Enlarge ImageThe Zenta bracelet by Vinaya. Jacqui J. Sze/Vinaya A few years ago Kate Unsworth, a technology consultant in the corporate world, was hurtling towards bu out. "I was completely dialled in, completely swept up in the chaos," she realised. "I was completely addicted to my phone and my bra...

Enlarge ImageTheranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes. JP Yim, Getty Images After months under the microscope, Theranos' CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been ba ed from operating a laboratory for two years, and the health-tech company's Newark, Califo ia laboratory has had its license revoked. The ruling ...

Enlarge Image Aloysius Low/CNET The World Economic Forum on Wednesday released a list that gauges how well countries are using new digital technology. The US, perhaps unsurprisingly, isn't No. 1 -- that honour goes to Singapore.Instead, the US came in at No. 5, below Finland, Sweden and Norway too. ...

Walk through the history of England without leaving home. Screenshot by Kent German/CNET If you fancy a walk through Westminster Abbey, but can't afford a ticket to London, then open Google Street View instead. The centuries-old Gothic church that's played host to royal wedding and funerals and the ...

Enlarge ImageRinging Bells' Freedom 251 smartphone -- named so because it costs 251 rupees in India. That equates to roughly $3.70, £2.70 and AU$5. Manish Singh/CNET Ringing Bells has made a name for itself thanks to its $4 Freedom 251, but it tu s out that selling smartphones for the price of a dri...

Netflix/Wa er Bros Let it never be said that Wa er Bros can't tell a good franchise when it has one. The runaway success of "The Lego Movie" has already spawned a host of related films, with the sequel not arriving until after "The Lego Batman Movie" and "The Lego Ninjago Movie".With the writing and...

No Man's Sky, the indescribably enormous space exploration game, is finally finished. Creator Sean Murray tweeted out a photo of the team popping the champagne over what could well be the world's very first copy of the game.Originally scheduled for a June 2016 release, it was pushed back until mid-A...

Enlarge Image Skulpt Congratulations to John P. of Anderson, South Carolina, for wi ing a Parrot Bebop drone in our "Crowd Control" giveaway two weeks ago, and to Bryan S. of Newberg, Oregon, for wi ing all seven seasons of "The League" on DVD last week. We're all about commitment. Last week, to ser...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageThe now deleted tweet. Joe Walsh/Twitter Chaos reigns. At least four police officers are dead after snipers shoot down upon them in Dallas during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest, following...

[embedded content]Put this photo on the front page of the Daily Prophet: Tu s out Hermione Granger can really be in two places at once. Well, the same place, twice. Maybe a Time-Tu er was involved.On Thursday, Emma Watson, who played scrappy teenage Hermione in the Harry Potter films, met up with No...

Screen shot of police officers lying next to cruisers during a shooting in Dallas. Michael Kevin Bautista/Facebook A shooting that wounded two police officers during a rally Thursday night in downtown Dallas was live-streamed on Facebook, the latest use of the video-sharing feature amid increased vi...

Is Pokemon Go stealing your battery life as you battle to be the best and claim your rightful place? The augmented reality Pokemon game is topping app store charts and game servers are melting under the stress of so many people desperate to catch 'em all.Unfortunately, there is very little documenta...

The videos posted to social media of two black men being shot to death by police this week underscore the fear felt by millions of people, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says."The images we've seen this week are graphic and heartbreaking, and they shine a light on the fear that millions of members of ...

Bowers & Wilkins will sell its Zeppelin Wireless speaker in a new white finish this August for $699 (£545 or AU$935). Bowers & Wilkins Wireless speakers come in all shapes and sizes, but the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Wireless took off in the marketplace last year, in no small part because of its dis...

A 14-year-old boy and his mother have filed a lawsuit against Snapchat, alleging that the photo- and video-sharing app's Discover service routinely exposes minors to sexually explicit content without wa ing them or their parents.The lawsuit, which was filed Thursday by celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos ...

Enlarge ImageThis artist's impression shows a view of the triple-star system HD 131399 from close to the giant planet orbiting in the system. ESO/L. Calçada Luke Skywalker's home planet in Star Wars has two suns, and wherever Westeros from "Game of Thrones" is, it suffers from long and weirdly unpre...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageTempting. Very tempting. Eh, bae? Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Speaking to college students can resemble walking into a bar in an unfamiliar town in an unfamiliar country. You thi...

Enlarge ImageMulder and Scully of "The X-Files" stacked up the frequent-flyer miles, traveling to whichever state had an alien encounter. 20th Century Fox "The X-Files" is an equal-opportunity creepshow. Mulder and Scully have no problem racking up the miles jetting from state to state uncovering pa...

Think billionaires just sit around inside their vaults swimming in dollars, Scrooge McDuck-style? That sounds great and all, but Bill Gates and close pal Warren Buffett have an idea of fun that's more like two middle-school pals. In a virtual-reality video Gates tweeted out Wednesday, the two cruise...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageDon't study at school, kids. Just go to the NBA. Verizon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET LeBron James knows that physics is boring. I know this because he's the star of a new Verizon...