You have a gambling addiction. A pretty serious one, actually. You rise each day and take a trip to Mark Zuckerberg’s bustling casino. You arrive, hoping you might see familiar faces, but all the other gamblers are people you don’t give a crap about. You shrug and head to a slot machine. You crank the …

Editors’ note, September 8: Equifax’s hack checker seems to be broken. We recommend that anyone with a credit history assume they were affected.  One of the largest data breaches in history has left 143 million people wondering if their highly personal data has been exposed to hackers. For now, Equifax doesn’t explicitly tell you if you were a victim, and …

Now playing: Watch this: 5 Galaxy S8 features you should change immediately 2:14 There’s a lot the Samsung Galaxy S8 ($180 at eBay) can do. Enough to make you spin in circles trying to figure it all out. But two things: 1) Not all the features are useful, and 2) Stop trying to figure it all out and read this …

The CIA may be equipped with an arsenal of hacking tools that can give it access to your phone, computer and other devices, according to a report by CBS News. (Disclosure: CNET is part of CBS Interactive, which is owned by CBS.) But what’s really going on? Updated March 8 at 2:40p.m. PT with CIA statement. What did WikiLeaks publish? …

Apple’s AirPods aren’t just special because they are one of the few “truly wireless” earbud headphones available — models with separate left and right earpieces that aren’t tethered together with a cable. Along with three Beats headphones (the PowerBeats3 Wireless, the Solo3 Wireless and the BeatsX) they’re one of only a handful of products that incorporate Apple’s new W1 chip, …

Beginning at 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET) today, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will hear arguments from the government in a battle to restore Donald Trump’s travel ban. The hearing will be conducted by a telephone conference call and you can follow along with the live video on the court’s website. Or, you can …

Now playing: Watch this: Order an Uber on Google Maps 1:39 Riding Uber isn’t a science, but there are some things you can do to save money, save time and make the process of ordering an Uber as fluid as possible. You get a 2-minute grace period Maybe you ordered your Uber too soon, or maybe your Uber arrived more …

Chances are you have a stack of photo albums collecting dust in a closet somewhere. Maybe they make for a fun coffee-table chat, but if you want to share your memories with friends and family online, or create a backup of your photos, where do you start? There are several ways to go about digitizing your printed photo collection. Depending …

Now playing: Watch this: First look: Snapchat Spectacles 1:24 You can now post Snaps with your face. In September, Snap Inc. (formerly called Snapchat) announced Spectacles, $130 sunglasses that can shoot first-person videos and upload them to ephemeral-messaging service Snapchat. Starting Thursday, you can buy those glasses if you’re in the right place on the right day. Here’s what we …

iMessage on Mac desktops is super useful, except for one thing: it’s way too cumbersome to send emojis. Unless you have the new MacBook. Apple today announced MacBooks with a “Touch Bar” that replaces the button of rows at the top of the keyboard. The benefit? It’s flexible. So, depending on what app you’re using, the bar will change. If …