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• Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving shows off new wearable tech before NBA Finals

  18-06-2016 23:55
  
  During last year's NBA Finals, Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith introduced many fans to the hoverboard, a tech flourish that some criticized him for as a potential lack of focus on the game, which they ultimately lost. On Saturday, a similar tech turn happened for the Cavaliers when guard Kyrie Irving showed up to the pre-game seven NBA Finals press conference sporting a mysterious piece of wearable technology. SEE ALSO: 'Game of Thrones' and NBA fans are forced to pick a bloodbath this Sunday When as
  
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• Trump says 'ask the gays,' gays flip him the bird on Twitter - CNET

  18-06-2016 22:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Surpise. On social media, you don't always get the response you might have hoped for.
  
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• Benedict Cumberbatch gets his own Doctor Strange Funko toy - CNET

  18-06-2016 22:21 via cnet.com
  
  Take Cumberbatch home in toy form as Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme. The collectible will be available only at this year's San Diego Comic-Con International.
  
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• What's so great about high-resolution audio? - CNET

  18-06-2016 21:47 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac ponders the long and winding road to better sound.
  
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• All hail the green-screen queen - CNET

  18-06-2016 21:09 via cnet.com
  
  Queen Elizabeth II became a popular internet meme this week after wearing an all-green dress suit. Online artists decided to turn her fashion choice into a green-screen challenge.
  
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• 7 can't-miss apps: 'Slip Away,' Flogg, BurstKey and more

  18-06-2016 21:05
  
  With Apple's news-filled WWDC and trying to figure out what to get your dad for Father's Day, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps. SEE ALSO: Can emoji and 'invisible ink' make Apple's iMessage cooler than Snapchat? Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes an app to help kids learn the basics of coding, a finance-tracking app and a game where you help a jellyfish escape the depths of the ocean. Check out the gallery below to
  
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• Get a load of the very big 6.4-inch Xiaomi Mi Max - CNET

  18-06-2016 21:01 via cnet.com
  
  If you're looking for an affordable bigs creen phone with a crazy almost two day battery life, look no further.
  
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• At E3, game makers introduce more diverse heroes

  18-06-2016 20:08
  
  After introducing the world to several new female heroes at last year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, story-driven game makers at this week's gathering of the interactive industry are uncharacteristically ...
  
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• These are the coolest games we saw at E3 - CNET

  18-06-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  The world got a sneak peek at the biggest and best upcoming video games in Los Angeles last week. Here are the ones that looked most promising.
  
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• The world's best headphone? - CNET

  18-06-2016 19:47 via cnet.com
  
  Sure, it's expensive, but the Focal Utopia redefines what it means to be an audiophile headphone in 2016.
  
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• Apple Watch cut to $49 at Best Buy with purchase of new iPhone - CNET

  18-06-2016 19:03 via cnet.com
  
  The deal takes $250 off all Apple Watch models with the purchase and activation of a new iPhone 6S or 6S Plus.
  
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• Concept MINI Cooper looks like a space shuttle on wheels

  18-06-2016 17:45
  
  The MINI Cooper gets a decidedly futuristic new look in a video released this week for a concept vehicle the company calls MINI Vision Next 100. What's immediately apparent is that the car is personalized for each user, with interactive light messages greeting a new driver on the floor in front of the side door, as well as personalized messages on the dashboard. Once you're ready to get inside, the steering wheel and gas/brake pedals slide over to your side of the door for convenience. Layered i
  
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• Microsoft bets heavily on LinkedIn to secure its place in a world after Windows

  18-06-2016 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  At $255 per active user, the social network is an expensive buy, but the tech giant is confident that access to so much personal data will soon pay offAs news broke of Microsoft’s $26.2bn acquisition of LinkedIn last week, one wag took to Twitter to quip: “Satya Nadella makes bold final attempt to stop LinkedIn from emailing him.”Many people worn down by the site’s relentless emails will have echoed that sentiment. But Microsoft’s chief executive is in fact taking a
  
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• DIY phone camera lenses and filters - CNET

  18-06-2016 17:00 via cnet.com
  
  Use these everyday items to make your own phone camera accessories, including a macro lens and ring light.
  
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• Mini Vision 100 reconciles a highly personalized, yet shareable car - Roadshow

  18-06-2016 15:31 via cnet.com
  
  With its Vision 100 concept car, Mini foresees shared mobility in its future, yet retains individuality through digital personalization.
  
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• Xiaomi Mi Max is a big phone for video watching video - CNET

  18-06-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  With a 6.4-inch display the Mi Max makes it so you don't have to squint while watching videos.
  
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• SanDisk Clip Jam review - CNET

  18-06-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The SanDisk Clip Jam offers what the iPod Shuffle doesn't: a screen and more storage space.
  
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• How Apple plans on making features smarter while balancing privacy - CNET

  18-06-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The tech titan touted the term "differential privacy" as a way of smartening up key apps in iOS 10. What it promises is being smart without using the Google approach of moving all of your data to the cloud.
  
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• Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II review - CNET

  18-06-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Canon's changes to the G7 X make its successor a much better camera.
  
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• Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II full-resolution photo samples - CNET

  18-06-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The Mark II's photos look better than the original G7 X's at high ISO sensitivities, in part due to the newer image processor, and in part because of better edge handling in the Fine Detail Picture Style.
  
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• Apple underwhelms at WWDC video - CNET

  18-06-2016 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  Apple showed off a lot of evolutionary changes for iOS, MacOS and others. However, nothing appeared revolutionary.
  
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• Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer 1.6CDTi car review – ‘Like a surprisingly fast donkey’

  18-06-2016 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I suppose, for the person to whom this would appeal, it is a big deal that you’d look more like a company man than a minicab driver‘Sports-style front seats,” brags the Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer. “Chrome-effect upper window trim.” It is the smallness of the boasts that makes them sound so Alan Partridge, that and the fact the seats aren’t sports style in any meaningful sense; and if they were, they would look radically dissonant against the car itself, whic
  
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• Apple ordered to suspend iPhone 6 sales in Beijing

  18-06-2016 11:30
  
  BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese regulator has ordered Apple Inc. to stop selling two versions of its iPhone 6 in Beijing after finding they look too much like a competitor, but Apple says sales are going ahead while it appeals.
  
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• Vile online abuse against female MPs ‘needs to be challenged now’

  18-06-2016 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Women in the public eye, especially politicians, are used to brushing off threats of death, rape and horrendous comments about their appearance – will Jo Cox’s murder be the wake-up call we need to finally clean up the web?Less than two weeks ago, Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, was talking about the online abuse she was regularly getting, including death threats. “If I could I would kill you,” was just one of them. “Being a female politician,
  
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• The virtual Holocaust survivor: how history gained new dimensions

  18-06-2016 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Pinchas Gutter survived a Nazi death camp – and now his story will live on through a hologram that can answer your questionsPinchas Gutter goes out of his way to find me biscuits. In a sun-baked living room in his north London home, he opens a packet of Rich Tea, sits down and tells me about the Holocaust.Gutter was seven years old when the second world war broke out. He lived in the Warsaw ghetto for three and a half years, took part in its uprising, survived six Nazi concentration camps
  
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• CNET's summer of festivals is just getting started - CNET

  18-06-2016 02:34 via cnet.com
  
  CNET's hitting the festival circuit, bringing savvy tips, futuristic tech demos and a little extra Wi-Fi to summer music, food and beer festivals around the country. See you there!
  
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• Apple reportedly disarms rifle emoji movement - CNET

  18-06-2016 01:47 via cnet.com
  
  The technical group responsible for overseeing emoji votes unanimously to remove the rifle from its list of new emoji candidates, reports BuzzFeed.
  
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• In Sweden, your next car-charging spot could be at someone else's house - CNET

  18-06-2016 01:37 via cnet.com
  
  Renault has launched a service called Elbnb where people share their power outlets with drivers of electric vehicles for a price.
  
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• Hacking cars and the surveillance state in Watch Dogs 2 video - CNET

  18-06-2016 01:07 via cnet.com
  
  At E3 2016, game director Danny Belanger talked to us about all things hacking, big data and Watch Dogs' new city.
  
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• How to customize the look and feel of the OnePlus 3 - CNET

  18-06-2016 01:00 via cnet.com
  
  After tweaking a few settings, you can make that shiny new phone look and work just how you want.
  
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• You can now use Siri to search YouTube on your Apple TV

  18-06-2016 00:58
  
  You can now ask Siri to search for YouTube videos on your Apple TV.  This new feature, which was highlighted onstage at this week's WWDC, was expected to roll out this summer. But it's available right now for all fourth-generation Apple TVs. SEE ALSO: Apple TV's biggest pain points are going to get solved with next tvOS Here's how to do it: Using the Siri remote, simply say "Search YouTube for Justin Bieber falls down" or "Show me E.T. as a charming '90s sitcom on YouTube" and Apple TV
  
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• All of Germany's new cars could be emissions free by 2030, report says

  18-06-2016 00:48
  
  How Germany defines automotive performance could be in for a big change. SEE ALSO: Rolls-Royce concept uses an AI assistant and (projected) red carpet to make your commute luxurious German Deputy Economy Minister Rainer Baake said that the country's entire new-car fleet will need to be zero emissions by 2030, in order to meet its own goals of cutting carbon dioxide output by 80 to 95% by 2050, Bloomberg reports. He suggested a 2030 goal, rather than 2050, because new cars in Germany ar
  
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• Make your old Tesla Model S look like the new one with this aftermarket fascia

  18-06-2016 00:47
  
  Wish your old Tesla Model S looked like the new, refreshed one? Well, there's a Tesla tuning company with a replacement fascia to help. SEE ALSO: This driverless car can harness the power of IBM Watson Aftermarket Tesla tuning company Unplugged Performance harevealed its complete refreshed front fascia system for Model S built between 2012 and May, 2016. For $300 (not including installation and painting), you can buy a new fascia for your aging all-electric sedan. More than just an aftermar
  
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• Cricket offers $50 to switch, tacks on another $50 lure for T-Mobile users - CNET

  18-06-2016 00:44 via cnet.com
  
  Cricket is offering a special deal to people who switch by July 14. Just pay attention to the fees.
  
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• The iPhone 7 Plus may not even get a dual-lens camera (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 42) - CNET

  18-06-2016 00:41 via cnet.com
  
  We've got more details from WWDC 2016's aftermath. One rumor even says not to expect a dual-lens camera for the next iPhone.
  
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• The next emoji update won't include a rifle because of Apple, report says

  18-06-2016 00:19
  
  The next emoji update will be two characters short of what was originally planned — the result of a "late stage" change, according to the organization overseeing the symbols. Now, a new report suggests the change may have come from an unlikely source: Apple.  The tech giant apparently used its influence with Unicode Consortium, the organization responsible for the development of new emoji, to prevent two new characters depicting rifles from being included in the upcoming Unicode 9.0 u
  
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• Use Android apps on Chrome OS right now - CNET

  18-06-2016 00:16 via cnet.com
  
  Feel like testing the Android waters on your Chromebook? Here's how.
  
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