Charter Communications is close to finalizing a deal worth $65 billion that will make it the second largest cable operator in the US. Charter The Federal Communications Commission has officially given Charter Communications the green light to purchase Time Wa er Cable and Bright House Networks in a ...

RoadshowSedansNon resistere! Alfa Romeo Giulia QV is the Carabinieri's latest cop carEnlarge ImageIt's also packing a six-speed manual transmission! Alfa Romeo When you need something done in a hurry, it never hurts to invest in horsepower. Italy's Carabinieri, its military and civilian police force...

Enlarge ImageIn EA's Battlefield 1, you can shoot from a biplane up in the dogfight-osphere. Electronic Arts Tanks, biplanes, horses and, of course, lots of guns.These are just some of the things fans of a fabled military shooting franchise can expect to see when Electronic Arts releases its latest ...

Soon we may live in a world where the taxi you hail doesn't have a driver. GM and Lyft plan to test self-driving taxis on public roads in a year. Watch CNET Update for the details, and lea what other news is bubbling up in the autonomous vehicle space: Also in this tech- news roundup, Apple Music is...

RoadshowSedansIt's easy being green: Hyundai prices 2017 Elantra Eco from $20,650Enlarge ImageIt's hard to make a car look efficient in a photo. Maybe put it near a greenhouse, or a windmill? Hyundai No matter how you want it served to you, there's never been a better time to snap up a fuel-efficien...

Blizzard today revealed two new Heroes of the Storm characters, both of which come from the Warcraft series.The first of these is Chromie, a gnome who functions as a "long-range artillery mage." We don't yet have a full rundown on her abilities, but Blizzard says she has "the ability to bend time to...

Cats rule the Inte et. Most of these online royals are domesticated house cats, small, fuzzy and cute. But big cats need love, too, and they're getting it at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. Keepers created a device they call the "Leaping Lion Toy," a much larger version of the sort of string toys you dr...

Apple's CEO has his hands full in China. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook will reportedly go to China later this month, visiting a country that has been a sore spot for the consumer-electronics giant.Cook will meet with senior Chinese gove ment and Communist party leaders, according t...

The new Battlefield game set to be revealed later today is named Battlefield 1, not Battlefield 5 as previously believed.The name surfaced today on Reddit, where an image of retail posters for the game were published. GameSpot has since confirmed the existence of the posters and the name with a reta...

Enlarge ImageMom looks pretty pleased that you can't talk back. Groupon Mother's Day is coming on Sunday, May 8. I'm taking my mom on a historic house tour followed by a pub lunch and later a home-cooked di er. Not everybody likes spending that much time with the person who birthed you. That's why d...

RoadshowCoupesMcLaren CEO: Half our cars will be hybrids by 2022The McLaren P1 is one part of the so-called "Holy Trinity," which also includes the LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder, all hybrids. McLaren McLaren's on the move. After reintroducing itself to the sports-car scene with the MP4-12C, f...

Enlarge Image Peter Wafzig, Redfe s via Getty Images After erasing all of its Facebook and Twitter posts earlier this month, rumors swirled that Radiohead was pla ing an epic album launch. Now the rumors have been confirmed by the band on Twitter. Confused? So are we. But, hey, at least now we know ...

Enlarge Image John Kim/CNET Back in February 2012, Honeywell filed a lawsuit against Nest Labs, the startup-tu ed-Google/Alphabet property. The lawsuit claimed various patent infringements related to Nest's Wi-Fi-enabled Nest Lea ing Thermostat, an HVAC controller that relies on algorithms to adapt ...

Facebook knows you so well these days that it can recognize you just by seeing your face. You may not have a problem with this, but that doesn't mean it's all good in the eyes of the law.The social network lost the first round of a lawsuit on Thursday in which it is accused of "unlawfully" storing b...

Enlarge Image Getty Images Toshiba veteran, Satoshi Tsunakawa, was just named to replace CEO Masashi Muromachi. In July 2015, we reported that Toshiba's President and CEO Hisao Tanaka was leaving the company following an accounting scandal. According to an independent investigation, the Japanese ele...

Enlarge Image"Civil War" pits Captain America and friends against Iron Man and chums. Marvel "Captain America: Civil War" is an absolute blast. It's Marvel firing on all cylinders, packed with old and new faces bouncing off one another for a thrill-packed mash-up. I loved it. But what about that end...

Enlarge Image Wa er Music Group Wa er Music Group Corp. released its second quarter ea ings report today, and the results mark a milestone for the industry giant. Music streaming is now its largest source of revenue. This doesn't come as a massive surprise, as streaming revenue beat out Wa er Music'...

Enlarge Image CBS News Researchers have long-waffled over whether or not mobile phones cause cancer. That uncertainty is conce ing given that a study published today reports that mobile phone use is over 90 percent (in Australia where the research was gathered). After examining 29 years of mobile ph...

The boaty, yellow face of compromise. NERCScience on Twitter Boaty McBoatface won't be the name of a British polar research vessel after all. But there's a compromise to be had, as the Inte et's choice of name will live on -- in the form of a remotely operated undersea vehicle. The boat itself will ...

Enlarge ImageSecret agent Peggy Carter grew close to Steve Rogers before he became Captain America. Jay Maidment/Marvel We're going to talk about a big moment in "Captain America: Civil War", so there will be spoilers. You have been wa ed! Everybody knows that breaking up by text is a douche move. B...