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...

Here's my sliver of pride in forecasting this year's March Madness tou ament: I've got more teams in the Final Four than Bing Predicts.I've got two teams - North Carolina and Oklahoma - still standing as we head into this weekend's games. Microsoft's forecasting engine, by contrast, has just Carolin...

DARPA thinks it has a solution for aging satellites that need repairs (or will need them in the near future): the company wants to build a robotic service vehicle that would orbit alongside satellites until repairs were required, then would make those repairs when tasked by engineers on Earth.We're ...

Yamaha has a ounced its entry-level RX-V series of receivers for 2016 and one of the biggest changes over last year is the inclusion of Dolby Atmos in three of the models.After unveiling the RX-V381 last week the company has now added the 5.1-cha el RX-V481 ($449.95) in addition to the 7.2-cha el RX...

RoadshowCar IndustryToyota patents augmented-reality windshieldEnlarge ImageDon't know what's going on here? Fear not, there are only dozens of lines of text associated with this image. Lea ing is just an engineering degree away! Toyota via FreePatentsOnline Have you ever had a lane departure wa ing...

The legal battle between Apple and the FBI may be over for now, but we're left with many questions unanswered. Now that the FBI says it was able to hack into an iPhone without Apple's help, CNET Update breaks down the conce s being raised over how it cracked Apple's encryption. But that's not the on...

Snapchat lets you chat using videos, text or stickers. Snapchat Snapchat is making its chat features snappier.The maker of the popular app said on Tuesday it updated its disappearing photo and video service to give people more ways to talk and respond to each other within the same conversation. Amon...

RoadshowCar IndustryToyota patents augmented-reality windshieldEnlarge ImageDon't know what's going on here? Fear not, there are only dozens of lines of text associated with this image. Lea ing is just an engineering degree away! Toyota via FreePatentsOnline Have you ever had a lane departure wa ing...

Google is adding home phone service to a bundle of services that also includes ultra fast broadband.Fiber Phone includes a Fiber Phone box that works with the phones you already own. Handset not included.On Tuesday the company a ounced Fiber Phone, a service that will be sold alongside its 1Gbps bro...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives."Syrup, where's the nearest iHop?" AllRecipes/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As my intimate reading of Donald Trump's greatest work, "The Art of the Deal," revealed, there is rarely such a thing...

Snapchat lets you chat using videos, text or stickers. Snapchat Snapchat is making its chat features snappier.The maker of the popular app said on Tuesday it updated its disappearing photo and video service to give people more ways to talk and respond to each other within the same conversation. Amon...

Enlarge ImageGet ready to sleep with the fishes. Airbnb Sometimes a regular Airbnb just isn't good enough. You want more excitement in your life. Well, you're in luck. Airbnb, the short-term room and home rental service, is offering an opportunity to spend a night inside a shark aquarium. Your fello...

Nintendo is counting on Miitomo for a win. Nintendo Who is Mii? Me, that's who. Nintendo will introduce its first mobile app to the US and elsewhere Thursday after its home-turf debut earlier this month.Miitomo is more of a social app than a game. You create an animated character called a Mii, which...

Part of the appeal of Minecraft, Microsoft's immensely popular video game, is its remarkable adaptability. Fans can rewrite the rules to make Minecraft's blocky virtual world behave just as they want.Well, some fans can. People who use Minecraft on personal computers get lots of flexibility that's m...

You like streaming "The Walking Dead" to your phone? The wireless carriers are facing off to ensure that you'll be able to keep watching those videos without a stutter for years to come.Mobile operators prepare to battle for valuable airwaves in the gove ment's next wireless spectrum auction. James ...

Apple's officially off the hook. The US Department of Justice, with the help of a third party, has successfully accessed data on a phone used by a terrorist in December's attack in San Be ardino, Califo ia, it revealed in a court filing Monday. It said it no longer needs Apple's assistance in unlock...

When you think of cool tech, Microsoft Windows probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind.You're not alone. Even after Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, got into the business of selling sleek and powerful gadgets, like its Surface tablet-slash-notebook hybrids and Nokia phones, t...

Enlarge Image. Sarah Tew/CNET The iPhone SE is Apple's cheapest smartphone ever, making it ostensibly the best way for the company to win over new customers in emerging markets.In China, the world's largest smartphone market, the strategy is paying off -- but not tremendously well. The device has ra...

Samsung Pay is now available in the world's largest smartphone market. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung Pay has officially launched in the world's biggest smartphone market.Samsung said Monday that its mobile-payments service is now available in China under a partnership with China UnionPay, the bank dominate...

Apple's officially off the hook. The US Department of Justice, with the help of a third party, has successfully accessed data on a phone used by a terrorist in December's attack in San Be ardino, Califo ia, it revealed in a court filing Monday. It said it no longer needs Apple's assistance in unlock...