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• Powerful domestic violence Super Bowl ad shows one text can make the difference - CNET

  05-02-2016 23:50 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: A simple ad, made with some NFL sponsorship, dramatizes a problem with which the NFL itself is familiar.
  
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• Twitter suspends over 125,000 accounts for 'promoting terrorist acts'

  05-02-2016 23:22
  By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has shut down more than 125,000 terrorism-related accounts since the middle of 2015, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, the company said in a blog post on Friday. Twitter has said it only takes down accounts when they are reported by other users, but said that it has increased the size of teams monitoring and responding to reports and has decreased its response time "significantly." When accounts are reported, Twitter said it lo
  
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• U.S., Britain eye letting spy agencies, police seek email, chat data from companies

  05-02-2016 23:19
  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and UK spy agencies and police may soon be allowed to directly ask media companies in each others' countries for email and online chat data for people being investigated, under a tentative bilateral deal, officials said on Friday. As governments worldwide and online companies struggle to strike a balance between privacy rights and law enforcement imperatives, three U.S. officials confirmed a pact is in the works, although it would require congression
  
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• Volkswagen delays publishing its 2015 financial results because of Dieselgate - Roadshow

  05-02-2016 23:02 via cnet.com
  
  The automaker is still crunching numbers and figuring out the full financial ramifications of its diesel-related misdeeds.
  
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• Here's everything the Amazon Echo can do (pictures) - CNET

  05-02-2016 22:52 via cnet.com
  
  The online mega-retailer's smart speaker seems to get smarter every day. Here's a rundown of the many tricks up "Alexa's" sleeve.
  
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• Outcry over iPhone 'Error 53' and bad USB Type-C cables (CNET Update show notes) - CNET

  05-02-2016 22:36 via cnet.com
  
  Be careful when replacing parts. Poorly made cables can fry a laptop, and iPhones will stop working if the Touch ID button is repaired outside of Apple. It's a lesson some are learning the hard way.
  
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• Why Toyota's Scion brand may sell more cars after it's dead and buried - Roadshow

  05-02-2016 22:31 via cnet.com
  
  Scion, Toyota's so-called "youth brand" is being shuttered, but many of its models will live to sell another day, albeit with Toyota badging. Here's why that's probably great for sales.
  
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• Outcry over iPhone 'Error 53' and bad USB Type-C cables video - CNET

  05-02-2016 22:28 via cnet.com
  
  Be careful when replacing parts. Poorly made cables can fry a laptop, and iPhones will stop working if the Touch ID button is repaired outside of Apple. It's a lesson some are learning the hard way.
  
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• Watch Chevrolet's COPO Camaro disappear in wheelies and tire smoke - Roadshow

  05-02-2016 22:22 via cnet.com
  
  This is one seriously impressive factory drag racer.
  
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• Editors' picks: $16,000 used SUVs - Roadshow

  05-02-2016 22:19 via cnet.com
  
  Looking for an inexpensive SUV or crossover? Our editors picked their favorites that you can score secondhand for around $16,000 -- the average price of a used car. They range from hardcore off-roaders to sensible city slickers. We used NADA Guide pricing data, assumed 12,000 miles per year and selected "Clean Retail" values to keep things fair.
  
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• LinkedIn shares dive more than 40 pct, $11 bln wiped out

  05-02-2016 22:00
  LinkedIn Corp's shares plunged as much as 43 percent on Friday, wiping out nearly $11 billion of market value, after the social network for professionals shocked Wall Street with a revenue forecast that fell far short of expectations. The stock sank to a three-year low of $109.50, registering its sharpest decline since the company's high-profile public listing in 2011. At least seven brokerages downgraded the stock from "buy" to "hold" or their equivalents, saying the company's lofty valuation w
  
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• The 404 Show 1648: Uber's awful logo, Error 53, how to survive the Super Bowl, "Hail, Caesar!" review (podcast) - CNET

  05-02-2016 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  Russ and Jeff gang up on Uber's hideous new logo, look up the meaning of Error 53, prepare for Super Bowl 50 and get a quick and dirty review of the Coen Brothers' latest film, "Hail, Caesar!"
  
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• A close look at Kidde's listening device -- the RemoteLync Monitor (pictures) - CNET

  05-02-2016 21:45 via cnet.com
  
  The $100 Kidde RemoteLync Monitor wants to make it simpler to smarten up the smoke detection of your whole home.
  
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• How useful is a watch that can be its own phone? video - CNET

  05-02-2016 21:41 via cnet.com
  
  The Gear S2 3G can make calls and connect to messages without any phone in your pocket. That's not always a great thing, but it is pretty slick.
  
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• Elon Musk hints that his next project could be an electric plane

  05-02-2016 21:39 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Perhaps the most highly revered Silicon Valley engineer, Musk said he has been thinking about an electric jet with vertical takeoff and landingElon Musk, founder of SpaceX, Tesla and PayPal, has hinted that his next project could be building a vertical takeoff electric plane.Making a surprise appearance at the Hyperloop pod competition, a contest to design a futuristic, high-speed, people-moving pod between Los Angeles and San Francisco, Musk was asked what his next project might be. Continue re
  
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• Kidde RemoteLync Monitor review - CNET

  05-02-2016 21:36 via cnet.com
  
  The Kidde RemoteLync Monitor performs a useful function, but the price sets high expectations.
  
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• Kidde RemoteLync review - CNET

  05-02-2016 21:34 via cnet.com
  
  The $189 Kidde RemoteLync Home Security Camera isn't perfect, but it gets a lot of things right.
  
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• Watch a robot golfer make a hole-in-one on the PGA Tour - CNET

  05-02-2016 21:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: You knew it had to come to this. A robot golfer tees up on a par 3 at a PGA tournament and upstages everyone.
  
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• Twitter Moves to Actively Seek Out Terrorist Supporters

  05-02-2016 21:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter says it’s now using spam-fighting technology to seek out and automatically flag accounts that might be promoting terrorist activity.
  
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• Twitter deletes 125,000 Isis accounts and expands anti-terror teams

  05-02-2016 21:18 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Building confidence in its anti-terror policies, the social media company is expanding its specialist teams in the US and Ireland to monitor extremist contentTwitter has deleted more than 125,000 accounts linked to terrorists since mid-2015, the company announced, offering some of the most detailed insight yet of how Silicon Valley is collaborating with western governments in its fight against Islamic State. The social media company is relying on a mix of human judgment and technology, developin
  
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• Why the death of the Firefox phone matters - CNET

  05-02-2016 20:15 via cnet.com
  
  With its failure to stop the mobile-software dominance of Google and Apple, Mozilla loses relevance and the Web grows a little weaker.
  
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• Don't trust this lipstick-applying robot with your face - CNET

  05-02-2016 20:02 via cnet.com
  
  A mini factory-style robot arm tries its mechanical hand at applying makeup, and the results aren't pretty.
  
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• My rock star dreams meet a Bluetooth mini guitar - CNET

  05-02-2016 19:44 via cnet.com
  
  CNET's Michael Franco chases his rock n' roll dreams by taking lessons from a Bluetooth-enabled mini guitar. He's no Jimmy Page, yet.
  
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• LinkedIn shares dive more than 40 percent, $11 billion wiped out

  05-02-2016 19:44
  LinkedIn Corp's shares plunged as much as 43 percent on Friday, wiping out nearly $11 billion of market value, after the social network for professionals shocked Wall Street with a revenue forecast that fell far short of expectations. The stock sank to a three-year low of $109.50, registering its sharpest decline since the company's high-profile public listing in 2011. At least seven brokerages downgraded the stock from "buy" to "hold" or their equivalents, saying the company's lofty valuation w
  
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• Human gene editing is about to happen, but don't freak out just yet - CNET

  05-02-2016 19:39 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: A British research team has gotten the go-ahead to edit the DNA of a human embryo using breakthrough tech that could cure cancer -- or bring on a comic-book-style mutant apocalypse.
  
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• Unofficially fixed iPhones 'disabled'

  05-02-2016 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The latest software update for iPhone 6 handsets is allegedly rendering the devices useless if it detects repairs not carried out by Apple.
  
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• Throw the best party while you kill time between commercials - CNET

  05-02-2016 19:01 via cnet.com
  
  Not interested in the the Big Game? Add some well-reviewed gadgets to your watch party this Sunday to make things more interesting.
  
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• Magic leaps, rise of a virus: Podcast 253

  05-02-2016 19:01
  
  
  WIRED interviews LSE's Clare Wenham on the rise of Zika, and we examine the mysteries behind a $3.7bn VR giant that hasn't released a single product.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon Echo now lets you hail an Uber ride - CNET

  05-02-2016 18:55 via cnet.com
  
  There's another service you can summon using the voice-activated speaker. Just say, "Alexa, order me an Uber."
  
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• View a list of recent notifications on Android with Notif Log - CNET

  05-02-2016 18:53 via cnet.com
  
  Do you accidentally dismiss notifications on your Android device? This app will keep a log of them all.
  
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• Have turbos killed the fun in the 2016 Porsche 911? video - Roadshow

  05-02-2016 18:50 via cnet.com
  
  the new Porsche 911 will have turbos but it will not be a 911 Turbo. Confused? Let Carfection explain.
  
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• LinkedIn shares drop 43% as weak forecast spooks investors

  05-02-2016 18:45 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The professional social networking website’s stock plummeted to three-year low of $110.01 after revenue predictions fell much shorter than expectedLinkedIn Corp’s shares plunged as much as 43% on Friday, wiping out nearly $11bn of market value, after the social network for professionals shocked Wall Street with a revenue forecast that fell far short of expectations.The stock sank to a three-year low of $110.01 in early trading, registering its sharpest decline since the company&rsquo
  
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• Business services firms' shares bleed as LinkedIn, Tableau crash

  05-02-2016 18:39
  Dismal sales outlooks from LinkedIn Corp and Tableau Software sent their shares crashing hard on Friday, reverberating through the technology sector. LinkedIn shares plunged as much as 43 percent, wiping out about $11 billion of market value, after the social network for professionals shocked Wall Street with a revenue forecast that fell far short of expectations. Tableau Software's shares were also hit hard and about half its market value evaporated on Friday, a day after its quarterly report a
  
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• Light up your life with this Final Fantasy-esque save-crystal lamp - CNET

  05-02-2016 18:34 via cnet.com
  
  With fervour high for the upcoming Final Fantasy XV, this handmade save-crystal lamp is proving a hot item for role-playing game fans.
  
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• Innovate, die, or both: inside the struggle to save big oil

  05-02-2016 17:57
  
  Big oil is in crisis. Against a backdrop of record losses and huge layoffs, more than 800 industry executives gathered in Florence, Italy to try and work out what's next.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Julian Assange, facing arrest, calls UN ruling 'vindication' - CNET

  05-02-2016 17:48 via cnet.com
  
  The WikiLeaks founder must still decide whether to walk out of his London refuge and into the hands of the police.
  
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• XCOM 2 review - best strategy game ever? The truth is in here

  05-02-2016 17:44 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  A brilliant concept coupled with smart design choices results in a hugely rewarding game that over-delivers in almost every area Among XCOM’s distinctions is that it is a difficult game, so the sequel’s concept is quite brilliant: the first time around, you lost. Firaxis’ 2012 strategy title was a remake of a 1994 original, UFO: Enemy Unknown, which cast you as the commander charged with responding to an alien invasion of Earth – building up the eponymous organisation, re
  
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• Apple now accepts damaged iPhones for trade-in - CNET

  05-02-2016 17:44 via cnet.com
  
  A new twist to the iPhone trade-in program will give you credit for a new phone when you trade in a broken model.
  
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• Paypal bans VPN and DNS services

  05-02-2016 17:32
  
  PayPal has begun blocking VPN and DNS masking services from using the money transfer platform, in the latest push against online location hiding practises.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• DeLorean thanks its fans with a strange new video - Roadshow

  05-02-2016 17:27 via cnet.com
  
  On the eve of its resurgence, DeLorean is once again producing something, even if it's just a slightly odd two-minute video.
  
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• Get his-and-hers headphones for $53.98 - CNET

  05-02-2016 17:18 via cnet.com
  
  From the Cheapskate: Just in time for Valentine's Day, these geek-tastic headphones pair with each other so you can share tunes with your sweet-ums.
  
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• Making a car lighter is more difficult than you might think - Roadshow

  05-02-2016 17:17 via cnet.com
  
  The Center for Automotive Research investigates the barriers that stand between us and lighter, more efficient vehicles.
  
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• Bose has been secretly working on high-tech stoves - CNET

  05-02-2016 17:12 via cnet.com
  
  CNET got an exclusive look at Bose's upcoming induction stovetop that it designed to create the ultimate cooking experience. See it action.
  
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• DraftKings on why the UK is ready for one-day fantasy sport

  05-02-2016 17:10
  
  DraftKings, the controversial but enormously popular online fantasy sports service, has announced it will launch in the UK on Friday.By: Pauline Bock, Continue reading...
  
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• Assange backed by UN, but he's not free yet video - CNET

  05-02-2016 16:51 via cnet.com
  
  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was "arbitrarily detained" according to a human rights tribunal, but the UK government has branded the ruling "ridiculous".
  
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• Apple Now Accepting Your Banged-Up iPhone

  05-02-2016 16:06
  
  Apple for the first time is accepting banged up iPhones as a trade-in from those wanting to upgrade.
  
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• Review: Rollei Actioncam 420

  05-02-2016 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and handlingRollei's Actioncam 402 is in essence an oversized GoPro with the familiar box design encased in a waterproof housing. Making sure the 420 stands out in a crowded market, Rollei offers the camera in three colours: black, blue or white. It is also one of the only budget cameras to offer a flat lens on the housing with no screws or indents, which means that it's easy to clean and instantly wins affection.4K is the big headline feature and this is joined by plenty of other r
  
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