Japanese researchers at the University of Tokyo showed off an interesting concept: a case that gives smartphones wheels and enables them to roll around on their own. Forget summoning your car; we want to summon our phones. We're also taking a closer look at SymGym, a machine made for working out whi...

Want to stand in one of the most dangerous places on Earth without leaving home? New virtual-reality video from German magazine Bild and VR content producer Jaunt puts you on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman operating in the Persian Gulf.Whether or not you have a VR headse...

With Electrolysis, Firefox should feel more responsive. Mozilla Mozilla has begun shipping a new version of Firefox designed to improve core technology that is essential to keeping users loyal in a fiercely competitive browser market.Through a Firefox project called Electrolysis, "users should exper...

Alphabet is a step closer to getting its proposed drone delivery service off the ground.The Google parent company will be allowed to test its unma ed aerial vehicles in designated areas in the US, the White House said Tuesday. The test flights were a ounced as part of a new initiative unveiled by th...

These soy-sauce dishes will tease your mind. Duncan Shotton The only thing better than a fun optical illusion is a fun optical illusion you can eat. Tokyo product designer Duncan Shotton created Soy Shape, a collection of soy-sauce dipping dishes that transform the savory brown liquid into classic o...

Snapchat ups its game with new city-specific stickers. Oscar Gutierrez/CNET While you sip your nitro coffee out of a mason jar in a tiny San Francisco coffee shop, you can now snap a selfie and add a "hipster" sticker designed just for the city. The photo- and video-sharing app Snapchat on Tuesday l...

Burritos, birth control, bitcoins: Clearly, only the most conventional ATMs stick to dispensing dollar bills.Here are some of the cool, offbeat things that can be had with the mere touch of a screen via the machine down the co er...or across the globe: Let's block ads! (Why?)

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. Why do bars exist? To make you feel a little better about the vicissitudes of existence. To make you commune with your fellow human and share life experiences. Why do phones exist? To make sure you post wha...

RoadshowNewsCrossoversThe 2017 QX30 is officially the least expensive way into an InfinitiInfiniti would probably prefer it if I didn't keep making references to the GLA-Class. Infiniti Last week, I wrote that Infiniti is offering up a pile of free stuff if you're willing to sign up for its Q60 rese...

Enlarge ImageIf you're a business, you can only show so much of your Olympic pride. DANIEL SANNUM LAUTEN/AFP/Getty Images It's all fun and good until someone tweets the wrong thing.When the Olympics start Friday, social media is likely to light up with pride for sports, countries and various teams a...

Ramsay Bolton thought of some terrible tortures in "Game of Thrones," but had he just made Theon walk over a bunch of Legos, he might have broken the poor dude even earlier. As any parent or child caretaker will attest, stepping on a Lego delivers a specially horrific type of foot pain. Especially i...

Enlarge ImageYou can soon expect to see new, interactive gaming experiences developed for Amazon's Alexa-powered smart speakers. Tyler Lizenby/CNET Amazon wants more gaming options for its voice-powered virtual assistant Alexa, and today, it's introducing a new set of tools that'll make it easier fo...

The revamped new model of the Xbox One, the Xbox One S, is now available. It's smaller, sleeker, and supports 4K and HDR, but one thing you won't see advertised on the box or in Microsoft's marketing materials is a boost to game performance. Despite this, the Xbox One S does provide improved perform...

Enlarge ImageI voted for Snow/Mormont. HBO Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, Cersei La ister and Petyr Baelish don't technically qualify for the US presidency, but that isn't stopping HBO from proposing a GOT ("Game of Thrones") party as a third party during the American election year. At the website Th...

[embedded content] Pittsburgh Steelers ru ing back DeAngelo Williams isn't scared of NFL defenses or zombies, but he did choose one of those options to define the most romantic moment of his life. Williams and his wife Risalyn convinced their entire wedding party to get done up as "walkers" from the...

The next batch of Nexus devices may rejigger the home screen. CNET Google's upcoming Nexus mobile devices may sport some renovations to the home screen.The 2016 models reportedly will feature a redesigned home screen with changes to the app drawer and other key features, blog site Android Police sai...

The craziest thing about bitcoin is how commonplace it is.The digital currency, introduced in 2009 and now accepted by more than 100,000 merchants worldwide, can buy you just about anything, from a high-tech gadget, which you might expect, to an ice-cold beer, which you might not. We've rounded up 2...

With only three days to go before the opening ceremonies, Twitter is gearing up for the Rio Olympics, including a special section in its Moments feature capturing all of the games' biggest, well, moments. The social network is also releasing hundreds of Olympic-related emojis. Fans can get into the ...

[embedded content]Samsung is unveiling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to the world -- and it tu s out all of the leaks and rumors were basically true.The news so far:Samsung Galaxy Note 7 unveiled: 5.7-inch curved screen, 12MP camera, iris sca er -- like an S7 Edge with a stylus (hands-on)Samsung Gala...

Worried you aren't getting enough exercise this summer? Don't just sit there: Clip on a fitness tracker and get going.Fitness trackers are wearable devices that deliver a stream of data about your workouts, like the number of steps you've walked or the total calories you've bu ed, and nearly all of ...