It's Apple event time. For the second year in a row, Apple will host a product launch in March. Last year's event was all about the Apple Watch. This year's will focus on two of Apple's more established product lines -- the iPhone and iPad. The company is expected to introduce a smaller iPhone and a...

When President Obama took the stage last Friday to kick off South by Southwest, he uttered two words that made the audience roar: "Thanks, Obama."He was having fun with one of the Inte et's favorite memes. Your bu ed your toast this mo ing? #ThanksObama. You got a papercut? #ThanksObama. But really,...

First Lady Michelle Obama said you don't need to be the president to make a difference. Richard Nieva/CNET Michelle Obama isn't pla ing a second stint in the White House after she leaves in January."Will you run for president?" rapper Queen Latifah asked the first lady Wednesday at the South by Sout...

RoadshowCoupesScion FR-S 86'd by Toyota for New YorkEnlarge ImageThe FR-S takes on its Japanese market name, 86, and gains power. Toyota At the upcoming New York auto show, Toyota will show off one of the first big changes to its line-up related to the dissolution of its Scion brand. The former Scio...

Malicious ads can infect your computer, even if you never click on them. C.J. Burton/Corbis The New York Times regularly reports on how dangerous the world is. Over the weekend, the Gray Lady became a dangerous place.On Sunday and Monday, the Times, the BBC, AOL and a host of other major news and en...

Enlarge ImageSCAMP going for a walk up the Stanford clock tower. Stanford Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence earlier this week proved that machines can outsmart humans. A new prototype from researchers at Califo ia's Stanford University shows t...

Enlarge Image Disney Games/Hipster Whale Crossy Road, launched by Australian developer Hipster Whale in November 2014, was a runaway hit, ga ering 50 million downloads in its first 90 days. Now Disney is getting in on the Frogger-inspired action.Disney Games today a ounced the collaboration on socia...

Enlarge ImageProof of "Woz" life. Steve Wozniak / imgur Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talked about Apple's iPhone fight with the FBI, his favorite fast food chains and more in a wide-ranging "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit on Wednesday.Wozniak's wife, Janet, once told me that Steve gets stresse...

Enlarge ImageSection of mouse brain with Alzheimer's disease tagged using a virus. RIKEN The memories that seem to disappear when a patient has Alzheimer's disease may not necessarily be lost forever. A team of researchers has demonstrated that they may also be retrieved.Led by Susumu Tonegawa at th...

The Last Taco Truck in Silicon Valley Ingenuity, betrayal, and a killer habanero sauce all have their part to play in Michelle Richmond's brilliant send-up of the US tech world. A startup evangelist is held hostage, a guy from Portland is in debt and #FrancoNeedsATaco. Let's block ads! (Why?)

Enlarge ImageThe self-balancing scooters already have a fiery reputation.Screenshot by Sean Hollister/CNETHoverboards are facing another ban, but this time it's not because they're known to burst into flames.The US Inte ational Trade Commission has issued a ban on the import of "certain personal tra...

Enlarge ImageWelcome to the future. Nike Nike just a ounced a product that should cause "Back to the Future" fans to freak the heck out. The company revealed HyperAdapt 1.0, a self-lacing system triggered when you place your foot inside the shoe. When your heel hits a sensor, the laces automatically...

The Madness will be inescapable for some college hoops fans.About a third of American adults polled in a survey will have their eyes glued to NCAA action playing out on their phones and tablets this Thursday and Friday. Those distracted workers could cost employers $3.9 billion in lost productivity....

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Wait, does that mascot have a lightsaber too? Farmingdale State College/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It isn't fu y until it is.On Wednesday mo ing, everyone at Farmingdale State College on Lon...

AceDeceiver affects only iPhone users in mainland China, but similar attacks are possible elsewhere, a security company said. Josh Miller/CNET Hackers have found a new way to download malicious apps onto our iPhones.Security company Palo Alto Networks said Wednesday that it discovered a new kind of ...

Malicious ads can infect your computer, even if you never click on them. C.J. Burton/Corbis The New York Times regularly reports on how dangerous the world is. Over the weekend, the Gray Lady became a dangerous place.On Sunday and Monday, the Times, the BBC, AOL and a host of other major news and en...

In this year's virtual reality battle, are you on team PlayStation or team PC?In the clash of the VR giants, each face off with different costs and requirements. Watch CNET Update for an overview of Sony's PlayStation VR and how it may measure up to Facebook's Oculus Rift and HTC's Vive: CNET Update...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Steve Wozniak. Defending the engineering function. Reddit; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET These days, clever people think they can do anything.Especially if they go to Stanford and meet the righ...

All existing PlayStation 4 games can be played on PSVR via a "cinematic mode" that simulates a 5-meter screen within a virtual space, manufacturer Sony has said.While Sony is developing a range of bespoke virtual reality games, its PSVR system software can render all standard PS4 games within the he...

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, has called the $400 price tag for PlayStation VR a figure "right around what [was] expected."Speaking to GameSpot in an interview at the 2016 Game Developers Conference, Luckey said, "I know how much this technology costs. We're building a headset, we're tryi...