Enlarge Image Viewstock/Corbis With Gear VR, Samsung was one of the first companies to get its foot in the virtual reality door. Now, it looks like the South Korean electronics giant is experimenting with augmented reality.Samsung has received a patent for "smart" contact lenses, which it originally...

RoadshowAuto TechFeeling sad, angry? Your future car will knowEmovu DMS analyzes driver emotions using a camera and a deep lea ing network. Eyeris Did you know that passengers invariably show a fear reaction when the brakes are applied in a car? That is just one of the things facial monitoring compa...

Prepare your dancing Poe Dameron gifs, because the teaser trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has landed, and not a single Bothan had to die to bring you this information.The 10-second teaser landed on YouTube ahead of the full trailer's debut on Good Mo ing America tomorrow. In case the titl...

In a 4DX theater, these seats make you feel the action as you watch it on-screen. Mike Sorrentino/CNET Note: Small spoilers from the opening moments of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" ahead. It's a chilly day at the funeral of a married couple shot on the street by a thug. The cold wind blows b...

RoadshowAuto TechContinental to augment reality on your windshieldEnlarge ImageContinental is developing a head-up display that "paints" imagery, such as navigation instructions, on the road.BMW offers a pretty impressive head-up display (HUD) on its cars, with color graphics projected on the windsh...

RoadshowCar IndustryVolvo wants to put civilians in autonomous vehicles on public Chinese roadsVolvo believes that, while human intervention will likely be required at the outset, this experiment will eventually involve fully autonomous vehicles. Volvo Volvo's on the verge of launching an intense au...

RoadshowAuto TechSome truly useful tech: A sensor for your child's car seatEnlarge ImageThe tech industry has changed our lives in so many ways, and yet there are very few companies trying to solve this seemingly simple problem. Sense A Life A Washington Post Magazine story about children accidental...

The FBI may be keeping Apple in the dark about how it broke into an iPhone used by a terrorist. But now it's letting some members of Congress in on the secret. The law enforcement agency has started briefing some US Senators about how it accessed data stored on an iPhone 5C owned by Syed Farook, one...

On Wednesday, CNET opened its doors to hundreds of early adopters curious to experience virtual reality. We made the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and HTC Vive available for demos. So, what did they think? Click on to find out. We'll just say we loved seeing all the amazed looks. Let's block ads! (Wh...

Enlarge ImageMountain Dew Code Red takes on gummy form. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET You like soda pop, but it won't hold its shape outside of the bottle. What are you going to do? You're going to make a gelatin-based snack that gives you a squishy edible delicacy you can can hold in your ...

Enlarge ImageGamers, antisocial? Not when it comes to showing off on service like Play.tv. Plays.tv De is Fong knows firsthand that having the inside track on how to play a game makes the difference between wi ing and losing.Fong, 39, started playing video games when he was a teenager and got so goo...

It's just like Periscope's hearts... but sideways?Facebook livens up its Live video with floating reaction icons and color filters. Also, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is making some big changes to boost encryption. Get the details by watching CNET Update below, along with news on changes coming to Twitte...

Uber caught a big break in a class-action lawsuit that seeks to force the ride-hailing service to treat drivers as employees rather than independent contractors. On Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said Uber could appeal a lower court order that certified a class of nearly 160,00...

World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment's multiplayer shooter Overwatch is coming soon, and if you're wondering if you should pick it up on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, a new technical comparison from Digital Foundry may have the answers you're looking for. The site today published its perf...

Enlarge ImageThere are 120 possibilities here. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Empty your dice bag, gamers. You've probably got the standard seven-dice Dungeons & Dragons collection of a d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 and that goofy 10-sided percentile die. Now throw them all away and put in an or...

Gears of War 4 will launch worldwide for Xbox One on October 11, developer The Coalition has a ounced. Community director Adam Fletcher said the reveal was part of "a chain of upcoming revelations about what's in store for JD Fenix and the next generation of Gears heroes."Gears of War 4's story foll...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Be ie Sanders also wants Apple to pay more taxes. Courtesy of Be ieSanders.com Sen. Be ie Sanders and Donald Trump disagree on plenty, but there's one thing the presidential contenders concur on: Apple should be making devices in the US. "I do wish they'd be ma...

Gamers hopeful for a PC version of Rock Band 4 appear to be out of luck. The game's crowdfunding campaign on Fig has ended -- and it came up well short.Harmonix was looking to raise $1.5 million, but only managed to attract $792,817, which is just 52 percent of the target. A total of 1,674 people co...

While Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is the final game in the series that franchise creator Naughty Dog plans to make and the last one to star Nathan Drake, it's possible the series may live on with a new developer.The series has sold millions of copies (21 million-plus by Sony's latest count) and a mov...

If you're the kind of person who really likes chatting with the mail carrier, Dispatch won't be your favorite startup. That's because the four-person South San Francisco company is working on technology that could replace postal workers; UPS and FedEx drivers; Instacart couriers; and anyone else who...