Gadgets

[ad_1] For a company like Audi, the R8 RWS is a really big deal. RWS means Rear Wheel Series; in layman’s terms, a rear-wheel-drive R8. That’s a drastic departure for a brand that built its image around the greatness of Quattro all-wheel drive. You know, the same brand that actually ...

[ad_1] Nintendo has set a strange new precedent with the release of Legend of Zelda SP on the Switch: it’s essentially the original NES game but with Link starts loaded up with good gear and cash. In a way it’s no different from a cheat code, but the way it’s ...

[ad_1] So what the hell happened? 2011 was the year Steve Jobs died, Sony PlayStation suffered its epic hack (70 million; offline for weeks), Siri launched, Egypt shut off its internet, and Silicon Valley’s racism problem exploded into the public sphere. As I said, people were already fed up with ...

[ad_1] Razer Phone 2 wants to make gamers green with envy. Josh Miller/CNET Looking down at the glowing black box on the conference table in Razer’s San Francisco offices one thing is already clear: The Razer Phone 2 is a better device than the gaming phone the company debuted a year ago. ...

[ad_1] This clever – if expensive – product is called the BoxLock and it is a keyless padlock that lets your package delivery person scan and drop off your packages into a locked box. The system essentially watches for a shipping event and then waits for the right barcode before ...

[ad_1] Everybody awake?Soyuz spacecraft launch fails, astronauts land safely A booster rocket failed soon after the launch of Expedition 57 to the ISS, initiating a “ballistic descent” for the Soyuz module and both crew members inside. As of this writing, search-and-rescue teams have reached Alexei Ovchinin and Nick Haig, who ...

[ad_1] The Pixel 3 XL, left, has a notch. The Pixel 3, right, does not. Sarah Tew/CNET The Pixel 3 and 3 XL got Google’s star treatment on Tuesday at a launch event in New York, and we got straight to work checking them out. Already, these two buck major ...

[ad_1] Accion Systems, the startup aiming to reinvent satellite propulsion with an innovative and tiny new thruster, has attracted significant investment from Boeing’s HorizonX Ventures. The $3 million round should give the company a bit of breathing room while it continues to prove and improve its technology. “Investing in startups ...

[ad_1] It isn’t ready to begin delivering the fixed 1809 update to most users yet (a test version is rolling out to its Slow and Release preview rings first), but a change that’s already noticeable is in its Windows Insider Feedback Hub. While Microsoft maintains that the number of users ...

[ad_1] This is not a car for introverts. More so than anything I can remember driving in recent years, the burnt-orange BMW i8 Roadster draws questions, compliments and photos wherever you go. There’s something about this car’s sci-fi movie design that stops people in their tracks even before I open ...