You could be looking at the new MacBook Pro. Two days before Apple’s event on October 27, MacRumors found this picture buried inside the latest Mac OS Sierra update. But there’s more to this photo than meets the eye. It’s not just corroboration that Apple will probably announce new MacBooks in a couple of days. …

In the San Francisco Bay Area, home to countless tech titans, there’s precious little competition for home internet access. The choice is generally between Comcast and AT&T — assuming there’s a choice at all. There was a spark of hope for me and fellow Bay Area residents: Google Fiber, which promised to bring unheard-of speeds and meaningful competition to the …

Now playing: Watch this: Two reasons eye-tracking is the future of VR 1:32 Virtual reality is pretty neat — until you run into a wall, or trip over a cord. Generally, you’re not going to do a lot of walking in VR. But Google may be working on a totally wireless, standalone headset that can map out the real world …

If you’ve got a recent piece of Apple hardware, it may be time to update — the iPhone 7 Plus, Apple Watch, Apple TV and the Mac all got minor software releases this morning. For the most part, it’s just bugfixes, but the iPhone 7 Plus gets the nifty new Portrait Mode for its camera, which allows you to capture …

So you want to be a Pokemon Master. You already know the basics of Pokemon Go, and now you want to catch ’em all. Perhaps you’d like to have a snowball’s chance in hell of conquering your neighborhood Pokemon gym as well. You’ve come to the right place. Here’s what we wish we knew (updated every so often) before we …

Now playing: Watch this: Death of Samsung’s Note 7 leaves unanswered questions 2:15 You’ve no doubt heard the news: Samsung has permanently stopped producing its Galaxy Note 7, after as many as five of the supposedly “safe” replacement phones were said to explode. Samsung and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission are advising that every single Note 7 owner power …

What does it look like to you? Here are some CNET answers: “A futuristic ashtray from a movie made in the 1960’s.” — Eric “I see a bad coldbrew coffee maker…actually, it’s that thing that had those poison balls from ‘The Rock.'” — Morgan That thing that had those poison balls from “The Rock.” “I guess it looks like a …

Now playing: Watch this: Toxic Galaxy Note 7 can’t be trusted, production suspended 1:51 If you have a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone, even one of the supposedly safe replacements, turn it off. Now. That’s the message from both the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Samsung. “Consumers with an original Galaxy Note7 or replacement Galaxy Note 7 should power …

Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the Note 7’s battery flaws (with cake) 2:31 Editor’s note, January 2017: Samsung has finally revealed what went wrong with the exploding Galaxy Note 7. Here’s everything you need to know as of today. Original story follows: You plug your smartphone into the bedside charger and place it on your nightstand with care. You wake …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have just showed us the future of selfies — and maybe of social networks, too. Long story short, Zuck expects people to start hanging out with their friends in VR spaces, each person represented by a cartoony avatar. Related coverage Oculus is Zuckerberg’s big bet on the future PlayStation VR is pretty damn cool Palmer …