Captain Marvel stars Briel Larson and Samuel L. Jackson in Carpool Karaoke. The Late Late Show with James Cordon/Apple TV via YouTube Captain Marvel is memorable for many reasons. It’s the first Marvel film to star a female protagonist (Brie Larson), have a female director (Anna Boden) and a female composer (Pinar Toprak). It also […]
Google When Seiichi Miyake found out a close friend was losing their ability to see clearly, he wanted to help. That desire led to an entirely new way for the visually impaired to navigate big cities, railways and parks. In 1965, Miyake invented the tactile paving slab (or “Tenji block” in Japan) with his own […]
SpaceX SpaceX is on fire. Figuratively speaking, of course. As if they’ve just dropped back-to-back-to-back buckets in a game of NBA Jam. After successfully sending the first commercial crew capsule to the International Space Station in early March, Elon Musk’s spaceflight company is on a hot streak and it’s looking to continue that with an […]
She dressed like Steve Jobs and talked like she was going to save the world. No wonder wealthy men fell at her feet and investors couldn’t wait to give her money. But there was just one problem with Elizabeth Holmes’ company Theranos: It was all a lie. New HBO documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon […]
[MUSIC] Audio Technica ATH-M50 has been one of my go to headphones into the feed over 10 years ago. Like most professional models it’s built to last. It sounds good. And with each new version there have been improvements. For example, the latest ATH-M50XBT brings with it one of the most requested modern features. [MUSIC] […]
Google celebrates St. Patricks’s Day with an animated Doodle. Google Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day, a day when Irish and non-Irish around the world observe the traditional death date of Ireland’s foremost patron saint. Google gets into the spirit each year, and on Sunday it dedicated an animated Doodle to the Celtic Triskele, an ancient […]
For those who want a real insider’s view of the whole set-up, you can watch Anil’s awesome video tour above. It gives you a real sense of everything that went into the theater, including all the sound effects. That’s it for this installment of CNET’s Show Us Yours, Star Trek edition. Live long and prosper, […]
Mark Hamill is giving fans the Star Wars Episode 9 trailer they’ve been waiting for… just not the one they thought. John Wilson Even though the long-anticipated Star Wars: Episode 9 isn’t coming out until December, the movie’s title and first trailer might debut during Star Wars Celebration in Chicago on April 12. Then on […]
Time to smarten up your sprinkler. Tyler Lizenby/CNET For many smart home devices, deciding whether or not you need them is a matter of preference. I understand if you’d rather get up and flip off a light switch instead of pulling out your phone and doing the same thing with an app. But a handful […]
I have a confession: I don’t watch Game of Thrones. Unbelievable, right? There are lost tribes on archipelagos thousands of miles out in the ocean that spend their time debating who’s hotter, Jon Snow or Jaime Lannister. Such is the cultural domination of HBO’s sword ‘n’ saucy fantasy series that I feel like the only […]