TL;DR: Turn your smartphone into a surprisingly powerful day-and-night telescope with Hestia, which is on sale for just $239.97 (MSRP $299) with free shipping.

COLD SPRING — Opportunities to ruin a cellphone abound in a land of 18,000 lakes, rivers and streams. Minnesota also boasts its fair share of toilets and laundry machines. Splashing, spraying or ...

We all know that our smartphones are as powerful as desktop computers from a few years ago, and even supercomputers from a few decades ago—and now they’re on the verge of teaching themselves to become ...

I’m down in sunny San Diego for the CTIA wireless conference — which, thanks to some last minute announcement cancellations, is about as exciting as listening to Ben Stein narrate grass growing. On ...

Roger Cheng (he/him/his) was the executive editor in charge of CNET News, managing everything from daily breaking news to in-depth investigative packages. Prior to this, he was on the ...

Amazon stepped into the smartphone race this afternoon with the unveiling of the Fire Phone, its very first attempt at building a smartphone. By most outward appearances, it’s a strong first attempt: ...

As I pulled up to the red light, my hand inadvertently found its way over to the passenger seat and picked up my smartphone. Without any forethought, no real clear purpose in mind, I typed in my ...

Tired of holding that tiny, delicate phone to your ear? The Novophone is a retro handset that looks and feels like the real deal. Too bad it doesn't sound like it. Rick Broida is the author of ...

Last weekend, actress Megan Fox deleted most photos of herself with fiancé Machine Gun Kelly and posted a carousel of photos of herself in which she quoted Beyoncé's Lemonade lyrics, “You can taste ...