About 35 high-school students sit at neatly arranged rows of tables in the university's gym. Another 115 college-level contestants surround the high schoolers.The room is pretty quiet, with only the occasional rattle from the New York subway tu els below cutting into the hushed conversations.There's...

[embedded content]In an emotional speech Saturday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg opened up publicly for the first time about the sudden death of her husband."For many months...I was swallowed in the deep fog of grief...an emptiness that fills your heart and your lungs, constricts your ability to thin...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageTeens allegedly used Facebook Live for an X-rated performance. Jason Cipriani/CNET The social-media era has been one in which everyone has lea ed how to broadcast.It's perhaps inevitable, then, ...

Enlarge ImageWho wants to bet we'll see Tom Cruise in the movie adaptation of the arcade game Missile Command? Atari Video games can often translate into movie magic with a great cast and a stellar script. Just look at the "Resident Evil" movie franchise or the Lara Croft "Tomb Raider" films starrin...

William Shakespeare words, "I long to hear the story of your life, which must captivate the ear strangely," in his play "The Tempest" best describe the appeal of a new app created to excite students about his often hard-to-comprehend work.Actor Sir Ian McKellen and Professor Sir Jonathan Bate have j...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIts intentions seem clear. Except they're not. Matt Blaze/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I bring good news.If you live in Philadelphia and you're conce ed that Google's Street View ...

The Tokyo Skytree is amazingly tall. It's the tallest tower in the world, and only the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is a taller structure (for now). It stretches 2,080 feet (634 meters) above Tokyo. Ostensibly a TV broadcasting tower, it has restaurants and observation decks that offer tremendous views of ...

The Tokyo Skytree is one of the tallest structures ever made, towering over 2,000ft (634m) above the city. Here's what the view looks like.

Amazon@Pe probably doesn't look like any store you've ever visited. The brightly lit space includes no shelves, no standing inventory and no checkout. It's likely debatable the location is even a "store" at all. Yet this 3,500-square-foot space, which hosted a grand opening Friday at the University ...

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Enlarge ImageAn uncaring dinosaur in the background ignores his bu ing pal. Leonia Police Maybe you thought it was a meteorite that destroyed the dinosaurs. Or a deadly disease, or a finicky climate. Or "Seinfeld's" Newman on "Jurassic Park," stealing their embryos.Apparently, for one 90-foot-long A...

- Subscribe to the Apple Byte Podcast:iTunes MP3 | RSS MP3 | FeedBu er MP3SoundCloud | Google Play | TuneIniTunes video | RSS video | FeedBu er videoYouTube | Livestream| Stitcher- Extra Crunchy show notes:Apple invests $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi ChuxingApple's $1 Billion Invest...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageCaught in the act. David Bires/Facebook screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET He wasn't exactly caught red-handed.It was worse than that. He was publicly shamed.Yet he reacted in a way that not ev...

Like the biblical Samson, Drake's power comes from his beard. At least you'd think that was the case, based on the Inte et's reaction to the rapper's clean-shaven face, which reportedly made its debut on Instagram this mo ing. The same performer who got away with doofy, meme-inspiring dance moves in...

Enlarge ImageThis high-school art project was originally valued at $50,000 on "Antiques Roadshow." PBS Still have those art projects you made for Mr. Larson's class in high school? The pottery project that cracked in the kiln, or that sketch of Mado a that ended up looking more like Mel Gibson? Dig ...

RoadshowSports CarsA race-prepped MX-5 can be yours on the cheapThere are two kinds of people in this world: race car drivers and those who just talk about wanting to be race car drivers. OK, that may be a little broad, but Mazda is making it easier for those who just talk the talk to actually drive...

Want to test a self-driving car? Google is looking to hire some help in Arizona as it grows its fleet of road robots. But Apple is shifting toward another car focus: It invested $1 billion in a ride-hailing app that competes with Uber in China. CNET Update also covers the controversy swirling at Fac...

Enlarge ImageThe new listing. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. The first auction was over before it ever started. The second was on, then off, then on once again. That means George Zimmerman may finally ...

The logo for Hideo Kojima's new Kojima Productions development studio contains a secret, the game designer and industry veteran has revealed. He told Famitsu that the skull and helmet we see in the logo is actually just one part of it; there is a full body to be revealed later."I can't really say ye...

RoadshowCar IndustryApple just gave us a $1 billion clue to its automotive aspirations Given the strength of car culture in America and the number of major, global automotive manufacturers based here, it's easy enough to assume that the US of A is the largest automotive market on planet Earth. But i...