After more than 15 years of staying silent in the music scene, The Avalanches are back. But their return has come a little earlier than expected after Amazon France leaked 30-second snippets from each song on the upcoming album. “Frontier Psychiatrist” might have introduced a generation to sample-heavy pop music and changed the Australian music …

Looks like the NFL needs to change its Twitter password. The league’s official Twitter account was hacked Tuesday with with a fake tweet saying Commissioner Roger Goodell had died. A screenshot of a fake tweet saying NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell died. Terry Collins/CNET “We regret to inform our fans that our commissioner, Roger Goodell, has passed away. He was 57. …

Some people want 3D viewing experience in their next TV. Some want a 4K display. LG is hoping that many in India want their next TV to repel mosquitoes. The company on Tuesday announced its Mosquito Away line of TVs for the country. The South Korean company says that its new TV comes equipped with an ultrasonic device which uses …

Vizio has announced its range of 2016 sound bars, which range from a single 38-inch bar to a full 5.1-channel setup, and all now feature Wi-Fi streaming as well. The sound bars begin at $180 for the 38-inch SB3830-D0 “subwoofer-less” sound bar and culminate in two 5.1 systems at $500 — one which features a slimline subwoofer, and one with …

T-Mobile has a case of the Tuesdays. Today was supposed to mark the start of the carrier’s big thank you program, which includes free stock and pizza. All customers had to do was open up the T-Mobile Tuesdays app to redeem their prizes. Unfortunately, the app hit a snag in its debut. The popularity of the T-Mobile Tuesdays app — …

You have always been able to hide posts from your Facebook page after the fact, but now Facebook lets you post to the News Feed without the items ever touching your Timeline. This new feature, perhaps inspired by the popularity and ephemeral nature of Snapchat, is useful for, say, a quick question for some of your Facebook friends or a …

I recently upgraded to a shiny new Phantom drone, the first I’d purchased since the FAA’s drone-registration rules went into effect. At first I thought, “Eh, I don’t really need to register, do I?” Then a friend asked if I knew the penalty for flying without a license. A couple hundred bucks, I guessed? Nope: Failing to register may result …

Yahoo is stepping up its fire sale with the addition of a portfolio of about 3,000 patents it hopes will fetch more than $1 billion, sources tell The Wall Street Journal. The beleaguered web pioneer has in recent weeks sent letters to prospective buyers who might be interested purchasing the patents, some of which date back 20 years to the …

Brock Lesnar. There’s three things you need to know about him: He’s an extreme genetic outlier, he’s one of the UFC’s biggest ever box office draws and he currently wrestles exclusively for the WWE. On Sunday at UFC 199 in California, it was revealed that the WWE had agreed to a special “one off” deal allowing Lesnar to return to …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone’s Live Photos can be shared on social 2:33 If you have an iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus or iPhone SE and you enjoy the Live Photos feature that captures a few seconds of video when you snap a photo, then sooner or later you will create a Live Photo worth sharing on social media. Your …

A patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday shows the company is researching the use of bone conduction technology to improve voice call quality in its EarPod headphones. Enlarge Image U.S. Patent No. 9,363,596 uspto.gov US Patent No. 9,363,596 shows a diagram detailing a pair of wired earbuds with an internal accelerometer that can distinguish between a user’s voice and ambient …

Consumers are just saying no to new smartphones. Global smartphone sales will no longer hit double-digit growth, market researcher Gartner said Tuesday, while predicting a rise in sales of 7 percent for 2016. That compares with 14.4 percent annual growth in 2015 and the peak of 73 percent in 2010. In terms of numbers, smartphone unit sales are predicted to …

So weary of political attack ads you’re kind of rooting for Giant Meteor 2016? Here’s one you’ll actually enjoy, no matter which side you’re on. “The Star Wars Show,” which posts new YouTube episodes every Wednesday, produced a slyly realistic political attack ad attacking Princess Leia’s ambitions to become the first senator of the new republic. The video promotes Claudia …

Facebook really, really wants everyone to use its Messenger app. Once upon a time, chatting was built into Facebook. Then the social network created Messenger as a thing unto itself, with the iOS and Android versions of the Facebook app directing you to use or install Messenger if you wanted to chat. Now users of Facebook’s mobile website are starting …

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. Acer About two years ago, Acer released an updated Aspire S7 Ultrabook, with the high-end configuration selling for around $1,400. This is the …