Firaxis/2K Games The latest Civilization game from developer Firaxis does something interesting. It’s as much a spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri as it is a sequel to Civilization V, and from the newly released trailer, it looks like Beyond Earth breaks the mould in all the right ways. It has the same turn-based 4X (explore, …

The Pokémon Company If ever there was a hugely popular franchise that would work perfectly for mobile, it’s Pokémon. The top-down perspective would work beautifully with a virtual D-Pad and the turn-based combat system would easily adapt to touch controls. In fact, we’ve seen several clones already that work really well, such as Kairosoft’s Beastie Bay and MinoMonsters — but …

This October, as pumpkin spice engulfs the senses, we also plan to feast on a new Nexus and iPad. Watch CNET Update below for the latest reports on gold iPads and Motorola’s 6-inch Nexus 6. But there are some treats you don’t have to wait for. Microsoft launched a new presentation tool called Sway, Google is giving students unlimited storage …

Verizon won’t be enforcing its throttling policy after all. Verizon Verizon Wireless customers with a grandfathered unlimited data plan can breathe a sigh of relief. The nation’s largest wireless carrier by subscriber base said Wednesday that it would no longer go through with its , which was its plan to limit the data speeds of its most excessive users. “We’ve …

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET An alleged bug in iOS 8 appears to be deleting documents stored in iCloud Drive without the user’s permission. Discovered by MacRumors after complaints surfaced from users of the blog site’s forums, the bug is triggered by the option to Reset All Settings. Found in the Reset screen under the General category in Settings for iOS …

CNET Apple has issued a fix for Shellshock, aka Bash, a bug that could let hackers gain access to some Macintosh computers. But security experts said Tuesday that Apple’s patch is incomplete and leaves one vulnerability open. Shellshock affects most computers around the world running Unix and Linux, including Apple’s OS X operating-system software for the Mac. A quarter-century old, …

Tablet demand is slowing, says research firm NPD. James Martin/CNET Tablets just aren’t as hot as they used to be, according to a report released Tuesday by NPD DisplaySearch. Demand for tablets is slowing around the world, said the research firm, with shipments forecast to inch up only 2 percent in 2014 compared with 2013. The industry will ship 254 …

PayPal may play nice with Apple Pay after all. John Donahoe, the CEO of PayPal parent eBay, said on an investor conference call on Tuesday that he wants PayPal “to be a presence however consumers want to pay,” suggesting a willingness to work with Apple’s upcoming mobile-payments feature. With Apple Pay, iOS users can carry out purchases using the new …

Windows 9 was never meant to be. Microsoft revealed its next operating system will be called Windows 10 across all types of devices. Watch CNET Update for a quick overview of the updated interface. Windows 7 users should find it comforting: Now playing: Watch this: Windows 10 aims to blend best of 7 and 8 2:50 Today’s Update also sums …

Microsoft VPs Joe Belfiore (right) and Terry Myerson gives a live demo of Windows 10 onstage at a press event in San Francisco, Calif., on September 30. Nick Statt/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft just said no to 9. The follow-on to the current Windows 8 operating system will be known as Windows 10 . Originally codenamed Windows Threshold, the new …

When will the Apple Watch arrive? James Martin/CNET The Apple Watch may run into some early production issues. A new report from Taiwanese news source AppleDaily claims that the watch won’t actually reach the mass production stage until January. And blog site G for Games is reporting the watch will be assembled by a single supplier instead of two, as …

Hamza Sood/Twitter/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple’s next major update to iOS will reportedly be able to tap into Apple Pay so you can pay for items through your iPhone. A tweet posted by a developer named Hamza Sood shows what is purportedly a screenshot taken from the beta for iOS 8.1 , which is currently available only to developers. The …

One of the new Jawbone-Pebble watch faces. Jawbone The wearable wrist revolution thus far has been about smartwatches and fitness bands, but the two don’t always overlap. In fact, it’s hard to find one device that does both well. The Pebble smartwatch and Pebble Steel had aspirations to track fitness, but were never able to do background tracking — an …

Screenshot by Joshua Goldman/CNET And it only took two years. Back in August 2012, TiVo launched the Stream , a small box that let TiVo Premiere owners stream live and recorded programming to iOS devices via TiVo’s app. Then a year later it launched the Roamio Plus and Pro DVRs, which had streaming built in, but still only to iOS …

Google’s Chrome bug bounty has paid more than $1.25 million to security researchers who have found more than 700 bugs in its browser, but Google has determined that it’s not enough. The maximum bounty for finding bugs in Chrome has been raised to $15,000 at the high end, up from $5,000, Google announced in a blog post Tuesday. The low …