Fitbit has become synonymous with “fitness tracker,” and for good reason. The health and fitness company currently offers eight devices for tracking steps and calories, and it continues to dominate sales (the Apple Watch is a strong No. 2). There’s also the Fitbit Aria, a smart scale that integrates with other Fitbit trackers. Editors’ note …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple likely to unveil new iPhones on September 7 1:48 Official invites are out for Apple’s next event, and it’s soon: next Wednesday, September 7, Apple will take the stage at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, and they’ll be bringing new iPhones with them to show to the world. We haven’t gotten our hands …

AmazonFresh apparently squashed some of its bugs. A handful of problems with the online retailer’s grocery service, available in some US cities and London, could have unnecessarily cost customers a lot more money, CNET reported on Friday. Through its website’s “Buy It Again” feature, Amazon had been encouraging customers to repurchase items they bought using Fresh — but at inflated …

Kim Dotcom, founder of file-sharing service Megaupload, is a wanted man in the US on charges of copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering. In December of last year, a New Zealand court ruled that Dotcom could be extradited to his home in New Zealand to the US to face those charges. This week, a New Zealand court began hearing Dotcom’s …

Apple’s next MacBook Pro will help move us all into the future of personal computing. But it could also bring some big headaches along the way. I’m confident it’ll remain a powerful machine while getting lighter and smaller. But I’m worried that one new technology that enables that slimming down, the versatile USB Type-C port, will also mean the MacBook …

Would you like to use Apple’s stylus with your iPad? That is one of the planned software updates that will accompany hardware improvements already in development, sources tell Bloomberg. The updated iPad software, which is designed to cater to the needs of professionals, is expected to ship in 2017, the unidentified sources told the news outlet. The tech titan, which …

Funko has a talent for transforming favorite pop culture characters into cute collectibles. With the buzz about sci-fi/horror Netflix series “Stranger Things” at an all-time high, it was only a matter of time before the toy company put out feelers to gauge the response to potential Pop Vinyl figures of the show’s most popular characters. Related stories This Eleven figure …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple Music gets a boost before iPhone 7 launch 2:09 You’ve read all the rumors about Apple’s next iPhone, which may or may not be called the iPhone 7 and may or may not be the handset you’ve been pining for. But wonder no more. You can find out for yourself September 7 when the tech …

We get it. Dropping brand new, expensive gadgets to see if they’ll break under extreme conditions is fun. Not only do plenty of YouTubers dedicate full video channels to dropping smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices to test their durability, we did the same thing here at CNET last week with Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7. Related stories Drop test: Is …

The Fitbit Blaze is getting an update. Fitbit announced on Monday that its fitness smartwatch will soon receive an update that enables third-party notifications and other new features. The Blaze, which costs $200 in the US (£160 in the UK and AU$330 in Australia), was released earlier this year. The watch can track steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes and …