Now that Verizon is officially buying past-its-prime Yahoo for $4.83 billion, we figured it was time to dig up some vintage footage of a time when Yahoo was the coolest kid on the web.In fall 1995, Yahoo was just a tiny, unprofitable startup run by former Stanford University Ph.D. students Jerry Yan...

Democrats open their party convention in Philadelphia Monday as the FBI launches an investigation into hacked emails that led to the resignation of their party chair. CNET/Marguerite Reardon The FBI confirmed on Monday that it's looking into the hacking of the Democratic party's emails. "The FBI is ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageAround Riha a, you just shouldn't Pokemon around. Calvin Harris/VEVO screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You can't expect everyone to love Pokemon Go.There have already been police forces and, w...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageUsher would like to usher politicians away from his music. Last Week Tonight/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There's a certain arrogance about politicians.They claim that only they c...

Enlarge ImageThis is just a normal, egg-laying cockroach. Amanda Kooser/CNET May I offer you a tall, cold glass of cockroach milk? Why are you ru ing away? It's good for you! I promise! An inte ational group of researchers discovered that milk-like protein crystals produced by Diploptera punctata co...

reddit.com/r/The_Donald/ The first polls following Donald Trump's week in the Republican National Convention spotlight show the GOP nominee for president tied with presumptive rival Hillary Clinton. This week Clinton and the Democrats will have their tu , but Trump may be taking to Reddit with an "A...

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET "Hillary 2016" isn't just a campaign slogan. It's also a new iOS app designed for people who want to see Hillary Clinton as the next president.Launched on Sunday for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, the app is served up by the Hillary for America campaign. Hillary 20...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryApple's next secret-project hire? Bob Mansfield, former hardware execAt least one member of Roadshow thinks Apple isn't building a car, but rather an entire automotive service for a new sharing economy. Andrew Burton/Getty Images Just when you thought that the world could use...

It's not Verizon gobbling up Yahoo, but by the standards of the TV market, an acquisition of Vizio by LeEco could be big.A series of reports, the latest by India's The Economic Times, points to either an acquisition or investment by the Chinese conglomerate LeEco in Irvine, Califo ia-based Vizio, wh...

You can now jailbreak your iOS 9.3.3. device via a tool from the Pangu Team. Pangu/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Launched a week ago, Apple's iOS 9.3.3 can already be jailbroken, according to a new report. Known as PPHelper, the jailbreak tool was developed and revealed by Chinese hacking group P...

Vue viewers who are football fans will soon begin seeing red. The NFL's popular Redzone Network, that is.Sony's live TV streaming service will add two new pro football-centric cha els, NFL Network and NFL Red Zone, to its slate of live TV cha els in time for the 2016 NFL football season. In addition...

This year's follow-up to the iPhone 6S could reach consumers in mid-September. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple will launch the iPhone 7 on September 16, according to known and generally reliable leaker Evan Blass, aka @evleaks. Blass offered his prognostication via a tweet on Saturday, saying the new iPhone wi...

Although many of her media bets as CEO of Yahoo failed, Marissa Mayer wants to stick around.In an open letter to employees on Yahoo's Tumblr page, Mayer indicated that she'd like to stay on in some capacity after her company gets acquired by Verizon, a $4.83 billion move made official Monday."For me...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryFord brings Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to all 2017 modelsEnlarge ImageTo give you an idea of how big a leap this is, not a single 2016 Ford vehicle has Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Ford Automakers are slowly rolling out additional smartphone co ectivity to their vehicle...

Consumers are starting to hear Sprint now. The nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier has long struggled to get the attention of consumers, who for years were tu ed off by its poor reputation for coverage and reliability. Having shored up some of those network issues, Sprint has clamoring for more...

How low can iPhone sales go?That's the question Apple followers are hoping CEO Tim Cook will answer Tuesday during the company's quarterly ea ings report.The past few quarters, in terms of financials, haven't been standouts for Apple. Yes, the company is still making money -- a lot of money, with qu...

"Hunting animals need hunting grounds, and that inevitably brings them into conflict with humanity," rings the familiar and soothing voice of BBC natural history presenter David Attenborough.But it is not the activities of a lion or a polar bear or a tropical bird with an amusing mating dance that A...

Enlarge Image Josh Miller/CNET Pokemon Go has been such a hit that it caused Nintendo's stock to double. On Friday, however, the company reminded investors that it didn't actually make the game -- causing stocks to drop by 18 percent on Monday."[Pokemon Go] is developed and distributed by Niantic," ...

Enlarge ImageThe Voyager 1 image of the Cydonian mesa. NASA/JPL The search for extraterrestrial life has so far tu ed up no positive results. But a photograph taken on 25 July 1976 -- 40 years ago today -- led many to believe that we might eventually find it much closer to our own back door.The pict...

Enlarge Image Screenshot by Sean Hollister/CNET Izumo-taisha, a Shinto shrine located in Japan's Shimane Prefecture -- argued by some to be the oldest Shinto shrine in the country -- has outright ba ed the playing of Pokemon Go on its premises. The shrine, made a National Treasure in 1952, released ...