Nintendo October is going to be a big month for Nintendo, between the launch of Metroid Dead and a shiny new OLED Switch model. The gaming giant rounded out September with a surprise Nintendo Direct event, which showed us some of what’s in store for 2022. That includes Bayonetta 3, Splatoon 3 and, surprise, a…
You probably already shelled out good money for a nice big TV and maybe a streaming gadget to play your Netflix. But it doesn’t matter how large your screen is or how much it cost—the speakers in your TV probably sound awful. You’d be surprised by how much more you enjoy those shows with a halfway…
You can finally get your hands on Impossible Pork. Angela Lang/CNET Around two years years ago, I stood in the Impossible Foods lab in Redwood City, California, holding a sandwich made with the company’s new plant-based Impossible Pork. My hands were shaking as I considered the oddity of consuming a product with the name and…
From Star Trek–like medical scanners to concepts for off-planet agriculture like in The Expanse, science fiction has often inspired actual research at NASA and other space agencies. This week, researchers are meeting at a virtual conference for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program to brainstorm and investigate sci-fi-like ideas, some of which may very…
Movies like Up have found a special place in audience’s lives. Pixar When it comes to moving storylines and stellar animation, Pixar stands out among the rest, as evidenced by the studio’s many Oscar wins and rave reviews for its feature films. Since the release of Toy Story in 1995, the world’s first feature-length computer…
Apple’s iOS 15 has dropped. The latest version of the mobile operating system and its iPad equivalent, iOS 15.5, are rolling out around the world. Apple made the download available after announcing the iPhone 13 at its annual hardware event last week.Even before it was released, iOS 15 proved controversial. Apple’s child safety tools were…
This story is part of Apple Event, our full coverage of the latest news from Apple. Apple announced its new iPhone lineup on Tuesday at its September event alongside the Apple Watch 7, iPad Mini 6 and updated entry-level iPad. The new lineup, named the iPhone 13, mirrors last year’s iPhone 12 collection with standard,…
When the cofounders of video game developer Ember Labs asked Ayu Larassanti to read for the part of Kena, the main character in their upcoming game Kena: Bridge of Spirits, she was surprised. At that point, she had only done voice-overs for everyday projects like a classmate’s video. Now an incoming senior at UCLA, this…
Netflix generated 129 Emmy nominations this year, one less than HBO and HBO Max combined. Angela Lang/CNET Netflix and HBO have battled each other for primacy in Emmy nominations for the last five years, with the two trading the title as the most nominated network, studio or streaming service since 2017. But Netflix has never ended the night…
wireless earbuds are one of those ideas that sounded at first like a dream: Pop a tiny little headphone into each ear and listen to music or take calls untethered from everything. The first wireless buds were gigantic, died after a few hours, and had a bunch of other problems. Luckily, times have changed. There…
The Emmys are absolutely stacked this year. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images It’s been a huge year for TV, and you’re probably more than ready to watch the 2021 Primetime Emmys. The award ceremony takes place Sunday, with shows like Mare of Easttown, The Queen’s Gambit, I May Destroy You and WandaVision competing in the night’s many categories.Recently, the Creative Emmys…
Whether you want to escape the cable company or to abandon the terrible interface that’s built into your smart TV, a reliable streaming device is a wonderful thing.Roku, Apple, Google, and Amazon all make options that might be right for you, but figuring out which platform to go with can be a pain. To help,…