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There's a huge change coming to MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Minis and Mac Pro desktops. The operating system ruing 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 unified theory of Apple operating systems.)Dubbed "Sierra," the next version of MacOS will be available for free to existing users later this year. As with recent versions -- 2015's El Capitan and 2014's Yosemite -- the new upgrade is less an overhaul and more a collection of handy features and enhancements, some of which come directly from iOS or are designed to help Macs work better with iOS pro...

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 version of the Shine.All of this changes come July. Misfit and Speedo have once again partnered to release the Misfit Shine 2 Swimmer's Edition. This is essentially the same Shine 2 tracker that was released earlier this year, but it now comes with new swim-tracking features. In addition to measuring steps and sleep, the new model can track swimming and count the exact number of laps you swim. It also i...

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 first ten in the US are all tech-related and all big names, including Salesforce, Facebook, Apple and Amazon in the top 5. In the UK, Google comes in fourth; the retailer John Lewis tops that regional list, with Virgin Media, Harrods and the PA Consulting Group rounding out its five.In Australia, accounting is oddly popular, with KPMG and PwC at the top, followed by Commonwealth Bank, Coles, and De...

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 version of the Shine.All of this changes come July. Misfit and Speedo have once again partnered to release the Misfit Shine 2 Swimmer's Edition. This is essentially the same Shine 2 tracker that was released earlier this year, but it now comes with new swim-tracking features. In addition to measuring steps and sleep, the new model can track swimming and count the exact number of laps you swim. It also i...

Why yes, it HAS been that long. Here's a small selection of what your money could buy you back when Cleveland won its last sports championship, in an era before man walked on the moon....

Tyler Lizenby/CNET A lot of us have been waiting for smarter smart home controls from Apple -- now, with new improvements to HomeKit in iOS 10, Apple wants to deliver.First aounced two years ago during the WWDC 2014 keynote, HomeKit is a set of protocols for how smart home products should communicate and work together within Apple's iOS software for mobile devices. This year in iOS 10, you'll be able to manage your gadgets right in the Control Center by swiping up and then over to access a dedicated smart home section. There will also be a new "Home" app that'll serve as a central point of organization for your coected home setup.This is a developing story. Follow our liveblog for the latest...

Apple introduced its upcoming Mac operating system at WWDC 2016: MacOS Sierra Tyler Lizenby/CNET At Apple's developer conference, WWDC 2016, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduced eight new major features coming to Apple laptops and desktops ruing the company's upcoming operating system, MacOS Sierra. The biggest of these is full Siri integration. Apple's digital assistant will be accessible through the Dock for you to do deep searches of your system or anything else -- from pulling up a music playlist to finding a showtime for a movie to finding an image on the web. "It's the same Siri that we know and love, but now on the Mac," said Federighi, "and it can ...

At 2015's E3 show, Bethesda wowed the Sunday night crowd with the surprise aouncement of Fallout 4 -- and the fact that the previously unaounced title would be available before the end of the year. With that cat out of the bag -- as well as the recent Doom reboot -- Bethesda's 2016 lineup may likely be more subdued. Still, the already aounced Dishonored 2 is a lock, and its possible that Bethesda may show off new titles in the Wolfenstein or Elder Scrolls series. The fun begins tonight at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET, with the GameSpot preshow starting 30 minutes earlier. Watch it all in the live stream embedded above.Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Here we go again. T-Mobile, the US's third-largest nationwide carrier, is set to unveil its latest Un-carrier move (we're up to 11 now). Check out all the details in the video stream below. The company's Un-carrier 11 presentation is set to begin at 1 pm ET/10 am PT today. We'll be updating this post for details as the event goes on.[embedded content]Let's block ads! بخوانید...

If you're a little bored when you hit the rowing machine at the gym, maybe you'd prefer to feel like you were rowing down a river in the Rockies, or even through an asteroid field in space? That's what a brand new VR experience for the HTC Vive headset is aiming to do.At the moment virtual reality experiences feel like they're mostly divided between active and passive. In active experiences you're interacting directly with your environment, whether you're firing lasers at incoming attackers or just picking up everyday objects using a VR controller system. Passive experiences are more like 360-degree videos: you can look around but for the most part you're there to enjoy the show. Holodia Fit...

E3 2016 is coming up soon. To help get you prepared for the show, we've rounded up all of the important details about the event's marquee news briefings from the big players.EA and Bethesda kick off the show with their press conferences on Sunday, June 12, while Monday, June 13 is the biggest day in terms of total number of briefings. Microsoft, Ubisoft, and Sony will hold their showcases that day, while the PC Gaming Show also takes place on June 13.Nintendo closes out the briefings on Tuesday, June 14, with a show dedicated exclusively to The Legend of Zelda for Wii U instead of its traditional Nintendo Direct showcase.Check out the full rundown of events below. All of the events are expec...

Ever wanted to take a road trip with a movie star? Well, here's your chance.Shia LaBeouf, known for the "Transformers" movies and a string of bizarre art projects, has invited the public to take him and fellow collaborators, Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Tuer, literally anywhere. But first, you have to find them. The trio is posting their GPS coordinates every day on Twitter and via a website, with the hashtag #TakeMeAnywhere. Find LaBeouf and friends, and you can, well, take them anywhere. The group embarked on their road trip, which is really a monthlong art project, Monday and has so far mostly been traveling around Colorado. As of this writing, LaBeouf is in the Rocky Mountain National Par...

Waer Bros. Interactive Entertainment today aounced everything that comes with Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Season Pass, including more levels and additional characters.Scroll down to see a full breakdown.The pass comes with three new Level Packs that showcase the game's story from different perspectives. For example, one mission chronicles Poe Dameron's travels back to the Resistance base after he crashed on Jakku. Another level puts players in the shoes of Kylo Ren during the attack on Maz Kanata's castle.Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Season Pass also adds five new playable characters, which you can see below. The Pass sells for $10, and also comes with the "exclusive" Jedi Chara...

Filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda's new short "Hyper-Reality" offers a grim look at a future where augmented reality has permeated just about every aspect of life (with not-so-great results). We thought it was thought-provoking.We're also talking about the University of Bristol's GauntLev. It's a series of devices designed to pick up, levitate, and manipulate small objects. It's not quite a Doctor Who sonic screwdriver...but it's as close as we can get (for now). Short film depicts horrific future of augmented reality (Tomorrow Daily Podcast 370) Your browser does not support the audio element. Of course, you can find us everywhere on social media. Like, follow and heart us as you desire!Tomorrow Da...

Enlarge ImageThis Stegosaurus will dominate your living room. Auctionata A lot of people are fascinated by dinosaurs, especially the really recognizable ones like Tyraosaurus rex, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. If you're lucky, you get to see one of them in a museum. If you're really, really lucky, you get to own one of your very own (and hopefully loan it to a museum). Now's your chance....

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWho are you, indeed? Keiichi Matsuda/Vimeo screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Have you ever felt overstimulated?Do you feel that there are very few signals and far too much noise?Do you feel that even the signals are too noisy?...

You may not be able to vacation like a billionaire this summer, but you can read like one.Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates released his aual recommended reading list for summer on Tuesday. Let's just say he's not losing himself in Sweet Valley High paperbacks and "Gone Girl" knockoffs.Gates' list consists of lots of science and math-packed tomes, and only one novel -- an 880-pager from fellow Seattleite Neal Stephenson. Gates offers the recommendations in a blog post on GatesNotes.com, and in a video in which a cartoon Bill drinks a froofy drink on the beach in one scene and floats through space in another. Here are the five Gates-recommended books, with comments from his reviews:"Seveneves,"...

Uber and Lyft said "see ya!" to Austin, Texas, after its citizens rejected a proposition exempting the companies from fingerprinting their drivers. But where those companies saw untenable regulation, a startup saw a big market for its services.That startup is Fasten, a ride-hailing app that said Friday it's launching in Austin as soon as possible. Fasten CEO Kirill Evdakov said the company hadn't plaed to go live in Austin just yet, but now plans to speed up its timeline. "We're reaching out to the drivers of Austin and signing them up as they come. This is happening quickly so our app will be available to riders shortly," Evdakov said in a draft of a blog post sent by email.He also had some...

I've seen enough sci-fi shows to know that frightening things can lurk outside windows in space. In fiction, those things are usually aliens that want to eat you, but in real life there are different dangers out there in the dark expanse. European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake tweeted a photo on Thursday showing a disconcerting sight through a window on the Inteational Space Station.Peake's close-up shows a chip caused by an impact from space debris. The damage is located in the cupola, a place that's used as an observatory with multiple windows giving a good view of Earth. The chip, about a quarter of an inch (7 millimeters), looks a lot like what happens when a small rock strikes your c...

Enlarge ImageNetflix beckons with no ads. Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Your days are too short as it is. You try to fit in work, chores and binge-watching all 144 episodes of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." You'll save quite a bit of time by watching all your shows on Netflix rather than cable TV, according to a numbers-crunching study...