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• Key points of the landmark Paris climate agreement

  12-12-2015 22:41
  
  LE BOURGET, France (AP) — U.N. climate talks reached a milestone Saturday when more than 190 countries adopted the first accord asking all countries to join the fight against global warming.
  
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• Almost 1 in 5 Americans wants to shop on Christmas Day, survey says - CNET

  12-12-2015 21:51 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: It seems some people can't wait to return the iPhones and, um, Blackberrys and other thoughtful gifts. Thirty percent of millennials say they want stores to open on Christmas.
  
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• Listening to V Moda's all-new Zn in-ear headphones - CNET

  12-12-2015 19:46 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac lends an ear to the V Moda Zn.
  
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• Big weekend for the Geminids: 'King' of meteor showers is about to peak - CNET

  12-12-2015 18:31 via cnet.com
  
  Get ready sky watchers. It's one of the biggest shooting space rock shows of the year, and Sunday is the best night to check it out.
  
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• Belkin QODE Ultimate Pro Keyboard Case for iPad Air 2 review - CNET

  12-12-2015 18:00 via cnet.com
  
  The iPad Pro isn't necessary for a great iPad keyboard experience: Belkin's keyboard case does a fantastic job with older iPads.
  
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• Banksy takes on migrant crisis with Steve Jobs image

  12-12-2015 18:00
  
  LONDON (AP) — Street artist Banksy has taken on the migrant crisis in a new mural at a migrant camp in France.
  
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• The Audiophiliac 2015 holiday gift guide - CNET

  12-12-2015 17:52 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac's picks -- many are well under $100.
  
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• Oodles of audio and music holiday gift ideas (pictures) - CNET

  12-12-2015 17:48 via cnet.com
  
  Gift ideas from the Audiophiliac, with something in every price range.
  
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• Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 review - CNET

  12-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Xiaomi's decision to use MediaTek's Helio X10 processor for its budget phablet proves to be the right choice.
  
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• How one anti-hero might save Marvel - CNET

  12-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  "Jessica Jones" flipped the script on Marvel and saved Marvel's superhero stories along the way.
  
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• Fossil's first Android Wear watch misses the mark video - CNET

  12-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  CNET's Dan Graziano gives you a first look at the Fossil Q Founder.
  
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• Fossil Q Founder review - CNET

  12-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Fossil's first Android Wear smartwatch features a stainless steel case and a metal band, but the short battery life and odd display have us wishing for more.
  
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• A look at Xiaomi Redmi Note 2's camera (pictures) - CNET

  12-12-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Xiaomi's Redmi Note 2 has a pretty good camera, and here are the image samples from our tests to prove it.
  
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• Best holiday shopping deals: 'Time is running out' edition - CNET

  12-12-2015 13:45 via cnet.com
  
  Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us. Green Monday is December 14. No matter what you call it, though, there are still some great Christmas and Hanukkah tech deals out there. But you need to hurry.
  
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• Urban jungle: wooden high-rises change city skylines as builders ditch concrete

  12-12-2015 13:00
  
  Mass timber projects in Portland and New York City offer eco-friendly dwellings, but can ‘plywood on steroids’ actually catch on in the industry?The concrete jungle has a rival: forests. Two urban building projects, in New York City and Portland, Oregon, will be changing their city’s skylines with an environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive building material. The key ingredient? Wood. Related: Wood replaces concrete in eco-friendly building projects – in picture
  
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• 90:9:1 – the odd ratio that technology keeps creating

  12-12-2015 11:00
  
  Mozilla has killed off its Firefox OS, leaving the mobile OS market dominated by Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Will technology always follow the same pattern?What do operating systems, browsers and search engines all have in common? It seems to be a ratio of 90:9:1 between the key players. One player dominates; then others get a minimal share.Take mobile OSs: This week the Mozilla Foundation pulled the plug on Firefox OS – the mobile OS which could have replaced native apps with HTML-bas
  
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• J.J. Abrams talks 'Star Wars' and Apple releases a surprise product video - CNET

  12-12-2015 10:50 via cnet.com
  
  So much to catch up on this week including some new information about "Star Wars," Yahoo's big shakeup and new products from both Google and Apple.
  
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• UberPool clocks up 45,000 trips in London in first week

  12-12-2015 09:53
  
  New car-pooling service allows passengers to save 25% on standard fare by sharing trip with up to two others
  Around 45,000 trips were made in the first week of Uber’s new taxi-sharing service in London.UberPool allows up to three passengers to share a car and save money on the standard fare. The scheme was launched by the taxi app service in London on 4 December following success in other major cities around the world.Continue reading...
  
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• The show goes on in Paris – through augmented-reality glasses

  12-12-2015 08:00
  
  If your French doesn’t go beyond bonjour, you can still enjoy a night at a Parisian theatre thanks to new glasses that provide simultaneous translationsIt’s Saturday night at Le Comédia theatre in central Paris and I’m staring at the stage through square plastic glasses. While the actors in the musical Mistinguett, Reine des Années Folles sing boisterously in French, the words appear simultaneously in English on a small screen in the right-hand lens. Though it&rsq
  
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• Silicon Valley bigwigs fund AI to protect humanity - CNET

  12-12-2015 07:34 via cnet.com
  
  OpenAI, a research group launched with $1 billion from Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Peter Thiel, aims to make sure artificial intelligence doesn't harm society.
  
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• Mini JCW: ‘This car asks: Are you having fun yet? The answer is, of course, yes’ – car review

  12-12-2015 07:00
  
  If I didn’t have children and I did a lot of exciting driving, this is the car I would getOn day five with the Mini JCW (John Cooper Works, if you like your car to be known by a host of unconnected words), I mused aloud that if I didn’t have children (they complained about the legroom, as they always do, and it’s only going to get worse), and I did a lot of exciting driving, this is the car I would get. The eight-year-old said he now understood how the dog felt when we discusse
  
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• Artificial intelligence: Elon Musk backs open project 'to benefit humanity'

  12-12-2015 06:26
  
  Non-profit research company OpenAI to seek ‘a good outcome for all over its own self-interest’, say Tesla boss and others donating a combined $1bnSome of the most prominent executives in the technology industry including the Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk are backing a non-profit artificial intelligence research company with funding of $1bn.Related: Artificial intelligence: ‘Homo sapiens will be split into a handful of gods and the rest of us’Continue reading...
  
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• Chicago police lose court fight for overtime spent answering BlackBerrys

  12-12-2015 05:03
  
  Federal judge rules against officers claiming millions in overtime for responding to work-related calls and emailsA US federal judge has ruled against a group of Chicago police officers who argue they are owed millions of dollars in overtime for responding to work-related calls and emails on their smartphones while off-duty.
  Sergeant Jeffrey Allen brought the class-action lawsuit five years ago. He and about 50 other members of an organised crime unit said the city owed them millions as back pay
  
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• Silicon Valley bigwigs fund artificial-intelligence nonprofit - CNET

  12-12-2015 04:05 via cnet.com
  
  OpenAI, a research group launched with $1 billion from the likes of Elon Musk and Sam Altman, aims to make sure AI benefits society.
  
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• Henrik Fisker's madcap ways continue at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show - CNET

  12-12-2015 02:36 via cnet.com
  
  The car designer's brain knows no bounds, as evidenced by the ultrapowerful concept that promises one of the highest-output, naturally aspirated engines in existence.
  
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• Ford will invest additional $4.5 billion in electrified vehicle development by 2020 - CNET

  12-12-2015 02:09 via cnet.com
  
  Plans call for 13 new electrified vehicles to join lineup by 2020.
  
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• Review: TiVo Bolt

  12-12-2015 01:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TiVo Bolt reviewIn the early aughts, TiVo pioneered a new technology called digital video recording (DVR) that captured the spirit of watching television. It freed entertainment from the shackles of time, and gave viewers the ability to watch content on their own terms. It would take nearly a decade for traditional cable operators to catch on and employ that technology in their own boxes, passing those development costs onto subscribers along the way. Then, when DVR finally went mainstream, the
  
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• 2016 Mini Cooper Clubman Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  12-12-2015 01:04 via cnet.com
  
  The new Clubman is both the longest Cooper yet and the first step towards a more "premium" Mini brand.
  
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• Here's why you can't take your hoverboard on a plane - CNET

  12-12-2015 01:03 via cnet.com
  
  Major US airlines are banning the two-wheeled motorized boards from both checked and carry-on luggage because of safety concerns about the batteries.
  
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• Apple Watch 2 rumors and Apple's live TV service is put 'on hold' (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy, Ep. 19) - CNET

  12-12-2015 00:59 via cnet.com
  
  If Apple's live TV service doesn't launch in 2016 it will be a major fail. We'll be as nice as possible when we talk about that iPhone Smart Battery Case, and we talk MacBooks.
  
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• Hackers decide to do something about Trump - CNET

  12-12-2015 00:43 via cnet.com
  
  Anonymous directs its latest campaign against the Republican presidential candidate for his comments about Muslims. But Trump could prove a tough target for online activists to hurt.
  
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• State Dept. can't find emails of ex-worker who aided Clinton

  12-12-2015 00:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday it can't find emails belonging to a former department employee who helped set up and maintain Hillary Clinton's private email server when she was secretary of state.
  
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• Massive Mini: 2016 Cooper Clubman is the longest, widest yet (pictures) - CNET

  12-12-2015 00:33 via cnet.com
  
  Mini calls the 2016 Clubman its "flagship," so it's not just the biggest model in the new line; it should also be the best.
  
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• Musk, other tech chiefs back artificial intelligence startup with $1 billion

  12-12-2015 00:16
  
  SAN FRANCISCO/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Some of the most prominent executives in the technology industry, including Tesla Motors Inc CEO Elon Musk, are backing a non-profit artificial intelligence research company with funding of $1 billion. The effort announced on Friday, known as OpenAI, joins a number of other initiatives by prominent companies like Google, Apple and IBM to tap advanced computer technology to solve problems such as recognizing faces or translating languages. Predicting that human
  
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• The 404 Show 1640: Wu-Tang Clan, Golden Globes confusion, scary tech stories, eBay dilemmas (podcast) - CNET

  12-12-2015 00:11 via cnet.com
  
  Today we learn that real-life comic book villains do, in fact, walk among us. We'll also discuss modern eBay dilemmas and our disdain for the way the Golden Globes categorizes its awards.
  
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• Ex-baller Jose Canseco does the math on nuking Mars - CNET

  12-12-2015 00:01 via cnet.com
  
  Living on Mars might not be rocket science, if the former baseball MVP has anything to say about it.
  
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