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  • Businessman wins 'right to be forgotten' on Google in 'unprecedented' ruling شنبه 25 فروردین 1397 20:56
    A businessman fighting for the "right to be forgotten" on Google has won his "unprecedented" High Court action against the tech giant. The man, named only as NT2 in court, wanted a past crime he committed to not come up in search results. Mr Justice Warby delivered a blow to Google by ruling in his...
  • #IAmGay trends in China as Weibo targets 'homosexual' content in 'clean-up' شنبه 25 فروردین 1397 20:50
    A "clean-up campaign" by a popular Chinese social media site has sparked protests from its users. Sina Weibo said it would remove "illegal" content, including "manga and videos with pornographic implications, promoting violence or (related to) homosexuality" from its website. Weibo, a...
  • Sneaky asteroid spotted whizzing between Earth and moon سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:11
    An asteroid roughly the size of a 10-story building gave Earth a particularly close pass Monday morning. Asteroid 2017 AG13 came within half the distance from Earth to the moon as it buzzed by early Monday morning at 4:47 a.m. PT. The fly-by happened shortly after scientists at the Catalina Sky Survey first discovered...
  • WikiLeaks' Assange calls report on Russia hacking 'embarrassing' سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:09
    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to CNN in July. Photo by CNET/Screenshot WikiLeaks isn't fond of the US intel community's report released Friday about how Russia influenced the 2016 presidential election. Julian Assange, founder of the document-leaking organization and allegedly one of the key players in what...
  • Hello Kitty's new Sanrio buddy loves heavy metal and beer سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:08
    Not all Sanrio characters are as cheerful and cuddly as Hello Kitty. Some are downright disgruntled. On Thursday, Sanrio announced a new character named Aggretsuko, a red panda who works an unfulfilling office job but finds solace in heavy metal tunes. "She's a red panda who works as an office associate of a...
  • Watch Steve Jobs introduce the original iPhone 10 years ago today سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:07
    "Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything." With those words Apple CEO Steve Jobs began his keynote address at Macworld San Francisco on January 9, 2007. In typical Jobs fashion, he went on to say that Apple was introducing "three revolutionary products"...
  • Saturn's 'Death Star moon' Mimas wows in NASA image سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:05
    Out of Saturn's dozens of moons, one looks more ominous than the rest. Mimas has been hailed for its uncanny resemblance to Darth Vader's favorite spaceship, the Death Star from Star Wars. The Saturn-studying Cassini spacecraft caught a fresh look at the moon in October and NASA highlighted the image on Monday. More...
  • Artificial intelligence keeps IBM atop 2016 patent list سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:03
    IBM's efforts to match and surpass the human brain with computing technology helped push the company to the top of the 2016 list of patent awards. The US Patent and Trademark Office granted IBM 8,088 patents for the year, more than 2,700 of them stemming from artificial intelligence and cognitive computing work, IBM...
  • Takeaways from CES on the iPhone's 10th anniversary (The 3:59, Ep. 159) سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:01
    We're back from CES! With the biggest show in tech wrapped up, we review our takeaways from the Las Vegas showcase. Razer's concept tri-screen laptop, titled Project Valerie, certainly left an impression on our team, as did Amazon's voice assistant, Alexa, being available on ... well, everything. Monday's podcast also...
  • This weird, sponge-like stuff is 10 times stronger than steel سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 01:00
    When you think of strength, you probably think of something dense and heavy, like steel. Well, MIT engineers have created one of the strongest materials ever, but it's more reminiscent of a foam Nerf toy than a metal beam. The researchers used flakes of graphene, which is already recognized as the world's strongest...
  • Uber to let loose loads of ride data سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 00:58
    Uber is known as a secretive company that isn't keen on divulging its data. It's had public spats with lawmakers in New York and Seattle to ensure data on its rides isn't released to the public. But now the ride-hailing company appears to be changing course. Uber announced Sunday that it's planning to share the ride...
  • Alexa everywhere, LG's crazy-thin TV and Intel's barf bags at CES 2017 (The 3:59, Ep. 156) سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 00:57
    To kick off the new year, we took The 3:59 on the road for the first time to the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Regular podcast guest Iyaz Akhtar became our generous host for the festivities, where we super-sized our four-minute podcast to hit on all the happenings at CES 2017. For our first podcast there, we discussed...
  • Netflix Originals want to keep it in the family سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 00:54
    Netflix hasn't been shy about producing its own content. Original comedy and prestige drama made in-house by the streaming service has been raking in awards and acclaim for years now, and while we may all be waiting with bated breath for the next season of "Orange is the New Black" or "Jessica...
  • 'The Crown' reigns for online TV at Sunday's Golden Globes سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 00:53
    The 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, which aired Sunday, further proved online shows have truly arrived. While traditional shows and movies still dominated -- theatrical release "La La Land" claimed a record seven awards -- original streaming shows definitely made their presence known. The non-traditional...
  • Uber to let loose loads of ride data سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 00:51
    Uber's new "Movement" website is meant to help urban planners better understand traffic patterns. Photo by Uber Uber is known as a secretive company that isn't keen on divulging its data. It's had public spats with lawmakers in New York and Seattle to ensure data on its rides isn't released to the public....
  • 10 years ago today: Remembering Steve Jobs make iPhone history سه‌شنبه 21 دی 1395 00:49
    We all knew it was coming. Reporters, analysts and industry insiders had been speculating about Apple making a phone for nearly a year by the time Steve Jobs walked onto the Macworld Expo stage that cold January morning in San Francisco. "Thank you for coming," he said, wearing his trademark Levi's and black...
  • Trump offers olive branch to tech leaders یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:43
    For President-elect Donald Trump, it's kiss-and-make-up time. Trump met with more than a dozen executives from the biggest tech companies in the US -- a roundtable fraught with potential for awkwardness given Trump's repeated attacks on tech and the philosophical disagreements he has with some of the executives. The...
  • Microsoft partners with TomTom for smarter maps, smarter mobility یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:42
    You can't build a good self-driving car without good maps. Or, I suppose you could, if you wanted to hit a lot of walls. Microsoft seems to realize this, and it's teaming up with TomTom to ensure the next generation of cars comes with some quality maps. TomTom and Microsoft announced a new partnership that will see...
  • The best tablets that aren't the Apple iPad یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:40
    If tablets were the Brady Bunch, the Apple iPad would be Marcia and, well, everything else would be Jan. But that's not fair, right? Those other tablets have great qualities, too. (Just like Jan.) And just because they're not the most popular doesn't mean they're not worthy of your attention. (Just like Jan!) Here are...
  • VR is here, but it hasn't really arrived -- yet یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:38
    Cool new headsets? Check. 3D interactive, immersive experiences? Check. Customers? Um. There's been a lot of hype around VR over the past year, but for all the money being thrown at the virtual-reality market from Facebook, Google and Microsoft, among others, it's still not clear whether the next major change in how...
  • Steve Ballmer brags he beat Bill Gates in math competition یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:37
    Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. ballmercoco.jpgEnlarge Image He's pleased with himself. Photo by Team Coco (screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) It's a story some have already heard. There was once a time when former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer beat company...
  • Microsoft shows unusual paranoia on Twitter یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:35
    Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. office5.jpgEnlarge Image Now that's commitment. Or fear. Photo by Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET 2016 has seen Microsoft gain in confidence. This doesn't mean, however, that there isn't fright in the air. I judge this...
  • CES 2017 press day 2: How to watch Samsung, Sony and more, live یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:33
    Today's the day. The cream of the world's tech industry has gathered in Las Vegas to bet big on their newest, coolest -- and weirdest -- new products at CES 2017. Today, Wednesday, is press day, which means we have a packed schedule of press conferences and announcements to look forward to. Here's what's happening in...
  • Samsung has 5 million Gear VR headsets in the real world یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:31
    Samsung announced today at CES 2017 that it's shipped more than 5 million Gear VR headsets to consumers globally. The virtual reality Gear headset is a joint venture between the South Korean tech company and Oculus, the Facebook-owned VR pioneer. Unlike the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, Samsung's VR headset doesn't have...
  • Samsung takes wraps off $150 million fund for early startups یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:28
    Are you building the next big thing in virtual reality, artificial intelligence or the internet of things? If so, you probably would be interested in the $150 million fund announced Wednesday by Samsung Next, formerly known as the Samsung Global Innovation Center. The latest fund targets pre-seed (typically used to...
  • Walmart's Jet buys ShoeBuy in push versus Amazon's Zappos یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:27
    Jet.com, the Amazon rival owned by retailing giant Walmart , bought online footwear retailer ShoeBuy for $70 million, the company said Thursday. The move underscores Walmart's continued push against Amazon, owner of online shoe store Zappos. The biggest retailer in the world, Walmart made online expansion its priority...
  • ​After Uber brouhaha, CA looks to tighten self-driving car law یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:25
    Uber flouted California law and rolled out its self-driving cars to passengers in San Francisco last month, without a permit from the state. Now, some local legislators are taking measures, in the name of safety, to ensure no company does that again. Assembly member Phil Tang introduced a state bill on Thursday that...
  • ​Apple to invest $1B in SoftBank's tech fund یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:23
    Apple has said it will invest $1 billion in one of the world's biggest future-tech funds. The iPhone-maker confirmed Wednesday that it plans to invest the money in the SoftBank Vision Fund, according to The Wall Street Journal. The investment fund, created by Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank Group, is...
  • US government sues D-Link over alleged security flaws یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:22
    The Federal Trade Commission is taking D-Link to court, accusing the company of poor security practices for its routers, web cameras, baby monitors and other products. The lawsuit (PDF), filed in San Francisco's district court, argues that D-Link failed to meet security standards from 2007, leaving widespread...
  • Uber challenged on diversity by Jesse Jackson یکشنبه 19 دی 1395 14:20
    A long list of big-name tech companies have released statistics on the racial and gender makeup of their workforces, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Uber isn't on that list. And on Thursday, civil-rights leader Jesse Jackson wrote a letter to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick pushing the ride-hailing...