Bezos helped create Prime, which started 13 years ago. Getty Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos revealed Wednesday that its Prime membership service has over 100 million paid customers worldwide. The company hasn't previously offered a specific number about its Prime members, instead keeping the size of one of its most important businesses a secret until now. Amazon has previously said it has tens of millions of Prime members in the US and t...

There is more where that came from. Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images Mutants exist and they're helping to save the planet. OK, not those kinds of mutants. But these are equally cool. An international team of scientists has created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drink bottles, according to the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  (the link is down at time of writing). The creation of the enzyme came by accident when ...

What's the Galaxy S9's least loved feature? That's easy: AR Emoji, the Samsung exclusive that whips up 3D avatars. It's a pretty transparent imitation of the iPhone X's 3D Animoji characters -- fox, monkey, swirl-capped turd -- but with one major, absolutely crucial difference: You.  While, yes, you can become a character like Donald Duck , you can also make Samsung's 3D figures look like you, because they're made from a selfie that the Gal...

Sega First, there was the NES Classic. Then the SNES Classic. And now, the Sega Genesis is making a miniature comeback too.  Behold, the Sega MegaDrive Mini, just announced in Japan to commemorate the system's 30th anniversary. (MegaDrive was the original name for the Genesis, in case you didn't know.) In Japan, Sega says it'll go on sale this year, though the name "MegaDrive Mini" is actually tentative. We're not sure when or if it'll arri...

Mark Zuckerberg answered a lot of questions over the past two days. But there are some he didn't. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg's apology tour reached a crescendo this week when he went to Washington to testify before two congressional panels. The first, on Tuesday, was with the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees . The following day, Zuckerberg faced the House Energy and Commerce Committee . His goal: to reassure leg...

The best part about Audi releasing an updated sedan is the inevitable release of a super-sexy Avant model a few months later. Such is the case with the newly announced A6 Avant which Audi announced today. The first thing that any car nerd will want to know is how does it look with a long roof? Well, good, mostly. Audi is one of the best in the business when it comes to styling its wagons but this time around the side view reads a bit Cadill...

The latest trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story  landed on Sunday, and these Lego sets based on the film are heading to stores by the end of the week. Lego on Monday revealed several movie sets that it will release on Friday, including the 1,400-piece Kessel Run Millennium Falcon we first saw at the New York Toy Fair in February. Scroll through to see each of the sets. The Lego Kessel Run Millennium Falcon. Mike Sorrentino/CNET The Kessel Ru...

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The Spark's front end has a whole lot more chrome than before. Chevrolet Some folks are just looking for cheap, honest transportation, and for them, Chevy offers the super-inexpensive Spark hatchback. It gets you into a brand-new car for just over $13,000, and for a lot of buyers, that's just dandy. For 2019, the Spark gets an updated front fascia, with optional LED running lights and projector-beam headlamps. New dual-element taillamps upd...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its latest findings, and not everyone is getting a clean report card. The organization tested seven different small SUVs for occupant protection in a passenger-side small overlap front crash test, and while five of the seven earned "Good" overall ratings, two fared decidedly less well: The 2018 Ford Escape and the 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport . "Both the Outlander Sport and Escape a...