Smallest dinosaur found trapped in 100M-year-old amber

A new species of dinosaur is described for the first time from an exquisitely preserved (and incredibly small) skull. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Sisvel has announced 1050 patents against AV1

Sisvel begins selling licenses for more than 1,050 patents for AV1, a video technology that's supposed to be free. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Dump your passwords, improve your security. Really

Security keys, biometrics and a technology called FIDO are upgrading today's feeble security foundation. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Clearview AI app was reportedly used for fun by company's investors, friends

The facial recognition app has raised serious privacy concerns. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Crispr used inside humans for the first time

The first trial of a CRISPR-based therapy to treat inherited blindness. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Amazon employee at Seattle headquarters tests positive for coronavirus

The online retail giant says it's supporting the employee, who is in quarantine. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

SETI@home to shut down after two decades of crowdsourced alien hunting

The program let anyone with an internet connection search for E.T. Now it says its work is done. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Honeywell: Our quantum computer will get 100,000x faster by 2025

It hopes to leapfrog rivals as it reenters the computing business. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Activist investor seeks to replace Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO, report says

Billionaire Paul Singer, founder of Elliott Management, wants to take over. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Fungi found in Chernobyl feeds on radiation, could protect astronauts

The organism could be used to protect humans and equipment on the International Space Station. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Forget leap day, there's a serious plan to replace it with an extra week

Saturday is a rare date: Feb. 29. A pair of academics think the month deserves another day and we all should get an extra week every few years. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

YouTube rejects about 78% of appeals to get removed videos put back up

YouTube reinstated only 23,471 videos in the last three months of 2019 after creators appealed. It removed 5.9 million. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

The strange origins of tech terms you hear every day

Even when tech jargon evolves from obscure geek-speak into mainstream vernacular, it doesn't lose one bit of its off-color charm. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Apple HomeKit is the best smart home platform

Commentary: Yes, I said it. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

A dive into California's self-driving disengagement report

California's annual disengagement report is a peek into the state of self-driving car engineering, and we're going to dive into it. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Facebook cancels F8 developers conference over coronavirus

Facebook canceled its F8 developer conference over health concerns. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Clearview AI Client Data Breach

The breach affected all of the facial recognition company's customers, many of which are law enforcement agencies. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Katherine Johnson, NASA legend and 'Hidden Figure,' dies at 101

The brilliant research mathematician helped change the face of NASA. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Star Wars: The High Republic Is Disney's New Star Wars Saga

It mixes novels, comics and children's books, and is set 200 years before The Phantom Menace. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Uber and Lyft have a new ride-hailing rival in Myle

Myle launches in New York exclusively with a big promise: no surge pricing. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Bank robber hires decoys on Craigslist, fools cops (2008)

A crook who's apparently seen The Thomas Crowne Affair too many times was able to get away with an armored truck robbery in Washington by soliciting decoys on Craigslist with the promise of a road maintenance job. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Why Rudy Giuliani's Twitter typos are a security fail

When one letter off leads you to malicious advertisements rather than the former cybersecurity czar's website. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Z Flip's display uses glass that's only 30 microns thin

The statement comes after questions about its screen. A German company supplies the glass, but Samsung processes it to make the display. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Live Skin Detection Sensor Endorsed by Qualcomm

Sound creepy? It may actually make your Face ID-type sensor more secure and accurate. The company behind this expects to see the tech in phones by 2021. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Could be Microsoft's most important product in 2020. If it works

ElectionGuard isn't designed to make voting machines safe from hackers. It's meant to make hacking them pointless. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Samsung's jailed board chairman resigns in wake of conviction

Lee Sang-hoon has quit as the chairman of Samsung's board and will be replaced in the near future. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Google keeps a scary amount of data on you. Here's how to find and delete it

Everything you do online when you're signed into Google, and even some stuff when you aren't, becomes a part of your Google profile, but you can wipe the slate clean with these steps. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

In 10 Americans uses stalkerware to track partners and exes, poll finds

The apps covertly track activity on victims' phones. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

US finds Huawei has backdoor access to mobile networks globally, report says

The Chinese tech giant has reportedly had access to carrier equipment for over a decade. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Why AT&T blocked 4Chan (2009)

We walk through the TCP SYN attack that almost sparked an Internet war. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram's tracking algorithm

Teenagers are using group accounts to flood Instagram with random user data that can't be tied to a single person. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

NASA solar probe smashes two wild records as it approaches the sun

Gotta go fast. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram's tracking algorithm

Teenagers are using group accounts to flood Instagram with random user data that can't be tied to a single person. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Hippos have become an invasive species in Colombia

The hippos brought in by the drug lord have grown in number from four to 80, and their waste is impacting the area's water system. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

I 'dumbed' down my phone and didn't last 24 hours

A quest to digitally detox sheds an unexpected light on personal safety. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Coronavirus affecting tech firms as outbreak spreads

Some of the world's biggest companies have limited travel and closed stores and offices because of the new disease. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg thinks this is the biggest misconception about him

The Facebook CEO wants be understood rather than liked. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

ISS one-take hour-long video tour shot by astronauts earlier this year

The hour-long ISS video was shot all in one go with two cameras and two astronauts acting as tour guides. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

The best Apple iPad apps of all time: Media players, graphics tools and more

On the 10th anniversary of Apple's tablet, we look back at the apps that turned it into a hit. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Facebook's rivals reportedly contacted by DOJ as part of antitrust probe

The agency's investigation reportedly focuses on Facebook. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Google to translate and transcribe conversations in real time

The search giant previews the mobile phone feature at an artificial intelligence event in San Francisco. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Off-Facebook Privacy Tool

Mark Zuckerberg's long-promised "Clear History" button is finally launched globally. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Antivirus firm Avast is reportedly selling users' web browsing data

Sensitive browsing data is repackaged and sold by a subsidiary called Jumpshot, according to a Motherboard and PCMag investigation. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Clearview AI sued over facial recognition privacy concerns

The app is an "insidious encroachment" on civil liberties, the complaint alleges. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Emoji license plates could become a real thing if this Vermont bill passes

It's vanity plates for a whole new generation. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

New York governor promises net neutrality legislation in 2020

Andrew Cuomo is following the lead of California and promising a law to reinstate net neutrality protections in New York state. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Electric car ownership is the cure for range anxiety, study shows

Though AAA's study found owning an EV is slightly more expensive than a comparable gas-powered model, even after fuel savings. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 4 years ago

Facial recognition in schools: Even supporters say it won't stop shootings

The facial recognition industry is starting to see that its promises offer a false sense of security. | Continue reading


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