President Trump is hosting a meeting between video game industry executives and their harshest critics. Getty Images The White House was the scene of a dramatic showdown Thursday over gun…

Ctrl+Shift+T is the keyboard shortcut that keeps on giving. James Martin/CNET This story is part of 12 Days of Tips, helping you make the most of your tech, home and…

Rabiot the octopus can predict Japan’s results at the World Cup by swimming to the area of a pool holding the flag of the team it thinks will win. Screengrab…

A football floats on the International Space Station. NASA The folks at NASA enjoy football just as much as anyone. They just look at it a little differently.  NASA found ways…

See flags of countries participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics reimagined as Japanese anime characters. World Flags project The US as shaggy blond male warrior? Japanese artists are re-creating flags…

After Election Day, 21 states now have legalized the purchase and possession of cannabis for recreational use. Carol Yepes/Getty Images On Election Day, voters in five states addressed whether recreational marijuana should…

Women weren’t underrepresented at COP27, but were underrepresented in positions of power. Katie Collins/CNET This story is part of CNET Zero, a series that chronicles the impact of climate change…

Mark Zuckerberg served as a punching bag on Capitol Hill this week. For nearly five hours on Tuesday, the first of two sessions of congressional testimony this week, the Facebook…

An antitrust investigation into Facebook has recruited new support.  Angela Lang/CNET New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday said 47 attorneys general are now part of an investigation into…

Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 15, launching his 2024 presidential campaign. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The House Committee on Ways and Means on Friday made public six years’ worth of the…