In space, no one can hear you take our Alien Day quiz - CNET
The "Alien" movies (five in total if you don't count those "Alien vs. Predator" spinoffs) offer a unique trivia challenge. The movies are full of obscure information, but watching them, it can be hard to keep your eyes and ears open when a man-eating, acid-spitting Xenomorph can jump out and kill an...
Fore! Rakuten drones deliver snacks to the golf course - CNET
Nobody with a beating human heart wants to see golfers suffering through 18 holes without a snack -- and drones are coming to the rescue.Japanese delivery company Rakuten will shortly be launching the 'Sora Raku' drone delivery service to bring extra balls, equipment or snacks to golfers who are hal...
Apple's iPhone 7 problem - CNET
You could be forgiven if you haven't been all that excited by Apple's new products in 2016. That's because all three of them -- the iPhone SE, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro and the new 12-inch MacBook -- all look exactly like their predecessors. To be clear, they're all excellent products that CNET scored 4...
Pilots race drones by using sheer brain power - CNET
A bunch of projects have seen drones piloted using brain activity to control the drone. Now, for the first time, pilots thinking very hard have competed with each other to race their drones. Students at the University of Florida have used Emotiv Insight EEG headsets to read their brain activity, tra...
Adobe hopes you'll sign here, there and everywhere - CNET
Enlarge ImageAdobe adds direct support for Box and OneDrive. Notice anything missing? Adobe A little over a year ago Adobe launched its Document Cloud service, the company's comprehensive service for minding the gap between paper and electronic document and form processing. Given the scope of Docume...
Amazon continues crackdown on alleged fake reviews - CNET
Amazon took its first legal action against allegedly fake reviews last year. Corbis For budding novelists looking to stand out, the website PaidBookReviews.org offers a package of 100 book reviews on Amazon for the low price of $2,200.The website was one of five sites Amazon sued Friday in Washingto...
Brixo brings Internet of Things to Lego - CNET
Lego has its own Mindstorms kits for building robotics projects, but Brixo wants to give you a lot more creative freedom. It consists of a series of Lego-compatible bricks that perform various functions so that you can design and build your own projects. There are three types of bricks: chrome-coate...
MakerBot to stop manufacturing its own 3D printers - CNET
So much for "Made in Brooklyn." Less than a year after opening a 170,000-square foot factory in New York, MakerBot on Monday said contract manufacturer Jabil will now produce all of its 3D printers. Jabil is headquartered in the US but has production facilities overseas. MakerBot, known for its desk...
How to find an unsaved Word document in Windows 10 - CNET
Enlarge Image screenshot by Alina Bradford/CNET Word has an auto-save feature, but there are times when your documents don't show up in the recovery pane when you open Word. Maybe your computer shut down unexpectedly or you accidentally clicked "Don't Save" as you closed your document. We've all bee...