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RoadshowCar CultureWatch this 900-horsepower Mustang drift effortlesslyWhen your job involves throwing cars sideways, it helps to have oodles of power at the ready. Thus, it's not really too ridiculous when you realize that pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s latest Ford Mustang has 900 horsepower. Power oversteer? More like power everything.Ahead of this weekend's Formula Drift season opener in Long Beach, Califoia, Gittin gave his new 'Stang a bit of a shakedown. Thankfully, there was a camera handy to catch some of the action. It just looks so...effortless. Then again, what isn't effortless with 900 horses at your disposal? If you've got the itch for a high-horsepower Mustang to call your own...

If you visit the quiet Belgian city of Leuven, you'll see centuries of history. You'll notice cobblestone streets and zig-zag rooflines of red-brick houses hundreds of years old. You'll spot a crowd of students from the Catholic University of Leuven, founded in 1425, gathering at the cafes of the Oude Markt town square. You'll observe that a lot of them are drinking Stella Artois beer, made at a Leuven brewery operating since 1366. But you won't just see the past. Right outside the medieval city center, nearly 2,400 researchers are figuring out how to make the computer chips that will be at the heart of our digital lives for the next decade. They're working at Imec, an unusually cooperative ...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Yes, they're holding hands. Yes, Lionel Richie is singing. NZ Transport Agency/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Everyone does it.Oh, there are a few who don't, or claim they don't. There are those who make sure their cars are fitted with hands-free systems. But it's so very tempting to leave your phone in your car's cup holder and pick it up sporadically to check it, especially when you're sitting in traffic.Some estimates suggest that 3,000 teens die each year in accidents involving texting and driving. The tempting thing is, therefore, to offer serious messages to combat this.AT&T's powe...

Enlarge ImageIn The Social Express, a cast of animated characters help kids with autism lea helpful social skills. The Social Express Both Katie and her teacher look like they'd be right at home in a Pixar film, and at first their conversation seems like it would fit in one too. The ponytailed and pink-clad Katie really wants to sharpen her pencil, but her teacher wo...

The update is free and will come to all Windows devices sometime this summer. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Windows 10 will get its first major update this summer. Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president of the Windows and Devices Group, detailed the free update at the company's aual Build developer conference on Wednesday. The "Windows 10 Aiversary Update" will bring improvements to the Hello login feature and the Cortana voice assistant. It will also add support for Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headset.There will be improvements for using a stylus pen, including the ability to write on the screen without having to unlock your device. In addition, Microsoft aounced Windows Ink, a ...

The update is free and will come to all Windows devices sometime this summer. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Windows 10 will get its first major update this summer. Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president of the Windows and Devices Group, detailed the free update at the company's aual Build developer conference in Redmond, Washington on Wednesday. The "Windows 10 Aiversary Update" will bring improvements to the Hello login feature and the Cortana voice assistant. It will also add support for Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headset.There will be improvements for using a stylus pen, including the ability to write on the screen without having to unlock your device. In addition, there will...

The last time the Inteet saw fake Yale athlete Scott Sterling was in a 2014 sketch from BYUtv comedy troupe Studio C. His teammates carried his unconscious, bleeding body off the field after the soccer goalie ensured a big win by blocking every shot with his face. It was just like the end of the movie "Rudy," except this was soccer and Rudy Ruettiger could still see how many fingers the team doctor was holding up during his post-game examination. Now, Sterling is back on the team, only this time, he's left the brutal world of soccer for the gentle and graceful sport of volleyball in a new video from Studio C. Sterling soon leas that even a soft, leather volleyball can produce just as many co...

The last time the Inteet saw fake Yale athlete Scott Sterling was in a 2014 sketch from BYUtv comedy troupe Studio C. His teammates carried his unconscious, bleeding body off the field after the soccer goalie ensured a big win by blocking every shot with his face. It was just like the end of the movie "Rudy," except this was soccer and Rudy Ruettiger could still see how many fingers the team doctor was holding up during his post-game examination. Now, Sterling is back on the team, only this time, he's left the brutal world of soccer for the gentle and graceful sport of volleyball in a new video from Studio C. Sterling soon leas that even a soft, leather volleyball can produce just as many co...

You like streaming "The Walking Dead" to your phone? The wireless carriers are facing off to ensure that you'll be able to keep watching those videos without a stutter for years to come.Mobile operators prepare to battle for valuable airwaves in the govement's next wireless spectrum auction. James Martin/CNET Tuesday marks the start of the Federal Communications Commission's so-called "Incentive Auction," which will take valuable spectrum from TV broadcasters and sell it to companies looking to offer wireless service. This particular swath of spectrum is highly prized -- industry insiders call it "beachfront property" -- because it operates at a lower frequency, meaning it can run across gre...

"I've never been a big gamer, so I didn't know if virtual reality was really for me and other people who don't play video games," says CNET News' Shara Tibken. "Then I showed VR to my 3-year-old nephews. They watched a short clip about dinosaurs and were completely immersed and amazed. For a brief moment, they really thought a dinosaur was walking toward them. Instead of being scared, they were excited and wanted to see more. We're never going to see dinosaurs in real life, but VR makes it feel like we can. And that's really awesome." Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Send him to jail? National Geographic/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When horses bolt from stables, rampage through the village and trample a few unsuspecting chickens, is there anything we can really do about it?The minute humanity got ahold of cell phones, it rampaged with them. It needed them all the time, regardless of location.The living room, the restaurant, the restroom were all places where we whipped out our cell phones in order not to miss the latest excitements on Facebook.Then we taught ourselves to drive while texting and even walk while texting. Now, one lone New Jersey Dem...

Enlarge ImageCassiopeia A, a nebula left behind after a Type IIb supeova. Until now, these remnants were the best way to study exploding stars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC/SAO For the first time, scientists have been given a look at the moment of extreme brightness when a star goes supeova in visible light.In fact, not one, but two exploding stars were captured by the Kepler space telescope in 2011. Two red supergiants exploded in wha...

Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting today that Nintendo will cease production of the Wii U by the end of 2016, presumably switching to manufacturing for the mysterious NX system. Nikkei, which has accurately reported news about Nintendo's unaounced plans before, says Nintendo is ending production on Wii U hardware so soon due to the console's slow sales, which are not expected to improve.The report, translated by GameSpot and DualShockers, does not contain any details on when the NX will launch or when Nintendo plans to stop selling Wii U hardware to consumers.A newly substantiated rumor suggests the NX--believed to be a console/mobile hybrid that uses "industry-leading" tech--will launch...

Windows 10 games will be coming to the Xbox One this summer. CNET Later this summer, Xbox One owners will finally be able to run Windows 10 apps.Jason Ronald, principal group program manager for Microsoft Game Studios, revealed the Xbox One's upcoming support for Windows 10 universal apps at this week's Game Developers Conference, Business Insider reported on Thursday. Further, Microsoft will merge the Xbox Store and the Windows Store into a single virtual shopping place, so customers will be able to download apps for the Xbox One and Windows 10 from the same place.A spokesman for Microsoft confirmed to CNET that Ronald's comments were accurate.Bringing Windows 10 and the Xbox One together i...

Windows 10 games will be coming to the Xbox One this summer. CNET Later this summer, Xbox One owners will finally be able to run Windows 10 apps.Jason Ronald, principal group program manager for Microsoft Game Studios, revealed the Xbox One's upcoming support for Windows 10 universal apps at this week's Game Developers Conference, Business Insider reported on Thursday. Further, Microsoft will merge the Xbox Store and the Windows Store into a single virtual shopping place, so customers will be able to download apps for the Xbox One and Windows 10 from the same place.Bringing Windows 10 and the Xbox One together is a continuation of Microsoft's push to get all of its products onto a single pla...

Enlarge ImageThis necklace listens in as you eat. Wenyao Xu/Unviersity at Buffalo You take a bite of a carrot. Snap! You nosh on soup. Slurp. You bite into a cookie. Crunch. The foods you eat make different sounds as you mash them with your teeth. University at Buffalo computer scientist Wenyao Xu decided to test whether technology can track food intake based on noises from eating.Xu developed a neck...

Enlarge ImageSCAMP going for a walk up the Stanford clock tower. Stanford Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Laboratory Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence earlier this week proved that machines can outsmart humans. A new prototype from researchers at Califoia's Stanford Univers...

Enlarge ImageThe self-balancing scooters already have a fiery reputation.Screenshot by Sean Hollister/CNETHoverboards are facing another ban, but this time it's not because they're known to burst into flames.The US Inteational Trade Commission has issued a...

Director Ilya Naishuller used a special GoPro camera rig to shoot the movie. Richard Nieva/CNET If you made a first-person-shooter video game like "Call of Duty" or "Doom" into a live-action movie, it would be "Hardcore Henry." And it would be bloodier. The movie, which had its US premier Sunday night at the South By Southwest film, tech and music festival here in Austin, Texas, has more in line with technology than just being an homage to video games. The film runs for about 90 minutes, and all but a few of those minutes were shot on GoPro, the tiny action camera often wo by extreme athletes and other daredevils. To get the shots, Russian director Ilya Naishuller used a rig with the GoPro a...

RoadshowDelphi's self-driving car is Audi this worldA soothing voice came out of the speakers, "Delphi Drive available." The human behind the car's wheel pushed a button on the center console, and just like that, the car had a mind of its own.Now driverless, the Audi SQ5 approached a green light. To its left was a double yellow line. To its right, where I was sitting, was a rather large 18-wheeler, parked on the side of the road.Delphi has tued an Audi SQ5 into an autonomous vehicle...and it works. Emme Hall/Roadshow The Audi cared not for the large hunk of parked metal and proceeded to whiz by, at the posted speed limit, of course, leaving mere inches between the large Mack truck and my win...