A Massachusetts homeowner accidentally set his house on fire while trying to melt ice buildup during a brutal winter stretch of arctic misery that has frustrated millions of Americans. The fire broke ...

South Africans are being warned about a fast-growing and highly dangerous form of digital fraud that is increasingly targeting people through their smartphones. Known as RAT attacks, these scams are ...

Mr. Shirky, a vice provost at New York University, has been helping faculty members and students adapt to digital tools since 2015. Back in 2023, when ChatGPT was still new, a professor friend had a ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. AI is not an infallible search engine, but ...

On college campuses across the United States, the introduction of generative artificial intelligence has sparked a sort of arms race. Rapid adoption of AI by young people set off waves of anxiety that ...

Biometric locks like face recognition are convenient to set up—but because of a legal loophole, law enforcement can bypass them more easily than a traditional passcode. I review privacy tools like ...

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. By Sheera ...

The last meter of filament on a spool used to be the part I avoided dealing with. It felt too short to trust for a “real” print, but too annoying to toss without guilt. So it would sit around until I ...

Some people won't mind if you keep your screen visible, but that doesn't mean you should let yourself be distracted. Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, ...

Dozens of protesters were detained Monday night after making a lot of noise outside a hotel where they believed the Border Patrol commander was staying. Something troopers threatened to use to clear ...

Most smart TVs have USB ports that are greatly underutilized. The outputs can be used to broadcast local media files, troubleshoot bugs, download updates, and more. I've been using my USB port to play ...