Enlarge ImageThe message Ivan Kwiatkowski's parents received wa ing them of the (fake) infection. Ivan Kwiatkowski Have you ever gotten a phone call, email or pop-up from someone trying to scam you with an obviously non-existent problem with your computer that will be expensive to solve?French secur...

Enlarge Image Xinhua Apple has been losing momentum in China as of late, but CEO Tim Cook hopes to tu that all around.Cook is currently in Beijing, his second visit to the city in three months, meeting Tuesday with China's Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, reports the state-run Xinhua. At the meeting, Gaoli...

Enlarge ImageThe Intel Developer Forum takes place in San Francisco. Stephen Shankland/CNET One venerable computing technology, USB, could be about to help kill off an even older standard, the 3.5mm audio jack. The 3.5mm audio jack was popularized as the way to plug headphones into Sony's portable W...

As Respawn recently teased, Titanfall 2's upcoming open beta--or technical test, as EA is choosing to call it--will take place over the next two weekends on Xbox One and PS4.The first of the two weekend betas starts this Friday, August 19, with two modes and two maps available. The following weekend...

Close Google's Hangouts on Air heading to YouTube Drag Hangouts on Air is a pretty good live-streaming app within Google's social network, Google Plus. However, Google is pulling the feature from Google Plus and a new version will head to YouTube Live. In mid-September, Hangouts on Air will no longe...

Close Intel tu s to Overwatch to show off seventh-generation core Drag The PC industry's glory days, when people snapped up new computers powered by steadily faster chips, are over. But Intel thinks its newest PC processor will get some hearts racing in a few months. At its Intel Developer Forum in ...

Alexa, Amazon's virtual, voice-powered assistant, is a certified hit, and the list of gadgets she can control with spoken commands keeps on growing. Today, it's Ledvance (known until recently as Osram Sylvania) that's joining the mix, with new Alexa controls for Lightify smart LEDs. The controls are...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryVolkswagen could still pay billions to settle criminal probeWho would have thought that three little letters could screw over a company this thoroughly? Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images Volkswagen may have already agreed to a $15 billion settlement with US regulators, but its l...

Enlarge ImageJustin Bieber's nearly 80 million Instagram followers get a rude awakening. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images Pop star Justin Bieber has deleted his Instagram account, following negative comments from fans and a high-profile series of terse exchanges with ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez. Bieber,...

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 Cha el has reported. July is usually the warmest month globally, since the northe hemisphere has more land mass, and land heats...

Enlarge Image Gary Hersho , Getty Images In the first published research on the phenomenon known as chemtrails, thought by conspiracy theorists to be evidence of a large-scale atmospheric chemical spraying program, a team of researchers has found that most scientists don't believe they exist. The tr...

[embedded content] If you're frustrated with the limitations of the current generation of quadcopters, a team of researchers at ETZ Zurich, Switzerland has been working on a model that improves on precision maneuverability. Dario Brescianini and Raffaello D'Andrea have developed an eight-rotor aeria...

Nine contestants playing Hacker Jeopardy in a crowded Las Vegas ballroom room probably didn't expect to become the latest symbol of the tech industry's struggles to include women.But then the master of ceremonies told them one of the categories would be "Dicks." The answers were tongue in cheek, lik...

The '80s creature-feature sensibilities of horror-adventure series "Stranger Things" have struck a chord with fans who love everything from kids classics "Goonies" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" to terrifying movies like "Alien" and "Poltergeist." So it makes sense the Netflix show about kids sear...

MIT recently unveiled Duoskin, and even though it looks like a simple fashion accessory, these faux tattoos have some cool functions: they're co ected, and can receive input, co ect wirelessly, and even light up with the right setup. We're also checking out a new HoloLens demo from N3S, an NES emula...

Niantic, the company behind Pokemon Go, appears to be bringing down the hammer on cheaters. Specifically, it's cracking down on users who have created bots to trick the game, as well as those who use the bots, by serving them a "lifetime ban" and pursuing legal action, according to The Guardian.Sinc...

Following several reports that the release of upcoming role-playing game Final Fantasy XV has been delayed, Square Enix has confirmed a new launch date for the game. Final Fantasy XV will be released globally on November 29--nearly two months later than its previously scheduled September 30 launch d...

[embedded content] There's probably no logical, scientific reason to drop bowling balls 150 feet off a tower on to an axe and watch them get sliced and diced like a Benihana lunch. But sometimes human beings just like to break things. Or maybe someone clumsy who'd dropped a bowling ball on their foo...

Enlarge ImageMinecraft team member Tommaso Checchi plays the virtual-world video game while wearing Facebook's Oculus VR headset. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET It's a match made in nerd heaven. Minecraft, Microsoft's tremendously popular video game, now works on Facebook's Oculus Rift headset...

RoadshowNewsAuto TechOLEDs out the wazoo: Cadillac teases Pebble Beach design conceptIf you want a sneak peek at the future of Cadillac's design, look no further than Pebble Beach this coming Thursday. The automaker will roll out a new design concept during Monterey Car Week, and if you like screens...