These 22 iOS Settings Boost Your iPhone in a Major Way
Spending a few minutes with these iPhone settings can reap big rewards. Patrick Holland/CNET Did you receive a new iPhone over the holidays? Whether you’re getting to know your brand…
Her Inner Child Found Healing, Through an AI Chatbot
Michelle Huang Michelle Huang’s been talking with her younger self a lot lately, thanks to real-time written conversations with an AI chatbot she trained on entries from her childhood journals. …
The 31 Absolute Best TV Shows to Watch on HBO Max
The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey and based on the acclaimed video game of the same name, hits HBO Max on Jan. 15. HBO HBO Max…
NASA Considers SpaceX as Emergency Return Option for ISS Crew
NASA TV streamed a look at the Soyuz leak as it happened. NASA TV Three residents of the International Space Station are facing an uncertain future after a Russian Soyuz…
NASA Is Pumped About 2023: Here’s Why
Starliner after its return from a flight test. NASA hopes the Boeing spacecraft will carry crew to the ISS in 2023. NASA/Bill Ingalls It’s going to be tough for NASA…
How To See the 2023 Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak in a Flurry of Fire This Week
Astronauts on the International Space Station caught Quadrantids from orbit in 2020. NASA/Christina Koch The first few months of the year have a relative dearth of meteor showers, so it’s…
How Tesla, Google and Others Are Making Robots More Like Us
It wasn’t that long ago that putting a robot in your home meant plugging in a Roomba and letting it roam around your floors like a little dust-busting sentry. But…
‘Weather Whiplash’ Is the New Normal. What It’s Like Living Through It
Smoke from the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon fire, as seen from Taos, New Mexico, on May 15. Eric Mack This story is part of CNET Zero, a series that chronicles the…
Historic Winter Storm Puts Huge Swath of America on Notice
A satellite view of Winter Storm Elliott on Dec. 23, 2022. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/GOES-EAST Temperatures have dropped, snow is flying, flights are canceled and traffic is treacherous or snarled across much of…
The Fight Against Biodiversity Loss Gets a Win at UN Conference
Representatives from China and the UN at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada. Lars Hagberg / Getty Images This year’s UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, known as…