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• Kia reminds us that it makes a Cadenza by updating it (pictures) - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 23:45 via cnet.com
  
  Kia's updated 2017 Cadenza attempts to steal back some of the limelight from its smaller, more desireable sibling: the Kia Optima.
  
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• Microsoft's 'Tay' chatbot speaks like a teen. Whatevs. (CNET Update show notes) - CNET

  23-03-2016 23:35 via cnet.com
  
  Explore the mysteries of teenage linguistics with the artificially intelligent Tay, ponder the end of Nintendo's Wii U, and speculate how the FBI could hack into an iPhone.
  
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• Apple Pay coming to mobile websites later this year: Re/code

  23-03-2016 23:33
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc will integrate Apple Pay with its Safari browser later this year, allowing users to make purchases from mobile websites, technology website Re/code reported, citing sources. The mobile payments system will be available to shoppers who use iPhone and iPad models that have the company's fingerprint technology, Re/code reported. The iPhone maker is also informing potential partners that Apple Pay's expansion to mobile websites will be ready before this year’s holiday sho
  
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• Missed the Kindle update deadline? Here's how to update manually - CNET

  23-03-2016 23:16 via cnet.com
  
  If you're the owner of a Kindle device made in 2012 or earlier and you missed the deadline to update your device before it lost connectivity, here's how to get it working again.
  
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• Shock. Blondes are actually the smartest, research claims - CNET

  23-03-2016 22:58 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: For some reason or other, researchers at Ohio State decided to confront one of the world's dullest cliches. And look what they discovered.
  
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• Pornhub wants you to watch VR for free - CNET

  23-03-2016 22:56 via cnet.com
  
  The adult entertainment biz is promoting virtual reality, just like it once backed VHS tapes and Blu-ray discs.
  
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• Nissan heralds the new GT-R with a bunch of classic ones (pictures) - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 22:47 via cnet.com
  
  As the GT-R approaches 50 years old, Nissan takes a look back at the generations that made it a legend.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. to charge Iran in cyber attacks against banks, New York dam - sources

  23-03-2016 22:37
  By Dustin Volz, Nate Raymond and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is expected to blame Iranian hackers as soon as Thursday for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on several U.S. banks and a New York dam, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against about a half-dozen Iranians, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. It is one of the
  
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• How to quickly switch between, close apps on the new Apple TV - CNET

  23-03-2016 22:24 via cnet.com
  
  It's surprisingly similar to multitasking on iOS.
  
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• For 2017, Subaru Impreza gains inches, retains hatchback (pictures) - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 22:24 via cnet.com
  
  With an extra 1.5 inches in length, the new Impreza has gained considerable size, a little extra power, and some exciting new electronics.
  
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• Nintendo's Wii U woes (The 3:59, Ep. 15) - CNET

  23-03-2016 22:15 via cnet.com
  
  We talk about a report that the Japanese gaming company will stop making its flagging console, plus hit on "Batman v Superman" and on cartoons teaching computers what's funny.
  
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• Review: Updated: Samsung Galaxy TabPro S

  23-03-2016 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Introduction and designSamsung has played in the tablet space for a long time and even longer in the world of Windows laptops. Now, with the Galaxy TabPro S, the South Korean electronics giant has introduced a Surface Pro 4 rival that also aims to take down the iPad Pro with the full-fat power of Windows 10.The 12-inch slate is insanely thin and features an extremely vibrant, Super AMOLED display that beats the pants off of almost every Windows device before it. That said, with only an Intel Cor
  
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• Sprint CEO thanks Ricky Gervais for anti-Sprint Verizon ads - CNET

  23-03-2016 21:41 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In a Twitter exchange, Marcelo Claure has a giggle at the new Verizon spokesman. Gervais takes evasive action. Meanwhile, residents of Kansas are upset.
  
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• Microsoft's AI bot wants to chat with all you young adults - CNET

  23-03-2016 21:37 via cnet.com
  
  The bot, Tay, has a thing for 18- to 24-year-olds because they're all about getting social on their phones.
  
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• U.S. to charge Iranians in cyber attacks including New York dam: sources

  23-03-2016 21:35
  By Dustin Volz and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is expected to blame Iranian hackers as soon as Thursday for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on a suburban New York City dam and several other targets, possibly including multiple U.S. banks, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. In one of the largest foreign cyber attack cases since 2014 when the United States charged five Chinese military hackers, the U.S. Justice Department h
  
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• Toyota 86 isn't new, but it feels that way video - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 21:34 via cnet.com
  
  The Scion FR-S may have transformed into the Toyota 86, but it's not likely to be any less fun, especially with more power.
  
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• Microsoft's 'Tay' chatbot speaks like a teen. Whatevs. video - CNET

  23-03-2016 21:33 via cnet.com
  
  Explore the mysteries of teenage linguistics with the artificially intelligent Tay, ponder the end of Nintendo's Wii U, and speculate how the FBI could hack into an iPhone.
  
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• The Nighthawk X4S is one of Netgear's best routers video - CNET

  23-03-2016 21:17 via cnet.com
  
  The CNET editor Dong Ngo finds the new Nighthawk X4S one of Netgear's best routers to date, but that has nothing to do with why he's gotten two of them.
  
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• Amazon says its female workers paid equally as men

  23-03-2016 20:39
  By Mari Saito SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc, under pressure from an activist shareholder to disclose its policies on gender pay equality, said on Wednesday its female employees earned as much as their male counterparts, according to a survey it recently conducted. The Seattle-based online retailer disclosed the results of its study after pressure from Arjuna Capital, the activist arm of investment firm Baldwin Brothers Inc, which has been pushing it to prepare a report on gender pay e
  
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• Facebook’s censorship of Aboriginal bodies raises troubling ideas of ‘decency’

  23-03-2016 20:23 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Facebook happily hosts Kim Kardashian’s cleavage, but suspended users posting images of topless Aboriginal women for ‘violating community standards’. Leigh Alexander wonders, just whose standards are we talking about?Social technology, in the words of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, would “make the world more open and connected”, and unite the international community. It promises a new, global platform for cultural storytelling – a significant opportunity to
  
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• Gas-sipping electrics now 'fun to drive,' automakers say

  23-03-2016 20:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — When Toyota aired a Super Bowl television ad featuring a surprisingly quick Prius gas-electric hybrid eluding police, it marked a turning point for the auto industry.
  
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• Nissan heralds the new GT-R with a bunch of classic ones - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  As the GT-R approaches 50 years old, Nissan takes a look back at the generations that made it a legend.
  
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• The consumer tablet is dying; long live the business tablet

  23-03-2016 20:08
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tablets may never again be the consumer sensation they once were, but they are finding new life among professionals.
  
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• Bungie announce new Destiny update coming in April

  23-03-2016 20:02
  
  Reaction to the planned updates was rather mixed.
  
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• Disney, Marvel threaten Georgia filming boycott over 'antigay' bill - CNET

  23-03-2016 19:56 via cnet.com
  
  Walt Disney Studios says it will move its productions elsewhere if a Georgia bill many perceive as antigay is signed into law.
  
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• Mohu BeBox review - CNET

  23-03-2016 19:55 via cnet.com
  
  This idiosyncratic Android boom box offers a big sound and Pandora's box full of features.
  
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• Esports will be as big as football and basketball, Xbox exec says - CNET

  23-03-2016 19:49 via cnet.com
  
  "It's so accessible--anybody can play a game. I think there's no cap to what eSports can become."
  
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• FBI's iPhone hack may come from Israeli security firm - CNET

  23-03-2016 19:48 via cnet.com
  
  Apple may be off the hook if an Israeli company's method helps the FBI crack into the San Bernardino, California, terrorist's iPhone.
  
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• Batman v Superman: See inside this gigantic DC comic collection (pictures) - CNET

  23-03-2016 19:38 via cnet.com
  
  As DC's two greatest heroes clash in cinemas, take a peek at the legendary issues and first appearances spotted in this new collection, on show in London.
  
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• Report: HealthCare.gov logged 316 cybersecurity incidents

  23-03-2016 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The web portal used by millions of consumers to get health insurance under President Barack Obama's law has logged more than 300 cybersecurity incidents and remains vulnerable to hackers, nonpartisan congressional investigators said Wednesday.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs S7 Edge: Should you jump off the Note upgrade train?

  23-03-2016 19:24 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Samsung's S7 Edge is a refinement over the S6 Edge and offers many compelling features for all Android fans. If you don't use your S Pen, then you should seriously consider the S7 Edge.
  
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• 2017 Toyota 86 Release Date, Price and Specs - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 19:19 via cnet.com
  
  Toyota rolled out a newly-badged sports car at the New York auto show, ditching the Scion FR-S name for Toyota 86, matching its Japan market name.
  
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• New Toyota Prius plug-in boasts 120 mpg equivalent video - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 19:15 via cnet.com
  
  The newly named Toyota Prius Prime, launched at the New York auto show, comes out as one of the most efficient production cars while still burning gasoline.
  
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• Amazon sues logistics exec hired by Target

  23-03-2016 19:12
  
  Amazon.com has sued its seasoned logistics executive nearly a month after he was hired by Target, saying he's violated a non-compete clause that prohibits him from joining a rival for at least 18 months. ...
  
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• Use folders to better organize your Apple TV apps - CNET

  23-03-2016 19:09 via cnet.com
  
  With the release of tvOS 9.2, users can now create folders to store (or hide) apps.
  
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• Supersonic jet startup vows 'affordable' travel – if you have $5,000 to spare

  23-03-2016 19:04 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Sir Richard Branson says Virgin will partner with Boom to build and test plane to succeed where Concorde failed – ‘this lets you commute’ across oceansSir Richard Branson is hoping to bring back supersonic transatlantic passenger flights, and this time they will be “affordable”.Branson, who has already launched plans for $250,000-a-ticket flights into space, on Wednesday announced that his Virgin empire would help build a new generation of supersonic jets. Virgin ha
  
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• 2017 Audi R8 Spyder V10 is a 540-hp salute to convertible decadence - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 19:03 via cnet.com
  
  Audi's second-generation R8 has spawned a droptop version in New York, and it's 10 cylinders of awesome.
  
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• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300 review - CNET

  23-03-2016 19:01 via cnet.com
  
  It might look like an average megazoom point-and-shoot, but I assure you, the splash- and dustproof FZ300 is anything but average.
  
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• Dyson developing an electric car, according to government documents

  23-03-2016 18:59 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The company last year refused to confirm they were working on a green vehicle, but a government plan on infrastructure suggests they areDyson is developing an electric car at its headquarters in Wiltshire with help from public money, according to government documents.The company, which makes a range of products that utilise the sort of highly efficient motors needed for an electric car such as vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and bladeless fans, last year refused to rule out rumours it was building
  
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• Acura NSX drops three motors to go racing - Roadshow

  23-03-2016 18:56 via cnet.com
  
  The road-going NSX gets its go from a quartet of gasoline and electric motors working in harmony. For the GT3, just one lump will provide all the power.
  
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