We were all excited to get the Start menu back in Windows 10, and we wasted no time in customizing it to the best of our abilities. But what about the poor, neglected taskbar, who never left us in the first place? Here’s how to make the taskbar look pretty and work for you. Add …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. There’s a little backstory to today’s deal, but if you just want the goods, feel free to skip ahead — I won’t be …
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Sonos will share its vision of “the future of sound” at a media event on August 30 in New York. While no new hardware is expected, the event will likely outline additional functionality for the company’s existing line of wireless audio products — including the Play:5, which was introduced in 2015. In a March blogpost, CEO John MacFarlane said the …
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Watching athletes break records on your phone has helped NBC break an Olympic record of its own. Through Tuesday, viewers streamed 883 million live minutes of the Olympics, blowing past the 818 million minutes of live video streamed for the entire 2012 London Olympics. That includes video streamed via NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. “The 2016 Rio Olympics is …
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How many kids once thought that if they just pumped their legs a little harder, they might soar all the way around the swing set? British inventor Colin Furze just made those kids’ dreams come true. Furze built a contraption in his yard that swings 360 degrees. In a nerve-wracking video posted to YouTube Thursday, he flies through the air …
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Samsung’s mobile chief is singing the praises of the iris-scanning technology built into the upcoming Galaxy Note 7. “Iris-scanning is the safest security technology at the current level,” Koh Dong-jin said, according to a story in the Korea Herald on Thursday. That’s because within 18 to 20 months of birth, your iris becomes fixed and cannot be reproduced, Koh said. …
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Nope nope nope nope nope nope. No matter how attached I may feel to my cell phone, this creepy charger is never, ever entering my home. For one thing, it costs more than $6,000 (about £4,600, AU$7,800) on Etsy, where Japanese artist Mio Izawa is selling it. But really, you could pay me $6,000 and I wouldn’t — well, I …
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When fans first heard that “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” would be getting reshoots to make the darker tones a bit lighter, some wondered if the end product would be the kind of Star Wars movie worthy of a lightsaber salute. On Thursday, Disney and Lucasfilm released a new “Rogue One” movie trailer that put those worries on hold. …
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Twitter descended into a meta-frenzy Thursday morning as rumors spread that the social network would be shutting down in 2017 due to problems with cyberbullying. Users of the site panicked to such an extent that #savetwitter started trending. But it turns out that Twitter does not need saving after all. Fortunately for the avid tweeters of the world, the rumors …
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Forget the questionable iris scanner and finger-twirling stylus. One of the most intriguing new features in Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and Notebook 7 Spin laptop is HDR compatibility. High dynamic range video can look even better than conventional high-def and 4K video, with brighter highlights and more dynamic colors. Up until now, the feature was only found in a …
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It looks like Google Fiber‘s next step for high-speed internet supremacy will be wireless. Google In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the company outlines plans to experiment with the 3.5 GHz band, spectrum that could “help relieve Wi-Fi congestion — improving the experience of consumers accessing the Internet over wireless broadband.” The request for experimental authorization includes testing …
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Star Wars fans everywhere know what happens when you cross paths with Darth Vader on Bespin. When poor Han Solo was dipped in carbonite for safe transport to Jabba the Hutt in “The Empire Strikes Back,” we all waited with bated breath for “Return of the Jedi” hoping our favorite space smuggler survived. (He did!) Related stories Han Solo mini-fridge …
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Now playing: Watch this: Snapchat removes racially insensitive filter 1:20 Enlarge Image Snapchat is in trouble once more over a filter seen by many as racist. John Clarke/Twitter/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET A Snapchat filter depicting the facial features of an Asian person has stirred up controversy yet again for the photo and video sharing service. Rolled out on Tuesday, the …
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Vizio produces some of CNET’s highest-rated TVs, and high dynamic range video is our favorite image quality improvement since high-def itself. Now Vizio’s 2016 HDR sets can access the full slate of HDR TV shows and movies. A software update rolling out now to 2016 Vizio M-series and P-series TVs fulfills the company’s promise, made when the sets launched earlier …
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The same week synchronized divers Chen Aisen and Lin Yue won gold at the Olympics, they may end up being crowned GIF kings too. The athletes from China currently star in a GIF that’s even more mind-bending than those speedy midair flips that got them some gleaming new hardware on Monday. Related stories #PhelpsFace meme claims early gold at Rio …
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