The constant dings. The aimless scrolling. The privacy worries. The neck aches.  I don’t feel healthy using an iPhone. It leaves me concerned about my mental health and questioning just how addicted my brain is to all these noisy, shallow apps. And yet this is a tool I need to do my job and survive …

GoPro is hitching a ride with Hot Wheels, as the two companies team up to create the first die-cast toy car that attaches to a GoPro action camera. That means Hot Wheels fans can capture video of fast-flying toy car stunts from the driver’s seat, so to speak. The Hot Wheels car itself isn’t high-tech. Called the Zoom In, the …

Make it pink. Make it blue. Or make it pink and blue stripes. With color-changing smart fabric, you can change your outfit with the press of a button on an app.  Researchers at the University of Central Florida are taking wearables to the next level with a new color-changing fabric they call ChroMorphous. Controlled by an app, this battery-powered fabric …

The coolest thing about Ralph Lauren’s heated jacket technology is, well… it doesn’t feel like tech. It doesn’t beep or light up. There’s no buzzing or distracting alerts. It doesn’t even feel like you’re wearing a gadget. It’s just smarts woven into your clothes. The heated panel is made up of conductive inks, bonded to the inside lining on the …

You never want to lose your luggage. But what if luggage didn’t lose you? Combine self-driving tech with facial recognition and camera AI smarts, put it on a carry-on suitcase, and you have yourself the CX-1. Made by Chinese company ForwardX, the hands-free autonomous carry-on luggage followed me around like a puppy during a demo at the CES 2018 show …

Now playing: Watch this: Tech neck is a real thing (and I have it) 2:13 This is part of CNET’s #adulting series of stories to help you figure out how to live, work and play now that you’re all grown up.  There’s something personal I need to share. Promise not to laugh? I have tech neck. Yeah… I know. The ridiculous-sounding affliction …

Now playing: Watch this: Gita the robot followed me around New York to carry my… 2:30 When I first met Gita the robot, it was a bit banged up. An accident in Central Park a day prior left a small jagged hole in its plastic frame, and only one wheel was lighting up as it should. Two hours later, the …

Now playing: Watch this: These robots are coming for your children 1:48 Barbie is listening for your questions. BB-8 will roll to you when called. And Tyler the Furreal tiger is responding to your roars. Voice recognition software is just one way this year’s toys are becoming more lifelike. At the New York Toy Fair, we got a peek at …

Now playing: Watch this: How to use the Hype app and win all the sparkles 2:19 The creators of Vine have a new gift for the Internet — and it’s called Hype. Hype is a live-streaming video app on iOS with wide-ranging creative freedom. Every broadcaster can layer a live video with multimedia, including photos, videos, animated GIFs, music, text …

After a series of destructive events, a major campaign is close to calling it quits — and I’m not talking about Trump. Samsung has suspended its production of Galaxy Note 7 phones with multiple reports of the replacement phones catching fire. It’s going to be hard to buy one of the so-called “safe” replacement phones, as major mobile carriers have …