She was the most luxurious way to travel. Over 1,000ft (300m) long, 12 decks, and with a lavish art deco interior. Royalty, statesmen and hundreds of thousands of troops enjoyed her accommodations as she crisscrossed the Atlantic for 31 years. She’s the RMS Queen Mary, built in Scotland in the early 1930s. Now she sits …

Sales the day after Thanksgiving are as much of a tradition as carving turkey. But if you’re hoping to snag steep discounts this year, mark your calendar. Black Friday isn’t as straightforward as it used to be.  When does Black Friday start? Black Friday used to be exclusive to the day after Thanksgiving. This year, that day occurs on Nov. …

Cutting the cable TV cord and shopping on or around Black Friday are two great ways to save money, and they go perfectly together. Whether you’re about to ditch cable TV or you never had it in the first place, chances are that you’re watching a good portion of your TV via streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Video, …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Was I sold? Or unsold? César Salza/CNET AT&T just wouldn’t let go. First, it emailed me on iPhone X preordering day: “Krzysztof, your wait for iPhone X is over.”  It wasn’t. When I went online, I could order only the 64GB version. And …

I first heard about The+Record Player when it was a Kickstarter project, and thought this one-piece Bluetooth speaker and turntable was a silly idea. Think about it: Turntables have to be isolated from external vibration to sound their best, and speakers make sound with vibrating woofers and dome tweeters. So how could you mate a speaker with a turntable?  Answer: +Audio’s …

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A new umbrella may be just the answer for those of us who constantly forget or misplace our rainy-day gear. The Weatherman umbrella, which debuted Thursday, uses an app paired with a Bluetooth tracker to follow weather forecasts.  More high-tech umbrellas This smart umbrella tells you when you need an umbrella At last! A vibrating umbrella that tells you it’s about …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple HomePod is delayed until 2018 1:07 HomePod is now a 2018 product. James Martin/CNET Expected to launch in December, Apple’s HomePod is being pushed back to 2018, the company announced Friday. “We can’t wait for people to experience HomePod, Apple’s breakthrough wireless speaker for the home, but we need a little more time before it’s ready …

Phone calls are a relatively new feature for both the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers, both of which focused on music and house controls before adding calling.  On Friday, wireless carrier Republic Wireless indicated it’s taking the opposite approach, saying it plans to enter the space with a speaker that appears to be all about phone calls. The Anywhere HQ …

Apple has created a sensation with its 10th-anniversary iPhones: the iPhones 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X. CNET has put them to the test, and after spec and camera comparisons, drop tests, and plenty more, the newest iPhones have received outstanding reviews.  But they aren’t cheap. The iPhone 8 starts at $699; the X at $999. Are they worth your …

At first glance, Brad Parscale might seem an odd choice to have run President Donald Trump’s social media campaign during the 2016 election. Parscale owned a web development and marketing agency before he joined up with Trump, which he thinks actually worked in his favor. “This was the first political campaign I ever worked on in my life,” Parscale said …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X: Which should you get? 3:42 Picking an iPhone used to be dead simple: just get the new one. But, in 2017, Apple has three new iPhones: a basic iPhone 8, an upgraded 8 Plus, and a fancy iPhone X. That’s not even counting all the other iPhones Apple still sells, …