Windows 10’s smart assistant Cortana will get smarter and more helpful in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. She’ll be able to perform tasks for you directly from the lock screen and mirror your Android notifications in the Windows 10 Action Center. One other small (but cool) feature Cortana will get is the ability to create …

With the amount of time you likely spend tapping and swiping on your iPhone, I have a dozen gestures that can amount to tremendous time savings. You may know some of these, but others could be hiding in plain sight. Keep reading for gestures you can use with Mail, Photos, Messages and other iOS apps. 1. Save draft in Mail …

If you’re looking to greatly increase the storage capacity of your desktop computer, NAS server or surveillance recorder, Seagate’s got you covered. The company today announced not one but three new 10TB hard drives: the Barracuda Pro, the IronWolf and SkyHawk. These drives belong to an all-new Guadian series and are currently the highest capacity consumer-grade desktop hard drives on …

Any trailer that rates itself “Q” for “Questionable” is onto something. The faux rating screen for the “Fan-o-rama” trailer reads, “Audiences will no doubt question the creator’s motives, self-respect and sanity.” You will definitely have some questions after viewing the video, the most likely being “What did I just see?” “Fan-o-rama” is a lovingly bizarre live-action interpretation of the sci-fi …

For the last several months the prevailing rumor about the next-generation iPhones has been that Apple would do away with the headphone jack to help make the hardware thinner. But in recent days the latest chatter has been about the size of the next iPhone’s battery. Steve Hemmerstoffer (aka @OnLeaks) of Nowhereelse.fr, who has a good track record of leaking …

The price of the Netflix’s most popular plan is going up by $1, and folks don’t like it. The video streaming service posted its worst subscriber growth in three years, but took the unusual move of blaming media coverage of the price hike for its disappointing performance. The company warned that things wouldn’t pick up next quarter either. We also …

Science fiction has broken new ground in many classic books and films. The 1968 kiss between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura in a third-season “Star Trek” episode was considered daring at the time because it involved a white man and a black woman. But in a parody video posted Monday to promote Fathom Events’ nationwide showing of “Planet of the …

First Lady hopeful Melania Trump moved the crowd at the Republican National Convention with a heartfelt speech on Monday night. Now, she’s moving Twitter amid suggestions she may have borrowed from another first lady. Melania took over Twitter after a journalist spotted similarities between her speech in Cleveland, where her husband, Donald, will likely be named the GOP’s presidential nominee, …

Now playing: Watch this: Netflix reports worst member growth in three years 1:29 Netflix says member subscriptions slowed down in its latest quarter. The company warned that it would also see lackluster subscriber growth in the next quarter as well. However, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says the increased revenue generated by the new price structure will allow the company to …

As any seasoned Pokemon trainer will tell you, Pokemon Go has quite a habit of draining your phone’s battery life. This means that you either have to lug around an unwieldy portable power bank or simply go home and live in a world without Pokemon. As if anyone would want that. Related stories Pokemon Go: Gyms, candy, pokeballs and everything …

The next iPhone may not exactly shoot up the sales charts, according to a new poll conducted by online magazine Quartz. Just 10 percent of US iPhone owners said they would be likely or very likely to upgrade this year if Apple doesn’t redesign its marquee product, according to a survey of 525 US iPhone owners. That’s a significant difference …

You know the stereotype: Comic book stores are full of unkempt white guys, staring creepily if anyone different walks in. Though there are plenty of women creating and reading comics, the exaggerated picture we get from comedies like “The Big Bang Theory” and “The Simpsons” does have some truth to it: Men have largely dominated comics culture, and fans often …

A judge in Brazil has ordered a ban on popular messaging app WhatsApp starting Tuesday. That might sound a bit familiar. This is the third time in less than a year the Facebook-owned app has been temporarily banned in the country. The court said the app will be suspended indefinitely, until Facebook turns over data related to a criminal case, …

You flew into Cleveland hoping to catch a glimpse of Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Bad news: Roughly 50,000 people are expected to hit the city for the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena. Get in line. The good news: There are plenty of other things to do on the North Coast. Here are five …

Lately it feels like the ’90s all over again. Clinton is running for President. Pokemon is all the rage, and a few weeks ago CNET brought you right back to the days of “Clueless” with the hilarious video, “If phones were teenage girls.” Now Bailey Whitehead, our amazing summer video intern, returns with another installment: Study hall. You have to …