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[embedded content] If you like cowboy hats with your robots, you're probably excited about HBO's new "Westworld" series. HBO released a fresh trailer on Sunday, so brush off your Stetson and get ready for some mechanical people with shotguns and spurs. HBO released a teaser in June, but the new trailer takes a longer, deeper dive into the upcoming series.Michael Crichton, creator of "Jurassic Park," wrote and directed the original 1973 film version of "Westworld." The basic premise is all about what can go wrong in a Weste-themed amusement park populated by robots. Since this is on HBO, we can expect a grittier, more "Game of Thrones"-like vision...

NASA Goddard Institute of Space Science Three independent agencies have confirmed July 2016 as the warmest month since they started keeping temperature records, the Weather Chael has reported. July is usually the warmest month globally, since the northe hemisphere has more land mass, and land heats up faster and retains more heat than the oceans.NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies found it topped the previous warmest July on its record, 2011, by 0.1 of a degree Celsius, 0.84 degrees Celsius above average, making it the warmest since 1880. The Japan Meteorological Agency's found that it was the warmest ...

Happy National Vinyl Record Day!You might assume milleials are the ones lining up on Record Store Day to drop coin on the latest special edition, 180-gram, splatter-paint record of the month, but you'd be wrong -- at least in the United Kingdom.According to a new study by market research company YouGov, UK music fans between the ages of 45 and 54 are actually more likely to hit record stores in search of vinyl. By contrast, the study found 18- to 24-year-olds are least likely to purchase vinyl, suggesting last year's sales explosion could be attributed to vinyl nostalgia rather than discovery. The study also unearthed two very bleak statistics that are depressing enough to make any collector...

I fell in love with music at a very young age. I can remember sitting in my parent's living room, listening to the crackle and pop that accompanied each new song, only to be replaced with a thumping drum intro or a sick guitar lick that seemed to leap from our Klipsch coer hos. This experience stuck with me through the introduction of cassette tapes, CDs and finally the current digital-music age. The convenience and quality of digital music is unparalleled, but with the recent resurgence of records -- and as any vinyl enthusiasts (and certain audiophiles) will tell you -- vinyl has a special sound that digital music just can't capture or replicate. I'm not immune to its pull; I've recent...

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Atlantic Records is on the hunt for whoever leaked a song from the "Suicide Squad" soundtrack, and it's demanding Reddit help to find the culprit, according to TorrentFreak. Sometime around June 15, the song "Heathens" by Twenty One Pilots was uploaded to dropfile and leaked to the band's subreddit, a forum made by Reddit users to discuss the band. Atlantic stated in a complaint to a New York court that it gave a digital copy of the song to "an extremely limited number of individuals" before this date, the publication reported. "In each such case, the individual was barred from distributing the recording until the scheduled release date of June 24, 2016," it stated.Enlarge ImageThe leak of ...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryGoogle's monthly autonomy report: Mostly quiet on the weste front Close AutoComplete: BMW gets the green light for 2017 diesel models Drag Enlarge ImageMaybe folks keep hitting these cars because they get distracted trying to figure out what the hell it is. Goog...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageThis is Kanye trying to make things happen. Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Kanye West had clearly had enough.And when Kanye has had enough, he either mounts the stage at an awards show or he does what so many do -- mounts his high horse on Twitter.On Saturday moing, the great entertainer emitted a series of tweets encouraging Apple to buy Tidal.There have been rumors for a little while now that Apple -- with its strong music coections -- would buy Jay Z's not entirely flourishing streaming en...

Traces of deleted WhatsApp chats can linger on an iPhone, says security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski. Photothek/Getty Images If you're a WhatsApp user with an iPhone, your chats might not be as secure as you think.Despite the popular messaging app's aouncement earlier this year that it would encrypt all user data, a security researcher said Friday that the latest version of WhatsApp for Apple's iOS software for iPhones leaves some information vulnerable. The researcher, Jonathan Zdziarski, found traces of deleted chats, which can be pieced together into conversations, he said, and that's even if you've clea...

Traces of deleted WhatsApp chats can linger on an iPhone, says security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski. Photothek/Getty Images If you're a WhatsApp user with an iPhone, your chats might not be as secure as you think.Despite the popular messaging app's aouncement earlier this year that it would encrypt all user data, a security researcher said Friday that the latest version of WhatsApp for Apple's iOS software for iPhones leaves some information vulnerable. The researcher, Jonathan Zdziarski, found traces of deleted chats, which can be pieced together into conversations, he said, and that's even if you've clea...

Amazon Prime has an estimated 60 million members in the US, reaches 11 countries and even has its own fake holiday. For CEO Jeff Bezos, that's not nearly enough.The world's largest e-commerce company has been busy finding new ways to evolve and expand the $99-a-year Prime loyalty program. This week, Prime launched in India, the second most-populous country in the world, and arrived in Belgium in February. Prime Video can now be purchased as a standalone service in the US, making it a more direct competitor to Netflix, and Prime can be bought on a monthly -- instead of just aual -- basis, making it more affordable for more people.There now are rumors Prime Music will also become a standalone ...

[embedded content] "Legion" isn't exactly an open book. We got an aouncement, then news of an eight-episode order with a sprinkling of info. Even this new trailer doesn't answer half the questions we have. What it does do, however, is get me stoked for what's to come from the FX network show. It's not that I can't describe what's happening to you. I mean, I can try:The show stars Dan Stevens ("Downton Abbey"), Aubrey Plaza ("Parks & Rec"), Jean Smart ("Fargo"), Rachel Keller ("Fargo") and Katie Aselton ("The League"). Stevens plays David Haller, a man who think's he's mentally ill -- "but he may be the most powerful mutant we've ever seen," s...

Sony used photos of Buckley's records to digitally recreate his collection. Stay Golden Music An album collection is an incredibly personal item. Flip through someone's discs, and you get a window into not only who they are but who they've been. An unexpected reggae fan. A Top 40 worshipper. A teen with a penchant for bubblegum pop. A completist or a casual fan. Now followers of Jeff Buckley can explore the singer-songwriter's own music stash, digitally, through a new Sony project called Jeff Buckley: The Record Collection. For the unfamiliar, Buckley, who drowned in 1997 at the age of 30, recorded only one...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImagePolitically injudicious? screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When those who have nothing better to do than go to Twitter and spew invective at the first person they see, we're used to it.It's slightly different when public figures tweet things that might be seen as just the other side of provocative.Especially if those public figures were or are politicians in office. Recently, former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh emitted a tweeted threat to President Barack Obama and Black Lives Matter, suggesting that...

Walk through the history of England without leaving home. Screenshot by Kent German/CNET If you fancy a walk through Westminster Abbey, but can't afford a ticket to London, then open Google Street View instead. The centuries-old Gothic church that's played host to royal wedding and funerals and the coronation of monarchs was added to Google Street View earlier this month, giving viewers a full tour of the rich interior and the history inside.Starting at the front doors you can walk the length of the Abbey's vast nave while visiting sights like the Coronation Chair, the High Altar and the Grave of the Unknown ...

Enlarge ImageThis artist's impression shows a view of the triple-star system HD 131399 from close to the giant planet orbiting in the system. ESO/L. Calçada Luke Skywalker's home planet in "Star Wars" has two suns and wherever Westeros from "Game of Thrones" is, it suffers from long and weirdly unpredictable winters, but a real exoplanet over 300 light years away may be even more strange. Astronomers have found the first planet orbiting three suns, giving it quite a lot of sunrises, sunsets and daylight depending on the seasons, which last for centuries. The gas giant HD 131399Ab is located 340 light year...

RoadshowNewsCar CultureWatch Rhys Millen set a new EV record at the Pikes Peak Hill ClimbThe Pikes Peak Inteational Hill Climb event is not for the faint of heart. More than 100 tus separate the driver at the bottom from the finish line up top, and without guardrails or other safety systems in place, it's even harrowing to watch. That's why Rhys Millen deserves more than a trophy for his record-setting run up the mountain.Strapped behind the wheel of his purpose-built electric vehicle, Millen made it to the summit in 8:57.118. It's the only EV to break the 9-minute mark, and it eaed Millen top honors in his class. It was fast enough to claim second place overall, falling short of taking it a...

The Galaxy Wide is designed for budget-conscious consumers. Samsung Samsung has cooked up a new smartphone, at least for South Korean consumers. The Galaxy Wide smartphone, unveiled Tuesday, is similar to Samsung's Galaxy On7 with such specs as a 5.5-inch, 1,280x720-pixel display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel rear camera. In many respects, the Galaxy Wide appears to be a rebranded version of Samsung's On7, according to blog site Sammobile. There are differences, though. The Galaxy Wide features 2 gigabytes of memory and 16GB of expandable storage, compared with On7's 1.5GB GB of RAM and 8...

Enlarge ImageNASA's Super Pressure Balloon. NASA Despite putting a satellite in orbit around Jupiter earlier this week, NASA is also setting precedents back on planet Earth -- or at least a lot closer to it. The latest experiment conducted by the space agency's Balloon Program Office saw the second test flight of its Super Pressure Balloon set an airtime record of 46 days, 20 hours, and 19 minutes, finally touching solid ground again on July 2.The SPB mission, which began on May 16, marked the first time one of the enormous balloons was carrying a payload, the University of Berkley's Compton Spectrometer and ...

The music video was inspired by a painting by Vincent Desiderio. Screenshot by Xiomara Blanco/CNET Kanye West's infamous music video for "Famous" is now available to on YouTube. After its world premiere, live-streamed on Tidal, it was available exclusively on the streaming-music service for a week. Of course, that didn't stop it from being the talk of the inteet.The NSFW video features Kanye buck-naked in a big bed with life-like nude, prosthetic bodies of celebrities, including Donald Trump, Rihaa, Bill Cosby, Taylor Swift and, of course, Kim Kardashian-West. They all silently lie still in bed, seemingly bre...