Now playing: Watch this: How 3D printing will literally make the future 1:40 Right now, 3D printers are mostly peripheral items owned by other people to make cool and quirky things: nerdy figurines, bit parts, the occasional crazy snack that grows its own mushroom filling. Click here for more Exciting Tech stories. In only five …

Dick Costolo is reportedly set to exit Twitter’s board. Scott Olson/Getty Images Twitter’s former CEO, Dick Costolo, plans to step down from the social network’s board of directors, according to reports. He’ll exit by the end of the year or once the company appoints a new chief, The New York Times reported, with Recode saying he’ll leave when a new …

While subwoofers are all but required for home theater, the role subs play in music systems is almost as crucial. So even if you have a pair of bookshelf or tower speakers with 5-inch or smaller woofers and are perfectly satisfied with the bass, you literally don’t know what you’re missing. Adding a sub to larger speakers also makes sense …

Do you live in a place where you have more than one terrible way to drive to work? Stop nodding and keep reading, commuters in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles and other metropolises with bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic. If a check of traffic conditions on Google Maps or Waze precedes your morning and evening commutes, then you can streamline operations with …

Apple now has another retailer that can push its smartwatch. Josh Miller/CNET Consumers eyeing the Apple Watch can now pick one up through Best Buy. The electronics chain is now offering Apple’s wearable device at both its retail stores and its website, as announced late last month. Best Buy is selling the Apple Watch Sport, which starts at $349, and …

From “House of Cards” to “Transparent”, some of today’s best TV isn’t on TV at all. We caught up with Helen Cowley, senior manager at Amazon Instant Video, to find out how online streaming gives big names and fresh talent an opportunity to do something different, and find out why Amazon wants you to help choose its next big hit. …

If you were using the email feature on your Evernote account and suddenly noticed that it isn’t working anymore, you’re not alone. The company sent out an email back in July that detailed how you would no longer be able to send more than five email messages to your account — unless you upgrade to a premium subscription. Thankfully, the …

Enlarge Image iBattz Having just returned from several weeks of travel during which I sometimes found myself in faraway places with my phone’s battery at perilously low levels, I’m appreciating anew the value of having extra power on the go. The winner of this week’s giveaway gets that, in the form of an iBattz Refuel Invictus battery case for the …

Enlarge Image CBS Photo Archive, CBS via Getty Images Television can teach us a lot — it taught me how to tell time. No, seriously! As a little kid, when “Sesame Street” was on the morning, I knew it was time to say goodnight to my dad after his graveyard shift; when it was on again in the afternoon, it …

Verizon is shaking up how you pay for your wireless service. Verizon Wireless on Friday introduced a set of new data plans that require customers to pay for their smartphone in monthly installments or buy it outright. The new plans go into effect August 13. It’s a radical change in how Verizon operates and signals a broader shift away from …