schmidt. "We have not taken a position on the American ...

[embedded content] From photography to racing, drones are becoming increasingly useful as people explore the evolving technology. On Tuesday, Simone Giertz, a YouTube blogger known for making humorously dodgy robots, tried to take drones to their next logical frontier of glory: hair cuts.She paired up with computer Samy Kamkar to make the above video, which sees the duo attempt to give a mannequin a stylish new 'do.As you'll see, this isn't something...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageHe can only add to the movie's greatness. Players Tribune/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The upcoming "Ghostbusters" movie has been getting mixed advance mutter. (I'm being my usual polite). The first trailer was assailed by Kevin Smith, a director who's had his own share of hits and misses. And...

Michael Powell, a former FCC chairman and currently head of the cable industry's biggest lobbying group, is frustrated.NCTA President Michael Powell addresses the cable industry at the trade group's annual show. Cable companies have been "increasingly saddled with heavy rules without any compelling evidence of harm to consumers or competitors," Powell, president of National Cable & Telecommunications Association, said at an industry trade show last week. He pointed to proposals to ensure m...

"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston is set to star in a 10-part sci-fi series, based on the stories of celebrated sci-fi visionary Philip K. Dick.The Oscar-nominated actor will also serve as executive producer on the series. UK broadcaster Channel 4 is partnering with Sony Pictures Television on the project, whose full title will be "Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick." Each episode will serve as a standalone story, adapting the short stories of Dick, who died in 1982 at age 53, having ...

Uber has expanded its wheelchair-friendly fleet to London, giving disabled customers the power to call a car that features a rear-entry ramp, winch and restraints.The popular cab-calling app, which has proved controversial in the UK, inciting protests from traditional black cabs, has already brought its wheelchair-accessible service, dubbed UberWAV, to more than 10 US cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington. Toronto and Sydney are also covered. UberWAV carries the same cost UberX, a...

"Ugh. First they kill me, then they give me a man bun? What's next, eating bugs?!?" HBO Remember last year during the filming of "Game of Thrones," when everyone wanted actor Kit Harrington to get a haircut (or not) just to give us an answer to the big question about you know what? But then he did and the Inteet freaked out trying to figure out what the 'do did or did not mean about his character's fate?! Well...

Phwooar! (Is the sound it makes, written phonetically.) Luke Westaway/CNET Dyson's found another outlet for its air-pushing technology, giving the hairdryer a radical makeover. It's the week's weirdest-looking gadget and it's up for discussion on the UK's greatest tech podcast. Don't worry if you're not into hairdryers -- there's plenty more hot air where that came from. Rich Trenholm and I get our minds around a...

Enlarge ImageWhere did Deadpool get the money to donate to a Utah theater's defense fund? You're probably better off not knowing that. Fox When a movie theater is threatened with legal action for serving alcohol to its customers during an R-rated comedy, who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! Wait, no, I mean Ryan Reynolds! Damn these pop culture references. Deadpool makes it look so easy. The star of the action comed...

Enlarge ImageThe safest way to sit inside a jet engine. Fallen Fuiture Look down. What kind of chair are you sitting on? It might be wood. It might be all cushions and plastic with tilt and up-and-down controls. It might be leather if you're fancy. Now look at the 737 Cowling Chair from Fallen Fuiture. Feel the envy course through your veins. Fallen Fuiture describes the creation as "colossal," "luxurious," "epic...