19th-century Japanese toy recast with 21st-century tech - CNET
Enlarge ImageDendama's mode kendama includes sensors. Dendama The kendama, a toy popular in Japan the 1800s, has made a comeback in recent years thanks to YouTube. Now, a Japanese company is recreating the traditional toy with mode bells, whistles (and sensors). The classic version consists of a woo...
Microsoft Build 2016: LIVE NOW - CNET
Welcome to Build.Microsoft's a ual developers conference begins today with a keynote address that starts at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET. Expect Windows 10 updates to take center stage, with news on Office, Xbox and HoloLens to be on the docket as well.Watch the event live stream here:[embedded conten...
Amazon's handyman business ratchets up early gains - CNET
Amazon Home Services faces plenty of competition from Pro.com, Angie's List and others. Chris Henderson/Corbis Amazon doesn't just want to sell us televisions and toilet paper. It wants to be there for us when that TV needs to be mounted and that toilet has to be unclogged. That's the gentle reminde...
Microsoft Build 2016: Watch it live here - CNET
Welcome to Build.Microsoft's a ual developers conference starts today with a keynote address that starts at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET. Expect Windows 10 updates to take center stage, with news on Office, Xbox and HoloLens to be on the docket as well.We'll kick off coverage 30 minutes earlier with a...
Apple's iPad goes to bat for Major League Baseball - CNET
Apple's iPad Pro will be helping Major League Baseball coaches make game-time strategy decisions this season.The iPad is getting called up to the big leagues.Apple's tablet will be in every Major League Baseball dugout this year, helping coaches assess players' stats as part of a multi-year deal bet...
This time, Scott Sterling gets a volleyball beatdown - CNET
The last time the Inte et saw fake Yale athlete Scott Sterling was in a 2014 sketch from BYUtv comedy troupe Studio C. His teammates carried his unconscious, bleeding body off the field after the soccer goalie ensured a big win by blocking every shot with his face. It was just like the end of the mo...
Apple's iPad goes to bat for Major League Baseball - CNET
Apple's iPad Pro will be helping Major League Baseball coaches make game-time strategy decisions this season.The iPad is getting called up to the big leagues.Apple's tablet will be in every Major League Baseball dugout this year, helping coaches assess players' stats as part of a multi-year deal bet...
Minecraft helps kids with autism build richer lives - CNET
Two hours north of Sydney, the kids of 3-6 Rainbow, a class in Aspect Hunter school combining grades 3-6, are playing Minecraft. The students are bright, bubbly and talkative -- pretty much what you'd expect from any group of kids ages 8 to 11.But this class is a little different. It's run for child...
Minecraft helps autistic kids build richer lives - CNET
Two hours north of Sydney, the kids of 3-6 Rainbow, a class combining grades 3-6, in Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, are playing Minecraft. The students are bright, bubbly and talkative -- pretty much what you'd expect from any group of kids ages 8 to 11.But this class is a little different. It'...