Uber sues California to block gig-worker law going into effect this week – CNET

Complaint says AB 5 unfairly targets companies and workers in the on-demand economy. Click…

Google's New Year's Eve 2019 Doodle features familiar frog – CNET

Froggy the weather frog finds the fireworks ribbitting. Click here for original story, Google’s…

Tech 2019: Our biggest technology stories

Social media scandals dominate the list of the most-read news stories by the Tech desk this…

Syd Mead, sci-fi visual artist known for Blade Runner and Tron, dies at 86 – CNET

The legendary Mead once called science fiction “reality ahead of schedule.” Click here for…

Barack Obama 2019 favorites include Watchmen, Fleabag and Lizzo – CNET

A comic book reboot, a saucy British comedy, a surveillance book and songs by Lizzo impressed…

Greta Thunberg, Sir David Attenborough meet for first time, talk climate change – CNET

The teen activist “aroused the world” to climate change, the famed broadcaster tells her. …

CRISPR scientist who made gene-edited babies sentenced to 3 years in prison – CNET

He Jiankui was reportedly convicted of conducting an “illegal medical practice.” Click here for…

WWI movie 1917 got its one-shot approach because of James Bond, Sam Mendes says – CNET

Director Sam Mendes, cinematographer Roger Deakins, actors Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay and screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns…