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Fitbit did not misappropriate Jawbone's trade secrets, a US trade court judge finds. Dave Cheng/CNET Wearable-device maker Fitbit did not steal trade secrets from rival Jawbone, a judge for the US Inteational Trade Commission ruled on Tuesday.Judge Dee Lord, who issued the ruling, concluded that no violation of the Tariff Act occurred because "no party has been shown to have misappropriated any trade secret," according to Reuters. Had a violation of the act been identified, Fitbit could have been prohibited from importing its products and components into the US.The two wearable-tech companies have in the past ...

The craziest thing about bitcoin is how commonplace it is.The digital currency, introduced in 2009 and now accepted by more than 100,000 merchants worldwide, can buy you just about anything, from a high-tech gadget, which you might expect, to an ice-cold beer, which you might not. We've rounded up 25 of the most surprising things that'll tempt your bitcoin wallet. Some are extraordinary, and some are extraordinarily ordinary. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Enlarge Image Josh Miller/CNET Pokemon Go has been such a hit that it caused Nintendo's stock to double. On Friday, however, the company reminded investors that it didn't actually make the game -- causing stocks to drop by 18 percent on Monday."[Pokemon Go] is developed and distributed by Niantic," Nintendo said in a statement on Friday. "The Pokemon Company, which is an affiliated company of Nintendo, holds the ownership rights to Pokemon."It adds that Nintendo owns 32 percent of The Pokemon Company and, therefore, Pokemon Go's impact on Nintendo's business "is limited." This prompted Nintendo's stock to fa...

RoadshowNewsThat didn't take long: First car crash attributed to Pokemon Go in New YorkThe Aubu Police Department could use some better cell phone cameras. Aubu Police Department I sincerely hope that the majority of you lovely readers are capable of not playing Pokemon Go while driving. In the event you're trying to save time by multitasking, though, let this car crash in Aubu, New York, serve as reminder to not play Pokemon Go whilst behind the wheel of a 3,000-pound death sled.The city of Aubu posted a public safety alert on its website, reminding drivers to catch 'em all once the driving is done. It inclu...

Enlarge ImageThe Zenta bracelet by Vinaya. Jacqui J. Sze/Vinaya A few years ago Kate Unsworth, a technology consultant in the corporate world, was hurtling towards buout. "I was completely dialled in, completely swept up in the chaos," she realised. "I was completely addicted to my phone and my brain was always firing 100 times a second." So she decided to pack it in and head for the Himalayas to meditate for a month."And then I thought that's ridiculous," she remembers. "Why do I have to run away to the Himalayas? Why can't I live in a city like London or New York and also find stillness and peace? Because I...

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has struggled to tu around the inteet pioneer. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Yahoo's ongoing effort to sell itself may reach its conclusion this month.A third round of bids from the inteet company's suitors is expected Wednesday, and the final selection process will happen around July 18, Recode reported, citing uamed sources.The report said Verizon, considered the leading bidder, has AOL head Tim Armstrong leading its negotiations. Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert and private equity firm TPG are also in the mix.However, the story mentions that bids for Yahoo's core business are currently...

[embedded content] Plate armor doesn't look particularly comfortable. It's heavy. It covers most of your body. It looks like it would slow you to a crawl. Researchers are taking a fresh look at armor, however, and showing how the warriors of yesteryear were surprisingly nimble while wearing full protective gear. A video shows Daniel Jaquet, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Berlin-based Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, doed plate armor while working through training exercises documented by a 15th-century knight known as Boucicaut. The mode-day knight performs stretches, twists, jumps up to horseback height, goes for ...

Enlarge Image Fitbit A new feature inside of the Fitbit app looks to help improve the sleep habits of millions of Fitbit owners. While a majority of the company's products already offer sleep tracking and let users create custom sleep goals, a new Sleep Schedule will now allow for even more control. The new feature, which will arrive today as part of an update to the Fitbit app, adds bedtime and wakeup targets to help establish consistency and bedtime reminders to push you stay on schedule. Sleep goals have also been revamped and will now be personalized based on your sleep data. All of this is in addition to...

Apple's aual developer conference kicked off with aouncements on new features for its four platforms, WatchOS, iOS, tvOS, and macOS. However, like every year, hopeful optimists can't help but be disappointed by the omissions on Apple's laundry list of upcoming products.Here are a few features we wanted to see at WWDC 2016 and didn't get:iMessage for AndroidWe get it, Apple. You want everyone to own an iPhone, but that's just not going to happen. So why not share the iMessage goodness with everyone? Popular...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageHe'd have been nothing without the govement. CNET That Steve Jobs.He was a pretty good designer. He was also good at putting things together.But let's not forget who was really behind fine tech inventions such as the iPhone. It was the US govement.I know this because House minority leader Nancy Pelosi told me. Or rather, told attendees of the Democratic National Convention Platform Hearing on Thursday.She held up an iPhone. "In this smartphone, almost everything came from federal investments and research,...