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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 may fall into Chinese hands. It seems that President Zhao is determined to limit Ryan's choices in the upcoming G20 negotiations. But there are hints that there's even more going on behind the sc...

Description Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world'...

As part of our coverage of Star Trek's 50th aiversary, 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 wiing the Miss Illinois beauty pageant (she later competed in Miss America, coming in fourth place). "I wasn't remotely interested in science fiction," Ryan said of her pre-Star Trek days. Sure, she'd watched some episodes of the original series. But she'd also heard the shows had a history of stymieing some actor's careers. ...

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 Du 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 Lochte has decided to issue something that approximates an apology.He took to Instagram on Friday to express his sorrow at last week's unfortunate tu of events. "I want to apologize for my behavior last ...

Photographer Adam Pretty isn't scared to go to extreme depths to get his shot. At the Olympics, his cameras are, too.The Getty Images photographer is capturing some of the most memorable moments of the Rio Games' swimming competition by using robotic cameras secured to the floor of the Olympic pool. His images provide an intimate view of swimmers as if watching the competitors while lying on our backs. Among Pretty's pics: A photograph of US swimmer Michael Phelps elongating seconds after torpedoing in the water for his signature event, the 200-meter butterfly. The most-decorated athlete in Olympics history added to his haul on Tuesday, wiing the race by four one-hundredths of a second. The ...

Cseh was trying to keep pace with fellow competitors like US swimmer Michael Phelps, the Olympian who has won the most gold medals ever (22 and counting). Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly by just .04 of a second -- the closest margin of victory in history. "He led the whole way, but guys were chasing him right down to the end," said Pretty about Phelps. "One of the best displays of swimming I've ever seen." Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Viewers streamed 883 million live minutes of the 2016 Rio Olympics through Tuesday. Screenshot by Josh Goldman/CNET Watching athletes break records on your phone has helped NBC break an Olympic record of its own. Through Tuesday, viewers streamed 883 million live minutes of the Olympics, blowing past the 818 million minutes of live video streamed for the entire 2012 London Olympics. That includes video streamed via NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. "The 2016 Rio Olympics is the first in US media history with prime-time Olympic coverage on chaels other than the primary broadcast network," NBC said in ...

Athletes can't just focus on sticking the perfect landing or diving with flawless form at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. They'll also have to worry about Zika. Fortunately, it's not just athletes converging in Brazil. One organization is using mapping technology to track the spread of the infectious disease. Another is giving away smart thermometers to keep tabs on symptoms that might flare up. The World Health Organization launched a Zika app to provide information about the disease. After the Olympics, IBM will provide local authorities with ways to track weather, social media data and travel pattes. It's just the latest example where technology plays an increasingly critical role in ...

[embedded content] When beloved graphic novel "Watchmen" was reimagined as a movie directed by Zack Snyder, some irate fans, including "Watchmen" comics creator Alan Moore, criticized the movie's depiction of the troubled superheroes. Leave it to Honest Trailers -- a YouTube series from Screen Junkies that features a classic movie-trailer voice-over but with a narrator who makes fun of films -- to lay down some blunt opinions about the 2009 film. In a video posted Tuesday, Honest Trailers points out that the Watchmen may have looked pretty, but the movie tried way too hard to squeeze in every plotline from the comics. "Stare in awe as Snyder...

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...

With only three days to go before the opening ceremonies, Twitter is gearing up for the Rio Olympics, including a special section in its Moments feature capturing all of the games' biggest, well, moments. The social network is also releasing hundreds of Olympic-related emojis. Fans can get into the spirit by tweeting a three-letter country code hashtag displaying flag emojis for every team, including the Refugee Olympic Team (#ROT)."Twitter's activation of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will bring fans around the world together to see what's happening with the teams before, during and after the top athletes compete for glory," Leslie Berland, Twitter's chief marketing officer said a blog. "Twitt...

DC Comics fans all know how well Batman and Robin worked as a team in their previous comics, films and TV shows, but in the world of Lego anything can happen. In the new "Lego Batman Movie" trailer, which debuted at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, fans got another glimpse inside the Caped Crusader's Batcave, Batcomputer, well... Bat everything. But most importantly, the new footage shows more of the relationship between Batman and his crime-fighting ward, Dick Grayson -- best known as Robin. "Lego Batman Movie" focuses on Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, played by Will Aett who will be reprising his role from "The Lego Movie." The movie starts with Batman depending mostly on his butler ...

Some fans are still holding out hope that Syrio (Miltos Yerolemou) will retu to "Game of Thrones." HBO The "Game of Thrones" season finale satisfied many fans by apparently confirming the Jon Snow parenting theory (R+L=J). That's nice and all, but the show ignored completely my favorite hope -- that Arya's sword-fighting teacher, the brave and eteally quotable Syrio Forel, somehow still lives.OK, he probably doesn't. When last we saw him, he was battling Meryn Trant with nothing but a broken wooden sword. And although sharp-eyed fans hoped this curly-headed shape seen in a recent episode was Syrio, the show e...

She's not laughing anymore. Video Screenshot by CNET Candace Payne became inteet-famous for a video capturing her infectious and eaest bout of laughter in a Chewbacca mask. Now "Chewbacca Mom" is back with a more serious and somber viral video that also has some laughing, but this time it's at her rather than with her. Payne's unassuming Facebook Live video back in May launched her on that particularly meteoric and fleeting rise to fame that only the viral nature of the inteet can provide. She's been spotted on "Good Moing America" and riding in a minivan with James Corden and J.J. Abrams, among many other ap...

Enlarge ImageAndroid co-founder Rich Miner.What exactly is Google's new education project? No one really knows, but according to Tech Crunch and originally reported by Fortune, Android co-founder Rich Miner is leaving GV (formerly known as Google Ventures) to head up the 'mysterious' new edtech initiative within Google Inc. It will not be an Alphabet company.While most of Miner's team will reportedly be based in Silicon Valley, Miner will remain in Cambridge, Mass. "I don't actually know exactly what we're building yet," Miner told Fortune's Dan Primack. "Just like Android took us our years to get the first device out and I helped create WildFire 25 years ago as a voice-based personal assist...

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 Banks who was previously cast as Rita Repulsa, the evil space witch and archnemesis of the Rangers. "Power Rangers" is scheduled for release March 24, 2017.Enlarge ImageZordon, as he appears in the o...

RoadshowNewsThe 4moms self-installing car seat adds serious smarts to baby's ride Car seats are the latest product getting the high-tech smart treatment.Enlarge Image Jacob Krol/CNET 4moms, maker of the MamaRoo cradle and Infant Tub, is adding a self-installing car seat to its roster of high-tech baby products. The two-part device consists of a base, which stays in the car, and the seat itself. It levels off the seat for you and verifies that it is locked and ready to go for safe travel. Rather than using a 12-volt cigarette lighter adapter, the base is powered by eight D-cell batteries. While there is a ...

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 on June 28 in Menlo Park, Califoia, according to an invite obtained by Politico. Funds from the event will reportedly benefit both Ryan and a committee dedicated to helping elect other House Republic...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageStephen Curry, a life all a-Twitter. NBA; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET And so we've come to this: an NBA finals game seven in which the most important topic is a tweet.During Thursday night's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in game six, Ayesha Curry, wife of Golden State Warriors star and two-time league MVP Stephen Curry, insisted that the fix was in.She tweeted: "I've lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money....Or ratings in [sic] not sure which. I won't be silent. Jus...

British national treasure Helen Mirren will feature alongside Vin Diesel in "Fast 8". Angela Weiss/Getty Images Helen Mirren will join the cast of "Fast 8", the eighth instalment in the Fast and the Furious franchise -- on one condition.The Oscar-wiing British actress confirmed her spot in the 2017 action flick in an interview with Elle, telling the magazine, "I've always rather loved driving. I said, 'I'll be in it, but only if I'm allowed to drive if I do drive in it.'"The 70-year-old actress recently starred in high-tech drone thriller "Eye in the Sky", and won the Best Actress Academy Award in 2007 for he...