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...

Enlarge ImageNancy Reagan, shown here at her husband's inauguration in 1981, died Sunday at the age of 94. © CORBIS As Twitter is want 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 f...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.He's frightened. He's really frightened. SNL screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Last week, the Twitterati were worried.After Chris Christie appeared behind a triumphant Donald Trump on Super Tuesday, some w...

Enlarge ImageThe first of four failed barge landings, this one from January 2015. SpaceX The saying is "space is hard," and it seems that's especially true when you try to end a trip to space by gently landing your rocket on a robotic barge at sea. But hard has never deterred commercial space-flight...

At one point, Amazon was in the odd position of being both a champion of user's privacy and enemy to it. Josh Miller/CNET Amazon has had a change of heart. In the past 48 hours, the Seattle-based Inte et retailer has a ounced a new slate of Echo voice-controlled products, joined an amicus brief supp...

Can Facebook be your therapist? Curt Schilling is trying to find out.The outspoken former Major League Baseball pitcher and current ESPN analyst may have put his foot in his mouth again, this time with a comment about Democratic presidential front-ru er Hillary Clinton.Schilling posted on his Facebo...

Enlarge ImageTired of the campaign? You ain't seen nothing yet. Netflix Just when you thought we couldn't see any more drama in presidential politics, Netflix dropped the fourth season of "House of Cards" on Friday. Binge watchers will be able to escape the insane melodrama of the real-world race fo...

Enlarge ImageThe first of four failed barge landings, this one from January 2015. SpaceX The saying is that "space is hard," and it seems that's especially true when you end a trip to space by landing the rocket that carried you there gently standing straight up on a robotic drone barge at sea. But ...

RoadshowAutomobilesSurrounded by supercars: Get immersed in Porsche, Lamborghini with our VR videos Roadshow As much as I'd love to, we can't fly each and every one of you to Switzerland to join us at the Inte ational Motor Show in Geneva. Thanks to new 360-degree VR technology, however, we can virt...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.All the work of a Creator? Or at least the hands? Fredrik Von Erichsen/dpa/Corbis Intelligent design is a theory that enjoys some support. Its proponents stand firm, even after some recent presidential debat...

RoadshowCar IndustryVacuum-free braking system could be on GM products before end of decadeEven if it's very promising, the future doesn't always necessarily look exciting. ZF TRW Some car parts are hard to improve upon -- like the three-point seatbelt, which has been around for decades now. Others ...

Amazon is not looking smart when it comes to security.Security researchers are speaking out against Amazon's Fire OS 5 update, which removes device encryption and leaves information stored on devices more vulnerable. Watch CNET Update for an explanation of the changes, and why Fire tablets may now b...

RoadshowCar IndustryFebruary sees new-car average fuel economy holding steadyNew car buyers aren't looking at fuel efficiency like they used to.Enlarge ImageIt'll be interesting to see what happens when gas prices head back upward again. Brandon Schoettle and Michael Sivak, University of Michigan Ev...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageLook at the size of that. I mean, those. Fox News/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET On Friday, many men may have woken up and stared extra hard at their hands. This was surely caused b...

You might want to rethink your future vacation plans for Pluto. If you absolutely insist on going, you'll want to pack a warm jacket and perhaps some snowshoes. NASA scientists revealed a new tidbit on Thursday about the weather on the dwarf planet: it seems to have methane snow.Pluto has a large da...

Today we welcome Scott Jones back to the show. Scott is a veteran of the games and tech press for many years. He's written for countless publications and recently finished a multi-year run as a co-host on EP Daily. Now Scott finds himself in the budding world of VR, but not before a life-altering ev...

The Nintendo of Japan version of yesterday's Nintendo Direct briefing contained some news not mentioned in the North American show. One piece of such news was the reveal of a New 3DS XL system modeled after the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, known as the Super Famicom in Japan.As you can see, ...

Facebook's real-name policy stands in Germany. Jochen Eckel/dpa/Corbis The beauty of the Inte et is that when you're online you can be anybody you want. Except on Facebook, where you have to be yourself.Facebook users in Germany can be forced by the social network to go by their real names, a court ...

The FBI vs. Apple latest: Harry Potter fan fiction confusion. 13/PeopleImages.com/Ocean/Corbis Why should Apple unlock the much-disputed iPhone at the center of its battle with the FBI? It may hold a "dormant cyber pathogen," according to a court filing from the district atto ey for Califo ia's San ...

Enlarge ImagePilot your X-Wing to the comfort zone.MJ's Off the Hook DesignsSometimes even Poe Dameron needs to kick back and relax on the couch. When he's not battling the forces of galactic evil, he probably settles in with a hand-crocheted X-wing fighter blanket and dreams of space adventures wit...