RoadshowNewsCar IndustryWatch this car thief steal a Jeep Wrangler with nothing but a laptopAs more transportation goes online, the riff-raff are finding new ways to screw with or make off with our vehicles. Folks have already managed to remotely take control of a car's functions, and now it looks l...

Enlarge ImageThis alligator lizard wasn't going down without a fight. Bryan Snyder/Off the Map Books Sometimes, the food chain has a few kinks in it. Outdoor-travel author Bryan Snyder told CNET he took this photo of a scrappy little alligator lizard fighting back from inside the belly of a kingsnak...

RoadshowNewsCar CultureTake a spooky spin in the new Ecto-1 from 'Ghostbusters' Ghosts may be able to pass through walls, but the Ghostbusters still need to hit the road like everyone else. That's where Ecto-1 comes in. In this summer's remake of the classic comedy, a new team of Ghostbusters have a...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryVolkswagen, LG team up to merge co ected cars and smart homesLG already has its hands in so many different aspects of the inte et of things, it's giving Volkswagen a substantial advantage over automakers that lack this kind of partnership. David Ramos/Getty Images We've only ...

If you've ignored any of the previous reports of unsafe hoverboards that can catch fire, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission would really like you to pay attention now. In a new product recall alert posted to its website, the CPSC wa s that "The lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing ...

The Galaxy Wide is designed for budget-conscious consumers. Samsung Samsung has cooked up a new smartphone, at least for South Korean consumers. The Galaxy Wide smartphone, unveiled Tuesday, is similar to Samsung's Galaxy On7 with such specs as a 5.5-inch, 1,280x720-pixel display, a 1.2GHz quad-core...

While it's far from a reality, many startups, consultants and industry prognosticators are talking up the possibilities of Hyperloop travel, the concept for ultra-fast travel proposed by Tesla founder Elon Musk. Hyperloop One is one of the start-ups trying to bring this technology to life, and in a ...

Whether you prefer gobbling up Chocolate Frogs or Fizzing Whizzbees, there is a special delicacy for everyone -- wizards and Muggles alike -- in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" book series.In an infographic recently posted on official Harry Potter site Pottermore, fans can find the names of every trea...

Asus Slim hybrid PCs that can do double duty as both a laptop and tablet usually carry premium prices, especially ones that are thi er than a MacBook Air and use Intel's high-end Core m-series processors. Asus has a new 13-inch model that manages to be very thin, use an Intel Core M processor and st...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryGet a grip: GM built a force-multiplying robotic glove, and I got to try it outEnlarge ImageGet a grip -- or don't, because the RoboGlove will do it for you. General Motors What's this, a Roadshow story that's not about a car? Well, this neat piece of engineering could improv...

Enlarge ImageMegaupload founder Kim Dotcom pictured in New Zealand, where he is fighting extradition to the US on copyright infringement charges. Ha ah Peters/Getty Images Kim Dotcom is teasing a new cloud storage service. Despite being embroiled in legal troubles from his earlier file-sharing site ...

Enlarge ImageAnthony Martial of Manchester United celebrates being nominated as the face of FIFA 17, probably. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Matches are won by getting in the box, but for FIFA 17 it's all about getting on the box.Game developer EA wants fans to vote for which soccer star will take...

Enlarge ImageA Starship self-driving delivery robot, coming soon to a street near you. Starship Pizza delivery could be the next job to be replaced by machines, as self-driving robots begin delivering meals and packages in Europe.Estonian company Starship, started by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla an...

Enlarge Image Claudia Cruz/CNET Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have found themselves in legal hot water in India. The Supreme Court of India, the country's final court of appeal, has concluded that the companies' search engines violated Indian laws by hosting advertisements for tools, kits and clinics ...

Enlarge ImageYup. That covers it. Screenshot by Luke Lancaster/CNET Already available on Skype, Messenger and Telegram, the Project Murphy website was updated on Wednesday to say that you'll soon be able to ask Microsoft's chatbot all the weird hypotheticals you want on the Slack and Kik messaging p...

Enlarge ImageNASA's Super Pressure Balloon. NASA Despite putting a satellite in orbit around Jupiter earlier this week, NASA is also setting precedents back on planet Earth -- or at least a lot closer to it. The latest experiment conducted by the space agency's Balloon Program Office saw the second ...

As part of Amazon's second a ual Prime Day sales event coming up next week, customers will have the option of receiving their purchases within an hour through the company's Prime Now delivery service.Amazon said Tuesday that customers in more than 25 US metropolitan areas will be able to get near-im...

Screenshot by Luke Lancaster/CNET Want to catch Pokemon in the real world? Well, the wait is over (provided you live in Australia or New Zealand). The augmented reality mobile game Pokemon Go has now launched in a limited number of countries around the world.The free-to-play game uses your phone's c...

Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET Xiaomi made much of its $40 billion-plus fortune by selling affordable midrange and budget smartphones, like the Redmi Note 3. Now, Hugo Barra, the company's vice president of inte ational, says the brand is going premium."When you look at...the prices of our products, t...

Cory Anstey always wanted to be a farmer. It was the joy of riding in the tractor, "the smell of the dirt in the spring" that drew him to the fields.Anstey, 44, is also a bit of a techie. Lucky for him, mode agriculture lets him embrace both of his passions. Anstey started using GPS technology in hi...