Getty Images/EyeEm A new 50-turbine wind farm in Norway has yet to be constructed, but Google has already bought up its entire 12-year supply of energy. The farm, due to be completed in 2017, will be used to power Google's European data centres, Reuters reports. The search giant has also bought the ...

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Enlarge Image Twitter screenshot by Daniel Van Boom/CNET Earlier this month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his social media accounts hacked. Now, Brendan Iribe, CEO of the Facebook-backed Oculus, has apparently suffered the same fate."We here @oculus are very excited to a ounce our new CEO. @Lid!...

Enlarge Image NEC Back in 2014, Google a ounced that it was one of several companies investing in a $300 million underwater inte et cable linking the US west coast to Japan. Today, that cable will go live. Nicknamed "Faster", the 9,000 kilometre (5,600 mile) cable will co ect Oregon to the coastal J...

[embedded content] If you're a big YouTuber or are big into Vine, you've probably come across "unexpected John Cena". It's a mixture between a meme and a prank, with unrelated videos leading to a cacophonous appearance by the mutli-time WWE Champion. You can see examples of it here. Now, Cena has pa...

Time to get ready for Jeff Bezos' favorite made-up holiday. No, not Festivus -- Prime Day.Amazon on Wednesday said Prime Day, a shopping event it introduced last year, is coming back on July 12, starting midnight Pacific Time for US shoppers. As the name suggests, all Prime Day deals are available o...

Google's searchable database will show you almost everything you do on the inte et, as well as which device and browser you used. Google It's common knowledge that web companies spend a lot of effort tracking everything you do online. But now Google wants to share with you all the information it has...

Netflix has ordered a new "Lost In Space" series, based on the 1960s original. 20th Century Fox/Archive Photos/Getty Images Will Robinson will soon find himself in danger again, thanks to Netflix.The inte et streaming giant a ounced Wednesday it has ordered 10 one-hour episodes of an updated "Lost I...

Enlarge ImageSen. Elizabeth Warren says we need more competition in the US. Win McNamee, Getty Images There have been several high-profile acquisitions in the tech industry over the past few years: Google bought the phone maker Motorola in 2012, then the home-automation maker Nest in 2014. Facebook ...

The new Doom is the first game in a long time I've beaten and still can't stop playing. The enemies are challenging and menacing. The weapons offer all sorts of satisfying ways to eviscerate anyone who questions your digital authority. The opportunities for destruction are plentiful. My mom, Deborah...

Microsoft Windows 10 is on more than 350 million devices. All of them will be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows A iversary Update that brings Cortana to the lock screen, Xbox Play Anywhere and other features. Meanwhile, Amazon is doing its best to sell you more stuff. Amazon will offer discount...

[embedded content] One of the most epic and anticipated battle scenes this side of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy went down in the penultimate episode of season 6 of HBO mega-hit "Game of Thrones" earlier this month, and now the studio behind the highly satisfying "Battle of the Bastard...

Pla ing to go back to school with a premium PC in your messenger bag? Or perhaps put one in your kid's backpack? If you buy that computer from Microsoft, the company will throw in an Xbox One game console, free of charge. Through August 14, any student, parent or teacher in the US and Canada who pur...

Enlarge ImageImagine what it's like to be drunk in VR. Sarah Tew/CNET Virtual reality promises to show you many wondrous things. Put on a pair of VR goggles and you can feel transported to an alien planet or an undersea volcano or a futuristic shootout between cops and robbers.Diageo, the company be...

Ever want to take a ride in the Ghostbusters company car, Ecto-1? Now you can, with a new promotion from Lyft and Sony -- and you don't have to carpool with Slimer.This promotion for the new "Ghostbusters" reboot offers customers the option to ride in Ghost Mode, an option in the Lyft app that will ...

Enlarge ImageHillary Clinton takes a selfie with fans. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Hillary Clinton sees technology as the key to a thriving economy and an important tool in reducing social and economic inequality.On Tuesday, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president released her platform on tec...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryTesla's next Supercharger expansion could involve...gas stations?Tesla's already laid down hundreds of Superchargers in an effort to eliminate range anxiety, especially on long hauls. Tesla Just when you think you're done with gas stations forever, your battery-electric car m...

Enlarge ImageIs it time to dump a three-decade old hacking law? James Martin/CNET Does a ban on hacking also prohibit free speech?That's a question at the heart of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against US Atto ey General Loretta Lynch, claiming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Ac...

Amazon Amazon now sells its own baby food.The e-commerce giant quietly launched its first-ever private-label foods on its website, starting to sell Happy Belly coffee and Mama Bear baby food. A company spokesperson confirmed that both products are made by Amazon and went on sale in the past few days...

Enlarge Image You'd never know that behind that wall of seemingly unrelated emoji is a secret message. Thanks to Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the Firefox web browser, you can now send messages across the web without fear of unintended people reading it.Enlarge ImageClick on my message to see what I...