Facebook found a new way to track your location beyond GPS and Wi-Fi. The social network is using Bluetooth beacons in some businesses to send location-specific tips to your phone, all the while crushing any hope Foursquare had left for relevance. Also in this tech-news roundup, learn how Nickelodeon parent Viacom is joining the streaming …

It’s best not to drink and drone at the Super Bowl. (But if you do, at least get it to trend on social.) With the big game approaching Sunday, Facebook is gearing up a new advertising strategy: target users with real-time ads based on activity. Real-time ads are what Twitter does best during the Super Bowl, and Facebook hopes to …

The next cat photo you find on Facebook may not really be a cat photo. The encrypted messaging app Wickr has come up with an a-mewsing way to share photos privately on Facebook. Meanwhile, Snapchat and Twitter make a few changes, and cops ask Google to turn off a feature in the Waze traffic app: Now playing: Watch this: Hide …

Don’t be surprised if battery packs become a trendy cuff accessory. A report suggests the Apple Watch battery may be facing challenges. (Like most smartwatches.) Watch Update to also learn about T-Mobile’s latest tactic to grow past Sprint, and what auto makers are doing to get more electric cars on the road: Now playing: Watch this: Panic sweeps nerd nation …

This week, the tech giants are sharing big dreams. Holographic headsets. Internet in space. Building a better diaper… Now playing: Watch this: Google wants to be your wireless carrier 2:54 In this tech-news roundup, you’ll learn: why Google would want to be a wireless carrier what stinks at Amazon a new way teachers can create digital textbooks about Overstock’s streaming-video …

Windows 8 was so bad, Microsoft gave us holograms to make up for it. Microsoft ended its Windows 10 presentation with a surprise: It created a new device called the HoloLens — a holographic headset that puts Google Glass to shame. Watch today’s CNET Update for a quick summary how the HoloLens works and all the big Windows 10 news …

Google Glass isn’t dead. But it is under new management. Google announced that the Explorer models of Glass will no longer be sold to the public after Monday, as the connected eyewear is evolving and moving out of Google’s lab. The man behind the design of the iPod and Nest Thermostat , Tony Fadell, is now in charge of the …

Google is changing how we think about smartphone design, speech translations, and even school homework assignments. Meanwhile, Facebook and Nintendo unveil new products that aren’t actually new products. CNET Update has the details: Now playing: Watch this: Google’s futuristic Ara phone to be sold in Puerto Rico 3:00 CNET Update delivers the tech news you need in under three minutes. …

At CES 2015, we’re strapping on new sensors. As the world’s largest tech expo gets rolling, we’re getting an early look at dozens of new products — and many are wearable gadgets. This year’s activity trackers go beyond measuring heart rate and steps: Now playing: Watch this: Wearable tech learns new tricks at CES 2015 2:51 Dive into more details …

This will be remembered as the year of the hack. The tone was set in January as we learned details about the Target credit card breach, along with a Snapchat hack that revealed millions of user phone numbers. Now we’re witnessing hackers cripple Sony Pictures Entertainment, stopping the release of CNET Update looks back at a year of cyberattacks, as …