Mini tackles the stereotypes and labels assigned to its little cars head-on with a star-studded 30-second spot featuring Serena Williams, Abby Wambach, Harvey Keitel, Tony Hawk, T-Pain and more.Click here to watch the ads. Read editors' take This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if t...

Enlarge Image"Code Black" airs at 10 p.m. Wednesdays on CBS. Sonja Flemming/CBS The next evolution of television -- and storytelling -- won't be just live streaming and passive viewing. It'll be interactive, immersive media, probably in virtual reality. At least, that's the dream. And the idea that ...

Google's head of AI will be taking over search. © Richard Levine/Demotix/Corbis How important is artificial intelligence to Google's future? Hint: The search giant is promoting its head of AI to take over its biggest business.Google on Wednesday said AI chief John Gia andrea will take over search re...

Memphis Meats is a startup looking to make a splash in the world of 'cultured' meats (read: meat made by animal cells, as opposed to the animals themselves). They'll be holding a demo day in San Francisco this weekend, and we're bummed we won't be able to try their science meatballs in person. Meanw...

Google's head of AI will be taking over search. © Richard Levine/Demotix/Corbis How important is artificial intelligence to Google's future? Hint: The search giant is promoting its head of AI to take over its biggest business.Google on Wednesday said AI chief John Gia andrea will take over search re...

Intel hopes to be much more diverse by 2020, but it still has a long way to go. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET It's been a year since Intel kicked off a bold, $300 million initiative to make itself and the tech industry more diverse. The results so far show progress, but are slow going. The world's largest chip...

How can an fitness tracker motivate you more? By judging you for sitting too long.The style-focused Fitbit Alta offers some new ways to track activity (and inactivity). Watch CNET Update below for an overview, and lea what Nintendo is pla ing for its next app game: Play Also in this tech-news roundu...

Sony Pictures Sony says it will release a next-generation 4K Blu-ray player by March 2017 at the latest, as the company waits for compatible software.Sunil Nayyar, Sony's director of US TV business, said the company plans to focus on a 4K streaming service before launching a physical 4K disc player....

Sony Pictures Sony says it will release a next-generation 4K Blu-ray player by March 2017 at the latest, as the company waits for compatible software.Sunil Nayyar, Sony's director of US TV business, said the company plans to focus on a 4K streaming service before launching a physical 4K disk player....

Google is lending a hand in communities where its ultra-fast Fiber broadband service is available.A resident of a housing project in Kansas City and her son are among the first to receive gigabit Inte et from Google Fiber at no cost.The Mountain View, Califo ia, company said in a blog post Wednesday...

"Harry Potter" fans wanting to retu to J.K. Rowling's wonderful world of wizards will have their chance with "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," due to hit this November. But for some, waiting for more footage of the "Harry Potter" prequel has felt like a stay in the wizard prison of Azkaban....

Steve Sanchez was paralyzed in a bicycle accident more than a decade ago. An exoskeleton made by SuitX has enabled him to walk again, and even play soccer. SuitX Paralyzed below the waist from a car accident four years earlier, Austin Whitney did the unthinkable in 2011. He stood up from his wheelch...

Enlarge ImageA zombie in the making. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET You're probably familiar with those "100 years of style" videos showing how clothing and hairdos have evolved and shifted over time. The folks over at Xbox decided to take that concept and apply it to "100 Years of Zombie Ev...

T-Mobile's promotional unlimited data family plan is a third cheaper than before. CNET T-Mobile is celebrating.The Bellevue, Washington, company, dropped the price of its unlimited data family plan by a third on Wednesday. The cut came a day after the carrier edged out Verizon Wireless as the fastes...

Enlarge ImageIt's actually kind of cute. SDSU Terrestrial Arthropods Collection I'm going to throw out a couple words for you to consider: "Cryptomaster behemoth." I'm going to tell you that's the name of a newly discovered spider found in Oregon in the US. What is your reaction? Are you imagining s...

Samsung may have confirmed the successor to the Galaxy S6 Edge. CNET Samsung may have spilled the beans on the existence of a Galaxy S7 Edge phone.Images on a Samsung developers site made reference to the expected-but-still-only-rumored Galaxy S7 Edge, as well as to the Galaxy S6 Edge and S6 Edge Pl...

Enlarge ImageRemember Tackling Terry Tate? Video screenshot by Da y Gallagher/CNET The Super Bowl is, well, the Super Bowl for the advertising industry. People who don't even like or understand football will find themselves planted in front of giant televisions because they have a great excuse to ea...

Enlarge ImageMagic Leap promises to layer computer-generated images on the real world. Magic Leap Magic Leap has an almost magical way of getting money.The secretive startup is working on what it calls "mixed reality" technology. It's different from the virtual reality we've all heard about, which u...

Microsoft is getting its hands on more than just a popular app. Josh Miller/CNET Microsoft has purchased SwiftKey but is more interested in the artificial intelligence behind the software than in the popular app itself.The tech giant confirmed Wednesday it has acquired the predictive-keyboard app, w...

Enlarge Image CEO Marissa Mayer has unveiled a plan to simplify her company. "Yahoo ca ot win the hearts and minds of users with a complex portfolio," she says. Chris Farina/Corbis Marissa Mayer is cleaning house. The question is whether the makeover is to keep Yahoo going for the long term or to sw...