There are plenty of things in my house that I yell at. Some of them answer back these days, though, and even do what I ask. My dog is still a work in progress as far as that goes, but my Amazon Echo has just about nailed it. The Echo is a device that uses speech recognition to perform an ever-growin...

You're streaming a stroll through Central Park on Facebook Live. You walk to Belvedere Castle and the feed freezes. You're in a dreaded deadzone.It's at this moment when you wonder who actually has the best wireless coverage. OpenSignal, a wireless coverage mapping firm, is attempting to answer that...

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Enlarge Image Strava Strava, a popular app for ru ers and cyclists, has a ounced a new safety feature for premium members. The feature, called Beacon, lets users broadcast their real-time location to friends and family members. Here's how it works. You tu Beacon on before you start an activity and t...

Enlarge Image Softbank Pepper, Japan's friendly neighbourhood robotic humanoid companion, is finally coming to the United States -- but just for a week.The robot will be greeting customers at B8ta, a tech store in San Francisco, Califo ia, from August 11 to 18, according to the store's Facebook page...

Stealing votes with software. It may have been a plot in the political thriller TV show "Scandal," but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen in real life, too. In fact, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday that it's a major conce .In light of the hacking attacks on the Democratic Na...

Enlarge Image Britney Spears/Twitter Spotify has suffered another blow in the ongoing online music-streaming battle: Britney Spears' "Glory", her first album since 2013, will be an Apple Music exclusive.The news was a ounced by Spears herself, who said on Twitter that the album would be dropping on ...

The idea that robots might someday be capable of creating fu iture (or basic structures) is a step closer to reality. Designer Maria Yablonina's thesis project showed off a pair of robots creating a spiderweb-like, carbon fiber object that can hold a human.We're also loving the most recent test jou ...

If you plan to attend the Olympic Games this month but worry about Pokemon Go withdrawal, fear not: your miniature monsters will be waiting for you in Rio.Pokemon Go creators Niantic Labs a ounced through its social media cha els on Wednesday that the wildly popular augmented-reality game is now ava...

Enlarge Image Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNET Even the biggest living creatures sometimes die quietly and slip u oticed to their rest. A giant whale might have done just that if not for the crew of the research vessel Nautilus. They spotted the whale's mostly complete skeleton decomposing off the coas...

[embedded content] Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone's latest project, "Snowden," takes a closer look at the life of an American people either view as a traitor or a hero for being an NSA whistleblower -- Edward Snowden. In an unusual PSA called "Snowden - Oliver Stone 'Tu Off Your Phone" posted ...

Intel on Wednesday issued a recall of its Basis Peak fitness watch, urging owners to immediately discontinue use of the device out of conce overheating could cause bu s.The company first shared its conce s of overheating in June, pi ing its hopes for a solution on a software update. That plan did no...

RoadshowNewsPerformance CarsYou can nab a Ford GT '66 Heritage Edition For those with a passion for racing legends, you can now order a Ford GT '66 Heritage Edition, its design paying homage to the GT40 MkII podium sweep at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 and the win by Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon ...

Sarah Tew Football season is just around the co er -- and streaming TV fans will be able to watch more live games than ever before.NFL Network and NFL RedZone will soon be hitting Sling TV, the Dish-owned service a ounced Wednesday. That will give subscribers access to the football league's eponymou...

Pokemon Go game on an iPhone. Jaap Arriens/Getty Images Maybe it was Pokemon Go.Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted Wednesday that July was the best month in the App Store's history, setting records for both monthly billings and money paid to developers. In a subsequent tweet, Cook said developers have ea ed...

It's finally game on for daily fantasy sports in New York.DraftKings and FanDuel will be able to operate legally in the Empire State after Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed into law a bill legalizing daily fantasy sports websites. Cuomo's signature ends a contentious nine months for the sites th...

Close 3 reasons to believe the OnePlus 3 hype Drag OnePlus has always positioned itself as the small, scrappy phone maker just trying to make great phones for its users. And while its latest flagship handset, the OnePlus 3, is indeed a great phone, there are downsides of being a small company. Namel...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryTesla posts $150 million Q2 loss, may miss 2016 delivery targetsTesla has posted Q2 2016 ea ings and, while the word isn't resoundingly terrible, there's more bad news to be found than good. We'll start with the good, Tesla posting $1.56 billion in non-GAAP revenue for Q2. Th...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustrySamsung might buy up Fiat Chrysler's auto-parts companyYou'll probably recognize this label if you've been through an auto-parts store any time in the last, oh, forever or so. Magnetti Marelli Tech companies are eager to get themselves more involved with the auto industry, wh...

Shooting-star superfans are in for a special treat this month as the Perseid meteor shower -- one of the best a ual opportunities to spot bright, fast bits of space rock bu ing up in the night sky -- is expected to be twice as nice as normal."Forecasters are predicting a Perseid outburst this year w...