May, 2016

• 20 May

  5 things to consider before buying a Raspberry Pi

  

  Raspberry Pi computers are incredibly fun to tinker with and make it both affordable and possible to have a computer dedicated to one or two very specific tasks around your house. The applications for Raspberry Pi are virtually limitless, especially with the growing interest in smart homes. But there are some things you should know …

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• 20 May

  Stephen Colbert shames Marvel for genderswapping a villain

  

  After seeing Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster film, “Captain America: Civil War,” self-proclaimed geek and talk show host Stephen Colbert noticed something rather disturbing during the movie. “The Marvel Cinematic universe is kind of a sausage fest,” Colbert told “The Late Show” audience on May 18. (Disclosure: “The Late Show” runs on CBS, parent company of CNET.) Related stories After ‘Marvel’s …

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• 20 May

  Windows 10 Settings menu: The Devices tab

  

  If you were worried Microsoft might do away with the Control Panel completely in favor the new Windows 10 Settings menu, one glance at the Devices tab should alleviate your fears. In earlier versions of Windows 10, the Devices tab was surprisingly useless — you couldn’t manage your devices or fix any issues from this menu. But in the Windows …

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• 20 May

  Werner Herzog says skip film school and take his online class

  

  Taking a course in making movies from a famous, unconventional director is a rare opportunity. Now students can get advice from New German Cinema director Werner Herzog in an online filmmaking class at MasterClass. Herzog — best-known for making over 70 groundbreaking films and documentaries such as “Into the Abyss” and “Grizzly Man” — has a reputation for making some …

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• 20 May

  British artists made more money on vinyl than on YouTube last year

  

  Video streams don’t pay the bills. That’s the takeaway from a report on UK musicians’ revenue in 2015 by the British Phonographic Industry, the record label association that promotes British artists including Adele and Sam Smith. The number of views on YouTube and other sites was explosive last year, rising 88 percent from 2014, to 26.9 billion plays, BPI said. …

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• 20 May

  Google Project Ara developer edition phone available later this year, consumer ready by 2017

  

  Now playing: Watch this: What’s the future of Google’s Project Ara modular phone? 3:38 At its annual developer’s conference today, Google announced that its long-awaited modular phone will be available to developers by the end of this year. And if everything stays on schedule, consumers will be able to get their hands on it by 2017. Known as Project Ara, …

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• 20 May

  Mom in Chewbacca mask: The laugh the Internet is looking for

  

  Thank you, Candace Payne. The Internet was heading into the weekend in need of a humor break and the Force was with you. Payne was returning some clothes at Kohl’s and happened upon a talking Chewbacca mask, which she bought not for her children, she notes, but for herself. “This is mine,” she says in her public Facebook video. “I …

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• 20 May

  How to setup Bluetooth on a Raspberry Pi 3

  

  The newest device from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, comes with both built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1. Like with most things Raspberry Pi, it doesn’t come working out of the box, though. Even after you install NOOBS or Raspbian, you still have to do some work to get Bluetooth up and running. Fortunately, it’s not very …

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• 20 May

  Windows 10 Settings menu: The Network & Internet tab

  

  The new Windows 10 Settings menu lets you quickly find basic settings without digging through the Control Panel. The Network & Internet tab combines the traditional Network and Sharing Center from the Control Panel with Windows 8’s watered-down settings menu. If you’re looking for connection settings, this is where you’ll find them. Related stories Your guide to Windows 10 A …

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• 19 May

  Want to watch YouTube with a VR headset? There’s an app for that

  

  You think cat videos on YouTube are funny? Wait until you watch them in a virtual reality headset. Google plans to release in the fall a version of its YouTube app designed for virtual reality, allowing you to strap on a head-mounted display to view both conventional clips and 360-degree videos that let you swivel your head around for a …

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