After I updated my iPhone 6S to iOS 10 it felt like it was on fire for the first few hours, and not in the good way. My iPhone got hotter than it ever has while performance slowed to a crawl. The situation improved by the end of iOS 10’s launch day; my iPhone 6S …

Interest in personal computers ain’t what it used to be, with PC sales generally sinking over the past few years. That trend is why people may be a little surprised by Intel’s decision Friday to raise its projections for quarterly revenue, thanks to improved demand for PCs. This is the first time the world’s largest chipmaker has made such a …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. I’m a fan of anything that makes life easier — especially when it costs five bucks. The Ninja Loop fits that definition to …

For the first time, more early buyers are gravitating to the iPhone Plus than to Apple’s leaner flagship phone, according to research firm Slice Intelligence. In the first 48 hours of preordering that started September 9, 55 percent of buyers ordered the iPhone 7 Plus, according to a Slice blog post published Thursday. By comparison, the majority of iPhone 6 …

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. It feels fitting to publish our report on refugees in Serbia when the tech world is fixated on iPhone minutiae. At CNET, Apple’s latest, greatest doodad is a major event. Our entire team stops …

Science fiction can be extra enjoyable when it’s written by real scientists. The latest Humble Book Bundle offers sci-fi novels written by practicing scientists specializing in genetics, astrophysics and psychology. Humble Bundles let you pay what you want for select digital media, with some proceeds typically supporting charity. In this case, money goes to organizations including UNICEF and Science Fiction …

Twitter won its NFL livestreaming debut by a wide margin. The social network received rave reviews Thursday for the first of its 10-game package of Thursday Night Football games, a slugfest between bitter AFC East rivals the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills. The Jets hung on to win a 37-31 thriller. Fans such as Chaz Warner wasted no …

What are you doing this Saturday? If you answered “tailgating at my alma mater’s football game,” then get pumped up. This week we’re giving away a Nima football helmet Bluetooth speaker to satisfy all your pregame audio needs. Nima aptly describes the design as “baller.” The helmet features speakers on both sides that provide a full-range, 360-degree sound. It has …

Now playing: Watch this: The Galaxy Note 7 is the “hoverboard” of 2016 4:21 Are you, or someone you know, still hanging on to a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone — despite the explosion risk? Here’s the latest reason to switch: It’s now illegal to use a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 aboard an aircraft under FAA jurisdiction. The Federal Aviation …

To hear the rhetoric, you’d think Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to take over the internet on October 1. That’s the date the US Commerce Department has said it will transfer a final aspect of internet governance to a nonprofit international group called ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Under the plan, the US government will …