Fog rolls across the floor. Two men sit with a piano and a cello, silhouetted against an achingly bright light. It’s gorgeous. It’s the new music video from chart-topping music group The Piano Guys and it was filmed entirely on an iPhone X.  The song is an instrumental cover of pop star Niall Horan’s “Flicker.” …

My Moto X silently flew through the air, my fumbling fingers trying to catch it as it reached my backyard fish pond. I heard a soft “swunk” as it descended below the water’s surface, the screen lit up with a notification from my Ring video doorbell. That was the last time I saw my phone fully alive, and three weeks …

I had almost given up hope. I knew other people in the world had received Google’s unexpected largess in the form of an automatically generated slideshow video of their cats set to the tune of “The Blue Danube” waltz. Now it was my turn. A magic phrase popped up in the notifications on my Moto X over the weekend: “Your …

There’s something strange happening in the town of Hawkins and it’s up to you to get to the bottom of it. Stranger Things: The Game is a new mobile adventure for iOS and Android that combines retro stylings with characters, settings and stories from the Netflix horror hit “Stranger Things.” And yes, there’s an ’80s arcade-style Eggo waffle waiting for …

You’ve watched the series. You’ve played the game. Now welcome the cast and creatures of the Netflix throwback horror hit “Stranger Things” to your Google phone. Google announced the introduction of themed augmented-reality stickers during its Pixel 2 smartphone announcement Wednesday, and both Eleven and the beastly demogorgon took part in a demonstration of the new tech.  Google product director Aparna …

A new Star Trek crew takes to space on Sept. 24 when the premiere episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” launches. For the first time, a Star Trek show won’t make its home on broadcast television, but rather through subscription streaming video services, including CBS All Access in the US and Netflix internationally. (Disclosure: CBS is CNET’s parent company.)   Release …

When Apple’s iPhone 7 hit the scene without a headphone jack last September, many mourned the loss. Former software engineer Scotty Allen is one of those people. Allen famously made his own iPhone 6s from parts bought at electronics markets in China, so it wasn’t a huge stretch for him to pick up an iPhone 7 and decide to install a …

You’re staring at your windows. You need to measure for curtains, but you have no idea where you hid your measuring tape. Soon, you’ll be able to whip out your iPhone and sort it all out using AR Measure, an augmented-reality app that rolls out an animated tape measure on your screen.  The app comes from developer Laan Labs, which plans …

Some things are inherently scary, like certain clowns, excessively large spiders, children standing in cornfields in Nebraska and potatoes. Wait, potatoes? Yes, potatoes. You just need to watch the horror film parody trailer “Peeled: The Potato Resurrection” to realize how truly frightening those seemingly innocent tubers can be. Related stories Stephen King says chill out because ‘most’ clowns are ‘good’ …

The recently released iPhone 7 looks a lot like its predecessor, which in turn looks a lot like the iPhone 5. It’s a practical design, but some Apple fans would like to see a more drastic change in the aesthetics. YouTube channel ParipateticPandas is one of those. A video released on Friday shows an elaborate modification process involving dismantling the …