Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Just look at that saliva. Microsoft/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It used to be that any self-respecting creative person would look at a PC and emit a gruff guffaw.What was that thing? Why woul...

There was a time when Team Ninja was considered the premiere developer of third-person action games. Its been 12 years since Ninja Gaiden was released for Xbox 360 and PS3, and the studio hasn't delivered anything as essential since.However, its next game, Ni-Oh, looks like its shaping up to be some...

Not everyone was thrilled with the main cover for id Software's new Doom, so you might have been happy to lea that the studio will also include a reverse sleeve cover for launch in May. id Software let fans vote on two options, and the wi er has now been revealed. Check it out below, while the loser...

The rumors were right. Blizzard's Overwatch is getting an open beta and the full game will launch in May, the developer a ounced today. The beta will run May 5-9 across Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, but people who preorder by April 29 can play starting May 3 and they can invite a friend, too.Duri...

Enlarge ImageThis Hubble image of a dying star is a composite of three images taken over the course of two hours. STScI/NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team/ R. Sahai/ J. Trauger If you have a time machine, I can't recommend setting it for 5 billion years in the future. That's because the sun will be ridin...

Mac users, beware. Computers ru ing Apple's Mac OS X software have traditionally escaped many of the attacks that hit PCs. But that may no longer be the case with the first instance of Macs getting hit by "ransomware," or software that clogs up your system until you pay to have it neutralized. We al...

Enlarge ImageApple's head of software engineering, Craig Federighi, has wa ed against going backward in the "endless race" on digital security. James Martin/CNET With every new generation of smartphone software and every browser update, the battle rages on. Software engineers keep improving digital ...

Enlarge ImageApple's head of software engineering, Craig Federighi, has wa ed against going backward in the "endless race" on digital security. James Martin/CNET With every new generation of smartphone software and every browser update, the battle rages on. Software engineers keep improving digital ...

Enlarge ImageChinese hoverboard makers are hoping their product isn't yet toast. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Hoverboards were hot items over the holidays -- for all the wrong reasons.The popular self-balancing scooters grabbed headlines after reports that some had the unhealthy tendency t...

The skirmish over one iPhone is tu ing into a war over them all. James Martin/CNET Apple's refusal to unlock iPhones tied to criminal investigations does nothing but help lawbreakers, according to the New York Police Department's counter-terrorism chief.John Miller lashed out at Apple's iPhone encry...

Apple has been targeted with a malware attack designed to hold Macs to ransom. Josh Miller/CNET Sorry, Mac fans. Now you're no better off than regular old PC users.Security researchers have discovered what they believe to be the first-ever ransomware attack targeted at Apple users that actually made...

© Ed Qui /Corbis Ray Tomlinson, inventor of the contemporary email system, has died of an apparent heart attack at the age 74. His passing was confirmed by Mike Doble, director of corporate PR at Tomlinson's employer Raytheon. In a statement to CNET Doble described Tomlinson as a "true technology pi...

Quantum mechanics is one of the weirdest fields in science. Even physicists find it tough to wrap their heads around it. As Michael Merrifeld of the University of Nottingham says, "If it doesn't confuse you, that really just tells you that you haven't understood it." This makes designing experiments...

Apple's head of software engineering Craig Federighi has wa ed against going backwards in the "endless race" on digital security. James Martin/CNET With every new generation of smartphone and every browser update, there's a security arms race being waged between software engineers and hackers. Cyber...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.An interesting find, to say the least. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016 I know people who are haunted by octopuses. They find them threatening, otherworldly, slimy and far too...

Apple's head of software engineering Craig Federighi has wa ed against going backwards in the "endless race" on digital security. James Martin/CNET With every new generation of smartphone and every browser update, there's a security arms race being waged between software engineers and hackers. Cyber...

Enlarge Image Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his hopes of co ecting India dashed when Free Basics, a plan offering free access to selected websites and apps, was ba ed by the country's regulators. Now, Google is stepping up to the plate to co ect rura...

Apple has been targeted with a malware attack designed to hold Macs to ransom. Josh Miller/CNET Sorry Mac fans -- now you're no better off than regular old PC users.Security researchers have discovered what they believe to be the first ever ransomware attack targeted at Apple users that actually mad...

Quantum mechanics is one of the weirdest fields in science. Even physicists find it tough to wrap their heads around it. As Michael Merrifeld of the University of Nottingham says, "If it doesn't confuse you, that really just tells you that you haven't understood it."This makes designing experiments ...

Nancy Reagan, shown here at her husband's inauguration in 1981, died Sunday at the age of 94. © CORBIS As Twitter is wont to do, the microblogging network became a de facto town square Sunday as politicians, personalities and every day folk shared their thoughts and memories of former First Lady Nan...