The Pentagon wants people to hack into some of its sites to test its cyber defenses. CNET Think you could hack your way into the Pentagon? A new competition will challenge qualified security pros to do just that. A project known as "Hack the Pentagon" will dare vetted hackers to break into some publ...

Enlarge ImageButter, meet popco . Biem Ever gazed longingly at a stick of butter and thought, "If only I could instantaneously transform that cold hunk of dairy into a gorgeous mist of warm buttery goodness?" Entrepreneur Doug Foreman, founder of Beanitos snack chips, had that thought and did someth...

"The butchery begins" - Frank Underwood from the new season of "House of Cards." Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Donald Trump wouldn't last long in the (hopefully) exaggerated world of Washington politics portrayed in the hit Netflix series "House of Cards" -- as long as Doug Stamper is on the sc...

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is no stranger to incarceration. Over the years, the outspoken political activist has been arrested, jailed without charge for nearly three months and, since 2011, has been forbidden from leaving China. Although he can't leave, however, his art can. Last year, he exhibited a...

Facebook is up against another investigation in Europe. CNET Facebook is facing an investigation in Germany over whether it properly informs users as to how their data is collected and used.The German Federal Cartel Office, known locally as the Bundeskartellamt, said Wednesday that it has launched a...

Whitfield Diffie, left, and Martin Hellman invented the public key encryption technology that's now the foundation for many forms of private communications. Association for Computing Machinery The FBI may have mixed feelings about this award. Encryption, the technology that makes it possible to buy ...

You can now alter the aspect ratio of your images in Google Photos. Google Google Photos users are getting a small batch of new tools. The photos team late Tuesday unveiled new online editing tricks. You can now jump between photos while remaining in editing mode, without losing either changes or th...

Enlarge ImageWhatsApp, owned by Facebook, is hugely popular in Brazil. Aloysius Low/CNET Apple isn't the only tech company sparring with law enforcement over users' privacy.A Facebook executive was arrested by Brazilian federal police Tuesday for not tu ing over information from a WhatsApp account l...

Just as we're getting to grips with buying our mo ing coffee by waving our phones near the register, the finance and mobile worlds are pla ing how one day we may eventually pay with our refrigerator, our cars and even our faces.Over the last four decades, magnetic-stripe cards have been the only maj...

Kanye West. PGFM/MediaPunch/Corbis It might be time to start a Kickstarter for Kanye. That's the call from Deadmau5 (aka music producer and DJ Joel Thomas Zimmerman) after he spotted what looked like Kanye's attempt to download music editing software from online file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay.And...

RoadshowHatchbacksNew Civic hatchback prototype brings the hot back to HondaHatch lovers, rejoice! The venerable Civic hatchback has retu ed, at least in prototype form. The lean, mean Ford Focus fighting machine debuted today at the Geneva Motor Show, and joins the coupe, Si, and Type R as future i...

RoadshowConcept CarsThe Subaru concept we won't ever seeThe unique headlights are a highlight of the XV Concept. Andrew Krok/Roadshow The Subaru XV Concept has just debuted at the Geneva Motor Show this year, and it looks great. The concept features Subie's new Dynamic X Solid design language. Judgi...

Mark Pincus is stepping down as Zynga's CEO, his second departure from the beleaguered game maker's executive suite. Rafe Needleman/CNET FarmVille maker Zynga is harvesting a new crop of company leadership, a familiar occurrence at the game maker in recent years.Zynga said Tuesday that Mark Pincus w...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Captivated? Or Captured? Ronan Farrow/Vine screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Whether your chosen savior succeeded or faltered on Super Tuesday, you still might have experienced a deep anxiety.While images ...

Kanye West. PGFM/MediaPunch/Corbis It might be time to start a Kickstarter for Kanye. That's the call from Deadmau5 (aka music producer and DJ Joel Thomas Zimmerman) after he spotted what looked like Kanye's attempt to download music editing software from online file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay.And...

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is no stranger to incarceration. Over the years, the outspoken political activist has been arrested, jailed without charge for nearly three months and, since 2011, has been forbidden from leaving China. Although he can't leave, however, his art can. Last year, he exhibited a...

Enlarge ImageDemocratic presidential candidate Be ie Sanders did not, repeat, DID NOT receive an endorsement from Senator Elizabeth Warren. Be ieSanders.com It's Super Tuesday, and that means the remaining US presidential candidates have to do whatever they can to ensure they have enough delegates t...

Enlarge ImageThe itsy-bitsy spider crawled up the NaV 1.7 pain receptor... Ch'ien Lee/Minden Pictures/Corbis If you're anything like me, you've spent most of your life trying to avoid tarantula venom. In the future, you may be reaching for the stuff. In recent years, scientists have identified a com...