H.P. Lovecraft's official 1915 press photograph. United Amateur Press Association Nothing could be more exciting to fans of legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft than the discovery of a rare manuscript in a defunct magic shop's collection. But it gets better. "The Cancer of Superstition," written b...

Simon Pegg in "Hot Fuzz." Video screenshot by Bo ie Burton/CNET Whenever a highly anticipated movie based on a best-selling book is a ounced, the rumor mill starts spi ing out of control speculating who will play what. Director Steven Spielberg's upcoming film version of the dystopian novel "Ready P...

For years, Pluto was just a blue dot in diagrams of the solar system, but very recently a more colorful view of the former planet has come together thanks to one well-traveled robot.It's been over a year since NASA's New Horizons spacecraft first sent back images of Pluto, leading up to its dramatic...

The second season of "Daredevil" gets off to a bumpy start. Patrick Harbron/Netflix There's a heat wave in New York City, and the heat is on for masked vigilante Daredevil as new threats push him to the limit of both his superpowers and his morality. After the masked hero and his chums took down Wil...

Enlarge ImageThe solar panel arrays are visible in this shot of the ISS. Thomas Klemmer If I stand in my backyard at night with a camera and take a picture of the sky, it will tu out as a blurry, amorphous mess. When Thomas Klemmer stands in his backyard in Germany and takes a picture, it tu s out m...

RoadshowRobotic braking about to become the new normal (AutoComplete Ep. 10)Subscribe to AutoComplete: iTunes | RSS | FeedBu er | SoundCloud | TuneIn AutoComplete Podcast, Ep. 10 Your browser does not support the audio element. AutoComplete Show Notes:U.S. DOT and IIHS a ounce historic commitment of...

Enlarge ImageGet a move on. Your wearable needs some juice. Tim Tadder/Corbis All that walking you're doing to meet your daily step-count goal could soon start paying off -- and not necessarily in the way you expect.Yes, it will it make you healthier, but it could power your activity tracker, too, t...

What would Apple engineers do when faced with an order to decrypt an iPhone? James Martin/CNET First, the US gove ment needs to get a court to compel Apple to make an end run around iPhone security. Then it may have to figure what to do if key engineers quit the company.The Justice Department has be...

RoadshowCar IndustryLondon drops the veil on electric double-deckers, will hit roads in AprilEnlarge ImageIt's...well...a bus. The design doesn't need to be revolutionary, just what lies unde eath. BYD The next time you travel through London on public transportation, you might find your experience t...

Windows 10 games will be coming to the Xbox One this summer. CNET Later this summer, Xbox One owners will finally be able to run Windows 10 apps.Jason Ronald, principal group program manager for Microsoft Game Studios, revealed the Xbox One's upcoming support for Windows 10 universal apps at this we...

Enlarge ImageHillary Clinton didn't get the BlackBerry she wanted, but she might just get her presidential nomination. Porter Gifford/Corbis President Barack Obama wasn't the only administration official enamored of the BlackBerry phone.When she was serving as the US secretary of state from 2009 to ...

It happened again.Roughly four years ago, I excitedly snapped up my first iPad, the third-generation model, which added a higher-resolution "Retina Display." But less than half a year later, my enthusiasm tu ed to remorse after Apple introduced an upgraded iPad, throwing our expectations for an a ua...

Twitter is redirecting users of its Windows TweetDeck app to the Web version of TweetDeck. James Martin/CNET The days are numbered for TweetDeck's standalone app for Windows.On April 15 Twitter will end support for the app, which lets you create a dashboard to manage multiple accounts simultaneously...

They see me rollin': The prototype Domino's Robotic Unit features a heated chamber for pizza and a cooled chamber for drinks. Mike Curtain/Domino's If you want a picture of the future, imagine a bot delivering pizza to a human face -- forever.Maybe that's not exactly what George Orwell had in mind. ...

Enlarge Image Andrew Hoyle/CNET Congratulations to Peter G. of Galloway, New Jersey, for wi ing a Reeljuice 5X portable charger in last week's giveaway. Now, for this week's prize. You can't buy the ultimate Android lover's bragging rights in any retail store. But you can win the entire set of 86 Go...

Enlarge ImageThe VLA image (yellow) laid over the ALMA image (red), clearly showing the clump in the disc. Carrasco-Gonzalez, et al.; Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF An image taken using the Atacama Large Millimeter /submillimeter Array in Chile and released in 2014 shows something rather special. It's a ...

Enlarge ImageStar cluster R136 in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula. NASA, ESA, P Crowther (University of Sheffield) Some 170,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado, deep in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula, is a cluster of very young, very bright stars. The R136 cluster, as it is rath...

RoadshowRobotic braking about to become the new normal (AutoComplete Ep. 10)Milestone deal promises automatic braking on most cars by 2022; how much range will Tesla Model 3 really have at $35k? And pickup trucks become the unlikely arena for camera wars. AutoComplete Podcast, Ep. 10 Your browser do...

Twitter is redirecting users of its Windows TweetDeck app to the Web version of TweetDeck. James Martin/CNET The days are numbered for TweetDeck's standalone app for Windows.On April 15 Twitter will end support for the app, which lets users create a dashboard for managing multiple accounts simultane...

Enlarge ImageTrump not pick Hulk as ru ing mate. Video screenshot by Da y Gallagher/CNET Violent incidents are breaking out at Donald Trump rallies as protesters and supporters of the controversial US Republican contender clash in the crowd. Cameras caught a Trump supporter punching a protester in t...