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This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all.The main street in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesvos, wraps around the green-tinted Aegean like a horseshoe. Brightly painted buildings line the road while wooden sailboats bob near the pier. It's beautiful.It's also where I bump into Waleed, a young boy I'd met earlier that day at the gate of the Kara Tepe refugee camp just outside town.He was fishing with two other migrants.I ask where his mom is. He points back toward the camp. "Kara Tepe," he tells me.And his father?"Dad. Syria. Psh, Psh," he says, pointing a finger to his head while imitat...

Subscribe to the Apple Byte PodcastiTunes MP3 | RSS MP3 | FeedBuer MP3SoundCloud | Google Play | TuneIniTunes video | RSS video | FeedBuer videoYouTube | Livestream| Stitcher Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 53 Your browser does not support the audio element. [embedded content]EXTRA CRUNCHY SHOW NOTES:See you on the 7th. Apple's InviteSamsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 over battery flawSpec Sheet Shows iPhone 7 Plus With 256GB Storage and Lightning EarPodsApple Headphones News:Apple Granted Product Certifications for 'AirPods', New iPhones and Apple Watch ModelsBragi teases 'big' aouncement happening next week in Cupertino, possible Apple deal?New Beats Products to Debut Alongside iPhone 7 on September...

Enlarge ImageGoogle Crowdsource lets you help the company with language translation, handwriting recognition and map translation accuracy. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Google has a formidable artificial intelligence team working on everything from photo recognition to email spam filtering. But for some tasks, it's looking for the human touch -- yours, specifically.The online giant on Monday released a new Android app called Crowdsource that lets you contribute your own suggestions to language translation, handwriting recognition and street sign transcription. "Each microtask takes no more than five to 10 seconds, so knock away a few the next time you find yourself with a few moments ...

[embedded content] If you like cowboy hats with your robots, you're probably excited about HBO's new "Westworld" series. HBO released a fresh trailer on Sunday, so brush off your Stetson and get ready for some mechanical people with shotguns and spurs. HBO released a teaser in June, but the new trailer takes a longer, deeper dive into the upcoming series.Michael Crichton, creator of "Jurassic Park," wrote and directed the original 1973 film version of "Westworld." The basic premise is all about what can go wrong in a Weste-themed amusement park populated by robots. Since this is on HBO, we can expect a grittier, more "Game of Thrones"-like vision than we saw in the '70s movie.The trailer sta...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageColin Kaepeick. Standing up for his principles? Stack/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As protests go, it was as silent as you could get.While the rest of his team stood for the national anthem during a preseason game on Friday night, quarterback Colin Kaepeick sat on the bench.When asked about it by NFL.com, Kaepeick explained: "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people g...

Enlarge Image Google 2016 was a big year for VR, and it's about to get bigger. Google will be launching its Daydream VR platform in a matter of weeks, Bloomberg reports. Alphabet, Google's parent company, is said to be investing big money on content for the platform. Much of this is going toward development of video games and apps, licensing sports leagues and shooting 360-degree videos, many of which include YouTube stars, according to the publication. Daydream is being built into the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, which launched this week. It said back in May that Samsung, HTC, ZTE, Huawei, Xiaomi, Alcatel, Asus and LG had agreed to make "Daydream ready" smartphones. The idea of the ...

Close 3 reasons to believe the OnePlus 3 hype Drag Are you looking for a new phone to take back to school, or maybe you're in desperate need of an upgrade? We want to help!CNET wants to give you the opportunity to get your hands on the OnePlus 3, the wier of our June 2016 Editors' Choice award with an overall score of 8.9 and a bottom line that says it's "the best budget Android phone you can buy, with a premium look and feel, and performance fast enough to go head-to-head with any high-end handset on the market."We've...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageRyan Lochte. Does he think swimming through social media can rehabilitate his image? Stephen Du Performing a media pivot is just like taking a routine tu in the individual medley.You reach the wall, head in the opposite direction and perform a completely different stroke.So it is that Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has decided to issue something that approximates an apology.He took to Instagram on Friday to express his sorrow at last week's unfortunate tu of events. "I want to apologize for my behavior last weekend," he wrote. Some might translate this as: "My PR people just explained to me...

Enlarge ImageArvind Krishna, a senior vice president at IBM Research Stephen Shankland/CNET Bitcoin has a bad rap as the preferred currency of drug dealers. But that isn't stopping IBM and some of the world's most conservative businesses from tapping into its technological underpiings. Specifically, Big Blue is interested in the blockchain -- the mechanism Bitcoin uses to publicly record transactions. Today's businesses each have their own records, slowing transactions and triggering problems figuring out who's right when there are disagreements. But the blockchain approach is more cooperative by providing a consistent record that members of a network can see. "The blockchain is about distri...

CBS When the upcoming "Star Trek: Discovery" edges out of port, it will have a woman as the TV series' lead actor.However, she won't be captain, according to The Hollywood Reporter, but rather a lieutenant commander. That character will likely be non-white, boldly going where no Star Trek has gone before, reports Deadline. (CBS is the parent company of CNET publisher CBSInteractive.)"We're going deep into something that was for me always very tantalizing, and [we're telling] that story through a character who is on a jouey that is going to teach her how to get along with others in the galaxy," series creator Bryan Fuller told reporters Wednesday during the Television Critics Association summ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageThis is more of an Android expression. John Moore, Getty Images I have, over the last months, gained a certain impression of Donald Trump.He seems to be a man who has a toothy, charming side and a slightly more boisterous, blowhardy, thin-skied and insulting side.Naturally, I've gleaned this picture mostly from his Twitter feed. Where else should one go to get a sophisticated image of someone?In recent times, I've noted that there seem to be these two Trumps. One is determined to call Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas" and Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary." The other says "thank you" a lot an...

Emmett Brewer is no taller than the lecte on the stage, so he stands to the side of it to deliver his presentation. He's got a Deis the Menace hairdo and he's only 10 years old, but I strongly suggest you take him seriously.The topic of his speech today: hacking competitions. He's showing other kids here how to run a capture the flag competition so their friends can lea new skills and trade secrets of how to bend software to their small but mighty wills.That's right, I'm in a room full of kid hackers. They range from the tiny to high school aged, and they want to lea how to break all the things."I like hacking, sniffing, jailbreaking, fuzzing -- all that stuff," Emmett tells the room.This is...

After being the editor-in-chief of Engadget, co-founding The Verge, and serving as the editor of Bloomberg Digital, Josh Topolsky is prepping a new media brand, according to the Wall Street Joual.The new website is called The Outline, and has reportedly raised $5 million in funding with a plan to launch in the fall of 2016. Topolsky told the Wall Street Joual that his plan is to focus on bringing readers directly to the website, rather than relying on social media to drive traffic. Moving beyond just technology, The Outline will focus on politics, business, culture as well as technology. At the moment, if you visit the website for the Outline, there's a simple email notification signup and l...

BitTorrent BitTorrent, best known for its peer-to-peer sharing technologies, continues its push toward becoming a media company with the BitTorrent News network. The live-streaming news network will be available through its BitTorrent Live app for Apple TV, iOS devices and MacOS computers starting July 18 with coverage of the Republican National Convention."Television news has been stagnating for some time," Vice President of Media for BitTorrent Erik Schwartz said in a statement on the company's site. "It's having trouble appealing to a generation that grew up online. We're building BitTorrent News to solve that problem. We are using superior data and tools and the Silicon Valley ethos of l...

Good news for those still intrigued by the Raybu family and all its dark secrets. Netflix said Wednesday that it renewed its original series, "Bloodline," for a third season, to be aired in 2017.Like the recently released second season, Season 3 will be 10 episodes long.Based in the Florida Keys, "Bloodline" centers on a family of adult siblings dealing with issues that arise when their black sheep brother retus home. It's stars, Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek and Ben Mendelsohn, have all eaed Emmy nominations for the show.This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-onl...

[embedded content]Weatherman Bobby Deskins with WTSP 10 News in Florida was in the middle of a normal forecast on Monday moing, talking about the temperature, when news anchor Allison Kropff walked in front of him and his weather map while staring intently at Pokemon Go on her phone. Kropff shared a video of the humorous incident on her Facebook page with the caption "That moment you realize you may be addicted to u202a#u200ePokemonGOu202c...."The Pokemon stunt appears to have been staged all in good fun, though it's unclear if Deskins was in on the plaing. His laugh seems genuine and he comments, "You guys got to be careful with these phones and these Pokemon. You're just walking around all...

Pokemon Go started to roll out last week, and with it finally making it way to the hands of people all over the world, there have been some interesting and humorous stories popping up. Some of the stories have come from waings from the police, Nintendo's financial success, and even a picture of a man catching Pokemon while his wife gives birth. We've collected all of these stories and compiled them below.News From Around the World Armed Robbers Target Pokemon Go Players, Police SayDon't Play Pokemon Go While Driving a Car, State SaysCops Offer Good Advice to Pokemon Go PlayersHere's What We Know About That Pokemon Go Story Making the RoundsPokemon Go Player Catches Pidgey as Wife Gives Birth...

Enlarge ImageTwitter will be live-streaming CBSN's coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Twitter Twitter is adding presidential politics to its live-streaming repertoire. The social network, known in part for its users' bite-size, and often biting, commentary in real time, will be joining forces with CBS News to live-stream CBSN's coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the first of which kicks off next week. (Disclosure: CBS is the parent company of CNET.) It's yet another step in Twitter's shift toward live-streamed video, a format that has also been embraced by rival Facebook. Later this year, for instance, Twitter will stream the NFL's Th...

China has issued a waing to news sites over using social media as a source. César Salza/CNET China has issued a crackdown on online news organisations across the country, waing them not use social media as a source without carefully verifying and fact-checking claims first.The Cyberspace Administration of China issued the directive, with the state media agency Xinhua reporting that the move was made in a bid to combat "false news.""It is forbidden to use hearsay to create news or use conjecture and imagination to distort the facts," Xinhua reported, according to a translation in the South China Moing Post. "All websites should bear the key responsibility to further streamline the course of r...

Roku is making it easier for viewers to catch up on the news by adding it into its universal search feature.The search feature -- which is available on current Roku streaming boxes, the Streaming Stick and televisions that have the Roku platform built-in -- now allows for entering in a topic such as "Apple" or "NBA," and will retrieve a listing of videos pertaining to that topic from across many of streaming news chaels on the platform. These include news broadcasts from the four major US networks -- such as ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX -- as well as from digital outlets like Yahoo (Disclosure: CBS is the parent company of CNET). The streaming company aounced the addition in a blog post on Friday.A...