Beam aboard the USS Cerritos with a new crew of misfits boldly going nowhere. CBS Interactive We have a stardate for Star Trek: Lower Decks. The animated comedy premieres Thursday, Aug. 6 on CBS All Access. (Disclosure: CNET is owned by CBS.) This latest Star Trek show is developed... Read more
Could future MacBook Pros have six screens?
Breaking News July 1, 2020 0
Forward-looking: With the switch to Arm from Intel, Apple is ushering in big changes for its Macs, but new silicon might not be the only update. A newly approved patent shows a MacBook Pro sporting a massive six screens, including the main display and Touch Bar. Discovered by MyFixGuide,... Read more
Christopher Nolan addresses on-set chair ban that’s sitting well as Twitter meme
Breaking News July 1, 2020 0
Does taking a knee count as sitting? Director Christopher Nolan discusses a scene with Matthew McConaughey on the set of Interstellar. Melinda Sue Gordon If you weren’t allowed to sit at work, would you get more done? Tenet movie director Christopher Nolan believes chairs encourage an unproductive movie set, according to... Read more
Editor’s take: Samsung does have some competition in the large-capacity SSD segment. Sabrent, for example, has an 8TB NVMe PCIe M.2 drive on the market that’s much faster that Samsung’s at up to 3,300 MB/s sequential read and 2,900 MB/s sequential write, but it’s also $1,500 and not SATA.... Read more
Coronavirus cases are spiking across the US. Is it a second wave? What we know
Breaking News June 30, 2020 0
Most US states and countries are reopening to some degree. Experts warn that coronavirus infections could begin to increase as a result. Sarah Tew/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Health experts have been warning of a possible second wave... Read more
Something to look forward to: Apple’s first custom ARM-based silicon for Macs isn’t here yet, but it increasingly looks like it will come with a bang. The developer transition kits that Apple is sending out uses a chip designed for iPads and they are showing decent performance compared to... Read more
One coronavirus benefit ends earlier in July than expected. Here’s everything that goes away
Breaking News June 29, 2020 0
Enhanced unemployment benefits are ending July 31. Sarah Tew/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Several benefits that were designed to ease the financial strains for Americans during the coronavirus pandemic are coming to an end by the end of... Read more
Consumer Reports analysis claims modern safety tech could cut road deaths in half if they came standard
Breaking News June 29, 2020 0
The big picture: Modern safety technology could reduce US road deaths by half if they were implemented as standard equipment on all new vehicles. In total, between 16,800 and 20,500 lives could be spared each year if modern tech came installed on all US light-duty motor vehicles. According to... Read more
How to use immutability in C#
Breaking News June 29, 2020 0
Immutability is a feature of functional programming languages that makes programs easier to write, test, and maintain. However, immutability is not supported by many imperative programming languages. Until recently, C# did not support immutability out-of-the-box. That changes with the introduction of records in C# 9, which is available for preview... Read more
Stimulus check Round 2: Who might qualify for a second payment? It’s complicated
Breaking News June 29, 2020 0
Who would make the cut for a second stimulus check? Sarah Tew/CNET Will the same people who are eligible for the first stimulus checks automatically qualify for a second stimulus check, if another round of relief payments comes to be? The question of who would and wouldn’t meet the requirements... Read more