Now playing: Watch this: Apple Music gets a boost before iPhone 7 launch 2:09 With just days to go before Apple’s next announcement event on September 7, even more details on what could be coming to an expected iPhone 7 are appearing. A report issued this weekend by a respected Apple analyst predicts that a …

Distributing “revenge porn” online or through messages could soon be a criminal offence in NSW. The NSW Government has announced plans to introduce legislation that would criminalise “the distribution of intimate or sexually explicit images without consent,” according to NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton. There’s a reason the practice is known as revenge porn. According to Upton, the sharing of these …

When you’re traveling, chances are you will use public Wi-Fi at the airport. Here’s a quick tip to get the fastest speed: Don’t move around. That’s right, this might sound irrelevant but it’s not. The vast majority of airports have a large Wi-Fi network, called a mesh network, composed of many access ​points. Think of them as little Wi-Fi satellites …

If the price tag of a new phone makes you sweat, you’re not alone. Since all four major carriers have done away with their device subsidies, US consumers for the first time are seeing how much their fancy phones actually cost. And it’s not pretty. While we’ve all been trained to lust for the latest Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy …

It was the end of the era of sails. It was the beginning of the era of steam. The clipper ship Cutty Sark was one of the fastest of her kind, swiftly moving cargo from one side of the world to the other. But her days as the fastest ship on the seas was already numbered. After 85 years of …

The biggest and strangest tech trade show in Europe, and the one held in one of the most confusing buildings around (also a location for several movies), is just opening its doors to the public. But for CNET at IFA, that’s when the action stops. We’ve already been on the ground in Berlin for a few days, charging between press …

Prank calls will never be the same again when you can impersonate an intimidating Imperial Death Trooper from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” This electronic mask changes your voice when you push a button, so you can pretend to go to battle — or just order a pizza — as a Death Trooper. The mask requires three 1.5-volt AA …

The Apple Watch has been around for a good long while now. It was unveiled almost exactly two years ago, and has been on sale since April 2015. Since then it’s been finding its way onto a lot of wrists and frustrating a lot of people at the same time. Those frustrations — and declining shipments — haven’t fallen on …

Supreme Dalek Cake. Cyberman Pie. Cassandra Pizza. Ood Rolls. These are just a few of the yummy treats “Doctor Who” fans can make thanks to a new cookbook from the BBC and British food writer Joanna Farrow. “Doctor Who: The Official Cookbook,” published by Harper Design, features 40 recipes for easy-to-make dishes, all with a Whovian twist. Re-create the Doctor’s …

Editors’ note: This post is part of a series and is regularly updated. For the other parts, check out the related stories below. Wi-Fi and internet are two different things. Let me say it again: they are two different things. For years now, the term Wi-Fi has often been synonymous with access to the internet. Most of us use “Wi-Fi” …