The Eiffel Tower was lit in the colors of France's flag after the coordinated terrorist attacks of November 13. Stephen Shankland/CNET Facebook, Twitter and Google are on the receiving end of a lawsuit from a man who claims they're providing "material support" to terrorist groups such as ISIS.Reynal...

The Bluetooth logo is made of runes emblematic of its Scandinavian roots. Bluetooth SIG Get ready for your Bluetooth co ection to get a big boost.Bluetooth 5, the next iteration of the widely used wireless standard, will quadruple the range and double the speed of links among devices such as mobile ...

Enlarge ImageVerizon and Asus are leaning on each other in this new tablet offering. Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless customers in need of a small, powerful tablet have a new option as of today: the Asus ZenPad Z8. Ru ing Android Marshmallow, the Z8 is the first Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Asus tab...

Facebook Messenger is getting an interface makeover. Facebook Changes to Facebook are coming! This time you can direct your ire at the messenger -- or Messenger, to be exact. The world's largest social network a ounced on Thursday changes to its instant messenger app. Instead of seeing your most rec...

British national treasure Helen Mirren will feature alongside Vin Diesel in "Fast 8". Angela Weiss/Getty Images Helen Mirren will join the cast of "Fast 8", the eighth instalment in the Fast and the Furious franchise -- on one condition.The Oscar-wi ing British actress confirmed her spot in the 2017...

RoadshowNewsDiesel CarsVolkswagen's diesel deadline delayed...againThe option of getting cars fixed is on the table, but a fix will need to be approved separately. Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images When US District Judge Charles Breyer told Volkswagen that it had until June 21 to get its final diesel s...

RoadshowNewsCrossoversBMW recalls nearly 200,000 crossovers for child seat troublesEnlarge ImageAffected X3s stretch all the way back to the 2011 model, seen here. Wayne Cu ingham/Roadshow Crossovers are quite hip among younger parents who want to eschew the stereotype of minivan ownership. These li...

Enlarge Image Nintendo Pokemon Go could be the game that Pokemaniacs have dreamed of for years -- and it's coming out next month, reports Gamespot. The iOS and Android title brings Pokemon into AR (augmented reality). Once the free app has been downloaded, your smartphone will buzz if one of the cat...

Enlarge ImageZuckerberg and Chan started their foundation following the December birth of their first child, daughter Max. Facebook Fresh off verifying that he's not a lizard person (phew), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, alongside wife Priscilla Chan, is investing an undisclosed amount in Andela, a s...

Enlarge Image Po hub In March, Po hub sent out thousands of VR goggles so its tech-savy users could enjoy the virtual reality revolution for free. Now, the po streaming site is looking to take care of another section of its userbase: the visually impaired.Po hub on Wednesday a ounced its "Described ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageSamantha Mawdsley, fighting against insufferable d*cks. Samantha Mawdsley; Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What is it about men that they feel the need to display themselves to stran...

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen in a photo he posted to Myspace. CBS News The gunman behind the worst mass shooting in mode US history referenced the terrorist organization ISIS in a Facebook post moments before the massacre, a source close to the investigation told CBS News."You kill i ocent women and ...

Consumer interest in wearable technology shows no sign of waning any time soon.Global shipments of wearable devices is expected to reach 101.9 million units by the end of 2016, an increase of 29 percent over last year, according to a report released Wednesday by market researcher IDC. The market's a...

Sarah Tew/CNET Vizio TVs from the 2010-2011 model year will no longer support the Amazon Video app.That's the word from Amazon, which notified users of the affected televisions via email. The app will cease to work on August 15.Amazon is offering an olive branch, however: the same email offers affec...

Co ected cameras are a staple of the smart home, but as much as consumers have scooped up the likes of the Nest Cam, the Ring Doorbell, and others, Apple left cameras out when it launched its HomeKit smart home platform in 2014.That will change this fall once iOS 10 arrives. Apple said at WWDC that ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.But the iPhone is just an iFad, Darren. Franksrealsport/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You've stared at the pretty white box.You've opened it carefully. You've removed the glorious object inside...

Eric Schmidt: Google will keep supporting gay rights. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images No matter which candidate gets your vote in the upcoming presidential election, the world's most valuable tech company will not be standing behind you.Google will not lend its support to either Hillary Clinton or ...

[embedded content]Even though Nintendo has a handful of games coming out this year, they're choosing to focus their voice on a title that won't hit retail shelves until 2017. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the only game on the show floor at this year's E3, but that doesn't mean Nintendo ...

What will Google call its next Android mobile operating system? Certainly not Namey McNameface, but that didn't stop developers from calling it that in a preview of the new system available to software developers. According to Android Central, just click on "Settings" and then "About phone" on that ...

Enlarge ImageNeil deGrasse Tyson. YouTube/MinutePhysics Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is incredibly active on Twitter, where he's argued against flat-Earthers and is behind a neverending series of humorous science tweets. Today, his Twitter feed is full of facts about rainbows. The messages are...