Social media is helping people find their loved ones missing after the Nice attack. Jody Gia i An 8-month-old baby boy lost after the deadly Bastille Day attack in Nice, France, was found through Facebook.At least 84 people were killed watching fireworks Thursday night after a truck rammed into the ...

"Would you like Pokemon with that?" One day soon, McDonalds might ask you that question.That's because Pokemon Go, the game that might now be more popular than Facebook, will allow companies to pay to have their real-world locations appear in the world of the game.Enlarge ImageThe McDonalds logo fou...

[embedded content] It's been a year since NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its close flyby of Pluto, the solar system's most famously demoted dwarf planet. This week, the space agency celebrated with the above video simulating what it might be like one day to approach the fascinating world in pre...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageNo, please don't call 911 while you're on the Go. Screenshot by Sean Hollister/CNET A woman called 911 to complain that her pizza order was wrong.A 6-year-old called 911 to say his dad had run a...

My personal favorite on this Flixtape might be "Firefly." CNET Welcome to the age of streaming playlists -- for video. Netflix has made it easier than ever for you to give your loved ones a glimpse at your digital soul with its new Flixtape service. According to the company, a Flixtape is a short pl...

The White House commits $400 million to ensure 5G wireless co ectivity becomes a reality for everyone. Sarah Tew/CNET The Obama Administration on Friday a ounced a new funding initiative to ensure the U.S. maintains its leadership in the mobile technology space. The $400 million Advanced Wireless Re...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryFord pumps cash into company creating maps for self-driving carsDearbo 's on a bit of a spending spree, but it's still cheaper than trying to do all this by itself. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Knowing that the road ahead is best forged with teamwork, automakers are throwing se...

A little over a year ago, with much fanfare, Microsoft executives drew a line in the sand, predicting that Windows 10 would be installed on 1 billion devices by mid-2018.Today, Microsoft officials are conceding that they likely won't make that deadline.ZDNet's Ed Bott noted at the end of a blog post...

[embedded content] A new video focusing on "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has emerged from hyperspace, taking us behind the scenes of the hotly anticipated Star Wars spin-off."Rogue One" is an ensemble heist movie, focusing on a ragtag band of rebels attempting to steal the plans to the Death Star. ...

Never one to shun the spotlight, Donald Trump took to Twitter Friday to a ounce Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his pick for vice president. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee originally pla ed to name his ru ing mate on Friday, but cancelled his press conference in New York City out of respect to ...

Sarah Tew/CNET The Obama Administration on Friday a ounced a new funding initiative to ensure the U.S. maintains its leadership in the mobile technology space. The $400 million Advanced Wireless Research Initiative will be led by the National Science Foundation and aims to develop and advance wirele...

This caption, like all of CNET's output this week, was written while playing Pokemon Go. Josh Miller/CNET "POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON," has been the content and the subtext of all our communication this week. As the craze for Pokemon Go sweeps across the globe and into the UK, Luke and ...

Katy Perry Katy Perry is the latest artist to forgo Spotify in favor of Apple Music. The singer debuted her new song "Rise" on Apple's streaming service late Thursday night. While the song can also be found on the singer's Vevo YouTube page, it isn't available on either Spotify or Tidal. The song is...

Jason Cipriani/CNET Netflix doesn't won't let anyone store movies or shows to watch offline, but Amazon just amped up its download options for Android users in a big way. If you own a device ru ing Google's Android system, Amazon will let you download titles from its Netflix-like Prime Video service...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryNew UK driving test will assess if you can follow a sat navThe British driving test will now include sat nav directions in a move to mode ise the way people lea to drive.The UK's Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) updated the test to reflect the fact that more than ha...

Enlarge ImageAirtime is adding support for Twitch video gaming streams. Airtime/Twitch Airtime, a live-chat social network app backed by Facebook investor Sean Parker, added Twitch to the list of media that users can share and watch together in virtual rooms. The Airtime app combines aspects of a so...

Enlarge ImagePokemon Go is unofficially working in Jakarta, but not the rest of Asia. Leong Hean Leun/CNET While much of the world waits in anticipation for the wildly popular Pokemon Go game to launch in their countries, one Asian country is already catching them all, despite it not being officiall...

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Enlarge Image Naver Corporation Line is one of the world's biggest instant messenger apps -- even if you've never heard of it. And on Thursday, the Japanese company scored tech's biggest initial public offering of 2016.Line raised roughly $1.25 billion in its IPO, CNBC reports, and debuted on the Ne...

Inventor of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Be ers-Lee has made an impassioned bid in favour of net neutrality in Europe, calling on European citizens to stop legislation that could see the creation of so called Inte et "fast lanes".In an open letter published by the World Wide Web Foundation, Be ers-Lee...