Bottom Line: 'Butt Dials' to 911 Are a Serious Problem[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 21:15:23 GMT ]A study by Google researchers confirms that it's way too easy to accidentally dial for help from your rear end.

Drone Drops Anti-Spying Leaflets Over Germany NSA HQ[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 22:09:04 GMT ]Here's a twist: an activist group is using drone warfare tactics to combat the military-industrial complex, instead of vice versa.

Robot Traverses Unknown Terrain With Flying Buddy's Help[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 23:30:00 GMT ]This quadrupedal robot collaborates with a flying partner drone, which maps the area the ground-based bot is to traverse ahead of time.

Law Student Wins Court Battle Over Facebook Privacy[ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:04:35 GMT ]The EU's highest court ruled in favor of a law student who claims a trans-Atlantic data protection agreement doesn't adequately protect consumers.

Snowden: I've Offered to Go to Jail in U.S. 'Many Times'[ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 09:26:12 GMT ]Edward Snowden has been living in Moscow since June 2013.

DTS Play-Fi makes some noise with new music products, updated app[ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:00:03 GMT ]The first major update to the multiroom audio system brings products from new partners as well as support for more services, such as multiroom Spotify Connect.

With Project Comet, Adobe adapts its tools to the era of phones and tablets[ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:33:01 GMT ]The software industry powerhouse previews a new tool to ensure it has a place with the designers and developers who build software that's not just for PCs.

Facebook dealt privacy blow as US-Europe data-sharing pact declared illegal[ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:58:46 GMT ]Europe's highest court has ruled that the data-sharing pact used by Facebook to send data to the US is illegal.

Staring down giants, Roku launches $129 top-end streaming box[ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 10:59:34 GMT ]Streaming-device maker Roku bets again that putting on blinders to anything but streaming video will make the difference when it faces off with fresh rival products from Apple, Amazon and Google.

Physicists win Nobel for finding that neutrino particles, burdened with mass, aren't so fleeting after all[ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:25:34 GMT ]For decades, physicists thought the hard-to-detect fundamental particles were massless. Not so, Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald discovered, opening new research into the universe's past and present.

Life-saving drones get world's first 'droneport'[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:36:20 GMT ]

Why your dog needs a camera[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:37:07 GMT ]

Opinion: The perils of being 13 on social media[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:28:40 GMT ]

'Butt dials' straining 911 emergency systems[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 13:56:51 GMT ]The emergency dispatchers who handle calls to 911 must grapple with urgent situations, frantic callers and garbled messages.

How 'The Martian' feeds our obsession[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:05:42 GMT ]

How Wildlife Engineers Build Safer Roads for Animals and Plants[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 02:23:11 GMT ]Wildlife engineers and architects have teamed up to build special crossing structures in the form of overpasses and underpasses. This story is produce

Why This Photo of Eating in Public Is No More Selfie[ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:51:26 GMT ]Chai tea and chicken stew are the only options on the menu at the truck stop café on the outskirts of Pakistan's largest and most violent city.

Why This Photo of Eating in Public Is No Mere Selfie[ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 15:46:40 GMT ]The photograph shows a truck stop on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan's largest and most violent city.

Tim Cook Honored With LGBT Advocacy Award[ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 17:47:13 GMT ]Tim Cook attended the Human Rights Campaign's national dinner on Saturday, where he received the LGBT advocacy organization's Visibility Award.

Google Parent Alphabet Drops 'Don't Be Evil' Motto[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 02:48:50 GMT ]Alphabet's new code of conduct might be looking to attract new investments beyond its core search and advertising businesses.

Elon Musk explains how he would bomb Mars[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 18:55:36 GMT ]Technically Incorrect: Tesla's CEO wants to create constant nuclear pulse explosions so that there'd be two little suns to heat the planet and make it ready for our arrival.

SNL (and Miley Cyrus) mock millennials and their phones[ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:20:16 GMT ]Technically Incorrect: In the workplace, millennials have become entitled to a mocking. It's surprising that it's taken "Saturday Night Live" this long to join in.

Your viral glory of the week: Boxing kangaroos[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 04:44:08 GMT ]Technically Incorrect: Almost 2 million people have flocked to Facebook to see an extraordinary video of two kangaroos performing very skilled, kickboxing-style pugilism in the middle of an Australian road.

Sony A7R II full-resolution photo samples[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 08:00:02 GMT ]Great color and an excellent low-light noise profile, plus sharp photos with right lenses, make the A7R II a top full-frame contender.

Apple, Google lead tech takeover of top global brands[ Mon, 05 Oct 2015 11:21:17 GMT ]Lenovo, PayPal and Lego join the technology titans in Interbrand's 2015 list of the 100 top global brands.

Do teens still use Facebook?[ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:55:40 GMT ]It isn't just what you say on social media, often it is where you say it. It may seem like new social media platforms are appearing everyday. Three eight graders who took part in a landmark study on social media, detailed in the "CNN Special Report: #Being13 - Inside the Secret World of Teens," helped us breakdown how teens use some of the most popular platforms.

These worms eat WHAT?[ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:29:06 GMT ]Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, might have met its match: The small, brownish, squirmy mealworm.

Opinion: Is Peeple, 'Yelp, but for humans,' a good idea?[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:53:20 GMT ]

Could a Facebook 'Dislike' button backfire among teens?[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:53:46 GMT ]Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans for a Facebook feature widely reported to be a "Dislike" button. Some worry teens could use it to bully others.

Scientists build 'frozen zoo' to save endangered species[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:55:05 GMT ]It's a small lab, full of huge ideas.

It's Official: Google Is Now Alphabet[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:30:07 GMT ]Google's stock will begin trading as Alphabet on the Nasdaq under the same tickers "GOOG" and "GOOGL" on Monday.

High-Tech Coloring Books Let Kids Scribble in 3-D[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 23:27:15 GMT ]Kids have always colored outside the lines, but this is something else.

How Wildlife Engineers Build Safer Roads for Animals and Plants[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 02:23:11 GMT ]Wildlife engineers and architects have teamed up to build special crossing structures in the form of overpasses and underpasses. This story is produce

Google's new holding company drops 'Don't Be Evil'[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 17:55:45 GMT ]Technically Incorrect: Alphabet decides to lose Google's most famous line, perhaps finding it a touch outdated.

Tim Cook Honored With LGBT Advocacy Award[ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 06:41:56 GMT ]Tim Cook attended the Human Rights Campaign's national dinner on Saturday, where he received the LGBT advocacy organization's Visibility Award.

Why This Photo of Eating in Public Is No More Selfie[ Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:51:26 GMT ]Chai tea and chicken stew are the only options on the menu at the truck stop café on the outskirts of Pakistan's largest and most violent city.

A look at the tech that fuels professional air racing (pictures)[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:00:02 GMT ]The Red Bull Air Race takes the thrill of professional racing to new heights. CNET gets up close with the racing planes in the air and on course during a stop at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

iPhone 6S teardown reveals upgrades galore, similar hardware layout[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:49:33 GMT ]Bill Detwiler cracks open the iPhone 6S and discovers plenty of hardware upgrades, but no major changes to the internal layout.

Amazing life-size Legend of Zelda cake looks too real to eat[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 17:00:03 GMT ]An Australian cake artist whips up an incredible dessert that looks exactly like Princess Zelda from the Legend of Zelda video game series. And it only took 6.6 pounds of sugar.

Elon Musk explains how he would bomb Mars[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 18:55:36 GMT ]Technically Incorrect: Tesla's CEO wants to create constant nuclear pulse explosions so that there'd be two little suns to heat the planet and make it ready for our arrival.

Do teens still use Facebook?[ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:55:40 GMT ]It isn't just what you say on social media, often it is where you say it. It may seem like new social media platforms are appearing everyday. Three eight graders who took part in a landmark study on social media, detailed in the "CNN Special Report: #Being13 - Inside the Secret World of Teens," helped us breakdown how teens use some of the most popular platforms.

These worms eat WHAT?[ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:29:06 GMT ]Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and one of the biggest contributors to global pollution, might have met its match: The small, brownish, squirmy mealworm.

Opinion: Is Peeple, 'Yelp, but for humans,' a good idea?[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:53:20 GMT ]

Could a Facebook 'Dislike' button backfire among teens?[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:53:46 GMT ]Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans for a Facebook feature widely reported to be a "Dislike" button. Some worry teens could use it to bully others.

Scientists build 'frozen zoo' to save endangered species[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:55:05 GMT ]It's a small lab, full of huge ideas.

SolarCity's Latest Rooftop Panel Boasts Record Efficiency[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:59:22 GMT ]SolarCity is now manufacturing what it claims is the highest-efficiency rooftop solar panel — and it plans to make record numbers of them as well.

DoD Requires Contractors to Report Security Breaches[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 20:46:43 GMT ]The Department of Defense says contractors must now "rapidly report cyber incidents" involving some types of sensitive information.

It's Official: Google Is Now Alphabet[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 21:30:07 GMT ]Google's stock will begin trading as Alphabet on the Nasdaq under the same tickers "GOOG" and "GOOGL" on Monday.

High-Tech Coloring Books Let Kids Scribble in 3-D[ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 23:27:15 GMT ]Kids have always colored outside the lines, but this is something else.

How Wildlife Engineers Build Safer Roads for Animals and Plants[ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 02:23:11 GMT ]Wildlife engineers and architects have teamed up to build special crossing structures in the form of overpasses and underpasses. This story is produce