Fitbit has added a collection of guided meditations sessions with world-famous wellness leader Deepak Chopra to its subscription-based Premium app.  Mindfulness has become a prominent trend in the health tech world, with some of the major players in the space incorporating even more of these features into their apps and wearable devices as we continue …

The PlayStation 5 will be getting a new VR headset to make the most of its high-end graphics and VR games. But it won’t be coming this year. Sony announced via a blog post Tuesday that a new VR headset is indeed on its way, and revealed some of the first details about it. Expect a far easier setup than the …

The iPhone 12 Pro’s depth-scanning lidar sensor looks ready to open up a lot of possibilities for 3D-scanning apps on phones. A new one designed for home scanning, called Canvas, uses lidar for added accuracy and detail. But the app will work with non-pro iPhones going back to the iPhone 8, too. The approach taken by Canvas indicates how lidar …

Splatoon 3 isn’t coming until 2022, but there’s a game heading to the Switch this year that could be a great substitute. Replace ink with dodgeballs, and you’ve got Knockout City. I’ve already played a few rounds, and it holds up. Even better, it’s cross-platform including PC. The premise of Knockout City looks simple, and familiar. Teams of players running …

Converting an iPad into something close to a laptop is possible if you have a keyboard and mouse or trackpad, or a case that can add both. Brydge’s newest keyboard case for the entry-level 10.2-inch iPad, called the 10.2 Max Plus, aims to be an alternative to Logitech’s Combo Touch keyboard case. It’s coming out in late March, and I …

I set up a little mermaid on my table and scan it with my phone. Minutes later, my kid is tapping buttons on-screen, making pirates and mermaids dance and turn into pandas in time to a song. He’s delighted with what he’s made. I might… want my phone back. I’m in two minds about Lego’s newest partnership with Universal Music …

More than steps, more than active minutes, I’ve been focused on making sure I get enough decent sleep each day. That’s been an issue working from home for so much of 2020-2021. Apple’s latest watch and WatchOS software focused, among other things, on adding sleep tracking that could help make bedtime schedules more regular. It sounds great. Except… the Apple …

It’s been nearly five years since I wrote an impassioned story about how Macs and iPads need to merge. I’ve been thinking thoughts like that since… well, since the iPad emerged in 2010. It’s 2021 now, and iPads and Macs are still two totally distinct Apple product lines. But the merge is well underway. It’s just a series of very …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. In my Oculus Quest VR headset, I was in a room surrounded by large-brained aliens. Their heads flashed, white and black. I turned to one, staring at it. Soon enough, its head exploded. I looked at the others, making their heads …

Nearly every major player in tech has been dreaming of smartglasses over the past few years. From Amazon’s Echo Frames to Facebook’s plans for augmented reality, to Microsoft’s HoloLens and the ongoing reports of Apple’s AR plans — there’s a lot that seems to be cooking. But in the short term, the road to magical Tony Stark glasses is more likely to …