With candidates' wives becoming targets over Twitter, it's easy to forget the legacy of nastiness in US presidential campaigns. Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis The Twitter war between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz feels like a new low in American democracy. It's not.Earlier this week, the two Republican candi...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.He's so seductive. But is Apple TV? Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Actors are thinkers. Even those who appear in painfully tedious TV shows like "Game Of Thrones." Or, as one of its stars ...

Netflix says it has been slowing video speeds on Verizon and AT&T for five years. Netflix If you watch Netflix on Verizon or AT&T, the streaming video service is keeping you from getting the full picture -- but it claims it's for your own good.A week after the wireless carriers were accused of throt...

PlayStation purveyor Sony is getting serious about games for smart gadgets. Josh Miller/CNET Sony has formed a new company that will be dedicated to making games for smart devices. The company, ForwardWorks, is set to officially open its doors on April 1. Sony didn't a ounce any specific games but s...

Other 6-inch figures, such as Lex Luthor, Harley Qui , Jor-El and Wonder Woman, are also set to come in the fall. Some of the figures have alte ate heads and hands that can be swapped out. Pricing is also expected to be $30 to $45 in the US (roughly £20 to £30 in the UK and AU$40 to AU$60 in Austral...

Starboard has called for the replacement of Yahoo's entire board, including CEO Marissa Mayer. Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters/Corbis When Marissa Mayer took over Yahoo in July 2012, she was the fifth CEO in five years to try her hand at resuscitating the once mighty Inte et media and search site. But afte...

Law enforcement agencies in Belgium are searching for one suspect in Tuesday's terror bombings and a possible associate. Christophe Licoppe/Photo News S.A./Corbis Three explosions ripped through Brussels' airport and subway Tuesday, killing 31 people and injuring 330 others.Belgian authorities quick...

Law enforcement agencies in Belgium are searching for one of the perpetrators of Tuesday's attack and an associate. Christophe Licoppe/Photo News S.A./Corbis Three explosions ripped through Brussels' airport and subway Tuesday, killing 31 people and injuring 330 others.Belgian authorities quickly id...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageNot a good thing to come home to. WFAA-TV screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The motto of Billy L. Nabors Demolition, a Seagoville, Texas, company that razes buildings, says it all."We could wr...

Starboard has called for the replacement of Yahoo's entire board, including CEO Marissa Mayer. Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters/Corbis The fight for Yahoo's future is about to get even uglier.CEO Marissa Mayer is facing her biggest battle yet: demands by an activist investor group called Starboard Value to ...

Not everybody is ready to shell out $600 for an Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset. If you happen to have a cool dad, you don't really need a Rift anyway. One creative father put together an immersive virtual-reality environment for his daughter and shared a video of the results. The video originat...

Enlarge ImageThe sun sent out a huge solar flare in August 2012. AIA/SDO/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA We know eruptions on the sun can hurl energetic particles toward Earth that we see as colorful auroras when they collide with our atmosphere. The most powerful solar flares we've observed can di...

Remember when superhero movies weren't so dark and gritty? We're looking at you, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." Retro superhero films didn't dwell entirely on violence and vengeance. In fact, in the '70s and '80s, most superheroes saved the world with smiles on their faces, or at least joked ...

PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan feels "extremely comfortable" with the price of the PlayStation VR device. He says in a new interview that Sony gave much thought to the price point with the hope that it could represent a "good value" for consumers."I am extremely comfortable with the RRP," Ryan tol...

Emergency crews respond to an explosion on Brussels' subway on Tuesday. Philip Reynaers/Photo News S.A./Corbis Here's a master class in how not to respond to a terrorist incident.A man from London who tweeted about accosting a Muslim woman in the street regarding this week's terror attacks in Belgiu...

PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan feels "extremely comfortable" with the price of the PlayStation VR device. He says in a new interview that Sony gave much thought to the price point with the hope that it could represent a "good value" for consumers."I am extremely comfortable with the RRP," Ryan tol...

Capcom has a ounced the release date of Street Fighter 5's March Update, along with details on the tweaks and additions the eagerly anticipated update will introduce. It has also revealed that the game's first DLC character, Alex, will be free while the microtransaction system is properly implemente...

Digital Foundry obtained a copy of Dark Souls III on Xbox One and conducted a technical analysis, finding the role-playing game runs at a native resolution 900p.While it doesn't run in native 1080p (it's upscaled from 900p), Digital Foundry said the game "still looks impressive," specifically callin...

Enlarge ImageForget the Batcave. Batman is living in a shared house in "The Justice Lease." Severe Comedy Nobody ever asked Superman whether he wanted to share a screen with Batman.When it hit cinemas this week, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" was (rightly or wrongly) billed as one of the bigge...

On the UK's best tech podcast this week is the arrival of Apple's new old phone and whether VR po could lead to some embarrassing moments.