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• Xbox One S vs. original Xbox One: Side-by-side - CNET

  15-06-2016 23:36 via cnet.com
  
  You don't realize just how gigantic the original Xbox One is until you see it next to the One S, which is 40 percent smaller.
  
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• Curved iPhone in Apple's future? New patent hints at possible designs.

  15-06-2016 23:35
  
  Apple was granted a patent Tuesday for a device with a curved, wraparound glass display, and it looks a lot like an iPhone. SEE ALSO: Here's what the 'i' in iPhone means In the patent, Apple describes how most electronic devices don't utilize the surfaces on their sides and backs, aside from buttons with fixed functionalities. Because they are fixed, the buttons can't be utilized by third party apps, so Apple patented a display that extends beyond the front surface. The primary design Apple show
  
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• YouTube is built on the back of stolen content says Trent Reznor

  15-06-2016 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Nine Inch Nails musician and Apple Music executive joins music industry’s debate over Google’s video service, but YouTube hits backNine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor is the latest artist to join the music industry’s war of words with YouTube, attacking Google’s video service over the role it plays for musicians.“I find YouTube’s business to be very disingenuous. It is built on the backs of free, stolen content and that’s how they got that big,” sa
  
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• Audi plans to make electric version of Q5 model in Mexico: sources

  15-06-2016 23:04
  German carmaker Audi plans to make an electric version of its Q5 SUVs at its new plant in Mexico, two sources with knowledge of the project said on Wednesday. Volkswagen AG's luxury car brand is set to open a $1.3 billion factory in Mexico on Sept. 30, its first in the country and eventually slated to be Audi's only source globally for the Q5 models. The plant in San Jose Chiapa in central Mexico will produce the gasoline-powered Q5 at first, but plans to introduce the electric version in the ne
  
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• How to survive a zombie apocalypse (with Nerf blasters) - CNET

  15-06-2016 23:00 via cnet.com
  
  Think you can outlive hundreds of ravenous zombies? Team CNET did. So its members threw themselves into the deep end with the humans-versus-zombies survival game Zedtown to prove it.
  
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• You'll soon be able to buy a HomeKit-powered ‘Apple House'

  15-06-2016 22:52
  
  New homebuyers today have many things to choose from: wood floors or tile, granite or stainless steel countertops, central air or window units. But later this year, you'll be able to decide if you want to make your space a fully Apple-supported smart home, built from the ground up. Tucked into Apple’s two-hour-long new product presentation at its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this week was a blink-and-you-missed-it tidbit that hinted largely at where the smart home industry is he
  
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• Pornhub launches explicit audio for the visually impaired

  15-06-2016 22:48 via theguardian.com
  
  The adult video-sharing site now has a ‘described video’ category, in which professional voice actors explain what’s happening in the sceneFor the around 285 million people worldwide who are visually impaired, pornography can seem like an acoustic blur of heavy breathing, squelches, slaps and Maria Sharapova-esque grunts.Related: Most boys think online pornography is realistic, finds studyContinue reading...
  
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• How to watch a major earthquake test shake a six-story building - CNET

  15-06-2016 22:48 via cnet.com
  
  The University of California at San Diego plans to rattle a 64-foot structure on its outdoor shake table Wednesday, and you can watch the results live.
  
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• Uber settles driver lawsuit over background checks, to pay $7.5 million

  15-06-2016 22:45
  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by drivers over background checks conducted by the ride-hailing company, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The case in San Francisco federal court involved allegations that Uber terminated drivers from its platform after obtaining their consumer background reports without authorization. The settlement is the latest in an effort by Uber to remove some of the litigation risk facing the c
  
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• FoldiMate Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  15-06-2016 22:41 via cnet.com
  
  Meet the FoldiMate, a domestic laundry robot that promises to expertly fold your clean clothes for you.
  
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• Android teases new software name with Boaty McBoatface joke - CNET

  15-06-2016 22:33 via cnet.com
  
  Make it Stopy McStopface.
  
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• Take a 360 tour of Nintendo's booth at E3 2016 - CNET

  15-06-2016 22:27 via cnet.com
  
  We bet you thought you'd never get to attend this year's show.
  
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• LPC: Uber takes trip to the leveraged loan market

  15-06-2016 22:26
  Ride-hailing company Uber has hired a group of banks to help it raise debt on the leveraged loan market, according to sources familiar with the proposed transaction. Startups like Uber rarely visit the leveraged loan market as investors generally prefer to lend to companies with long track records. The bank group currently consists of four banks, including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, according to sources.
  
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• Apple software hints at future MacBook features: Touch ID and OLED touch bars - CNET

  15-06-2016 22:24 via cnet.com
  
  People who really care about MacBook features dug into Apple's newly released code to find evidence of upgrades, such as fingerprint reading a customizable space for light-up buttons.
  
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• EU proposes cutting wholesale mobile roaming rates

  15-06-2016 22:19
  By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union proposed on Wednesday cutting the wholesale roaming rates that telecoms operators pay each other when customers use their mobile phones abroad to pave the way for the abolition of retail roaming charges by summer next year. The EU struck a deal a year ago to abolish mobile roaming charges across the 28-country bloc by June 2017 but that hinges on wholesale prices being competitive enough to allow firms to offer customers free roaming with
  
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• Video game makers plunge deeper into virtual reality at E3

  15-06-2016 22:12
  By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Virtual reality has yet to take off with the bulk of video gamers, but the industry is doubling down on its bet that one day it will. At the annual E3 video game showcase in Los Angeles this week, attendees strapped on VR headsets to peer into fantasy worlds, battle robotic creatures and command starships. Meanwhile, game publishers announced investments that showed they believe VR is ready to go mainstream.
  
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• How to play Facebook Messenger's new secret soccer game - CNET

  15-06-2016 22:03 via cnet.com
  
  Facebook is back at it again with another hidden game in Messenger.
  
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• Mercedes could bring wireless charging to the S-Class in 2017

  15-06-2016 21:58
  
  What do you call a plug-in hybrid that you don't have to plug in? No, really, I want to know. Mercedes announced on Monday that it "should" have wireless inductive charging ready for the 2017 model year. Specifically, it aims to introduce the technology in its refreshed S500e plug-in, hybrid, full-size sedan. SEE ALSO: Mercedes planning hydrogen-powered plug-in hybrid crossover The production system will work like aftermarket or concept examples we've seen before. The S500e will have a coil moun
  
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• This GE washer stands out, but not in a good way (pictures) - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:57 via cnet.com
  
  GE's $1,100 GFWS2600FWW washing machine will do a decent job cleaning your clothes, if you can get past its cluttered display.
  
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• T-Mobile adds Samsung Galaxy On5 phone and Galaxy Tab E to its lineup - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  The carrier pads its budget offerings with a new Samsung phone and tablet.
  
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• Apple Maps in iOS 10 is watching you, even when you're using Google Maps - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:50 via cnet.com
  
  Apple appears to have a plan to make Apple Maps more compelling than Google Maps: Have the app watch everything you do, and offer to help when it can.
  
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• The Xbox One S could be 4K Blu-ray's white knight. And it plays games, too. - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:45 via cnet.com
  
  The $300 Xbox One S will be the cheapest 4k Blu-ray player when it's released in August, making it a potent weapon in the disc format's battle against 4K streaming video.
  
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• Hands-on review: PC Specialist Voyager III Pro

  15-06-2016 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As years go by, it becomes difficult for laptop vendors to differentiate their offerings. After all, notebook components are manufactured by a slowly diminishing number of companies.The laptops themselves are built by just a handful of big original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and outside of the big five laptop sellers, the designs of smaller brands are worryingly similar, especially when it comes to gaming and business laptops.But British vendor PC Specialist has come up with a plan: giving a
  
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• Google chairman: We're not going to touch Trump vs. Clinton - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:45 via cnet.com
  
  Google has been accused of showing bias to the Democrats in the past, but the company is determined to remain non-partisan -- at least publicly.
  
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• China's Didi Chuxing raises $7 billion in new funding: source

  15-06-2016 21:45
  (Reuters) - Chinese car-hailing app Didi Chuxing Technology Co has raised $7 billion in its latest fund raising effort, a source familiar with the matter said. The funding round values the company at more than $25 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.(http://on.wsj.com/28Ed9Sz) In addition, Didi secured a $2.5 billion debt package from China Merchants Bank Co, the Journal said. Didi closed a $4.5 billion fundraising round that inc
  
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• Going hands-on @ E3: Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon 3 and Ghost Recon Wildlands

  15-06-2016 21:36
  
  An early look at three of the most exciting games announced at E3.
  
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• Music-streaming service Rhapsody to become Napster - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:20 via cnet.com
  
  Is Napster still recognizable enough to bring in the subscribers? Rhapsody sure hopes so.
  
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• Bose SoundSport Wireless review - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:08 via cnet.com
  
  Bose finally has a Bluetooth sports headphone -- and it's a great one that isn't crazy expensive.
  
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• Huawei: People are snapping up camera-centric P9 smartphones - CNET

  15-06-2016 21:05 via cnet.com
  
  The Chinese company says it sold more than 2.6 million of the phones in the first six weeks the gadgets were available.
  
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• You can now preorder the Xbox One S, but there's a catch - CNET

  15-06-2016 20:58 via cnet.com
  
  While the One S will have a $299 model, the 2TB launch edition will cost a bit more.
  
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• A new app and a more open approach to Siri could save Apple's smart home - CNET

  15-06-2016 20:47 via cnet.com
  
  Apple's HomeKit smart-home platform is lagging behind the competition, but making Siri available to developers could change everything.
  
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• How to play Facebook Messenger's hidden soccer minigame

  15-06-2016 20:45
  
  Facebook Messenger has a new hidden game, and it may be even more addicting than the basketball one. In honor of Copa América and Euro 2016, Facebook has updated its Messenger app with a mini soccer game. SEE ALSO: Bacon, avocado and selfie emoji are on the way Like Messenger's last hidden game, the new soccer game is simple: try to keep the ball in the air as long as possible. When you miss, the score resets. Facebook added its basketball game to Messenger earlier this year to mark March
  
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• Facebook gives peek at how it taps user data for research - CNET

  15-06-2016 20:41 via cnet.com
  
  The company says it has a multistep process for green-lighting research that involves info on users. Ethicists are involved.
  
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• Executive says Facebook will be all video, no text in 5 years

  15-06-2016 20:28
  
  Video must be doing well on Facebook, because an executive at the company just predicted that's all Facebook will be in five years. SEE ALSO: Facebook just became a much better place to share 360 photos Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook's vice president of European, Middle Eastern and African operations, said at a conference Tuesday that in five years, Facebook "will be probably all video,"  Quartz reported. Mendelsohn added that video is "the best way to tell stories in this world" and "helps us
  
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• Napster is coming back! video - CNET

  15-06-2016 20:04 via cnet.com
  
  Music-streaming service Rhapsody plans to rebrand itself using an old familiar name.
  
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• The Apple Watch epitomizes how Apple lost its magic touch

  15-06-2016 19:58
  
  This would have never happened if Steve Jobs was still alive.  I've heard and seen this phrase overused since the Apple co-founder and former CEO passed in 2011. Everything software-related at Apple seemed to go down the crapper after he passed. I never thought I'd ever write those words myself, but that day has come. SEE ALSO: The Apple Watch's iconic app screen isn't dead, but it is getting demoted Remember how bad Apple Maps was when it launched? It was so awful Tim Cook had no choice bu
  
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• Neil deGrasse Tyson honors Orlando shooting victims with facts about rainbows - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:58 via cnet.com
  
  Renowned scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson finds a subtle and graceful way to pay his respects to the victims of the Orlando massacre.
  
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• Apple is fixing the Apple Watch. Here's where it went wrong

  15-06-2016 19:58
  
  This would have never happened if Steve Jobs was still alive.  I've heard and seen this phrase overused since the Apple co-founder and former CEO passed in 2011. Everything software-related at Apple seemed to go down the crapper after he passed. I never thought I'd ever write those words myself, but that day has come. SEE ALSO: The Apple Watch's iconic app screen isn't dead, but it is getting demoted Remember how bad Apple Maps was when it launched? It was so awful Tim Cook had no choice bu
  
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• Is the net neutrality fight over? - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:47 via cnet.com
  
  The FCC won a landmark lawsuit that challenged its net neutrality rules, but AT&T and others involved in the court case say they will appeal the decision.
  
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• Apple's Trent Reznor slams YouTube - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:46 via cnet.com
  
  The singer, who is also chief creative officer of Apple Music, takes a stand against the video-sharing service in a Billboard interview.
  
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• LGBT lead planned for 'Doctor Who' spin-off series 'Class' - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:38 via cnet.com
  
  The new BBC sci-fi series about teens attending Clara Oswald's Coal Hill School will feature a gay lead character.
  
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• 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Release Date, Price and Specs - Roadshow

  15-06-2016 19:37 via cnet.com
  
  Fiat builds an Italian roadster on the bones of a Japanese icon...and it's fantastic.
  
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• Michael Bay wants to put you into an action movie with VR - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:36 via cnet.com
  
  The director teams up with a production studio to create virtual-reality experiences.
  
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• Robot escapes testing grounds, ends up in middle of road - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:35 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In Russia, a robot is learning automated movements and reportedly veers into public view, blocking a road.
  
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• Mitsubishi may have fudged fuel economy data for even more cars - Roadshow

  15-06-2016 19:35 via cnet.com
  
  Here we go again!
  
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• Apple Watch gets a reboot. Is it time to hop on the bandwagon? (The 3:59, Ep. 62) - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:34 via cnet.com
  
  We also debate whether Napster is a better brand name than Rhapsody.
  
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• China's Didi Chuxing raises $7 billion in new funding: WSJ

  15-06-2016 19:25
  (Reuters) - Chinese car-hailing app Didi Chuxing Technology Co has raised $7 billion in its latest fund raising effort, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Didi closed a $4.5 billion fundraising round that attracted $1 billion from Apple and $600 million from China Life Insurance Co Ltd , according to the WSJ report on Wednesday. The funding round valued the company at more than $25 billion, WSJ reported. (http://on.wsj.com/28Ed9Sz) In addition, Didi secured
  
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• A classic Italian take on a Japanese icon: the Fiat 124 Spider video - Roadshow

  15-06-2016 19:20 via cnet.com
  
  The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider may be based the Mazda Miata, but it promises a uniquely Italian spin on the roadster experience.
  
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• Internet loan sharks demand naked pictures as security, reports say - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:18 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In China, lenders threaten to publish compromising pictures if customers are late with payments.
  
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• When black holes collide: Scientists find second set of gravitational waves - CNET

  15-06-2016 19:15 via cnet.com
  
  For the second time, scientists have detected gravitational waves emanating from a collision between two black holes.
  
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