Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Luis Mallett, alleged Uber customer. Weymouth Police Department Technology companies tell us they've made us more independent. We just tap on our phones and so many services are instantly ours. Getaway cars ...

BitTorrent BitTorrent, best known for its peer-to-peer sharing technologies, continues its push toward becoming a media company with the BitTorrent News network. The live-streaming news network will be available through its BitTorrent Live app for Apple TV, iOS devices and MacOS computers starting J...

Add one more premium cable service to Roku's continually growing list of apps. The Starz app, which launched in April, is now available on the company's media streamers, joining Apple TV (the new one, not the old) and Chromecast (via Android and iOS devices). The app gives you access to all of the c...

A few weeks ago I contacted Bose about some comments I saw on Amazon about users experiencing problems with the company's new SoundSport Wireless headphones, which I'd rated very highly. The problems seemed to be related to sweat -- or more precisely heavy sweat. I did my best to replicate the probl...

Enlarge ImageMastercard is expanding its Masterpass platform into mobile payments in stores. Mastercard How many in-store purchases did you make last year using your phone? If you're like most Americans, the answer is none.Hoping to make mobile payments just a little more accessible, Mastercard and ...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryCourt rules GM must answer for pre-bankruptcy ignition issuesThis ruling could end up costing GM billions of dollars, on top of the billion it's already paid out. Andrew Burton/Getty Images For the longest time, General Motors has argued that New GM (post-bankruptcy) should n...

Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET What would happen if you took a Garmin bike computer, combined it with a GoPro, and added a splash of Strava? You may get something like the Bycle, a new iPhone accessory that is designed for cyclist and commuters.At first glance, you may think the Bycle is simply an iPh...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryGO your own way: LA Auto Show adds floor space for personal mobilityHooray! More things for our not-at-all-larger team to cover in the same span of time! David McNew/Getty Images Mobility takes many forms. Sometimes, all you need is something capable of taking you a few miles...

DJI Getting a close-up look at something with a DJI drone previously meant flying the thing closer to the subject. DJI's new camera module -- the Zenmuse Z3 -- comes with a built-in optical zoom, giving you a closer view, without risking smashing up your fancy flying machine.The camera has a 3.5x op...

Enlarge ImageEU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager in Brussels earlier this year. Thierry Charlier/AFP/Getty Images The European Commission is going after Google again, arguing that the tech giant has abused its position as the world's leading search engine by favoring its own shopping ...

When diversity proponents point to the low percentage of women in places like boardrooms, a common response is that qualified candidates are few and far between.Profiles like these are what theBoardList uses to match companies up with qualified female directors. theBoardList Take, for instance, a su...

Go catch 'em all -- Pokemon Go is finally available in the UK on iOS and Android. The game launched earlier this month in Australia and the US, and has already created something of a frenzy among Pokemon fans.While it's been possible to get the game in the UK by unofficial means, today is the first ...

Enlarge Image 20th Century Fox There could soon be another X-Men show on TV to get you your mutant fix. Fox has commissioned a pilot for a yet-to-be-named show that'll take place in the X-Men universe, reports Variety. It'll follow two human parents who co ect with a group of mutants after discoveri...

Nest, the smart-home device company, is trying to move forward. But maybe think of it as a side-step.After months of scrutiny following a bombshell report painting Alphabet's high-profile smart-home device company dysfunctional and the subsequent departure of cofounder Tony Fadell, Nest is releasing...

Video live-streamed on Facebook shows the action that precedes a shooting, as well as the aftermath. TJ Williams/Facebook One of the victims of a triple shooting in Virginia on Tuesday inadvertently broadcast the attack live to Facebook.The video, uploaded by Facebook user TJ Willams, shows three me...

Pokemon Go has this week invaded Google accounts, Europe and, above all, our hearts. Now, Pokemon is taking over politics.On Wednesday, Jane Kim, a San Francisco-based senate-hopeful, issued a Pokemon Go "challenge" to competing candidate Scott Wiener over Twitter. Wiener, apparently a confident tra...

Enlarge ImageJuvenile black-footed ferrets. USFWS M&Ms aren't just for snacking in the office or gorging on during Halloween. They could also give the endangered black-footed ferret a better chance at survival. In an effort to prevent the black-footed ferret population from decreasing in the United ...

A Chinese businessman has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for conspiring to hack the computer systems of Boeing and other US defense contractors to steal military technical data.Su Bin, a Chinese national and the owner of a Chinese aviation technology company, was sentenced Wednesday i...

Enlarge ImageSo... the alien spaceships are only 8-bit? Video screenshot by Eric Mack Is NASA hiding clear video evidence of a UFO descending to Earth? To paraphrase what a spokesperson from the space agency told me when I asked: "Uh, no."NASA increasingly has eyes all over the solar system, whether...

RoadshowNewsCoupesPorsche recalls all the 918 Spyders out of an abundance of cautionSome automakers are content to recall small batches of vehicles based on a decently large issue. Others are willing to eat the negative PR involved with a full-line recall. Porsche falls into the latter category this...