Enlarge ImageOh great. Here comes Cthulhu. Google Earth screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET If you've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of author H.P. Lovecraft's deep-sea-dwelling tentacle-faced cosmic entity Cthulhu, you may want to hurry up and call the cult together. Cryptozoologists are excited ab...

Enlarge ImageApple Summer Camp participants also get cool shirts. Apple Apple has roped in charming programmable robot Sphero and the folks at coding course provider Tynker to build new coding and robotics sessions for its 2016 Summer Camp.Registration opened on Tuesday for the free camps, set to ta...

Uber's controversial surge pricing has led to legal problems. NurPhoto/Getty Images A federal judge says ride-hailing service Uber can be added as a defendant to an antitrust lawsuit against the company's co-founder and CEO, Travis Kalanick.Uber is a "necessary party" in the lawsuit, US District Jud...

Now you can control your Sonos speaker on an iOS device directly from the lock screen. The company just released a software update for its multiroom streaming speaker system that will allow customers to perform a wider range of iOS shortcuts, including quick navigation from the lock screen, Force To...

Apple now has to start doling out money to the plaintiffs as part of its e-book price-fixing suit. CNET E-book buyers affected by Apple's alleged price-fixing scheme will receive a bit of money starting Tuesday. Millions of e-book purchasers will get either credits or checks for twice their losses, ...

The Gui ess Book of World Records doesn't keep records for "oldest Twinkie," but if it did, the award would almost certainly go to the 40-year-old sweet treat in the video below.In 1976, according to a revelation Monday from Bangor Daily News, Roger Be atti, then a chemistry teacher at George Steven...

Enlarge ImageGoogle has cooked up a simpler way to enable a secure log in. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Securely signing into any of your Google accounts has just gotten easier.On Monday, the search giant unveiled a new option for logging into a Google service, such as Gmail or Google+. Dubbed "...

Enlarge ImageSoundCloud video ads will run in between tracks for US mobile listeners when they're active in the app. Photo by Sharon Vaknin/CNET SoundCloud is adding video ads, the latest service to roll out the commercial format. Often referred to as the "YouTube for audio," SoundCloud said Tuesday...

The lovable barbarian, sly archer and the rest of the gang from Clash of Clans just found a new home. Chinese inte et giant Tencent will acquire a majority stake in Fi ish game maker Supercell, best known for the blockbuster mobile game, for $8.6 billion, the companies said Tuesday. Tencent will own...

Misfit The Misfit Shine 2 and Misfit Ray are two of only a handful of fitness trackers that are actually waterproof. Despite being able to shower and swim with them, both trackers lack useful swimming features, which was odd given that Misfit partnered with Speedo last year on a swim-specific versio...

Enlarge ImageThe Queen appears to favor a one-fingered typing technique and an iPad. @RoyalFamily British monarch Queen Elizabeth II looks to be on the verge of a dangerous social media addiction after posting her second tweet in two years on Tuesday."I am most grateful for the many digital messages...

Apple's the most popular globally. CNET On Monday, LinkedIn published its Top Attractors report -- the list of 40 to companies that job seekers most want to work at, and that are the best at retaining them. The top company globally? Apple.Though Apple doesn't lead the US list -- Google does -- the f...

The early bulk of virtual reality has been weighted toward games, but a survey found that folks say they're more interested in everything else. Video games were ranked sixth among categories of VR, beat out by No. 1 travel and even by home design, according to a study released Tuesday by Greenlight ...

Misfit The Misfit Shine 2 and Misfit Ray are two of only a handful of fitness trackers that are actually waterproof. Despite being able to shower and swim with them, both trackers lack useful swimming features, which was odd given that Misfit partnered with Speedo last year on a swim-specific versio...

Twitter is on a never-ending quest to make videos more attractive on the site.The San Francisco-based social network said Tuesday that users will be able share longer videos on the platform as well as seeing longer-form videos on Vine, its short-looping video service. Twitter is making it easier for...

President Obama made cybersecurity discussions a priority on his Chinese counterpart's recent trip to the US. Feng Li, Getty Images A sharp drop-off in the number of cyberattacks on US interests originating in China has been recorded by security firm FireEye. The group said in a report published Mon...

Airbnb and Uber have offered consumers more choice, but many cities have ba ed the services for regulatory reasons. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images Uber and Airbnb may be much loved by their customers, but the ride-hailing app and accommodation rental service have caused havoc the world over by cha...

Enlarge Image TEH ENG KOON/AFP/Getty Images Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has a ounced that it will sell off its Chinese e-commerce venture, Yihaodian, to Chinese rival JD.com.JD.com, based in Beijing, is China's second largest e-commerce company, profiting around $28 billion in 2015. The d...

Plenty of new gadgets are still on deck for the second half 2016. Some are official, some are inevitable sequels -- but here's everything we know so far.

Enlarge Image Lucasfilm/Moeco There might be a lot of Star Wars phone cases out there, but there's none that do what these ones from Osaka-based Denshi Gihans do. Part artistically rendered blueprint and part functional circuit board, Denshi Gihan uses gold-plated circuit lines to design a fully fun...