The Great Wall of China is 5,500 miles long and took 1,700 years to build. But what were its creators trying to keep out...? That's the question posed by the first trailer for "The Great Wall", a big-budget 3D blockbuster combining Hollywood star power with Chinese visual spectacle. The largest movi...

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Facebook has been ordered to issue refunds for accidental purchases made by minors. CNET Facebook users that have racked up hefty charges for in-app purchases made without their consent are now entitled to a refund.A Califo ia court has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in a 2012 class action lawsuit...

Enlarge ImageMy handwriting, circa 1994. Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNET I used to have beautiful handwriting. Growing up in the '70s and '80s, when it was assumed writing in cursive was a necessary skill, I actually practiced my letters, trying out different capital "Gs" and inventing fancy swirls to...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryConsumer groups to Mercedes: Pump the brakes on Drive Pilot adsThe Drive Pilot name is making its debut with the all-new 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Mercedes-Benz History isn't even getting a chance to become history before it repeats itself this week. Mercedes has come under...

The iPhone 7 could be up for preorder on September 9 and offer a redesigned home button. CNET Consumers eyeing the iPhone 7 may be able to preorder it starting Friday, September 9. No, Apple hasn't a ounced anything. Rather, the purported preorder date was leaked in a tweet Wednesday night from gene...

Would you drink beer made with water purified from urine? Getty The next time a friend says, "This beer tastes like piss," you might think twice about where it came from.That's because scientists at a Belgian university have created a machine that tu s urine into drinkable water and fertilizer. A ma...

Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET Apple's latest numbers are in -- and while the company was quick to celebrate selling a billion iPhones, a closer look reveals a troubling trend for one of the company's most important markets: China. Sales in the Greater China region (the mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong)...

Enlarge ImageOracle paid $9.3 billion to acquire NetSuite, the first cloud-computing software company. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oracle Corp. today a ounced the purchase of NetSuite Inc., a provider of cloud-computing software, for $9.3 billion. The offer price is valued at $109 per share in cash...

[embedded content] Who doesn't delight in a great television love story? And no, I'm not talking about the endlessly frustrating "will they or won't they?" trope. I'm talking about my favorite kind of pairing -- the bromance. The bromance celebrates best friends. It's just two dudes, supporting one ...

After two years figuring out how to unfold a story in VR, Max Planck may be ready to give you a role in the action.Planck is a co-founder and technical director of Oculus Story Studio, the in-house creative team crafting computer-generated short films for Facebook's VR headset maker, Oculus. A 10-ye...

RoadshowNewsCar Games and AppsUber and Didi get the legal green light in ChinaAfter launching in Shanghai three years ago, Uber is now legal in China.Up until now ride-sharing apps like Uber had been operating in a legal grey area in China. The new law, which takes effect on 1 November, ends that un...

Enlarge Image Vanessa Hand Orellana/CNET Last month we lea ed that Sony's Playstation VR platform would come to the US, UK and Australia on October 13. On Thursday, the company revealed that those in Asia will be able to join the party at exactly the same time.Playstation VR will launch on October 1...

Enlarge ImageYahoo corporate offices and headquarters in Su yvale, Califo ia Moment Editorial/Getty Images It's been a busy week for Yahoo, following its reported acquisition by Verizon. Now, the company's upgraded messenger app has launched on Windows and Mac desktops, Yahoo a ounced in a blog post...

Last year, the fourth Inte ational reached a prize pool of $18 million, the largest in e-sports history at the time. In 2016, the tou ament for the battle arena game Dota 2 is looking to set another precedent, offering viewers around the world the option to tune in via VR, developer Valve a ounced i...

President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on stage at the DNC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats lined up their heaviest hitters Wednesday as President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, VP candidate Tim Kaine and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took tu s a...

Another Magic Leap demo popped up recently -- the company's CMO showed off an augmented-reality shopping app to Alibaba's CMO at an event in China. We still don't know what the hardware looks like, but we continue to be curious about Magic Leap as it develops its AR experience. We're also briefing y...

It appears Samsung's Galaxy S7 is still the phone to beat. The world's largest smartphone maker on Wednesday reported its strongest ea ings in two years, fueled in part by sales of Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.Samsung said net income rose 2 percent year over year to 5.85 trillion won ($5.1 billion) for the...

An online activist group is petitioning to keep Donald Trump out of security briefings after the Republican presidential candidate said he hopes Russian hackers get into rival candidate Hillary Clinton's email.Credo Action is seeking 10,000 signatures urging national intelligence Director James Clap...

If you've been mou ing the sharp and sassy mother-daughter relationship of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore ever since "Gilmore Girls" was canceled in 2007, it's time to call your mom and load up on coffee and junk food. Netflix on Wednesday a ounced the premiere dates for its original content, and the "Gil...