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• Alexa, unlock my door: Vivint now works with Amazon Echo video - CNET

  09-01-2016 23:36 via cnet.com
  
  Vivint puts its Ping camera on display at CES 2016 -- and incorporates Amazon Echo tech into its broader security system.
  
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• ZeroHour's modular flashlight charges USB devices on the go video - CNET

  09-01-2016 22:50 via cnet.com
  
  These tactical flashlights from ZeroHour are rugged, bright and also charge your devices.
  
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• Fusar Smart Helmet system puts safety first video - CNET

  09-01-2016 21:19 via cnet.com
  
  The Fusar is an action camera that mounts on any existing helmet and can automatically alert emeergency contacts if you have an accident.
  
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• Lego robots scoot into the classroom video - CNET

  09-01-2016 21:13 via cnet.com
  
  The Lego WeDo 2.0 kit helps kids learn about coding and teaches STEM skills with a fun robotics set.
  
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• Klipsch Reference Premiere R-15PM Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  09-01-2016 20:57 via cnet.com
  
  The R-15PM is an active stereo pair which offers both Bluetooth and a dedicated phono input.
  
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• Take a tour of the booths outside CES 2016 (pictures) - CNET

  09-01-2016 20:55 via cnet.com
  
  There's a lot going on in the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES 2016, but if you need a bit of fresh air, there's plenty to see outside too.
  
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• Beer tech for a better brew at CES 2016 (pictures) - CNET

  09-01-2016 20:27 via cnet.com
  
  Here are the gadgets we saw that promise to improve your favorite malty beverage.
  
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• Ed Bott's Weekly Wrap: CES 2016, Cortana on Cyanogen, more Windows 10 privacy kerfuffle

  09-01-2016 20:11 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  It was a busy week in Las Vegas and elsewhere.
  
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• Even at $4,000, this tube amplifier is a remarkable value - CNET

  09-01-2016 19:49 via cnet.com
  
  Hand-crafted in New Jersey, the all-tube stereo VPI 299D integrated amp looks, feels and sounds like a winner to the Audiophiliac!
  
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• This drone catcher shoots out nets like Spider-Man - CNET

  09-01-2016 19:43 via cnet.com
  
  How do you stop mischievous drones? With more drones that function like "robotic falconry," says one university professor.
  
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• Amazing Star Wars shadow art will awaken your wonder (pictures) - CNET

  09-01-2016 19:30 via cnet.com
  
  Feathers, blue jeans and chocolate-covered cookies transform into strikingly familiar images from Star Wars when light is shined at them, thanks to an innovative young artist.
  
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• The stories you may have missed from CES 2016 - CNET

  09-01-2016 19:28 via cnet.com
  
  With so many interesting new gadgets appearing at the huge Las Vegas trade show, here are some of the cooler stories that may have passed you by.
  
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• The best way to talk to an audio salesperson - CNET

  09-01-2016 19:27 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac -- an audio sales veteran -- offers his tips and suggestions to help make the most of a store visit.
  
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• If you build it, they will come (NSFW) - CNET

  09-01-2016 18:50 via cnet.com
  
  It's no accident, technology is raising the profile of a whole new product category: smart sex toys. From products meant to spark a dialogue about sex -- or just to test your pee -- to "experiences" purely for pleasure, here's what we saw at CES 2016.
  
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• Paying full price for your new phone is a good idea - CNET

  09-01-2016 18:39 via cnet.com
  
  In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains the ins and outs of a world without subsidized phones.
  
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• 10 brilliant accessories for the gadget lover in your life

  09-01-2016 18:39
  
  10 great gadget accessoriesIf you're someone fortunate enough to have a gadget-lover in your life, you'll dread having to buy them a gift. You want to get them something meaningful that they'll actually use, but you have no idea what to get – and you don't want to waste money on something they'll hate.Here's the good news: if they got that 'big' piece of tech they really wanted for Christmas then we've hand-picked some great ideas for accessories that will make the gift that much more awes
  
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• Hands-on review: ces 2016: Chevrolet Bolt

  09-01-2016 17:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's been over a decade since General Motors sent most of its first production electric vehicle (EV), the GM EV1, to the crushers and cancelling their EV program. A lot has changed since the GM EV1 was around, especially with battery technology. While the GM EV1 launched with lead-acid batteries and later updated with nickel-metal hydride, lithium-ion battery technology has improved drastically to become a clean energy source for cars.After producing the Volt plug-in electric hybrid (PHEV) and t
  
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• Turn your Apple Watch or iPod touch into a cellphone

  09-01-2016 17:41 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  This simple dual SIM GSM Bluetooth adapter allows you to add cellphone capability to your Apple Watch or iPod touch, and can also be used to add additional SIM cards to your iPhone. No jailbreak required.
  
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• VR porn lends a hand. Masturbation will never be the same - CNET

  09-01-2016 17:05 via cnet.com
  
  The porn industry wants you to be part of the action.
  
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• Google's self-driving cars are learning to cope with the rain

  09-01-2016 16:38
  
  Google's self-driving car fleet is mainly based in California, a part of the world where there's not much rain. Now the company is thinking about equipping its vehicles for more inclement weather: and that means wipers for the sensing equipment as well as the windshield.In its latest monthly report on the autonomous automobiles, Google lays out some of the challenges that bad weather presents, as well as some ideas about how it's going to develop a car "that will be able to drive come rain, hail
  
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• Here are the drones that will crowd the skies in 2016 (pictures) - CNET

  09-01-2016 16:14 via cnet.com
  
  There were toy drones to battle with, plenty for shooting aerial photos and a video and even one that you might some day be able to fly inside of. Here's your peek at what's going to be flying around this year.
  
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• Orgasmic design: how vibrators have become ambitious tech products

  09-01-2016 14:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The vibrator’s long, slow march from taboo to mainstream (and maybe even cool) has been all about figuring out what exactly women wantConsider the humble vibrator. Invented as a medical device in the 19th century, it has gone on to become a Mad Men plot line, a Sex and the City tie-in, a celebrity talking point and a feminist cause.Not only are vibrators not invisible, they’re hardly even avoidable. New vibrators are unveiled to the awed public at TechCrunch conferences. They are rev
  
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• Five things we love: from a drone sidekick to a DNA scarf

  09-01-2016 11:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Ever wanted to go to a nightlclub in a sound-sensitive animal mask? Ever wanted to decorate your bedroom with your own genome? These and more in this month’s roundupRemember when Enrique Iglesias was injured by a drone on stage last May, and required reconstructive hand surgery? The Spanish heartthrob will be delighted by the Fleye Robot, a non-threatening drone which has just reached its Kickstarter goal, and is designed to follow you around, take aerial photographs and footage or be pilo
  
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• Review: XYZprinting Da Vinci 1.0 Jr.

  09-01-2016 10:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designXYZprinting has been producing budget printers since 2013 and unlike many other companies, such as Ultimaker, which has developed printers with fast print speeds, material compatibility and resolution, XYZ has strived to make the technology simply accessible and cheap. The Da Vinci range of printers aims to give the less tech-savvy user an inexpensive way to get into 3D printing. XYZprinting printers have always been exceptionally well-designed featuring fully enclosed cas
  
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• GreenIQ's smart sprinklers don't do it alone video - CNET

  09-01-2016 10:14 via cnet.com
  
  GreenIQ's controller uses info from your smart home to plan when to water
  
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• Man who let out home on Airbnb for new year suffers £12,000 damage

  09-01-2016 09:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Nigel Broome’s south-east London flat was left trashed with holes punched in walls, flooding in kitchen and window ripped out
  The new year had barely rung in when Nigel Broome learned that his decision to rent out a brand new family home on Airbnb to holidaymakers might prove rather more costly than he anticipated.A week later he is still counting the cost – about £12,000 – after a New Year’s Eve party which Broome suggests rivals any other on a list of alleged disa
  
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• On the road: Seven Axiom SL bicycle review – 'The lightest, smoothest thing I’ve ever had between my thighs'

  09-01-2016 07:00 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  This bike has given me such joy that I’ll remember it for ever, like a boy I never got overThere are many things you could buy for seven grand. A year’s tuition at a mid-ranking university. Two decent secondhand cars. A very daft handbag. Or this dreamy titanium bicycle, the lightest, smoothest thing I’ve ever had between my thighs; a bike that has given me such joy, I’ll remember it for ever, like a boy I never got over, or the steak in Rome in 2007 that made me gasp.It
  
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• French economic minister's priority is private investment

  09-01-2016 05:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — France's economy minister wants global investors to know that the country known for handcrafted cheeses, wine and luxury apparel— all of which take time to make — is ready to speed up in order to embrace technology's startup culture.
  
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• Best new iPhone cases of CES 2016 (pictures) - CNET

  09-01-2016 05:22 via cnet.com
  
  The iPhone 7 may be coming later this year, but there are loads of new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus cases hitting stores as we speak. Here's a look at some top picks from this year's CES.
  
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• What CNET editors didn't want you to see from CES video - CNET

  09-01-2016 04:08 via cnet.com
  
  CES 2016 was full of cool tech, futuristic gadgets and...CNET bloopers. Check out these clips our editors wish had probably stayed in Vegas.
  
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• Trying the Rink, a way to use your hands in Samsung's virtual reality (pictures) - CNET

  09-01-2016 03:40 via cnet.com
  
  This amazing Samsung prototype could make affordable virtual reality far more immersive.
  
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• Top 5 things that wowed us at CES 2016 video - CNET

  09-01-2016 03:31 via cnet.com
  
  There were some truly awesome things to check out at CES. Find out what made us do a double take.
  
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• Dish adding multiroom music to Hopper DVR - CNET

  09-01-2016 03:31 via cnet.com
  
  Dish is set to add DTS Play-Fi multiroom music streaming to its Hopper digital video recorder in the near future.
  
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• TVs at CES 2016: The 4K super ultra high dynamic range definition of the future - CNET

  09-01-2016 03:29 via cnet.com
  
  From rollable and modular TV concepts to humble OLED, SUHD and 4K Roku TV models shipping soon, the big displays had a strong showing at the premiere tech show on Earth.
  
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• A special guest tests a new game console...for dogs (Tomorrow Daily 295 show notes) - CNET

  09-01-2016 03:25 via cnet.com
  
  Cleverpet is a game for dogs designed to entertain and challenge them when you're away from home. We invited Boston terrier mix Princess Fiona to our CNET stage at CES 2016 to test it out.
  
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• The worst product names of CES - CNET

  09-01-2016 03:22 via cnet.com
  
  We'll never forget these product names from CES 2016, and that's not a good thing.
  
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• CES 2016, Day 3: A dog game console and Nerdist's Dan Casey (Tomorrow Daily 295) video - CNET

  09-01-2016 03:18 via cnet.com
  
  Jeff and Ashley welcome CleverPet to the CNET stage at CES 2016 to demo their dog game console and discuss all the weirdest and most fun tech at the show with Nerdist's Dan Casey.
  
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• Sparks fly as we cut open an Apple Pencil at CES 2016 video - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:51 via cnet.com
  
  Sparks, smoke, and a little fire as Bill Detwiler cuts open an Apple Pencil live on the CNET stage at CES 2016.
  
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• CES 2016 focuses on the driver, and the game-changing Chevy Bolt EV - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:49 via cnet.com
  
  As in past years, self-driving car tech remains big at CES 2016, but more concepts were focused on how we can interact with cars through visual input and gestures. Meanwhile, Chevy unveiled its new Bolt EV, the most practical electric car yet.
  
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• CES 2016 in 2 minutes video - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:41 via cnet.com
  
  We crammed everything that wowed us at CES 2016 into two minutes.
  
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• This pivoting security cam sees all video - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:37 via cnet.com
  
  Most DIY security cameras are fixed, but Zmodo's new Pivot can rotate 360 degrees.
  
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• 'Apple.car' revs up talk of iPhone maker's auto plans - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:36 via cnet.com
  
  Apple registers several car-related domain names, another sign that the tech giant has automobiles on its mind.
  
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• OLED TV trends upward at CES 2016 video - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:31 via cnet.com
  
  CNET's Brian Cooley, Ty Pendlebury and David Katzmaier talk about the OLED and other TV topics at CES 2016.
  
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• Killer screens and hungry for virtual reality: Computers at CES 2016 - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:31 via cnet.com
  
  Laptops, desktops, hybrids and tablets added OLED displays, Oculus-ready graphics and more.
  
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• These are the 7 things you need to know about phones at CES 2016 - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:27 via cnet.com
  
  From Motorola and BlackBerry's shocking news to a phone that acts like a GoPro, we round up the most important things that happened at the annual electronics show.
  
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• The most important thing at CES? Mullions - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:22 via cnet.com
  
  Don't know what a mullion is? Don't worry -- we'll explain.
  
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• CNET'S CES Top 10-ish video - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:15 via cnet.com
  
  CNET's Brian Cooley and Scott Stein count down the top products at CES 2016.
  
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• Nanoleaf's flat LEDs take smart lighting to the next dimension video - CNET

  09-01-2016 02:12 via cnet.com
  
  What do you get when you combine modular, color-changing, wall-mountable LEDs with a smart app? Nanoleaf's Aurora, of course.
  
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• The latest gadgets: Smartphone, smartwatch, smart ... tail?

  09-01-2016 02:01
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES (all times local):
  
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• Girl falls off hoverboard, plunges into pool to save it - CNET

  09-01-2016 01:46 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: It's all very well having a hoverboard. But you have to learn how to ride it and how to keep it safe. This isn't always easy.
  
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