WhatsApp is one of the most popular chat apps for smartphones in use today. But to use it on a desktop, you had to run a Web app through your browser.Now the Facebook-owned app is streamlining the process with the launch of a desktop app that syncs with your mobile device. WhatsApp said the new desk...

Disney's toys-to-life game, Disney Infinity, is no more. The media giant said Tuesday in its ea ings report that it has discontinued its entire self-publishing console game business. As part of this, the House of Mouse is incurring a $147 million charge. As Ben Fritz of The Wall Street Jou al puts i...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageThe contented face of someone who loves watching dull interviews on ESPN. ESPN screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You sad mille ial, you.You think Netflixing-and-chilling is the only way to be ...

RoadshowCar IndustryNikola Motor Company: The EV startup with the worst, most obvious name everEnlarge Image Nikola Motor Company If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Elon Musk must be so happy to hear about the latest startup promising "electric vehicles, energy storage systems and electri...

If you associate dolphins with sweet little Flipper, and sharks with menacing mouthy nightmares, the drone footage captured by Bruno Kataoka may make you think again. The drone caught a pod of false killer whales, members of the dolphin family, stalking a young shark in the waters off the Sydney, Au...

Enlarge ImageThe 1997 movie "Titanic" sparked a new interest in the great ship's sinking, and in the cemetery where many victims are buried. 20th Century Fox One of the causes of the famed RMS Titanic's 1912 sinking: the oceanliner was simply going too fast through the North Atlantic, despite wa ing...

Chances are you've received at least one emoji by now even if you aren't the kind of person who would text a "thumbs up" or send a "rage" face if someone asked you for a quick review of "Batman v. Superman." That's why condom maker Durex wants the Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit group that organiz...

Califo ia Sen. Dia e Feinstein, pictured above, said it would hold back intelligence sharing efforts to put extra requirements on the FBI and other agencies when they want to query NSA surveillance databases. Gabriella Demczuk, Getty Images Should the gove ment be allowed to look up Americans in spy...

Enlarge ImageAn artist's conception of some of Kepler's big exoplanet finds. NASA/W. Stenzel NASA a ounced on Tuesday its biggest-ever batch of newly discovered and confirmed planets beyond our solar system, including nine new worlds that could be something like Earth.The latest analysis of data fro...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageYes, they are really going to hunt a drone. Mountain Dew; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I'm about to change your weekend plans.The minute you see this, you're going to be rounding ...

Online retailer Jet.com has launched a pilot program delivering perishable groceries to some customers, going up against rivals like Peapod, Fresh Direct and Amazon's Fresh service. The company will deliver fresh food such as milk, eggs and produce to customers in places ranging from parts of New Yo...

Amazon is once again stepping into Google territory -- this time by taking on YouTube.If you ever dreamed of having your videos seen by Amazon Prime subsribers, now it can be a reality with Amazon Video Direct. The service lets anyone upload their video, and creators have the option of offering the ...

Amazon, which already has a sizable media empire, wants to expand even more -- this time with videos. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Amazon wants to become the next YouTube by creating a new open platform called Amazon Video Direct. But will it get there? We also hit on eBay coming to 1,600 ...

Enlarge ImageWeb publishing technology, such as this visual explanation of computer programming by Mike Bostock, could make e-books more interactive. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET For all the supposed disruption that e-books brought to the publishing industry, the digital versions look still ...

Uber drivers now have an organization in New York to represent their interests. Just don't call it a union. The ride-hailing company unveiled an agreement Tuesday with the Inte ational Association of Machinists establishing the Independent Drivers Guild. The guild is the first organization of its ki...

Enlarge ImageA video editor may have digitally altered Meghan Trainor's look. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET The Hall of Photoshopping Woes just welcomed its latest honoree when pop singer Meghan Trainor got tangled up in a minor music-video scandal involving what looks like an artificially ...

Portland Trail Blazers owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is worth $17.4 billion, but his reaction to Steph Curry's dagger three in overtime is worth a thousand words. And a few Inte et memes.At a pivotal moment in overtime during last night's Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and the ...

Notebook shipments had another crummy quarter. CNET Apple was clobbered by a huge tumble in notebook shipments last quarter. The company's shipments fell 40 percent in the first quarter of 2016 over the final quarter of 2015, market researcher TrendForce said Tuesday. Apple's plunge was the largest ...

This app can clue you in to potential security issues on your iPhone. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Worried that your iPhone may have been hacked? There's an app for that.System and Security Info, which debuted over the weekend in Apple's App Store, provides a host of details about your iPhone. T...

America, it's time to get drunk on yourself.Budweiser, purveyor of fine malt beverages including Michelob Ultra Light Cider and Bud Ice, has renamed its flagship beer "America."According to AdAge, the brand's Belgian-based parent company InBev has "confirmed the limited-edition label change, saying ...