PC shipments stunk last quarter but could catch a break later this year. CNET The good old PC just can't catch a break. Global shipments of personal computers tumbled in the first quarter from a year ago, research firms Gartner and IDC said Monday. Based on preliminary data, Gartner pegged the drop ...

Kevin Costner plays the psychopathic Jerico Stewart in "Criminal". Lionsgate If you're considering joining a law enforcement agency, it may be worth checking your contract for clauses about memories being harvested from your corpse and implanted into the head of a convicted psychopath.Such diligence...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.The Monster goes to bed and still chats with Siri. You didn't know that, did you? Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You never think of Apple as caring about the online world too much.It's not...

Enlarge ImageArtistic impression of the nanobots in action. American Chemical Society Humans are pretty effective at messing up everything. Look at all the tech we use. It doesn't come without a cost. Manufacturing electronics and batteries produces contaminants such as lead, cadmium, mercury, arsen...

Enlarge ImageHarry L Williams administers LSD 25 to Carl Pfeiffer, chairman of Emory University's Pharmacological Department, in 1955. The experiment was documented using the microphone. Bettma /Corbis A lot of research has been conducted into how psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD,...

RoadshowTrucksFord walks away a wi er in new IIHS pickup crash testsEnlarge ImageHere are the full results as displayed in IIHS' press release. IIHS This is the first year that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has tested more than one variant of each automaker's full-size pickup. Last year...

Enlarge ImageBritish actor, writer and director Ricky Gervais brings "Special Correspondents" to Netflix. Kerry Hayes/Netfilx "Special Correspondents" was originally to be released under one of the big Hollywood film studios, but that changed, says director Ricky Gervais, when Netflix made "an offer...

Enlarge ImageWocka, wocka, wocka. Pac-Man gets fashionable in suit form. Opposuits Pac-Man debuted in 1980, but the video game has never really gone out of style. There's something primal about the plight of the hungry yellow mouth-dude, his fear of ghosts in the dark and his ability to transform in...

Enlarge ImageThanks for reading this important story! Outsource-Philippines You might not realize it, but you're probably sending rude emails. Using more than one exclamation point? Rude!! Using the word "need"? Do you really need to be so demanding? The word "actually"? Dropping that one in emails ...

Hailing a ride in the US just got easier for visitors from China. Riders can now use China's biggest ride-hailing app, Didi, to hail a Lyft car in the US. The rollout this week makes good on a partnership Lyft a ounced in September, which also includes Ola and Grab, ride-hailing apps that together c...

Enlarge ImageGoogle Fiber boosters in Kansas City weren't short on signage. Marguerite Reardon/CNET Google has axed the free option for Fiber users in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2011, Kansas City was the first area Google delivered the high-speed, fiber-optic broadband service. Available in only a fe...

Enlarge ImageWocka, wocka, wocka. Pac-Man gets fashionable in suit form. Opposuits Pac-Man debuted in 1980, but the video game has never really gone out of style. There's something primal about the plight of the hungry yellow mouth-dude, his fear of ghosts in the dark and his ability to transform in...

Enlarge ImageThe Apple Watch is much more than just a watch for many of its owners, says a new poll. James Martin/CNET For many Apple Watch owners, the gadget wrapped around their wrist is much more than just a watch.Around 80 percent of Apple Watch owners said they use the device for fitness tracki...

Enlarge ImageFranky Zapata aboard the Flyboard Air. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET We want hoverboards so bad. The promise of sweet, skateboard-style flying machines from the 1989 film "Back to the Future: Part II" continues to haunt our tech dreams. We're not talking about those wheeled pos...

If there's a planet like Earth out there, it's the job of NASA's Kepler spacecraft to find it. But its mission remains on hold some 75 million miles away. NASA It may be the greatest telecommute ever.NASA said Monday that a team of engineers had managed to stabilize the Kepler spacecraft, which had ...

Enlarge ImageAT&T wants you to bundle up. Sara Tew/CNET AT&T hopes surprise-free bills will entice more people to sign up for DirecTV. The telecom giant said Monday it will guarantee the price of a new DirecTV subscription for two years when combined with a new or existing AT&T service like wireless...

Enlarge ImageA design refresh for the Apple Watch may not pop up for at least another year. CNET This year's look for the Apple Watch will be pretty much the same as last year's.Apple's wearable won't undergo a substantial refresh of its exte al design until 2017, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a Mond...

RoadshowSUVsVolvo wants to bring self-driving pilot program to USEnlarge ImageAt the minimum, having a robot at the reins might prevent many of us from foaming at the mouth with rage at the thought of traffic. Volvo Last week, Volvo a ounced a future program that will put ordinary Chinese citizens b...

Yahoo's latest potential suitor is a UK newspaper. Richard Nieva/CNET A lonely old-media company sets eyes upon a lovelo old Web media company. Will they swipe right?The UK-based Daily Mail newspaper said Monday it's in initial talks with other investors to launch a takeover bid for Yahoo, The Wall ...

Yahoo's latest potential suitor is a UK newspaper. Richard Nieva/CNET A lonely old-media company sets eyes upon a lovelo old Web media company. Will they swipe right?The UK-based Daily Mail newspaper said Monday it's in initial talks with other investors to launch a takeover bid for Yahoo, The Wall ...