Now playing: Watch this: What’s the future of Google’s Project Ara modular phone? 3:38 At its annual developer’s conference today, Google announced that its long-awaited modular phone will be available to developers by the end of this year. And if everything stays on schedule, consumers will be able to get their hands on it by …

Thank you, Candace Payne. The Internet was heading into the weekend in need of a humor break and the Force was with you. Payne was returning some clothes at Kohl’s and happened upon a talking Chewbacca mask, which she bought not for her children, she notes, but for herself. “This is mine,” she says in her public Facebook video. “I …

The newest device from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, comes with both built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1. Like with most things Raspberry Pi, it doesn’t come working out of the box, though. Even after you install NOOBS or Raspbian, you still have to do some work to get Bluetooth up and running. Fortunately, it’s not very …

The new Windows 10 Settings menu lets you quickly find basic settings without digging through the Control Panel. The Network & Internet tab combines the traditional Network and Sharing Center from the Control Panel with Windows 8’s watered-down settings menu. If you’re looking for connection settings, this is where you’ll find them. Related stories Your guide to Windows 10 A …

You think cat videos on YouTube are funny? Wait until you watch them in a virtual reality headset. Google plans to release in the fall a version of its YouTube app designed for virtual reality, allowing you to strap on a head-mounted display to view both conventional clips and 360-degree videos that let you swivel your head around for a …

Now playing: Watch this: IMAX bringing VR to movie theaters 1:05 GoPro was the first camera to hop onboard Jump, Google’s design for an array of cameras that provide 360-degree virtual-reality video. But it won’t be the last. Two new partners were announced Thursday during a VR keynote at Google’s I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California: Yi and Imax. …

If you’re struggling to save cash for your holiday, perhaps the Pavlok wristband is the thing for you. This wearable device can be linked to your bank account and will deliver a 255-volt shock to your arm when your account drops below a pre-set amount, the BBC reports. “Willpower is great if you’ve got it — not everybody has,” said …

Now playing: Watch this: Google’s sticky car concept catches pedestrians 1:35 Google’s latest idea for self-driving cars comes with some sticky complications. Watch CNET Update to learn about the latest patent from Google, which puts a sticky coating on top of a car to catch pedestrians hit in accidents. (Anyone else getting a Katamari Damacy vibe here?) Uber also is …

Google’s new virtual reality initiative, Daydream, is promising “the best smartphone -based mobile VR experience” ever made. But for now, the Daydream VR headset is just an abstract concept, a sketch on paper — even for the developers that Google expects to start building apps for the platform. What using the Daydream controller might be like. GIF by Sean Hollister/CNET …

Google’s digital voice assistant was already miles ahead of Apple’s Siri even before Google’s announcements on Wednesday at its annual I/O conference. But given what the search giant showed off yesterday, Siri will shrink further in Google’s rearview mirror in the near future. What we currently call Google Now is getting another name, Google Assistant — and it’s going to …

With Facebook’s new interactive map, you can see the locations of all the live video streams users are broadcasting anywhere in the world. The Live Video map can be found under Apps in the left hand panel of Facebook.com. It shows the locations of all current streams as tiny blue dots. The dots will be larger the more viewers they …

Google has announced that the Play store and more than one million Android apps will soon be available to Chromebooks. That means starting in mid-June, you will be able to run apps like Facebook Messenger, Clash of Clans and more right on your Chromebook, Chromebox or Chromebase. The first devices that will support Android apps will be the Acer Chromebook …

Samsung will partner with Alibaba’s financial affiliate on mobile payments as the world’s biggest phone maker looks to expand its presence in China. The partnership will allow Samsung Pay, the electronics giant’s mobile payment system, to work with Alipay, the payments affiliate of Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce company, Samsung said in a statement late Thursday. Alipay has more than 450 …

More and more connected cars are going to roll out in 2016 (just ask Google), and AT&T would like you to know it’s prepared to meet the demand for mobile broadband. Starting this week, the Dallas telecom giant will offer its Unlimited Plan customers the option to add certain connected cars or a ZTE Mobley Wi-Fi plug-in device to their …

Google has appealed an order from France compelling it to scrap certain search results not just by country but across the world. In May 2014, Google started complying with a European Union ruling that requires it to honor requests from a European citizen to remove search results that may no longer be relevant or may infringe upon that person’s privacy. …