Hyundai's robot suits, for all your door-moving needs. Hyundai You're not going to be able to pick one up off the rack at Macy's and head out to fight the Mandarin in it, but Iron Man-style wearable robot suits are coming. Korean car company Hyundai this week showed off photos of a dark blue robotic...

Uber and Lyft said "see ya!" to Austin, Texas, after its citizens rejected a proposition exempting the companies from fingerprinting their drivers. But where those companies saw untenable regulation, a startup saw a big market for its services.That startup is Fasten, a ride-hailing app that said Fri...

RoadshowCar IndustryNissan's latest battery breakthrough should boost lithium ion capacity, EV rangeWorkers at Nissan's battery plant in Smy a, Te essee. Nissan Charge cycles will be the death of us all. As batteries are continually charged and depleted, its overall capacity begins to diminish, and ...

Blizzard Entertainment has outlined its policy on cheating and hacks for the soon-to-launch shooter Overwatch. In a forum post, the developer said "Play nice, play fair" is a "core value" for Blizzard, and as such, there will be stiff penalties for cheaters."If a player is found to be cheating--or u...

Are there too many war games? Jeff and Russ the latest a ouncements and leaks of the two major players in the war-game scene and why the genre might be growing a little long in the tooth. Also, they'll talk about which generation they identify with and why Russ recently had to call 9-1-1. The 404 Sh...

Enlarge Image"Get The Huntsman #LenkLewkForLess with me and Eliza Dushku. Peanut butter cup crown and MaxiPad tiara realness," Tom Lenk tweeted. Tom Lenk/Twitter For those of us fans still mou ing the end of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," it's comforting to know that many of the hit TV series' actors r...

Had it not been discontinued, the next entry in the Disney Infinity series would have featured content from upcoming movies including "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"and "Guardians of the Galaxy 2," along with new 12-inch figures.In a report published by Kotaku, multiple sources close to Disney Infini...

It looks like a scene from an action movie. A train driver runs through the cars at top speed, yelling for the passengers to get down and brace themselves for impact. But that's not Keanu Reeves in a teaser for "Speed 4." It's a real-life train driver who took the few seconds he had before his train...

We're not sure what emoticon this elicits, but Social media giant Facebook has tu ed to the judiciary to beef up its in-house legal team. U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal, who's presided over several big intellectual property cases in San Jose, Calif., has accepted a presumably much more lucrati...

Enlarge ImageHayley Atwell starred as agent Peggy Carter on ABC for two seasons. ABC/Richard Cartwright Peggy Carter knew her worth. Fans knew her worth. But sadly, ABC didn't. The network canceled "Marvel's Agent Carter" on Thursday after just two seasons.The compelling post-WWII plot lines and ste...

Apparently, a 40GB data plan isn't enough to move the needle anymore. To sweeten the deal on its "Better Choice XXL" plan, Sprint is now throwing in a free 12-month subscription to Amazon Prime. The plan -- dubbed "Amazon Better Choice XXL," of course -- is open to new and existing Amazon customers....

Enlarge ImageGboard adds Google search to iPhone keyboards. Jason Cipriani/CNET Those with Android-powered phones sometimes have enjoyed the fruits of Google's labor earlier than those with iPhones -- the Chrome browser, for example, or the ability to store Google Maps for offline use. But people wi...

Google is testing self-driving cars in Phoenix. Google Google promises its self-driving cars will liberate us from the tedium of driving. But before that idyllic day arrives, some poor souls will have to spend a lot of time sitting in self-driving cars gathering data so Google can iron out the bugs....

Enlarge ImageYou might soon notice people making weird faces and realise their jacket is vibrating. Aloysius Low/CNET Singapore-based startup Tware thinks it has the solution for chronic back pain: the AiraWear, a wearable massage device that uses inflatable compressed air modules to give you back r...

Presidential candidate Donald Trump attacks Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Fox News. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET In his newest attack on Jeff Bezos, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says the Amazon chief executive and Washington Post owner has "a huge antitrust problem."Tr...

Fancy driving a driverless car? You can now register for the UK's first public trial of autonomous vehicles.If you're in the UK, you can register with the Gateway (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment) project and take a ride around London's Greenwich area in a totally automated self-driving el...

[embedded content] The Ca es Film Festival is in full swing and until May 21 Air France has a special in-flight offer.Don't bother clock-watching because after you land, you'll be able to log in to a dedicated site and use a special gift code to get a copy of the movie you were watching and finish i...

[embedded content] The Valvran coaster in Ohio is, let's be honest, absolutely terrifying. It stands 223 feet tall (71m) and has the fastest and longest dive around: You'll drop an initial 214 feet (65 metres) then hit 75mph as you hurtle around its 3,415 feet of track, which is over a kilometre if ...

Enlarge Image NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Satu may look serene in some of the beautiful photographs Cassini sends back home to Earth, but it's a pretty turbulent place, with massive permanent storms raging at both poles. At the north pole, the famous hexagonal storm. At the south pole, a storm ...

Enlarge Image CNET/James Martin How important is China to Apple? The company just invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, Uber's main rival in China, in part to better understand the country's market."We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a chance to lea more about c...