Hey Siri, thanks for the smaller phone, but how about an Echo-like smart speaker?Thursday's a big day in tech. Apple's iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro go on sale. Also available are the latest products in Amazon's Echo family of smart speakers, the portable Amazon Tap and speaker attachment Echo Dot...

March Madness is virtually inescapable.As if there wasn't already enough excitement over the a ual college basketball tou ament, the organizers at the NCAA will live-stream Saturday's semi-finals and Monday's title game in virtual reality. The NCAA and its broadcast partners are using Samsung Gear V...

Enlarge Image Tokyo University Salt can be dangerous, with too much of it causing blood pressure spikes. But what are we meant to do, just give it up?! Japan has a better solution.The Electro Fork, developed at Tokyo University as part of the No Salt Restaurant project, harmlessly zaps salted flavou...

Imagine what would happen if the greatest analytical minds in the history of humankind came back to the land of the living.If you have a more scientific leaning, you might hope they could use their powers of logic and i ovation to solve some of the world's biggest problems. If you're a gamer, you mi...

A decade after it was first revealed, Final Fantasy XV has been given a release date: September 30, 2016.The game, as it was then titled, Final Fantasy Versus XIII was first a ounced at E3 2006 for the yet-to-be released PlayStation 3. In 2013, it was rebranded as Final Fantasy XV and moved to the c...

The FBI will try to crack an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teen murder suspects in Arkansas. James Martin/CNET Fresh off cracking a terrorist's iPhone, the FBI has agreed to help prosecutors in Arkansas unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of murder.Cody Hiland, a prosecut...

Looking to play Borderlands developer Gearbox Software's new game Battlebo on PC, but not sure if your computer can run it? You're in luck, as a new blog post published today reveals the shooter's minimum and recommend system requirements.Scroll down to get all the details.In addition to the require...

Whoopi Goldberg has just the right remedy for your cramps, ladies: her weed. © Lew Robertson/Corbis A few years ago, the hot thing for rich celebrities to do was to launch a lifestyle brand.Reese Witherspoon started Draper James, a Southe -inspired clothing line. Gwyneth Paltrow begat Goop, a websit...

A reported marketing survey for Mass Effect: Andromeda has made it out into the wild, revealing some possible details about BioWare's upcoming entry in the spacefaring RPG franchise.Survey slides popped up on Reddit and NeoGAF recently (via PCGamesN), asking people a series of questions about the ne...

A few search terms can lead to an exposed Inte et co ection. That's apparently how an Iranian hacker accessed a dam in New York state. "Google dorking." It sounds goofy, but it could be just the ticket for a hacker looking to stir mayhem. The search technique is one of several methods that bad guys ...

In its search for a planet like ours -- or better -- NASA plans to install what it's calling a "next-gen planet hunter" on a telescope here at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. Science Photo Library/Corbis Christopher Columbus gets a lot of credit (rightly or wrongly) for "discovering" a ne...

Enlarge ImageThis shows a prototype model of the life-size Stormtrooper. Hot Toys/Sideshow We can't all be Darth Vader or Kylo Ren, able to call upon an army of white-armor-clad soldiers in anonymous helmets to do our every Dark Side bidding. Perhaps the closest you'll ever get to marshalling your o...

March Madness is virtually inescapable.As if there wasn't already enough excitement over the a ual college basketball tou ament, the organizers at the NCAA will live-stream Saturday's semi-finals and Monday's title game in virtual reality. The NCAA and its broadcast partners are using Samsung Gear V...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Quite an explosive smile. Paul Smith/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I've been around plenty of terrorist bombings (courtesy of the Irish Republican Army), but I've never been present at a hijack...

Google has been asked by the federal gove ment to help it break into Android phones. Thai La Apple isn't the only company the gove ment has tapped for help getting data from smartphones.The feds have asked both Google and Apple to help it break into smartphones at least 63 times, according to data p...

Mariachi Game of ThronesThese mariachi can play more than just "Las Mañanitas."Posted by We are mitú on Thursday, March 24, 2016 In an era of inclusiveness, HBO's take on "Game of Thrones" can sometimes seem awfully, well...white. Not just white, but like so many fantasy worlds, it seems pulled stra...

Stephen Colbert had a segment on his old show "The Colbert Report" called "Who's Honoring Me Now?" In it, the egomaniacal alter-ego of the late-night comedian would dedicate an entire segment of his "news" show to something being named after him, like a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, a baby ...

April 2016's free PlayStation Plus games have been a ounced. We already knew Dead Star was coming, as Sony confirmed that earlier this month, but the full lineup has now been released.There will be six free games in all offered this month, including the aforementioned Dead Star, as well as A Virus N...

RoadshowCar IndustryJury to GM: You are not the father!Enlarge ImageA 2007 Satu Sky, similar to the one involved in this case. General Motors In February 2014, General Motors recalled 800,000 cars for faulty ignition switches, which could shut off a car (and its airbags) during standard operation. W...

A reported marketing survey for Mass Effect: Andromeda has made it out into the wild, revealing some possible details about BioWare's upcoming entry in the spacefaring RPG franchise.Survey slides popped up on Reddit and NeoGAF recently (via PCGamesN), asking people a series of questions about the ne...