If you’re looking for a new wireless Bluetooth headphone, you’ve probably looked at one of the two big names out there: Beats and Bose. Both the BeatsX and the Bose SoundSport Wireless headphones are $149 in the US, share similar specs and design. How do you decide which one’s right for you? (International pricing is …

Three voice assistants walk into a bar and they all start talking. But the conversation never stops. Here’s how to make Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant talk to each other in an infinite loop using their respective smart speakers: the Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo and Google Home ($75 at Walmart). Let’s be real: you probably won’t have three of these …

It’s one small step for Sophia, one giant leap for robot-kind. Sophia is a humanoid robot built by Hanson Robotics that debuted in 2016. Thanks to the addition of legs from DRC-HUBO (the same company that won the DARPA robotics competition in 2015), Sophia can now walk — albeit slowly. Currently the legs are capable of moving at up to …

Ten years is a long time in the tech world. In 2007, Facebook was only worth $1 billion — it’s about 500 times that now — and the Motorola Razr was considered the ultimate luxury phone. It was also the year the first iPhone was released. While the design and feature set of the phone has evolved over the past …

Selling old electronics needn’t be a hassle if you want to make a little money. That sweet cash return can help subsidize your new device.  But if you want the absolute best price possible, shop around and compare deals. Here are a few ways to do that. Before you start Make it appealing: Find the original box, chargers and manuals …

Now playing: Watch this: CNET does Reddit Secret Santa 3:12 Jason Parker/CNET Reddit’s gift exchanges are some of the biggest on the internet. Celebrities like Bill Gates, Bear Grylls and Stephen Colbert have all been a part of Reddit’s Secret Santa exchange in the past. Some CNET staffers have also been lucky recipients of gifts from the community. Senior Editor …

Trading in or selling your old mobile device? Wipe it the right way to reduce the risk of personal data falling into the wrong hands. Remember that no method apart from physically destroying the device and its storage is 100 percent foolproof — data may still be recoverable with the right tools. These tips are for the three main mobile …

The iPhone X is the latest phone with a dedicated portrait mode that emulates bokeh, that blurred background effect mostly associated with dSLR cameras. Apple introduced it with the iPhone 7 Plus, Google did it on the Pixel 2 and Samsung has a similar Live Focus feature on its Galaxy Note 8. The iPhone X, or any phone for that …

Now playing: Watch this: Here’s how you make a hologram 1:35 Capturing a hologram is a lot easier than I expected. I’m standing inside Microsoft’s mixed-reality capture studio in San Francisco when a director shouts, “Action!” All of a sudden, I’m busting out bad dance moves in the middle of an 8-foot circle for about 10 seconds. And that’s it. …

The Google Pixel 2 and iPhone 8 Plus both take really good still photos. So let’s see how well they shoot video. The iPhone 8 Plus’s camera is an improvement over the 7 Plus, but whether or not it’s worth the extra cost will depend on your needs. I found the biggest differences between these Pixel 2 and 8 Plus came …