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• Swappa Price is now available on iOS - CNET

  11-12-2015 23:37 via cnet.com
  
  This free app helps you figure out just how much your smartphone is worth.
  
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• Ted Cruz campaign using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users

  11-12-2015 23:22 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Documents reveal donor-funded US startup embedded in Republican’s campaign paid UK university academics to collect psychological profiles on potential votersTed Cruz’s presidential campaign is using psychological data based on research spanning tens of millions of Facebook users, harvested largely without their permission, to boost his surging White House run and gain an edge over Donald Trump and other Republican rivals, the Guardian can reveal.A little-known data company
  
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• KEF M400 review - CNET

  11-12-2015 22:33 via cnet.com
  
  KEF's M-400 may not be an exceptional on-ear headphone for the money, but it's certainly competent and attractively designed.
  
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• iPhone's Live Photos can be shared on social - CNET

  11-12-2015 21:54 via cnet.com
  
  Well, just on Tumblr for now. Also, Google Photos gets a handy photo-sharing feature for holiday parties, and you can send money by text with Google Wallet.
  
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• More than a million OPM hack victims still not notified

  11-12-2015 21:48
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a million victims of a massive hack of U.S. government computer files have still not been officially notified that their data was compromised and that they are eligible for free credit-monitoring protection, officials said on Friday. The government this week finished sending notifications through the Postal Service to 21.5 million people affected by the breaches, said the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the federal hiring agency that was hack
  
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• Donald Trumpkin is back to make the holidays great again - CNET

  11-12-2015 21:25 via cnet.com
  
  The massive 374-pound pumpkin that was built to look exactly like Donald Trump has gotten a festive, Christmas-elf makeover for the holidays.
  
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• How well do you know Star Wars? Quiz yourself on the planets - CNET

  11-12-2015 21:24 via cnet.com
  
  In the first of our Star Wars quizzes leading up the premiere of "The Force Awakens," we test your planetary geography. Can you tell Felucia from Corellia?
  
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• How to listen and reply to text messages hands-free - CNET

  11-12-2015 21:16 via cnet.com
  
  Android has joined iOS in allowing you to hear and answer messages without touching your phone. Here's how to do it on both platforms.
  
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• iPhone's Live Photos can be shared on social video - CNET

  11-12-2015 21:12 via cnet.com
  
  Well, just on Tumblr for now. Also, Google Photos gets a handy photo-sharing feature for holiday parties, and you can send money by text with Google Wallet.
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: What are my options for mobile pay?

  11-12-2015 21:03
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — With Wal-Mart Stores Inc. becoming the latest retailer to launch a mobile pay system, there are more places than ever to break out a digital wallet to pay for the things you want. Apple, Rite Aid, Starbucks, KFC and others are now using some form of mobile payment system with a smartphone seemingly in every pocket and purse. Forrester predicts that money spent in stores by people using digital wallets will grow from the $4 billion of 2014, to $34 billion by 2019. But not all
  
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• Volkswagen's CES teaser looks an awful lot like a new Microbus - CNET

  11-12-2015 21:02 via cnet.com
  
  The automaker promises that its new concept car will be a long-distance electric people-hauler. Sure sounds like a Microbus to us.
  
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• An ancient mutant awakens in first 'X-Men: Apocalypse' trailer - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:48 via cnet.com
  
  Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox have released the first trailer for "X-Men: Apocalypse," telling of the powerful, ancient mutant our heroes must defeat to save the world from a bleak future.
  
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• Rev your engine, face a four-figure fine - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  Well-heeled UK auto enthusiasts are being forced to cut down on the showmanship, which has been bothering neighbors and creating a safety hazard.
  
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• Get your Droid Turbo 2 ready for Star Wars with five new wallpapers - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  We all know the joke about the droid you're looking for. Verizon's found it for your Motorola Droid Turbo 2 with new wallpaper to usher in the upcoming Star Wars film.
  
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• 2015 automotive rewind: Supercar showdown, cheating diesels and skyrocketing sales - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:44 via cnet.com
  
  A year filled with supercars, renewed rivalries, record sales, more driverless tech and scandal
  
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• How Amazon gets your order to you video - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:43 via cnet.com
  
  This holiday season, Amazon is trying to fill your orders faster than ever before thanks to robotic technology. Soon, the company hopes drones will cut its current one-hour delivery time in half.
  
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• Check out the new iPod Touch (pictures) - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:39 via cnet.com
  
  The 2015 edition of the iPod Touch gives you a bite-sized iPhone 6 experience.
  
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• Does viral hack really reveal which Facebook friends like Trump? - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:34 via cnet.com
  
  A shortcut flying around the Internet tries to identify which of your friends support the controversial presidential candidate.
  
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• Ford will invest additional $4.5 billion in eletricfied vehicle develoment by 2020 - CNET

  11-12-2015 20:25 via cnet.com
  
  Plans call for 13 new electrified vehicles to join lineup by 2020.
  
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• Watch this Lego Ferrari F40 come together in under a minute - CNET

  11-12-2015 19:55 via cnet.com
  
  Too busy to put more than 1,000 pieces together on your own? That's what the Internet is for.
  
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• The McLaren P1 is no more - CNET

  11-12-2015 19:53 via cnet.com
  
  Woking just completed its 375th P1, marking the end of the hybrid hypercar's production run. Good night, sweet prince.
  
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• McLaren finishes production of the P1 hypercar (pictures) - CNET

  11-12-2015 19:53 via cnet.com
  
  After building 375 examples of its hybrid hypercar, McLaren has finished yet another chapter in its history of manufacturing some of the craziest road cars in the world. It's hard to believe that two full years have passed since the car's launch at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.
  
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• Xbox One vs. PS4: Choose the right console for you - CNET

  11-12-2015 19:51 via cnet.com
  
  The time to buy a new video game console is now. Here's a quick guide of everything you need to know before pulling the trigger on an Xbox One or PlayStation 4.
  
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• My two-decade love/hate affair with Yahoo - CNET

  11-12-2015 19:30 via cnet.com
  
  I still have the Yahoo email account I opened almost two decades ago. And though I rarely use it, I just can't let it go completely.
  
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• Parody London tube sign generator taken down after 'legal threat' from TfL

  11-12-2015 19:24 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Site developer says Transport for London lawyer asked for deletion because some people use it to fake noticeboards with ‘racially offensive messages’A parody website allowing users to make a fake “handwritten” London Underground sign has been taken down because Transport for London was concerned it was being used to circulate racist messages.Yorkshire-based developer Tim Waters tweeted on Thursday that he had been asked by TfL to delete the website due to concerns that pe
  
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• Crave Ep. 228: Working mini Death Star destroys things quite well - CNET

  11-12-2015 19:14 via cnet.com
  
  A laser artist shows off his latest creation, threatening mini worlds across the universe.
  
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• Close encounters of the drone kind: near-collisions with UAVs increasing

  11-12-2015 19:08 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Pilots’ run-ins with amateurs flying drones near sensitive sites or manned aircraft has become a serious problem in recent years, according to Bard reportClose encounters of the drone kind are becoming more frequent according to a Bard College study that uncovered some 90 “incidents” with commercial jets in the last two years alone, and hundreds more with other manned aircraft.Amateurs flying drones near sensitive sites or manned aircraft has become a serious problem in recent
  
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• The end is nigh in first X-Men: Apocalypse trailer

  11-12-2015 17:40
  
  The first trailer for next year's X-Men: Apocalypse has arrived, and fans of Marvel's merry mutants look set to witness one of the biggest superhero brawls ever committed to cinema.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Turkey fines Twitter for 'propaganda'

  11-12-2015 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Turkey's communications regulator has fined Twitter 150,000 lira (£33,000) for failing to remove "terrorist propaganda".
  
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• Review: Sony A7S II

  11-12-2015 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and featuresAfter the introduction of the Sony Alpha 7 II and Sony Alpha 7R II it was only a matter of time before Sony introduced the update to the Alpha 7S, its 12Mp, low light and video-centric model which has become popular in the film and television industry. Sure enough, the Alpha 7S II was announced in September 2015 and is now on sale.While the changes brought by the new camera are welcome, its specification sheet holds few surprises, featuring many of the upgrades already s
  
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• Apple's hump, sexist science: Podcast 247

  11-12-2015 16:40
  
  
  We discuss Apple's new hump-shaped iPhone accessory and pick our most influential or important people of the year.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Google eyes split-screen feature for Android tablets - CNET

  11-12-2015 16:03 via cnet.com
  
  Windows tablets and the latest iPads already can display two apps at the same time. With the next major release of its mobile operating system, Google could catch up.
  
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• Banksy uses Steve Jobs artwork to highlight refugee crisis

  11-12-2015 16:02 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Graffiti on wall of ‘the Jungle’ camp in Calais depicts late Apple founder’s background as son of Syrian migrantBanksy has revealed a new artwork, sprayed on a wall in the Calais refugee camp called “the Jungle”, intended to address negative attitudes towards the thousands of people living there. The work depicts the late Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, with a black bin bag thrown over one shoulder and an original Apple computer in his hand. The work is a pointed
  
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• Hackers exposed all your dirty secrets this year - CNET

  11-12-2015 16:01 via cnet.com
  
  After a year of painful data breaches, we know a lot more about how vulnerable our information is on the Internet.
  
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