Get ready to talk to your toaster. If you’re an Amazon Echo owner, chances are you’re already pretty comfortable chatting up its digital assistant, Alexa. Ask any major tech company, whether it’s Apple, Google or Microsoft, and it’s clear that voice is how you’ll be controlling your gadgets in the future. That trend is flowing …

Now playing: Watch this: Get busy gaming on the Galaxy S7 1:06 Samsung’s Galaxy S7 is more than a mere phone, it’s a gaming machine. No, it’s not going to replace your PlayStation or Nintendo 3DS, but for gaming on the go, it’s got all the features you could need or want. Inside, there is liquid cooling and powerful processors …

Republican presidential candidates will take the stage tonight for the 12th and final presidential debate before the increasingly important Florida and Ohio primaries. The participants are property mogul Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The debate will take place at the University of Miami, in Florida, and be hosted by CNN, …

Is it possible to get emotional over the end of a science show that aired for well over a decade? If this supercut video of the most exciting and touching moments in “MythBusters” has anything to say about it, we’ll all be crying into our keyboards over the series ending last weekend. The Vimeo video, created by Thomas Crenshaw and …

If you’re the kind of animal lover who would enjoy relaxing in a cafe while cats stare at you, then this 360-degree YouTube video is a purrfect match. KitTea Cafe, which opened last year in San Francisco, promises to “create a Zen retreat where people and cats can hang out to the benefit of both — through the vehicle of …

The battle between Apple and the FBI just got a lot more heated. Bruce Sewell, Apple’s top attorney, on Thursday ramped up his criticism of the government, accusing the US Department of Justice of taking a “cheap shot” and waging a smear campaign. His remarks were made in response to a Justice Department filing earlier that day that took a …

I use Google Docs for all of my writing, from CNET blog posts and other writing for work to quick lists and tried-and-true recipes. I opened up Google Docs this morning to start my daily labor to find an outline panel on the left side of my document. It had recognized the bold headers in my document and used them …

Imagine that you are trapped in some kind of twisted “Saw” scenario. You’re locked in a dingy room that looks like the store room of an abandoned factory with no windows, doors that you can open by hand or a shred of a memory of how you got there. Suddenly, a low, creepy voice emits from a speaker and asks …

You have probably grown so accustomed to your iPhone’s SpringBoard animations when opening and closing apps that you hardly notice the animation where apps spring onto your screen when you open them and then fade away when you close them. You can reduce this animation by going to Settings > General > Accessibility and turning on the Reduce Motion setting. …

You should be able to decide what data your broadband or wireless provider shares with marketers. Period. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has proposed new regulations to protect broadband and wireless customers’ private data. That’s the message the Federal Communications Commission is sending with a proposed regulation intended to safeguard private customer information and to require broadband and wireless companies to …