Blame the media. Blame Google search. Blame lazy marketing. But just like hoverboards that don’t actually hover, everything you view in Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear VR or any number of other VR headsets is not necessarily “virtual reality.” But, it’s too late to go back now. VR is the catch-all name for all manner …

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will take the stage tonight at Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida. The debate comes on the heels of two primary elections. Last night, Clinton captured an easy victory in Mississippi, but was upset by Sanders in Michigan. The debate will be hosted by Univision and The Washington Post, and moderated by …

Android Lollipop has finally risen to top of the Android candy chain. After playing second fiddle to KitKat for more than a year, Lollipop has taken the lead by expanding onto 36.1 percent of all Android devices, according to the latest stats served up by Google’s Android Developer Dashboard. The new number is up from 34.1 percent a month ago. …

Samsung’s brand new Galaxy S7 boasts a bunch of new camera tweaks. Although it has a 12-megapixel sensor — less than the S6’s 16 megapixels — those pixels are physically larger to allow it to capture more light. It has a wider f/1.2 aperture too to let more light in — both of which are designed to make it a …

Google is hoping it can make the newest flavor of its mobile software sweeter than Apple’s. The search giant on Wednesday launched the next generation of its Android software, which powers more than 80 percent of the world’s smartphones and tablets. The software release, though, is an unfinished version specifically meant for software developers to tool around with. For now, …

Now playing: Watch this: Can drones help save California’s coastline? 1:47 War. Surveillance. Killer robots. Drones often come with these negative connotations. But photographer Eric Cheng wants that to change. “A lot of us who are drone enthusiasts or work in the profession are really interested in the idea of drones for good, the idea that drones are just a …

On March 11 2011, Japan was hit with one of the most devastating tsunamis the island nation has ever experienced. Now, five years later, the Aichi University of Technology is utilising virtual reality to prepare its populace for future catastrophic natural disasters. The VR simulation is powered by the Facebook-backed Oculus Rift headset and puts the user behind the wheel …

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are the phones to beat. When they hit the shops on March 11, they’ll be the best pocket computers you can buy — just read our Galaxy S7 review to see what I mean. But do you really need to upgrade from a Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S5, or maybe a Galaxy Note 5 …

The wind picked up and rain started to fall just as I got to the San Mateo gas station. The thought of fumbling with my wallet while standing in the cold made me shudder. Fortunately, I was getting a demo of how Apple Pay works at ExxonMobil gas pumps. I now can pay for gas or a car wash from …

There’s still over a month before “Game of Thrones” returns to HBO, but the full-length trailer for season 6 of the hit series seems to take aim at some of the biggest rumors surrounding the show. The 100-second tease, released Tuesday, starts from a bird’s-eye view drifting over the bloodied body of Jon Snow, who was the victim of a …

If your tech company doesn’t have a virtual-reality team in 2016 it’s seriously behind the times — at least that’s what the social networks and phone makers of the world have led us to believe. Amazon is the latest company to jump on the virtual-reality bandwagon, a fact we know thanks to a job posting spotted by UploadVR. The Seattle, …

Double-tapping the Home button to call up the app switcher to jump to another app or close an app has probably become such a force of habit that you can’t imagine app switching or app closing by any other means. But should you have an iPhone 6S or iPhone 6S Plus with 3D Touch and a desire to shun the …

I don’t care how many cool points I lose by saying this: an animated short VR movie just blew my mind. I hadn’t seen anything like “On Ice” before, a “Blades-of-Glory“-meets-Pixar short created by Google, a veteran in VR animated movies by today’s standards. The movie follows ice skater Rudy Lazarus as he spectacularly performs in an all-white, chest-hair-revealing, deep-V …

The push toward gender equality in the tech world is, at best, a mixed bag. And the industry knows it. Many of its biggest companies, including Apple and Facebook, admit they need to do more to attract women to their workforce. A few, such as Salesforce.com and Intel, now make sure women and men doing the same work are paid …

Amazon’s next victims may be QVC and the Home Shopping Network. The online retail giant launches its first live show, and it’s just to talk about fashion and beauty items you can buy on Amazon. Watch CNET Update below to learn about this new QVC-meets-YouTube creation. Next up from Amazon, we may be watching and shopping in virtual reality: Now …