Super Bowl 50 is right around the corner, and your gorgeous HDTV is ready and waiting (If not, check out our guide). But what if the big game could extend beyond your big screen? With a Microsoft HoloLens headset, which allows you to see computer-generated objects as if they appeared in the real world, you …

Recently, my preferred method for renaming files on my MacBook disappeared. Turns out, I unknowingly made a change to my trackpad settings when I was writing about where to find the hidden three-finger drag option in OS X El Capitan last month. So, let’s start with my go-to renaming method and the setting you can adjust to disable for all …

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Golf likely isn’t a sport most would associate with GoPro’s versatile little cameras, but that all could change with its new collaboration with the PGA Tour. Starting with the Waste Management Phoenix Open on February 3, views from GoPro cameras will be integrated into live golf coverage. The PGA Tour will also stream the Pro-Am from the 16th hole at …

The Razer Blade Stealth was a major head turner for those who attended CES 2016, but a head-scratcher for Australian gamers, who were left without a release date for the gorgeous-looking machine. Clearing things up on Monday, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan said that the Blade Stealth would launch throughout the Asia Pacific in the next two months. “We are overwhelmed …

The Apple Watch may be just what the smartwatch market needed. Smartwatch unit sales will jump from 30 million last year to 50 million this year and 66.7 million in 2017, Gartner said in a research note released on Tuesday. The industry can thank Apple for the anticipated surge, according to Gartner, as the Apple Watch has been “popularizing wearables …

Amazon usually drives the books you order to your home. Now, it wants you to drive to your books. The online retail giant’s concept — known colloquially as a “bookstore” — is to open as many as 400 locations nationwide, according to Sandeep Mathrani, chief executive of US mall operator General Growth Partners. “In the mall business, the impact of …

Chinese startup Xiaomi, the largest phone seller in China, has some of the hottest products you’ve probably never heard about. That may change thanks to wireless reseller US Mobile. The Stamford, Connecticut, company, which runs on the T-Mobile network, briefly listed a few of Xiaomi’s phones on its site. It would mark the first time a carrier offered one of …

Alphabet, the new parent company of Google, is the Willy Wonka factory of tech: driverless cars, Wi-Fi beaming balloons, glucose-reading contact lenses and even plans for smart cities. If founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin can pull off all those so-called “moon shots,” they’ll certainly deliver a future full of intrigue. But innovation isn’t easy — or cheap. On Monday, …

Android fans, mark your calendars for February 21. Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and LG’s G5 will say hello to the world on the same day later this month, just before the start of the year’s biggest mobile trade show, Mobile World Congress. Watch CNET Update below for some highlights of what to expect from Samsung’s next big phone, and also learn …

In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 seconds if Instagram gets its way. While Instagram might be home to fashion bloggers, fitness posers and celebrities offering a candid window into their #blessed daily lives, the social platform is now playing host to its own short film, with a 28-part thriller series directed by one of the Hollywood names …

If you are a frequent shopper at the Mac App Store and are tired of entering your password each time you go to download an app, there are two settings you should know about. Unfortunately, it seems to me you can’t use both at the same time. To find them, open System Preferences, choose App Store and look at the …

Your battery indicator shows a cool 40 percent and then suddenly, it’s dead. With older iPhones, it’s a common problem — years of use throw off the calibration while the battery’s capacity dwindles. We’re talking about the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, though — these phones haven’t even had their half-birthdays. The issue, according to Apple, is that the battery …

Six months after launch, Windows 10 has finally leapfrogged over both XP and 8.1 to become the second most popular desktop operating system in terms of Web traffic. In January, Windows 10 snagged a global market share of 11.85 percent, up from 9.96 percent in December, researcher Net Market Share reported Monday. The latest number showed a healthy upturn following …

If you told me a video of someone slicing into a clementine with a scalpel would hold my attention for a full 3 minutes and 16 seconds, I would have scoffed. Then I watched just that on a new YouTube channel launched by an anonymous user who goes by the name The Food Surgeon, and I was hooked. While watching …