Enlarge ImageHomeToGo has chosen a spot in Croatia that mimics the centrality of trading city Qarth and the wealth it brings to surrounding areas. HomeToGo If you're a true blue "Game of Thrones" fan, there's really only one thing you can do to get closer to the action before the season 6 premiere o...

Wa ing: Watching Sean Co ery as James Bond may make you shpeak with a Co ery-like acchent for daysh. MGM If you're a fan of James Bond and you've got Amazon Prime, May is the greatest month. "Goldfinger," "Diamonds are Forever" and "Live and Let Die" are just some of the Bond movies that go online a...

Enlarge Image Dave Priest/CNET In a case of "maybe we should've gotten some more opinions on this," Snapchat added a filter in celebration of the marijuana-centric pseudo-holiday 4/20 that adds reggae singer Bob Marley's face onto your own. Along with Marley's locks and a knitted cap, the app also m...

Study groups might actually work after all. © JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis Udacity calls itself an "online university." After today, that's kind of debatable.The four-year-old site is among many startups like Khan Academy or Udemy that have bloomed in recent years promising to change educatio...

AOL Inc.'s latest acquisition will bring 360-degree video and virtual reality content to The Huffington Post, the company a ounced today. AOL bought RYOT Corp., an immersive media company and virtual content studio that creates films, video, 360-degree video and virtual reality. RYOT will work with ...

Facebook is considering ways to let individual users make money from their posts, according to a survey the company sent to some users this week. The social network's survey asked people if they would be interested in various options for making money or promoting a cause using their "personal presen...

Enlarge ImageA guest inhales (we think) at last year's ca abis seder in Portland, Oregon. "Let my people go, dude." Le'Or Want to give your Passover seder a higher purpose? Perhaps adding a sprig of ca abis to your seder plate and some reefer references to your liturgy will do the trick. That's what...

Behind this blue curtain of privacy, a man moans, quite possibly fighting for his life.He collapsed a few minutes before with a terrible cry, and fell into convulsions right next to my check-in gate for a flight from Beijing to Seoul as part of a 19-day tour of seven cities in Asia. When it happened...

London's drones are grounded, as the UK's aviation regulator has ba ed unma ed aircraft from flying during an upcoming visit from US President Barack Obama.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is bringing in the temporary changes, which will stop drones flying over central London, as well as Windsor, ...

Shelley Powers was asleep one night in January when suddenly every light in her suburban St. Louis, Missouri, house came on. Then the sirens began to wail. It wasn't an intruder; it was a false alarm, one of many she'd experience over the following weeks.After that, her smart home security system sh...

The Kentucky-based company makes enterprise management software as well as laser printers. Lexmark American printer maker Lexmark has agreed to be bought by a consortium of companies, led by Chinese firm Apex Technology and private equity firm PAG Asia Capital.The price has been set at $3.6 billion,...

The Queen gets to grips with Twitter, back in 2014. Twitter Think your tweets have a regal bearing? Buckingham Palace is in the market for a Head of Digital Engagement, who will be responsible for handling the online presence of the Royal Household.The job, which comes with a princely salary of £45-...

RoadshowAutomobilesMitsubishi admits falsifying fuel economy test dataMitsubishi falsified fuel economy tests on over half a million vehicles, the Japanese car giant has admitted.In a statement published online, Mitsubishi confirmed it had misrepresented fuel consumption rates on four models of car,...

Google is in hot water in Europe over Android. On Wednesday mo ing the European Union's competition commissioner a ounced that she is charging the search and software giant over unfair business practices, following a lengthy probe into preloaded apps on its Android operating system. "Google has abus...

Enlarge ImageA great white shark. Ralph Clevenger/Corbis In 1878, German anatomist Karl Gegenbaur proposed an evolutionary link between the gills of cartilaginous fish (such as skates and sharks) and vertebrate limbs. Since then, the idea has been largely discarded due to lack of supporting evidence...

Enlarge Image NASA When astronauts gaze back at the beautiful blue planet we humans call home, they report strange feelings. Feelings of euphoria, love, and a deep sense of co ectivity, a shift in worldview not just physically but also emotionally.This phenomenon is called the Overview Effect, named...

RoadshowAutomobilesMitsubishi admits falsifying fuel economy test dataMitsubishi falsified fuel economy tests on over half a million vehicles, the Japanese car giant has admitted.In a statement published online, Mitsubishi confirmed it had misrepresented fuel consumption rates on four models of car,...

Enlarge Image Pavlok This is the Shock Clock. It's a wearable that guarantees you'll get up in the mo ing through the magic of classical conditioning and, well, electric shocks.The wrist band trains you, in traditional Pavlovian style, to get your lazy self out of bed on time. When the alarm goes of...

Enlarge ImageSamsung's new pink gold option. Samsung On Wednesday, Samsung a ounced that it would release another colour option for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge flagship phones. Say hello to "pink gold," which joins the storied ranks of black onyx, gold platinum, white pearl and silver titanium.Followi...

US tech giants are definitely feeling the Be . Google was the No. 1 employer of donors to Be ie Sanders' campaign, according to analysis of findings released by the Federal Elections Commission, racking up in excess of $250,000.While the search giant clinched the top spot for employees who donated t...