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• With every bite you take, this smart utensil is watching you video - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:36 via cnet.com
  
  The Spün is a Bluetooth-enabled smart utensil that promises to track your calories by the spoon or forkful. The product was on display this week at CES 2016
  
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• Old school hand crank case charges your phone video - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:25 via cnet.com
  
  Stuck without a phone charger? The Ampware Case juices up your iPhone 6 or 6S with a hand crank.
  
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• Size Matters: the biggest booths of CES 2016 - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:19 via cnet.com
  
  Feast your eyes on the behemoth booths scattered around the various halls at CES 2016.
  
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• FANCI watches your eyes -- and mood -- while you drive - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  European consortium FANCI brought a concept dashboard to CES 2016, able to track facial movement, gestures, eye movement and even your mood.
  
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• Three days of Apple Watch power on your keychain video - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:07 via cnet.com
  
  Griffin's Travel Power Bank carries three full charges for Apple Watch and slips into your pocket
  
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• Robots at CES 2016 (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:06 via cnet.com
  
  Though they don't outnumber the humans -- yet -- we saw a variety of robots at CES 2016.
  
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• Test out your programming chops with Robolink's coding drone video - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:05 via cnet.com
  
  Robolink's drone isn't just a remote control toy -- you can actually program this connected flyer to follow custom paths.
  
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• Hey, Apple, leave that jack alone - CNET

  08-01-2016 23:00 via cnet.com
  
  The iPhone 7 may be missing a 3.5mm headphone jack when Apple releases the phone this year. A new petition begs the electronics giant not to switch to a Lightning jack.
  
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• Spün Smart Utensil Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:59 via cnet.com
  
  The Spün smart utensil uses your food's weight and a Bluetooth-connected app to how many calories are in each bite you take.
  
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• Tech my ride: the coolest concepts and showcars at CES 2016 (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:56 via cnet.com
  
  Cars are kind of a big deal at the Consumer Electronics Show. We round up the hottest rides and coolest concepts.
  
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• No strings attached, these wireless earbuds are actually wireless and sound awesome - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:49 via cnet.com
  
  Earin and Kanoa, respectively, showed off pairs of wireless earbuds with impressive sound quality for such little things.
  
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• Antiterrorism on the agenda as Silicon Valley meets with top federal officials - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:48 via cnet.com
  
  Tough questions of surveillance and privacy come to the fore in a San Jose, California, meeting that includes some of tech's biggest companies, Apple and Google among them.
  
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• Bose NEAR makes your car sound safe - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:40 via cnet.com
  
  Bose levers its audio staging technology to presents a new safety concept called NEAR at CES 2016, placing audio prompts in your car to where they make the most sense.
  
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• Texas Instruments, Analog Devices drop potential Maxim bid - Bloomberg

  08-01-2016 22:33
  (Reuters) - Chipmakers Texas Instruments Inc and Analog Devices Inc have decided not to pursue an acquisition of Maxim Integrated Products Inc at this time, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Both potential buyers could not reach an agreement on price with Maxim, Bloomberg reported on Friday. (http://bloom.bg/1PjlGO0) Maxim's shares closed down 5.6 percent at $32.33, valuing the company at about $9 billion. Texas Instruments' shares ended 2.5 percent lower at $50.36, whi
  
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• Here's a bigger BeOn bulb built for recessed fixtures (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:32 via cnet.com
  
  The BR30-shaped floodlight brings some additional versatility to BeOn's family of smart lights.
  
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• John Boyega: Star of 'The Force Awakens' -- and a University of Nebraska ad - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:30 via cnet.com
  
  Long before he shipped off to a galaxy far, far away, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" star John Boyega posed for some stock images that recently surfaced in a career services ad.
  
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• Sony LSPX-P1 Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:27 via cnet.com
  
  The LSPX-P1 let you project an image onto a wall, a piece of paper or anywhere else you want an image up to 80 inches, and a built-in battery and Wi-Fi communication lets you take it anywhere.
  
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• Celebrities lend a little star power to new tech at CES 2016 - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:25 via cnet.com
  
  Elton John, Beck and Lady Gaga are among the famous faces promoting products at the tech trade show. Oh, and then there's Shaq on a Segway.
  
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• BeOn BR30 Smart LED Floodlight Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:25 via cnet.com
  
  A BR30-shaped version of the security-minded smart bulb will bring connected light to recessed fixtures.
  
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• Apple feature blamed for $2,000 phone bill, but alert was ignored - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:25 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: A Florida teen says Apple's Wi-Fi Assist feature automatically switched to cellular from Wi-Fi, leaving him unawares. But he'd passed over a warning from AT&T.
  
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• Celebrity sightings at CES 2016 (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:24 via cnet.com
  
  Famous faces -- from Shaquille O'Neal and Scottie Pippen to Lady Gaga and Beck -- get their shill on at the annual tech trade show.
  
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• U.S. to form task force to fight online militant propaganda

  08-01-2016 22:20
  By Dustin Volz and Mari Saito WASHINGTON/SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday announced the formation of a task force to counter online propaganda by Islamic State and other militant groups as the United States tries to crack down on the unprecedented use of the Internet by jihadists. A new group known as the Countering Violent Extremism Task Force will "integrate and harmonize" government efforts to prevent violent extremism in the United States, White House national security
  
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• Coolest computers of CES 2016 video - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:20 via cnet.com
  
  Get ready for OLED screens and virtual reality in this year's laptops, desktops and hybrids.
  
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• Nextbit's Robin looks to break the smartphone mold - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:19 via cnet.com
  
  The startup hopes its focus on cloud storage and design will help it win over customers bored by the same black-slab look from Apple, Samsung and others.
  
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• Valar multiball: Stern Pinball debuts "Game of Thrones" table video - CNET

  08-01-2016 22:16 via cnet.com
  
  Stern Pinball CEO Gary Stern and CNET's Jeff Bakalar play a round of the company's brand new "Game of Thrones" pinball machine.
  
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• Virtual reality and record players: five inventions from CES 2016 day three

  08-01-2016 22:13 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Among all the gadgets and equipment at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday was Sony’s hotly anticipated PS–HX500 record player that allegedly not only offers great playback, but also a digital recording feature. This year’s CES has also seen a huge amount of virtual reality (VR) present with the famous Oculus Rift gaming headset entering the consumer market alongside other headsets aimed at professionalsCES is the tech event to get every brain storming &he
  
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• US steps up online fight against IS

  08-01-2016 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US officials announce new counter-terrorism initiatives as they meet Silicon Valley leaders to discuss how technology can help fight extremism.
  
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• US senator accuses Europe of using antitrust cases to disguise tech interests

  08-01-2016 21:42 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Mark Warner locked horns with former European digital commissioner Neelie Kroes at CES in latest exchange between tech giants and governments on privacyA Democratic senator has accused Europe of using antitrust cases to disguise its own technology interests, the latest exchange in an ongoing tussle between American tech giants and European governments over privacy.Virginia’s Mark Warner locked horns with former European digital commissioner Neelie Kroes, who appeared alongside him at the C
  
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• The latest in gadgets: Wave your arms, play Pac-Man

  08-01-2016 21:36
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local):
  
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• From the high-flying to the practical: CES 2016 in brief

  08-01-2016 21:25
  
  This year's CES gadget show, like ones before it, showed off a mix of the dreamy and the practical in technology. Gadget prototypes promised us fully autonomous vehicles carrying commuters on the streets ...
  
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• German spies revive internet snooping work with US: reports

  08-01-2016 21:00
  Germany's BND intelligence agency has resumed joint internet surveillance with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) after halting collaboration with Washington last year following a row over spying practices, German media reported. Last May, German intelligence sources told Reuters that the BND had stopped sending the NSA information gathered from its surveillance station in Bad Aibling in Bavaria. German newspapers on Friday said that collaborations at the Bad Aibling station have been resum
  
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• Robot butchers might one day cut our steaks - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:49 via cnet.com
  
  Meatpacking firm JBS looks to automation for processing beef. But are humans still best at knowing how to cut the perfect sirloin?
  
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• 9 ways to use distilled vinegar beyond cooking - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:45 via cnet.com
  
  If you've run out of cleaner or want to refinish some wood furniture, try reaching for some vinegar instead.
  
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• Live VR not ready for the prime time - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:44 via cnet.com
  
  Virtual reality is supposed to transport you to exciting new worlds. But with live video, it's just a blurry mess. For now.
  
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• Blu's first metal phone is fun and cheap video - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:39 via cnet.com
  
  If you don't like the Blu Vivo 5's fresh take on Android, you'll go ga-ga for its price tag.
  
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• Halo Smart Labs Halo Smoke Alarm Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:31 via cnet.com
  
  Exclusive to Lowe's and compatible with the Iris system, the Halo detector monitors the weather and issues voice alerts in case of fire or storm.
  
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• With Bose's new car audio, the sound is all in your head - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:28 via cnet.com
  
  At CES 2016, Bose showed off a range of car audio systems, in low- to high-end cars, that increase immersion and quality through headrest speakers.
  
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• Samsung Four-Door Flex Food Showcase Refrigerator Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:24 via cnet.com
  
  Door-in-a-door "Food Showcase" fridges, four-door fridges... In Vegas, Samsung asks, "why not both?"
  
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• LG's new Door-in-Door fridge does double duty (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:24 via cnet.com
  
  LG's newest Door-in-Door fridge puts a second Door-in-Door beside the first Door-in-Door in a ruthless effort to see how many times they can get me to write Door-in-Door.
  
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• LG Dual Door-in-Door Refrigerator Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:24 via cnet.com
  
  The new four-door model offers two Door-in-Door compartments, letting you open the front panel of either fridge door to access the in-door shelves without actually opening the refrigerator.
  
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• Feast your eyes on Samsung's Four-Door Food Showcase fridge (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:24 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung makes four-door fridges. Samsung makes Food Showcase fridges. This year, the Korean conglomerate asks, "why not both?"
  
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• Crash rates for self-driving cars less than conventional cars -study

  08-01-2016 20:21
  By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Self-driving cars are involved in fewer crashes on average than vehicles with a driver behind the wheel, a study released on Friday by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows. The study was commissioned by Alphabet Inc's Google unit, which has reported a series of minor crashes involving its self-driving fleet. It looked only at Google's fleet of more than 50 self-driving cars, which has logged 1.3 million miles in Texas and California in self-
  
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• Praying mantises get fitted with 3D glasses, watch bug movies - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:19 via cnet.com
  
  Giving whole new meaning to the term "bug eyed," researchers glue tiny glasses to the weird insect that sees and hunts in 3D in hopes of understanding 3D vision better.
  
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• Hands-on review: CES 2016: Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar with Dolby Atmos

  08-01-2016 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Audio fidelity, up to a certain point, is subjective. Yes, an expensive tower speaker will blow a bookshelf speaker out of the water any day of the week, but between similarly priced products that both have the same codecs, the same size drivers and nearly identical amplifiers, you'll be hard pressed to pick "the better speaker" nine times out of 10. So at a conference of dozens, if not hundreds of speakers, many of which sound the same and use similar components, it can be hard to find somethin
  
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• Sony XBR-X930D series Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  The XBR-X930D uses an improved edge-lit LED backlight to deliver more precise dimming and improved High Dynamic Range performance from an ultra-slim chassis.
  
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• The weirdest connected devices from the CES 2016 underbelly (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:07 via cnet.com
  
  The smaller halls of CES 2016 are filled with seemingly normal objects that have been amped up with Bluetooth or an app. But just because you can make an everyday object 'smart,' doesn't mean you should.
  
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• Sony XBR-X930D (pictures) - CNET

  08-01-2016 20:07 via cnet.com
  
  The XBR-X930D uses an improved edge-lit LED backlight to deliver more precise dimming and improved High Dynamic Range performance from an ultra-slim chassis.
  
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• Part of Pluto is essentially a giant icy lava lamp -- with a space slug - CNET

  08-01-2016 19:58 via cnet.com
  
  Pluto is getting its groove on '60s-style with a stretch of icy plain filled with dramatically pitted surface formations.
  
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• Kickstarter darling Nextbit drops by with Robin super-cloud phone video - CNET

  08-01-2016 19:57 via cnet.com
  
  Nextbit's chief product officer talks design and breaking away from the normal conventions of selling a phone.
  
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• That TV does WHAT? The most unique tech at CES 2016 video - CNET

  08-01-2016 19:56 via cnet.com
  
  Some tech at CES could change the future. Bridget Carey highlights far-out tech from the show.
  
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