Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageCan shaming work? Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You can't stop people texting and driving.That's a personal opinion and it doesn't mean you shouldn't try. AT&T, for example, attempted stom...

Enlarge ImageMaker's Mark replaced its signature red wax with purple in honor of Prince, but considering the singer never drank, was this insulting to his memory? Maker's Mark When news spread Thursday that Prince had died, everyone from Oprah to the president of the United States posted their love ...

Enlarge ImagePeter Capaldi and departing companion Je a Coleman in the BBC's "Doctor Who". David Ve i/BBC The Doctor's new companion will be revealed today."Doctor Who" star Peter Capaldi will be joined by the new face on his adventures in the tenth season of the revived BBC hit show. We'll see them...

Living la vida supervillain requires deep pockets, a sense of extravagance and a willingness to do ridiculous things like building mansions in remote locations and dropping enough dough on a yacht to make Warren Buffet blush. Here's a handy guide to transforming your world into a lifestyle befitting...

Enlarge ImageThe safest way to sit inside a jet engine. Fallen Fu iture Look down. What kind of chair are you sitting on? It might be wood. It might be all cushions and plastic with tilt and up-and-down controls. It might be leather if you're fancy. Now look at the 737 Cowling Chair from Fallen Fu i...

The US Justice Department's starting to look like the boy who cried wolf. The gove ment on Friday -- at about 9 p.m. ET -- filed a letter to the court in Brooklyn, New York, to say it doesn't actually need Apple's help to unlock an iPhone 5S used by a confessed drug dealer. Instead, it said "an indi...

A day after Uber settled a pair of class action lawsuits over how it classifies drivers, the Teamsters said it plans to form an association for ride-share drivers in Califo ia. The labor union said Friday it has received "overwhelming outreach" from Uber drivers seeking benefits, dispute resolution ...

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Meeting celebrities in real life can be surreal. It feels like you can't be totally sure if they're actually standing in your presence because you're so familiar with seeing them on screen. So just imagine how fans of HBO's "Game of Thrones" felt when they walked into a hobby shop and saw Arya Stark...

Califo ia, here I come. Jean Revillard/Rezo After a nine-month delay, the solar-powered, zero-fuel airplane Solar Impulse 2 is back in the skies, continuing its historic trek around the world.The plane took off from Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii on Tuesday, and is bound for Moffett Airfield in Mountain...

Microsoft has revealed a new gameplay trailer for Gears of War 4's multiplayer and detailed some of the a ouncements it will be making at PAX East in Boston this weekend. The trailer, which you can watch below, showcases the game's brutal weapons and new abilities, as well as a few maps.Additionally...

Enlarge ImageActress Ana de Armas will be in the new "Blade Ru er" sequel, but will she be a human or a Replicant? Video screenshot by Bo ie Burton/CNET Fans of the original 1982 sci-fi classic film "Blade Ru er" have been anxiously waiting for more updates on the upcoming sequel, and it looks like ...

Ubisoft patched The Division today to remove an exploit that allowed players to do far more damage than the developer intended. The fix was deployed today as part of a maintenance period that lasted around 30 minutes, according to a tweet from the game's account.Removing the damage exploit should al...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageShe's not thinking clearly. Her days are done. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Siri can occasionally be a touch uppity.It's hard to be entirely modest when you know so much. As...

It really is a good movie. Universal Netflix has plenty of titles to hold your interest in May (OK, maybe just mine). The most amazing cheerleading movie ever made "Bring It On" starts streaming in May. To this day if it's cold outside, I think there must be Toros in the air.If you wanted to see Edd...

Apple's not-so-secret Project Titan electric-car program is on a roll, as Apple poaches yet another engineer from Tesla Motors. David Masiukiewicz joined Apple earlier this month to become senior model maker at Apple's Product Realization Lab, according to a report Friday from 9to5Mac.Masiukiewicz, ...

Naughty Dog has unveiled a new multiplayer mode for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End called Plunder. The game type will be playable at PAX East, which is being held in Boston this weekend.Those that played the multiplayer for Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3 will be familiar with what's involved, but for those...

Remember when pretty much every major tech company started suing each other over their smartphone, software, and wireless intellectual property? Microsoft and Google are calling that fight quits. Last September, the two companies settled their long-ru ing patent feud, and today representatives from ...

Ted Price spent much of 1994 traveling the highways of Califo ia pitching a video game. After a successful meeting with Mark Ce y at Universal Interactive Studios, Price had the green light to create the first-person shooter Disruptor. It would become the first title from Insomniac Games.On the same...

In a company blog post, Facebook says it will rely more on time spent reading an article as a metric for deciding if similar content should be more prominent in people's news feeds.In the post by Moshe Blank, a Facebook software engineer, and Jie Xu, a research scientist, the pair says, "We've found...