If you’re the proud owner of a new video game console, odds are you have a library of games from an old machine lining your shelf. While Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all promise that their newest machines can run these classics in some way, it varies by console — some are as easy as popping …

Samsung will be allowing buyers of the company’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in the US the ability to exchange their device following Friday’s recall over a battery flaw. Customers that have purchased the Galaxy Note 7 can exchange their device for a replacement following Friday’s recall. CNET Customers will be able to either exchange their existing device for a new …

Now playing: Watch this: Are cloud services good enough to store our digital life?… 6:56 Dropbox, Amazon Cloud, Google Drive — these services all promise to make everything from baby pictures to work documents available on any device. But at what pain points? Jeff Bakalar, Roger Cheng and Ben Fox Rubin talk about the services they use in this Open_Tab …

Hoping for a Roku 5 to succeed the Roku 4? You may be disappointed by this report. According to ZatzNotFunny.com‘s correlation of an FCC leak against a Canadian computer sales website published Saturday, the streaming company could be debuting up to five streaming devices this fall that would add HDR picture capabilities and give each of the streamers a name …

Now playing: Watch this: Shooting in 360: GoPro rigs to immersive iPhone cameras… 6:34 I can show you the world…all of it using a 360-degree camera. CNET’s Joshua Goldman relates his experiences reviewing these immersive video-making devices. In particular, he’s been looking at the GoPro Omni — an expensive rig that houses six GoPro cameras for making high-end virtual reality …

Twitter is switching on its darker Night Mode for iPhone users. Twitter’s Night Mode turns things down a little, making the white space much darker. Twitter The social media company tweeted Monday that the feature, which turns dark much of the white space within the app, will begin rolling out onto iOS devices, which include both iPhones and iPads. Users …

Think attending Harvard would guarantee you success in life? Netflix’s new comedy looks to challenge that idea. “Friends from College” will spotlight a group of friends who went to the Ivy League university but decades later take on their 40s and whether that education really led to success in their personal and professional lives. Nick Stoller, who directed “Neighbors” and …

Now playing: Watch this: Google to kill Chrome apps everywhere but Chrome OS 1:30 Google has touted its Chrome browser as all you need for desktop computing on any operating system. But the search giant said in a blog post Friday that it will gradually be phasing out the browser’s apps for Windows, Mac and Linux machines. The apps range …

The world is watching this summer’s Olympic games…unless you are in the US and don’t pay for a traditional television subscription. Is the antenna really the only way to watch the Olympics without a television subscription nowadays? Sarah Tew/CNET Unless you subscribe directly to a supported television provider, you can’t access the NBC streams online or through apps. And while …

Worried you aren’t getting enough exercise this summer? Don’t just sit there: Clip on a fitness tracker and get going. Fitness trackers are wearable devices that deliver a stream of data about your workouts, like the number of steps you’ve walked or the total calories you’ve burned, and nearly all of them can sync over Bluetooth with your smartphone, letting …