Uber has long touted its ride-hailing service as a means to financial independence for its drivers. But a new report finds that drivers in three major US markets are making little more than workers at Walmart.A BuzzFeed examination of leaked inte al price-modeling data and Uber's own calculations su...

Mi esota software engineer Tim Shank uses a chip implanted in his finger to unlock the smart lock to his home. He also has an NFC chip with contact information stored in it, which lets him easily tap and send the info to an Android phone.Rather than heading to the doctor or nurse's office to get the...

Sony has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a long-ru ing class-action lawsuit over the removal of support for the Linux operating system in its PlayStation 3 console.The lawsuit stemmed from Sony's decision in 2010 to eliminate the "Other OS" option available in all pre-Slim models of the ...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryThirty Helens agree: Smart-city technology can change our lives for the betterAnything to save us from clusterf$%&s like this will be welcome. USDOT The US Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge is almost over, as a wi er is to be revealed in the very near future...

Enlarge ImageChristina Grimmie in a photo she tweeted in March. Twitter Fans of singer Christina Grimmie knew she had another love in addition to music -- the Legend of Zelda games. So much so, in fact, that her YouTube user name was zeldaxlove64. And in a mischievous video from 2010, she poses in f...

Image by De is Skley, CC BY-ND 2.0 The US Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected a proposal that would have expanded the FBI's surveillance powers, including allowing searches of inte et browsing histories without a court order.The legislation, included as an amendment to a criminal justice funding b...

[embedded content] Much like hit records ea awards, YouTube cha els get special commemorative trophies for reaching subscriber milestones. The first of these is the Silver Play Button for racking up 100,000 subscribers. It's silver-plated and personalized with the cha el name. The Hydraulic Press Ch...

French creative JB painted each of these emoji-themed billiard balls by hand Jean-Baptiste Henri Franck Cyrille Marie Le Divelec You're probably already bracing yourself for the Giant animated emojis exploding onto iOS 10 devices this Fall, but before that happens check out this set of real life bil...

Valve boss Gabe Newell recently said he doesn't think VR exclusives are "a good idea for customers or developers"--his company worked with HTC to release the Vive headset. Now, Oculus head of content Jason Rubin said in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz that his company's policy on exclusives is g...

RoadshowNewsCrossoversJust like the NSX, except not: Acura sets pricing for 2017 MDX crossoverEnlarge ImageLook forward to seeing this face on more than just the MDX. Acura When Acura unveiled the 2017 MDX at this year's New York Inte ational Auto Show, it came sporting a face derived from Acura's P...

Facebook is in love with live streaming, and it is paying celebrities and media companies $50 million to fall for the mania too. The world's biggest social network reportedly signed deals with almost 140 people and publishers to broadcast video live to news feeds. Facebook has been enticing big name...

Screenshot by Marguerite Reardon SoundCloud is making it easier for music lovers to discover new artists and songs.On Wednesday, the social media platform designed specifically to share recorded sounds and music with friends or the public, a ounced a new "Suggested Tracks" feature that will automati...

RoadshowNewsCoupesDodge bids Viper farewell with slew of special editionsEnlarge ImageGood night, sweet prince...s? Dodge Dodge's Viper is a quintessentially American machine. With a giant V-10 engine, a sleek form and the ability to send your eyeballs receding into your skull, it's a big, brash sal...

Enlarge ImageWhat happens when CNET writer Da y Gallagher tries to score a spot in the Classic Tetris World Championship? Screenshot by Da y Gallagher/CNET Playing video games is not unlike having children. Kids can produce happy, beautiful moments, and also some of the most hair-pulling and anger-i...

Sca ing, sharing and creating files just got easier thanks to a handful of new Dropbox features. During a press event in San Francisco, the file hosting and cloud service company a ounced several additions to its software platform, particularly with its mobile app for Apple iOS.The most notable upda...

Apple must still fight to win the OK to set up retail stores in India in spite of a new relaxed policy. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple must resubmit an application to open retail stores in India as the gove ment relaxes rules on sales in the world's second-largest country, according to a report.Earlier this w...

You don't have to know the name "Mobile World Congress" to appreciate what the a ual blockbuster conference means for anyone who loves phones, tablets, smartphones, and really, anything that has to do with the wireless world. After all, it's at this trade show each February that Samsung typically un...

There's a huge change coming to MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Minis and Mac Pro desktops. The operating system ru ing Apple's computers is getting renamed and updated, going from OS X to MacOS. (The new name is more in line with iOS and WatchOS, and the shift feels like another step in a long path to a grand...

Coming soon to Moscow? Hyperloop One Moscow may one day get a supersonic competitor to its grand metro system. Hyperloop One yesterday a ounced that it had signed an agreement with city officials and The Summa Group, a Russian company that funds infrastructure projects, to explore the possibility of...

Nonprofit CODE2040 wants to improve diversity in tech with qualified black and Latino inte s. Code2040 Silicon Valley is overwhelmingly run by white men, but it doesn't need to be. The question then is how to improve the industry's diversity. Google is 60 percent white. Microsoft is 59.2 percent. Ap...