Microsoft’s new iOS keyboard goes out to anyone who’s ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet while trying to type with one hand (you know who you are). Called Word Flow, the new Windows Phone-esque keyboard lets you tap or swipe to type, and it also includes customizable, arc-shaped keyboards for ergonomic single-handed typing. It’s …

Imagine if you could be on the set of the next Star Wars film. Imagine if you could watch as Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson trains Daisy Ridley to (maybe) become a Jedi. Star Wars owner Disney is now working on the next best thing. Today, Disney announced a deal to use Nokia’s $60,000 (roughly £43,000 or AU$78,000) …

The final trailer for “X-Men: Apocalypse” opens with Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) saying, “Things are better. The world is better.” But the plaintive piano music in the background clues us in that not all is happy-happy in the world of superpowered mutants. The villain of the piece is Apocalypse (played by Oscar Isaac from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens“), …

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Apple likely sold 51 million iPhones in three months, and that’s a bad thing. As part of its latest earnings report Tuesday, the device maker expects to post its first-ever decline in iPhone sales since first introducing the blockbuster smartphone in 2007. With that one device accounting for more than two-thirds of its sales, any decline in demand is a …

Report abuse on Twitter more easily than ever. Find out how to protect yourself and others.https://t.co/1MEfTzkfFL — Safety (@safety) April 25, 2016 “> Twitter is constantly trying to improve how users can report abuse on the microblogging website. On Monday, the company announced an update that will make the process less painstaking, adding the ability to attach multiple tweets to …

I have a recipe for rainbow grilled cheese. First, capture a unicorn. Next, milk that unicorn. Then make cheese from the unicorn milk. Age it for centuries in a magic cave. Slice. Butter two pieces of bread, place the cheese in the middle and grill on an iron skillet. Or you can just pop over to Hong Kong eatery Kala …

So much for “Made in Brooklyn.” Less than a year after opening a 170,000-square foot factory in New York, MakerBot on Monday said contract manufacturer Jabil will now produce all of its 3D printers. Jabil is headquartered in the US but has production facilities overseas. MakerBot, known for its desktop 3D printers, said it will transition production to Jabil “over …

A little over a year ago Adobe launched its Document Cloud service, the company’s comprehensive service for minding the gap between paper and electronic document and form processing. Given the scope of Document Cloud, the latest round of updates seems relatively minimal, albeit notable for the strategic direction they suggest. Acrobat DC. Adobe says it’s streamlined the experience of commenting, …

A bunch of projects have seen drones piloted using brain activity to control the drone. Now, for the first time, pilots thinking very hard have competed with each other to race their drones. Students at the University of Florida have used Emotiv Insight EEG headsets to read their brain activity, translate it and transmit it in real-time to drones as …

I’ve wanted to use The Force since I was a little kid. Pull things towards me, push them away, with a mere wave of my hand. This week, I got to try something a lot like that. Don’t get too excited: we haven’t developed human tractor beams quite yet. But remote-control cars, drones and light bulbs could totally be within …

If you’re itching for Beyonce’s new album but don’t want to sign up for Tidal, don’t worry: The subscription music-streaming service’s “exclusive” on the album was short-lived. “Lemonade,” which was released exclusively on Tidal on Saturday night, was made available for purchase on Apple’s iTunes just a day later. The album is available for download at Tidal and will be …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch: One year later. Are you still wearing it? 3:01 It’s been a year since Apple released the Watch. Big whoop! Does anyone really care? That’s what we asked a few of our Apple Watch-owning CNET editors — and they didn’t hold back. Below is a short list of the most common answers for why …

If size matters not for you, then Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi Max phablet could be just what you’re looking for. The company recently teased its new device in its MIUI fan forums, with a picture of the phablet in the pocket of a pair of jeans. While it made no mention of the device’s actual size, Xiaomi said the phone will …

We aren’t buying enough new iPhones. That’s why Apple is expected to tell investors something it’s never had to say before during its quarterly earnings call: iPhone sales likely dropped for the first time since the game-changing device went on sale in 2007. That drop isn’t a surprise to those who’ve been listening. Apple CEO Tim Cook and his team …