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Just weeks after Google employees walked out of offices to protest the way the company dealt with claims of sexual misconduct, Google is bracing itself for another worldwide protest. This time, it's over Google's ominous...

Today in Tokyo Netflix announced another set of releases for its flood of content next year and focused specifically on the anime genre. The most familiar name on the list is Neon Genesis Evangelion, the classic series f...

Venmo apparently had a good reason for disabling web payments and temporarily shutting off instant money transfers -- it was losing money hand over fist. The Wall Street Journal has obtained documents indicating that the...

Samsung's next major firmware update may be its highest profile one yet, easily eclipsing the Android 9 Pie update it would be bringing. And it's not because everything will be awesome. The update will bring a rebranded ...

Microsoft's cloud strategy has impressed. Apple's smartphone sales? Not so much.

The White House tried to hide the National Climate Assessment by releasing it on Black Friday. That plan failed. Stories continue to surface and reporters continue to ask questions about the report's stark findings.

Spotify is already the most popular music streaming service in most major markets and it's looking to widen the gap. The Swedish tech firm has reportedly secured deals with many of the largest music rights holders in Ind...

For a decade now, YouTube creators have been overlaying annotations in their videos for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it’s to note a correction, and other times it’s to link to a supplementary or new video. For end...

Next time you're chatting with a customer service agent online, be warned that the person on the other side of your conversation might see what you're typing in real time. A reader sent us the following transcript from a...

An important discrepancy in measurements of the universe's acceleration has theorists wondering whether we've gotten something fundamentally wrong in our understanding of the history of the universe.

Hurricane Katrina claimed nearly 2,000 lives when it struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, submerging New Orleans in floodwater and devastating the region for more than a decade. It was the costliest natura...

Netflix plans to create a batch of animated content based on Roald Dahl’s stories, including Matilda, The BFG, and more. The company says it will “reimagine and extend” the stories for a global audience, targeting ...

Just in time for Giving Tuesday, Facebook is introducing new features for charity livestreaming on its Facebook Gaming platform. Gamers who broadcast on Facebook Gaming will be able to set up fundraising programs to rais...

If and when fully autonomous cars hit the road in earnest, you're going to have a lot of free time on your hands. Audi and Disney think they can fill that void, though. In a chat with CNET's Roadshow, the two companies h...

The citizens of Pokémon's various cities and towns love to say the word "Pokémon." Armed only with mathematics and an urgent desire to answer a ridiculous question, I embarked on a quest to figure out what percentage o...

Dolby has been delivering 3D sound to people's living rooms through other companies' Atmos-equipped soundbars and systems for years. So it's no surprise the company is harnessing some of that expertise for its first piec...

Waymo has put safety drivers back in the driver’s seat of its autonomous vehicles, sources claim. The change reportedly took place some time within the last month and is said to be the result of safety concerns at Alph...

While the rest of the world was wondering how Sony could ever make a good movie about Venom without Spider-Man's involvement, the studio was busy cooking up the most erotic, disturbing romantic comedy of the year, and it...

Electric vehicle startup Rivian promised a second big EV reveal this week, and the Rivian R1S SUV certainly counts. Second of the automaker’s all-electric cars built on its flexible “skateboard” architecture, it’...

Electrified SUVs are popping up everywhere. So it's no surprise that automotive startup Rivian has unveiled one of its own, the R1S. More exciting is the company's electron-powered pickup truck, the R1T.

If you’ve spent the last month working your way through Red Dead Redemption 2‘s single-player campaign and you’re looking for more, then today is a big day. Red Dead Online, which is the online component for Red De...

Today we’re taking a peek at an interesting statistic from Instagram, one of the world’s most popular social networks. Instagram stands alone on the web as a photo-centric app that allows celebrities to get up close ...