Samsung wants its mobile payment system, Samsung Pay, to replace the plastic cards in your wallet. It works in almost all stores -- including those that use older magnetic-stripe point-of-sale terminals -- without merchants needing to opt in to any program ...read more
Willems Veranda's-Crelan riders wore armbands in memory of their fallen teammate Michael Goolaerts. Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images Well, the autopsy maybe says he suffered a heart attack, and that it caused the crash. I say “maybe” because I’m ...read more
When ballots go out later this week, Milton-Freewater voters will have the option to impose a tax to support local parks and recreation. Milton-Freewater City Manager Linda Hall said there are no political action committees organized to promote or oppose ...read more
It’s been a rough year for Apple’s batteries. After announcing a program to replace batteries in the iPhone 6 and 7 earlier this year, Apple has now launched a program to swap them out in the 13-inch non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro (affectionately known as ...read more
Do you remember the day the scooters invaded San Francisco? We do: March 29, 2018, was the first day we couldn't walk outside CNET HQ without tripping over an electric vehicle. Where did these fiendish contraptions come from? Are they actually useful?read more
Have you ever written an FAQ or document on a website but still get people asking you the same questions? When it comes to users or customers, there’s no such thing as a bad question, but answering the same questions can become tedious. Have you ever ...read more
Quill Corp. v. North Dakota was the last time the Supreme Court took a state sales tax case. It reaffirmed previous rulings stating that a business only needed to collect sales tax in states where it had a physical presence. Some of the text from the ...read more
The Trump administration has denied entry to a group of Iranian refugees seeking to escape religious persecution and relocate to the United States, prompting a lawsuit filed this week in federal court. The denials are part of a dramatic slowdown in ...read more
The Trump administration has backed off its original plan to impose steep entrance fee increases at 17 national parks during peak visiting season, opting for more moderate increases at all the park sites that collect fees. Here’s what the plan will cost ...read more