A new app from Facebook would launch as a camera, encouraging users to share photos and live videos to the social network, The Wall Street Jou al reported Monday. Based on accounts from anonymous sources, the Jou al said the app could be part of Facebook's plan to counter a troubling trend for the s...

Valve's PC-gaming store, Steam, has added a series of new movies from film company Lionsgate, including entries in the Hunger Games, Twilight, Saw and Divergent franchises. The movies come to Steam as a result of a new partnership between Lionsgate and Valve that was a ounced today.There are 69 Lion...

Imagine if you could be on the set of the next Star Wars film. Imagine if you could watch as Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson trains Daisy Ridley to (maybe) become a Jedi. Star Wars owner Disney is now working on the next best thing. Today, Disney a ounced a deal to use Nokia's $60,000 ...

The final trailer for "X-Men: Apocalypse" opens with Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) saying, "Things are better. The world is better." But the plaintive piano music in the background clues us in that not all is happy-happy in the world of superpowered mutants. The villain of the piece is Apo...

Driving is hell, and Lyft is the answer. That's the general thrust of the app-enabled taxi service's first TV commercial, which will soon be ru ing nation-wide. The spot is centered around a purgatorial traffic jam filled with unhappy motorists, all of whom are dealing with the sorts of automotive h...

Technology is accelerating at a rate we might not be able to cope with. Today's tho y questions about privacy, disruption and virtual reality could soon be overtaken by even bigger ethical quandaries about our very humanity -- and we aren't yet equipped to answer those questions, wa s futurist Ray H...

The researcher who discovered the flaw has received a prize through Facebook's bug bounty scheme. Oleksiy Maksymenko/All Canada Photos/Corbis A security researcher looking for flaws in Facebook's inte al network has found traces of another intruder who got into the system first.The hacker, or hacker...

Enlarge ImageMicrosoft's Word Flow keyboard for iOS puts a curve at your service. Microsoft Microsoft's new iOS keyboard goes out to anyone who's ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet while trying to type with one hand (you know who you are). Called Word Flow, the new Windows Phone-esque keyboard let...

Project Loon is designed to beam Inte et to remote areas. James Martin/CNET One of Google's Project Loon balloons reportedly crashed on a farm in Chile on Saturday following a test flight.Police cordoned off the site where the balloon hit the ground, which was east of Los Angeles in the province of ...

The US is targeting ISIS with cyber attacks. Jean Marmeisse/Corbis The US has reportedly introduced a new tactic in its war against Islamic State.The Department of Defense's Cyber Command unit is mounting cyber attacks against the terrorist organisation, the New York Times reported Sunday.The cyberc...

Reddit users have seen evidence that Google's Play Store may be headed to their Chromebooks. Reddit User InauspiciousPagan Google's Play Store and its millions of Android apps could be headed to Chromebooks and the Chrome operating system.Screenshots posted by Reddit users on Sunday indicate that th...

The cable network's streaming service HBO Now is currently not working for new signups. HBO If you've been waiting a long time (since December, actually) for the Game of Thrones premiere and wanted to catch the action on your smartphone or tablet through HBO's Now streaming service, the bad news is ...

Xiaomi will soon be launching a new phablet called the Mi Max. Xiaomi If size matters not for you, then Xiaomi's upcoming Mi Max phablet could be just the phone you're looking for. The company recently teased its new device in its MIUI fan forums, with a picture of the phablet in the pocket of a pai...

For years, Mario and Luigi have been fighting Bowser and his minions with the same low-tech weaponry like fire flowers and empty turtle shells. Technology could easily give the big brut a serious edge over the plumber brothers. So what are they going to do when Bowser decides to max out his credit c...

If you're a fan of horror video games, you haven't lived until you've died a grisly virtual death. Horror games work best in a totally immersive environment, and virtual-reality headsets like the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive wrap environments around players. So you literally have to look over your s...

If you are itching for Beyonce's new album but don't want to sign up for Tidal, it appears the subscription music-streaming service's "exclusive" on the album will be short-lived. "Lemonade," which was released exclusively on Tidal on Saturday night, will be made available for purchase on Apple's iT...

The experimental plane Solar Impulse 2 landed in Califo ia late Saturday night, completing a three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean as part of its historic trek around the world. Enlarge ImageSolar Impulse 2 makes a flyby over the Golden Gate Bridge. Solar Impulse The solar-powered, zero-fuel air...

We aren't buying enough new iPhones.That's why Apple is expected to tell investors something it's never had to say before during its quarterly ea ings call: iPhone sales likely dropped for the first time since the game-changing device went on sale in 2007.That drop isn't a surprise to those who've b...

James Martin/CNET Dear iPhone, I love you, but I think I just need to be alone for a while. Yours, Apple Watch.Could your Apple Watch and iPhone soon be going their separate ways for good?This week, Apple gave third-party developers of Apple Watch apps a new requirement. Come June 1, apps submitted ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageA scene from the fateful video. Juan Cinco/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It's a video that's been viewed almost 7 million times on YouTube. It's a video that caused Miami doctor An...