Philadelphia plays host to the DNC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tech companies called Wednesday for the federal gove ment to invest in more STEM education and reform immigration policies, recurring themes the industry hopes to influence in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. Representatives ...

Finally, we'd be remiss not to mention smart refrigerators, which have taken a big step forward this year. That's largely thanks to the Samsung Family Hub Refrigerator, a high-profile, can't-miss smart fridge with a whole host of features you won't find anywhere else. That includes a 21.5-inch touch...

Enlarge ImageThe Trump tower of sound. Sound of Power Finally, you can get Donald Trump to say or sing whatever, whenever and wherever you want. Sound of Power is commemorating Trump's official nomination for president by the Republican Party by adding a bust of The Donald to its line of high-end sp...

Qualcomm agreed to pay $19.5 million to current and former women employees in a settlement agreement. Getty Qualcomm has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement in a gender discrimination suit affecting about 3,300 women, both current and former employees of the chipmaker.The plaintiffs ...

Enlarge ImageIf you owned a boombox, it may be somewhere in this room. Trademe For years, I had a boom box that was the envy of all my friends. It boasted not one, but two cassette tape players, so I could pop a recorded tape in one slot, a blank tape in the other, and crank out mix tapes like I was...

Enlarge ImageLive video has become the buzzword of social media lately. Jason Cipriani/CNET What a difference two years make.Back then, when live video apps like Periscope and Meerkat arrived on mobile phones, live video seemed like a lark for tech nerds and poor college students looking to watch ca...

LastPass aims to protect your passwords. Editor's note: This story has been updated with news of LastPass fixing the hole. See below.Tu s out even LastPass, a service promoted as a password "vault," might be putting its users at risk of being hacked.A security researcher with an established record o...

Enlarge ImageApple CEO Tim Cook tells employees during a meeting Wednesday that Apple sold its billionth iPhone last week. Apple The iPhone isn't even 10 years old, but its impact on the tech industry, and Apple itself, has been huge. Now it's reached a new milestone.Apple said it shipped its billio...

Apple made $42.4 billion in revenue with net income at $7.8 billion in its fiscal third quarter. That sounds like lots and lots of money, right? Apple beat analysts' estimates with its quarterly ea ings report. However, the iPhone is in a slump. Sales are below those of a year ago at the same time. ...

Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Rocky loves to offer his greetings and salutations to humans who always seem thrilled to hear them and are ready with a reward. The orangutan lives at the Indianapolis Zoo and appears to be the first to be able to emulate human speech. Watch the video of Rocky belo...

An artist's illustration of what SpaceX hopes will become a real view some day. SpaceX NASA has suggested that SpaceX is spending around $300 million on its Red Dragon Mars lander mission, according to Space News.The space exploration company has not disclosed how much it's spending on the Red Drago...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryApple Maps, Parkopedia team up to make parking, charging easierEnlarge ImageIf you want more info than is displayed on Apple Maps, you can click over to Parkopedia's website or iOS app. Andrew Krok/Roadshow From poorly labeled pricing to a lack of lights or any semblance of s...

Alex Ward, the director of the Bu out series, has confirmed work has begun on a new driving game. He a ounced the project with a short and sweet message on Twitter, but no further details on the game were provided. Work has begun on a driving game.- Alex Ward (@CrashedAlex) July 27, 2016"> Ward is w...

Capcom has released a new behind-the-scenes development diary for Dead Rising 4, looking at what makes its protagonist unique and showcasing some of the crazy weapons in the game.Among these is a military-grade exosuit, which you can combine with other in-game items to create something new. One of t...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageYou mean he isn't actually out there playing Pokemon Go? Twitter @JimCramer You were focused on the numbers, weren't you?Apple's results were slightly less bad than the questionable Wall-Street ...

Despite a less-than-rosy ea ings report, Apple avoided heavy fallout by beating some critical Wall Street estimates. These results signal that the upcoming iPhone 7, which likely won't have many new features, may sell better than analysts were predicting.We also discuss another strong quarter from T...

Enlarge ImagePerhaps Zuckerberg's biggest iron in the fire. James Martin/CNET Mark Zuckerberg's long-term bets are begi ing to stack up. There's the inte et-beaming drone, Aquila; the inte et-for-the-developing world, Free Basics; and then there's virtual reality.When Facebook bought Oculus two year...

Doctors and medical students -- or people who just want to watch anything in virtual reality -- will be able to immerse themselves in a live surgery tomorrow. Giblib, an online platform for surgeons to share medical lectures and surgical videos, will live stream a he ia operation using 360fly's 360-...

Enlarge ImageSPIDER units zipping around Lockheed's hybrid airship. Screenshot from YouTube/Lockheed Martin In an effort to reduce the work required to find and fix leaks in Lockheed Martin's massive hybrid airship, the team designed SPIDER, a self-propelled instrument for airship damage evaluation ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageDonald Trump eggs on the Russians, so that Hillary Clinton can have egg on her face. CBS News/ Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Will this election be decided less at conventions and m...