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Taking a look at Apple’s other wearable devices could point to where Apple’s rumored glasses are heading. Scott Stein/CNET First came VR. Then came a wave of AR headsets that were high-priced and full of promises of wild mixed reality worlds. Apple could be blending AR and VR with two different headsets in the next […]

Sarah Tew/CNET Seven years is a long time in the tech world. You probably wouldn’t keep the same phone for seven years, or the same laptop. But if you bought a new Xbox One or PlayStation 4 in 2013, when those consoles originally went on sale, it’ll be seven years old later this year.  That’s […]

Round watch face versus square, fitness emphasis versus other smart features, iOS versus Android compatibility… Whether you’re looking for your first or replacing an old one, there are a lot of factors to consider when buying a smartwatch, especially because it’s going to be strapped to your wrist almost 24/7 if you’re planning on using it […]

Masts have been attacked by arsonists all over the UK. EE Telephone engineer David Snowdon was just returning to his van after an assignment repairing a cell site when a car sped past him, spun around and stopped right in front of him. Two men got out of the vehicle and asked him if he […]

A camera flash shows a switch for changing between master and slave modes. Stephen Shankland/CNET For Regynald Augustin, a Black programmer at Twitter, the impetus for change arrived in an email with the phrase “automatic slave rekick.” The words were just part of an engineering discussion about restarting a secondary process, but they prompted Augustin […]

Sometimes, online dating goes awry. Getty Images Welcome to CNET’s Love Syncs, where we answer your questions about online dating. I’m Erin Carson, staff reporter, resident young-enough person, refrigerdating correspondent, curator of odd stuff on the internet, most likely to leave you on “read.” This week: The hard truths about online dating.  For more like […]

This special-edition Motorola StarTAC “Rainbow” version is about as vintage as you can get. Sarah Tew/CNET This story is part of CNET at 25, celebrating a quarter century of industry tech and our role in telling you its story. The folded-up flip phone sits in front of me like a child’s plastic plaything, a rainbow […]

Is your state a favorite with possible alien visitors? Courtesy SatelliteInternet.com Ever marveled at an unidentified flying object? UFOs seem to like some US states more than others, according to a recent analysis by SatelliteInternet.com, an internet-service comparison site. The report used information from the National UFO Reporting Center and the US Census to discover […]

In 2019, Motorola released a new version of its best-selling flip phone from 2004. Angela Lang/CNET The next iteration of Motorola‘s revived Razr flip phone will support 5G connectivity and feature a 48-megapixel camera and a 6.2-inch screen, according to specs leaked late Wednesday by noted leaker Evan Blass. The much-rumored sequel to the revival […]

One of the new Lego Art sets includes portraits of Star Wars Sith characters Darth Maul, Darth Vader, and Kylo Ren.  Lego There’s much more to Lego than impressive models of the Batmobile and the Millennium Falcon.  On Wednesday, Lego announced a new line of art sets aimed at attracting adult fans. Instead of building objects, these […]