The Wall Street Jou al says that Bob Mansfield is the new head of Apple's rumored car project, known as Project Titan. Mansfield is not new to Apple. He was in charge of hardware engineering when Apple introduced products like the iPad and MacBook Air. Of course, Apple has not confirmed this news. B...

Who's in charge of responding to "cyber incidents" in the US? As of today, it's the Federal Bureau of Investigation. President Barack Obama outlined a new policy for responding to cyberattacks on both the gove ment and US industry on Tuesday, making the FBI the lead agency regardless of where the at...

The Transportation Security Administration in the US has ea ed a pretty bad rap for spending gobs of money on a simple app, getting mad at teenagers and gawking at naked passengers. Somebody in the social media department, however, has a sense of humor. The TSA shared a post on Instagram Tuesday abo...

Enlarge ImageAllset's chatbot for Facebook Messenger lets your order food whenever you're hankering for a meal. Allset Since Facebook added bots to its popular Messenger app in April, there's almost a chatbot for every user whim and desire. Yahoo launched a suite of bots in July to deliver weather a...

Facebook's main campus is in Menlo Park, Califo ia. Robyn Beck/AFP, Getty Images As the influx of Facebook employees continue to drive up demand (and prices) of housing in Menlo Park, Califo ia, where its headquarters are located, the company is trying something different.To accommodate plans for ex...

LeEco and Vizio have a ounced that the TV brand would become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate, for a price of $2 billion.Along with Samsung, Vizio has been one of the two most-popular TV brands in the U.S. over the last few years. Vizio TVs are among CNET's most-recommended mode...

Season 2 of Netflix show "Narcos" will debut along with a mobile game that puts you in the shoes of a drug lord. Juan Pablo Gutierrez/Netflix Ever wanted to be a drug kingpin? Well, now you can try out the lifestyle without a stint in jail. Narcos: Cartel Wars is a mobile game based on the hit Netfl...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryDaimler creates taxi-hailing Voltron to do battle with UberThe resulting partnership will stand as the largest app-based taxi-hailing company in Europe. Hailo Teamwork makes the dream work. Sometimes, you need a little help from your friends to ensure your survivability in th...

Apple will report its quarterly results today, and the numbers shouldn't be pretty. After riding the mobile wave since 2007, the Silicon Valley giant faces softer profits now that phone sales have slowed. With the upcoming iPhone expected to offer few improvements, Apple's tough times may continue. ...

"Double Dare" had a one-night-only revival on Facebook Live during San Diego Comic-Con 2016 with original host Marc Summers at the helm. Mike Sorrentino/CNET The a ual geek-fest that was Comic-Con 2016 is now over, but the CraveCast crew is still digesting all the news and everything we lea ed.Wheth...

It could've been much worse. Enlarge ImageIowa football player Faith Ekakitie, left, was playing Pokemon Go in a park when he was searched at gunpoint by police looking for a bank robber. Matthew Holst, Getty Images A US college football player wrote in a poignant post on Facebook that he feared for...

BlackBerry's head of devices, Alex Thurber. Screenshot by Roger Cheng/CNET BlackBerry is back with another phone. But does anyone care?The struggling phone maker on Tuesday unveiled the BlackBerry DTEK 50, its second phone powered by Google's Android mobile software. Unlike the company's first Andro...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryPorsche's electric Mission E will be a job creatorIt's gorgeous and it creates jobs -- seriously, it should run for office. Porsche Maybe Porsche should run for President. When it comes time to build its all-new, electric sports car, Porsche plans to add a number of jobs with...

Pokémon Go downloads surpasses every other mobile game developed in the last two years, according to Sensor Tower. Alina Bradford/CNET While you're out trying to catch them all, Pokémon Go is breaking records left and right. The instantly popular app has been downloaded 75 million times, according t...

Back in the days of shrinkwrapped software, Microsoft would roll out giant new upgrades of its Office suite every few years, brimming with a laundry list of new (but not always improved) features. But now that we're in the era of cloud-based Office 365 -- productivity software as a service -- the up...

Star Trek 50 Artists 50 Years celebrates the rich history of the sci-fi series. Check out some of the fu y, colourful and stu ing pieces in the exhibition.

It's time to put the "art" in Star Trek.To celebrate a half-century of the classic sci-fi series, which was first broadcast in September 1966, a range of artists were invited to pay tribute to the crew of the starship Enterprise in an exhibition called Star Trek 50 Artists 50 Years. Click through ou...

The Ava bracelet, wo at night, tracks nine physiological metrics, including pulse rate and skin temperature. Cathrin Schoen, Fokus Produkt Fotografie It seems like we've got wearables for everything these days. There are fake nails to help you commute, awearable chair for tired physicians, even a Po...

Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse has completed its historic round-the-world trip, landing in Abu Dhabi having travelled the whole way around the globe using only solar energy.The 17-stage jou ey began way back in March last year, and included a record-breaking solo flight from Japan to Hawaii. The...

Enlarge Image Amazon Like Apple and Facebook, Amazon wants a slice of India. And now, the Seattle-based company is taking action.On Tuesday, Amazon launched its Prime subscription service in the world's second most-populated nation. Through Prime membership, the e-commerce giant offers free and fast...