Summer time. It’s the season of long, sun-filled days, blockbuster entertainment and — for many of us — a chance to explore new worlds. In the latest issue of CNET Magazine, we do some explorations of our own. Looking for better and easier ways to get from here to there? Our story on electric scooters, …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung to introduce bendable phones in 2017, says report 1:30 Samsung has been working on introducing a smartphone with a flexible display that could be folded in half for several years. A new report from Bloomberg says that Samsung could be close to releasing two pliable phones in the near future. Flexible phones are sure to …

Apple has published eight new videos in its “shot on iPhone” series, which touts the camera prowess of its iPhones. Within the last day, eight new videos have been added to Apple’s YouTube channel. They feature a hippo, penguins, bees and a particularly excited dog. Not all the videos, which are 15 seconds long, are animal-themed. There are also moody …

Now playing: Watch this: Google’s new iOS app fixes Apple Live Photos 1:27 Turning your Live Photos into shareable GIFs just got much easier thanks to Google. On Tuesday the company released a free iOS app, Motion Stills, that allows you to do just that. The above GIF shows before and after stabilization with the Motion Stills app. Google Google …

If there’s one thing this election season needs, it’s a whole lot more love, and Twitter users are trying to deliver some to the left side of the political aisle with a trending hashtag. Tuesday marked the final Super Tuesday of the 2016 presidential primary season, and it appears former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung to introduce bendable phones in 2017, says report 1:30 Two new Samsung phones with folding screens could be unveiled next year, if a report turns out to be true. The South Korean tech giant is mulling the release of two phones with bendable screens as soon as 2017, according to Bloomberg, which cites anonymous sources …

Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor is leaving the online video upload site, a smaller rival to Google’s YouTube. In a memo to staff Tuesday, Trainor said he was “stepping back” from Vimeo, though he will remain an advisor there as the chief of parent company IAC, Joey Levin, serves as interim CEO. Vimeo is often known as a high-brow YouTube. Like …

Google’s artificial intelligence software, smart enough to help vanquish the world’s top Go player and answer your email, is coming to your iPhone. On Monday, Google published an early version of TensorFlow (the 0.9 release candidate) that adds support for iOS, the software that powers Apple iPhones and iPads. TensorFlow is “neural network” software that lets computers process data in …

Lenovo looks like it’s set to debut new virtual reality hardware in a year already full of VR surprises, and it’s doing it with the help of a chipmaker named Movidius. A few days in advance of Lenovo’s Tech World event June 9 in San Francisco, chipmaker Movidius has announced via press release that its hardware will be inside a …

iPhone owners in the United States are apparently no longer in such a rush to upgrade to the latest version of the gadget. Among people who upgraded from an old iPhone to a new one, the age of the old phones has increased over the past several years, meaning people are waiting longer to upgrade, according to data released Tuesday …

T-Mobile is giving away pizza and stock, but is that enough to win a customer over? The latest Un-carrier announcement sounds great on paper, but we break down whether any of us would actually take advantage of these freebies. Even if it’s a nice gesture to buy goodwill, T-Mobile’s latest move is a far cry from earlier Un-carrier events, which …

Instagram has announced an update to its popular social photography app that makes it a little easier for iOS users to upload photos directly from any iPhone app. Version 8.2’s latest trick takes a step out of the Instagram photo uploading process by adding a shortcut extension to the iOS Share menu in iOS apps, including the native Photos app. …

Those of you looking for an Apple Watch can save some cash at Best Buy right now. The retailer is offering a sale on both the entry-level Apple Watch Sport and the mid-level model of the Apple Watch. The sale price varies depending on the version. Apple’s smartwatches face competition from companies such as Samsung, LG and Motorola, though many …

The poor old Nintendo Power Glove may not have been particularly good at its intended purpose as a controller for the NES, but computer engineering graduate Nolan Moore has been able to make it great. As he said on his Hackaday project page, “The ultimate goal of the Power Glove UHID project is to revamp the 1989 Nintendo Power Glove …

Uber’s relationship with its thousands of drivers has faced a lot of challenges. Drivers have protested Uber’s fare cuts and filed class action lawsuits against the company over their classification as contractors and not employees. In an attempt to placate the people that keep Uber running, the ride-hailing service on Monday unveiled a handful of new features on its app …