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• Good news! The internet is staying the same in the US - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:58 via cnet.com
  
  A big battle between telecoms and the FCC is settled. Net neutrality is safe for now.
  
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• Judy Jetson voice actress saw a century of wild technological change - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:51 via cnet.com
  
  Janet Waldo lived in amazing times, moving from the era of the Model T to the beginning of self-driving and flying cars.
  
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• Run an Android desktop on almost any computer - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:46 via cnet.com
  
  Remix OS is a desktop-optimized port of Android-x86 that can be installed on a flash drive and booted on almost any computer.
  
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• Twitter invests in SoundCloud - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:41 via cnet.com
  
  The social-media company had considered a takeover of the audio-upload site two years ago.
  
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• Biggest iOS 10 letdown: Siri doesn't go far enough - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:36 via cnet.com
  
  Apple announced only one new change to its Siri assistant, and it's not enough to close the gap.
  
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• What's everyone saying about net neutrality? - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:28 via cnet.com
  
  Today's appeals court decision to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's rules regardingequal access to the internet gives the FCC another legal victory.
  
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• Hands-on review: E3 2016: Xbox One S

  14-06-2016 23:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When Phil Spencer told a small panel at Microsoft's Build Developer Conference he wasn't "a big fan of Xbox One and a half," I had almost given up hope on a smaller console coming our way in 2016 despite the mountain of evidence that pointed to its existence. The Xbox One S – or Xbox One Slim, as it's more colloquially referred to – has been a rumor for some time, but it wasn't until E3 2016 that we got all the details on Microsoft's mini machine.At first glance, it's a radically dif
  
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• Netflix enables picture-in-picture support for iPad app - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:12 via cnet.com
  
  You can watch a video while multitasking on your iPad thanks to the latest Netflix update, available now in the iTunes store.
  
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• Donald Trump d20 dice won't help you defeat any dragons - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  Try your luck with a d20 die filled with Trumpisms so that every roll is a random phrase uttered from the mouth of a presidential candidate.
  
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• Get sporty with Motorola's VerveLife headphones - CNET

  14-06-2016 23:06 via cnet.com
  
  CNET goes hands on with Motorola's rugged range of VerveLife sport headphones.
  
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• Seinfeld joins Zuckerberg on Facebook Live to talk life, tech and broken bones

  14-06-2016 22:44
  
  Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on Facebook Live on Tuesday, opening himself up to random user questions covering a wide range of topics. However, just when the nearly 100,000 live viewers thought the impromptu video chat was just going to be a geek-out session with Zuck, comedian Jerry Seinfeld joined the session, dressed in his familiar white dress shirt, jeans and blazer. SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked, possibly due to
  
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• How 3nder is kinking up the world of online dating - CNET

  14-06-2016 22:36 via cnet.com
  
  The next generation is inspiring a new type of online dating service with their open and progressive attitudes toward sexuality and gender.
  
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• Twitter makes $70 million investment in music service SoundCloud: Re/code

  14-06-2016 22:24
  (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has invested about $70 million in Berlin-based music service SoundCloud, technology website Re/code reported citing people familiar with the deal. Twitter confirmed it had taken a stake in SoundCloud but did not provide any details about the investment. "Earlier this year we made an investment in SoundCloud through Twitter Ventures to help support some of our efforts with creators," Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said.
  
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• ​Ubuntu Snap takes charge of Linux desktop and IoT software distribution

  14-06-2016 22:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Ubuntu Snap universal packages now work on multiple Linux distros and devices.
  
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• Zuckerberg: 'I am not a lizard' - CNET

  14-06-2016 22:22 via cnet.com
  
  In his latest question-and-answer session, the Facebook cofounder answers oddball questions, including one about whether he's secretly a reptile. He also hung out with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
  
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• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi says testing its own digital currency

  14-06-2016 22:22
  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ confirmed on Tuesday it is conducting experiments on a digital currency utilizing the technology behind the virtual currency bitcoin. The statement came following a report from the Asahi Shimbun newspaper last week that the bank will soon issue a virtual currency that will be available next year. "Regarding the speculation (in) media reports, these reports are not based on any announcement by MUFG, and the details have not been decided," the bank's spokesman said in
  
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• Android users can now do all their texting from Facebook Messenger

  14-06-2016 22:15
  
  Tired of switching back and forth between Facebook Messenger and SMS on your Android?  On Tuesday, Facebook announced that the Messenger app now supports SMS messaging. That means Android users can set the app as their default texting client.  For those who want to opt in, the update is now available on Messenger's Android app. (It doesn't appear Facebook has any plans to bring it to its iOS app.) SEE ALSO: Facebook is targeting the remaining Messenger holdouts, and they
  
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• Apple releases comic book to detail App Store review guidelines

  14-06-2016 22:07
  
  Like seldom read Terms and Conditions text, App Store guidelines are an important but usually boring read. But Apple just changed all that by turning its App Store review guidelines into an amazingly well-done comic book. Partnering with iOS and Apple TV comic book app maker Madefire, Apple has cleverly woven its App Store review guidelines into several different graphic stories. SEE ALSO: Hands-on with Apple's iOS 10 at WWDC Distributed as a downloadable PDF file on Apple's website during WWDC,
  
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• Russia 'hacked Democrats data on Trump' says US

  14-06-2016 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russian government hackers have breached the Democratic National Committee for opposition research on Donald Trump, officials say.
  
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• Xbox One S: Up-close and personal video - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:56 via cnet.com
  
  We got a quick look at the new Xbox One S game console, which is 40 percent smaller than the original Xbox One.
  
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• 'Net neutrality' rules for fair internet access win in court

  14-06-2016 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's "net neutrality" rules, preserving regulations that force internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T to treat all online traffic — everything from Netflix and cat videos to games and downloads — equally.
  
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• Facebook is celebrating all types of dads with new Father's Day stickers

  14-06-2016 21:50
  
  June is the month of dads and grads, and this year Facebook is ready to help you celebrate Father's Day. Last month, Facebook celebrated Mother's Day with a new purple flower reaction; this month, it'll help you celebrate Father's Day on the social network with a new sticker pack. SEE ALSO: Geneva: The story of Facebook's new font The sticker pack, called "Fatherly Love," will have stickers featuring fathers of all cultures, family types and background, a Facebook spokesperson told Mashable
  
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• Apple envisions transparent augmented-reality device - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:47 via cnet.com
  
  The gadget would display information on a see-through screen, so you could point the screen at the Golden Gate Bridge, say, and check out the bridge and info about it at the same time.
  
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• 'South Park' skewers Marvel and DC superhero movies in new video - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:46 via cnet.com
  
  Cartman and pals make fun of the long wait for a black superhero movie, plus get in a good jab at Star Wars' J.J. Abrams. It's all a tease for their new video game.
  
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• These Bluetooth wristbands let you enjoy VR while staying safe in the real world

  14-06-2016 21:32
  
  Despite the fascinating experiences offered by virtual reality, it can also be nerve-wracking — especially when you're worried about crashing into real-world objects while twirling around in a virtual space.  On Tuesday, at E3, accessories maker Nyko unveiled a solution for this literal blind spot in the form of the VR Guardian. SEE ALSO: Solve Nightwing's brutal murder in 'Batman: Arkham VR' The VR Guardian system puts two wristbands on your arms that alert you when you're about to t
  
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• Apple is late to the game with its latest updates video - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:26 via cnet.com
  
  Apple's new updates to iOS, MacOS and Siri each bear a striking resemblance to services that already existed on Google, Microsoft and Facebook.
  
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• Air, land, sea, cyber: NATO adds cyber to operation areas

  14-06-2016 21:25
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is agreeing to make cyber operations part of its war domain, along with air, sea and land operations, and to beef up the defense of its computer networks.
  
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• 'Legend of Zelda': 5 ways 'Breath of the Wild' is different

  14-06-2016 21:24
  
  Nintendo is putting all of its faith in Link at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The video game publisher is using its entire booth at the gaming industry's annual extravaganza to promote "The Legend ...
  
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• How to find your IP address using Google, Siri, or Cortana - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:19 via cnet.com
  
  Your IP address is just a search bar away.
  
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• Computer crash wipes out a decade of US Air Force data - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:16 via cnet.com
  
  More than 100,000 internal investigations records dating back to 2004 have been lost, Air Force officials say.
  
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• E3 2016: Monday's biggest news - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:15 via cnet.com
  
  Here's everything that happened on the first day of this year's big event.
  
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• Q&A: What is net neutrality and why does it matter?

  14-06-2016 21:14
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court on Tuesday upheld "net neutrality" rules that treat the Internet like a public utility and prohibit blocking, slowing and creating paid fast lanes for online traffic. They have been in effect for a year.
  
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• The Xbox One: Cheaper than ever - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:13 via cnet.com
  
  Microsoft cuts the price of 500GB Xbox One consoles to $279 and 1TB Xbox One consoles to $299 for a limited time.
  
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• 10 things Apple didn't tell you about iOS 10

  14-06-2016 21:12
  
  Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote was jam-packed. While all of Apple's platforms will receive big updates this fall through software updates, iOS 10 was arguably the most important one, if only because there are over 1 billion iOS devices in active use globally. iOS 10, the "mother of all releases" according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, will come with a mountain of new features such as smarter notifications, a new lock screen, a turbocharged Messages app with smarter emoji entry, redesigned Apple Mu
  
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• Apple, Microsoft and Google race to introduce your kid to coding - CNET

  14-06-2016 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  With the new Swift Playgrounds app, Apple is trying to make the next generation computer literate, just the latest tech giant to take up the cause.
  
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• Net neutrality in the US is safe, for now video - CNET

  14-06-2016 20:53 via cnet.com
  
  An appeals court decision upholds the FCC's classification of broadband as a utility. Telecoms aren't happy, but you should be.
  
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• You can now retweet yourself when no one else will - CNET

  14-06-2016 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  Following last month's announcement, you can now do the one thing none of your Twitter followers want you to: retweet yourself.
  
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• Nikola Motor Company picks up 7,000 reservations for turbine-equipped electric semi truck cab - Roadshow

  14-06-2016 20:42 via cnet.com
  
  Maybe some of that money should go toward picking a more original company name.
  
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• Russian government hackers steal DNC files on Donald Trump

  14-06-2016 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Hackers lurked in systems since at least last summer but only recently exfiltrated files on his business dealings and past political statements, investigators saidHackers linked to the Russian government stole research files on Donald Trump from the Democratic National Committee, according to a US firm investigating the breach. Some of the hackers had been lurking in the systems since at least last summer, well before Trump sealed the Republican nomination, but only recently exfiltrated the Demo
  
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• New Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailer will take your breath away - CNET

  14-06-2016 20:33 via cnet.com
  
  Breath of the Wild takes the popular game series into an open world of lush visuals, forest fires and glorious explosions.
  
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• Hulu widens virtual-reality app to Oculus, builds a time machine - CNET

  14-06-2016 20:31 via cnet.com
  
  The virtual "temporal facility" won't sling you to the future, though: It's a VR viewing room to watch Syfy's "12 Monkeys"
  
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• Google Fiber might be coming to Dallas - CNET

  14-06-2016 20:27 via cnet.com
  
  Google Fiber is exploring the possibility of coming to Dallas
  
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• Twitter will let you retweet yourself but everyone just wants an edit button

  14-06-2016 20:23
  
  Oh Twitter, will you ever be able to make us happy?  In a move that will make narcissists everywhere rejoice, Twitter now allows you to retweet your own tweets, which is great and all, but everyone really just wants an edit button. SEE ALSO: Twitter begins to relax its 140-character limit, users rejoice... and complain Twitter announced the change Tuesday (by retweeting this tweet, announcing the retweet feature, from 2009.) Previously, you could only retweet tweets sent by other accounts,
  
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• Democratic Party's computers breached by Russian hackers

  14-06-2016 20:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sophisticated hackers linked to Russian intelligence services broke into the Democratic National Committee's computer networks and gained access to confidential emails, chats and opposition research on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, people familiar with the breach said Tuesday.
  
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• 5 great PlayStation VR games you've never heard of (but are about to) - CNET

  14-06-2016 20:08 via cnet.com
  
  PlayStation VR needs quirky games like these to fill out its launch lineup. Here are five of our favorites from Sony's E3 slate.
  
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• How to get macOS Sierra and iOS 10

  14-06-2016 19:52
  
  Apple announced big updates to its two major operating systems at WWDC, both coming to customers this fall: iOS 10 and macOS Sierra. If you don't want to wait till then, there's a way you can get in on the action earlier — you can opt in to the public betas for either update to test out some of the new features before they're ready to launch. Beware, though: Beta versions of software are by definition incomplete and could have major bugs and issues that aren't resolved yet. Occasionally th
  
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• U.S. court backs landmark Obama internet equal-access rules

  14-06-2016 19:40
  By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld the Obama administration's landmark rules barring internet service providers from obstructing or slowing down consumer access to web content on Tuesday, dealing a blow to big cable and mobile phone companies. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit backed the Federal Communications Commission's so-called net neutrality rules put in place last year to make internet service provider
  
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• Nintendo introduces The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild video - CNET

  14-06-2016 19:40 via cnet.com
  
  Promising this Zelda game is the biggest experience ever made by Nintendo, the new Zelda title boasts an entirely new sprawling open-world format. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild arrives on Wii U and Nintendo NX in 2017.
  
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• LifeBeam artificial intelligence headphones put a biosensing fitness coach in your ear - CNET

  14-06-2016 19:34 via cnet.com
  
  The newest wearable on Kickstarter is Vi, a pair of wireless headphones with 11 contextual sensors that adapt to your workouts and provides real-time fitness coaching.
  
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• At E3, Nintendo previews upcoming Zelda and Pokemon games (pictures) - CNET

  14-06-2016 19:22 via cnet.com
  
  Take a peak at Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Pokemon: Sun and Moon.
  
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