Enlarge ImageThis Borg didn't try to assimilate the audience. Amanda Kooser/CNET Michael Westmore, the legendary makeup artist behind hundreds of Star Trek episodes on both TV and film, knows more about the anatomy of a Borg than anybody else in the galaxy. He shared his insights on the complicated ...

You might not recognize these people, but they were instrumental in making Star Trek the phenomenon it is today. Bjo and John Trimble were honored on stage at the Star Trek 50th a iversary convention. Let's go back into the '60s. "Star Trek" was in danger of cancellation after its second season. Bjo...

Emmett Brewer is no taller than the lecte on the stage, so he stands to the side of it to deliver his presentation. He's got a De is the Menace hairdo and he's only 10 years old, but I strongly suggest you take him seriously.The topic of his speech today: hacking competitions. He's showing other kid...

Do you have an old tablet lying around? Or are you ready to upgrade but feel bad ditching your old one? You could make good use of it by re-purposing it into something else.Here are a few easy ideas for tu ing your old tablet into something new -- kind of. And in you're in the cleaning mood, or want...

With this view especially, I wonder what the many builders of the Tower would think of London today, and that their castle is now pretty much solely a tourist attraction. (Editor's note: That brick building on the right edge of shot, once a warehouse, used to house CNET's UK offices.) Let's block ad...

Tommy Chong has all your pot and emoji needs covered. Neil Visel Tommy Chong's business has always been weed. Now he's hoping it'll grow like one too.You might remember the 78-year-old counterculture icon as the bearded half of the stoner comedy duo Cheech and Chong. In his decades-long career, he's...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageHe's a tweeter. He's a wi er. Dan Craven; Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I knew the headline was true, because it was on Twitter.More precisely, it was on the official Twitter Sport...

Enlarge ImageWilliam Shatner entertains the crowd at the Star Trek convention. Amanda Kooser/CNET A 6,000-seat theater in Las Vegas was filled to capacity on Saturday with Star Trek fans, many of them costumed as their favorite aliens or Starfleet officers. They gathered to listen to William Shatner...

It's pineapple vs. orange on the te is courts of Google.Pineapple serves the te is ball to Orange in Saturday's Google Doodle, available in the iOS and Android app. Google / Screenshot by Mike Sorrentino As part of the search giant's second day of the 2016 Doodle Fruit Games, a te is minigame where ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageNow this is the way to honor a technological loss. Kim Kardashian/Instagram screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What do you do when your phone dies? Do you hold a wake? Do you have a small funer...

Chris Urmson (right) shows a Google self-driving car to US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (far left) and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt at Google headquarters last year. Urmson has a ounced his departure from the project. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google's self-driving car project is losing ...

Enlarge ImageDax and Sisko rock original-series uniforms in "Trials and Tribble-ations." Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET On Friday, the Star Trek 50th a iversary convention in Las Vegas came alive with passionate debate as Star Trek fans bantered their way through a debate on the worst episodes Tre...

Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holograph...

It's been 20 years since "A Game of Thrones" was released. In August 1996, a very different Clinton was President of the US, " Macarena" and "Wa abe" were the top of the charts, and NASA a ounced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars contained within a meteorite. For one thing, "Game o...

Relying on bio-ethanol to generate electricity, instead of compressed hydrogen gas, Nissan is hoping that its latest powertrain i ovation will keep us from relying on complicated new infrastructures.

It's been 20 years since "A Game of Thrones" was released. In August 1996, a very different Clinton was President of the US, " Macarena" and "Wa abe" were the top of the charts, and NASA a ounced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars contained within a meteorite. For one thing, "Game o...

Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holograph...

Most people think of Greece as a great place to escape from the stress of everyday life. But not to the more than 57,000 people now trapped there. In 2015, thousands of refugees and migrants fled war and chaos in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq and headed to Europe seeking shelter. A year later, many ar...

The battleship Mikasa. Embedded in the pier, it still looks impressive for a 114-year-old ship. You can see the crossroads of naval design, with aspects from the ships from the late 1800s, and some that would continue into the 20th century. For the full story behind the tour, check out Japan's 114-y...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageDoing his customers a disservice? James Martin/CNET It's not easy when you're 40.You can't keep up with things the way you used to. You start to peddle old ideas instead of new ones. This, perha...