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• Anton Yelchin, new Star Trek's Chekov, dies in freak accident - CNET

  19-06-2016 21:53 via cnet.com
  
  The 27-year-old, who played Chekov in the Star Trek reboot films, dies after being pinned by his own car.
  
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• Warriors' Stephen Curry jokes he will shut off Wi-Fi, after wife Ayesha's controversial tweet - CNET

  19-06-2016 20:10 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: Will Sunday's NBA finals game seven become the most tweeted NBA game ever? There's every chance that someone will again tweet something troubling.
  
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• Solar Impulse 2 takes off on its Atlantic crossing

  19-06-2016 17:15
  
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• Solar Impulse 2 completes its Atlantic crossing

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• Ninebot by Segway miniPro Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  19-06-2016 16:27 via cnet.com
  
  The Ninebot by Segway miniPro is a helluva lot of fun -- but for its $1,000 price tag, it had better be.
  
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• Australian fixed broadband speeds to average 44.3Mbps by 2020: Cisco

  19-06-2016 16:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Fixed broadband will increase 2.4-fold between 2015 and 2020, according to Cisco, while Wi-Fi speeds grow by 2.6-fold and mobile connection speeds double.
  
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• iPods and the Sandisk Clip Jam: The best budget MP3 Players - CNET

  19-06-2016 16:00 via cnet.com
  
  Love listening to music or podcasts? An MP3 player is your phone's best friend. Find one here.
  
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• Algeria blocks Facebook, Twitter to stop exam cheats: state media

  19-06-2016 15:43
  Algerian authorities have temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to try to stop cheats posting high school exam papers online, state media reported on Sunday. Tens of thousands of high school students were retaking part of their baccalaureate exams after details were shared over social media. "The cut in social media is directly related to the partial baccalaureate exams that are taking place on Sunday," an official source told the APS state news agency.
  
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• Xiaomi Mi Max review - CNET

  19-06-2016 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  Xiaomi's Mi Max is a good, cheap large-screen phone, but its 6.4-inch screen makes it hard to use..
  
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• Why would anyone buy an MP3 player in 2016? - CNET

  19-06-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  After using a variety of MP3 players for the past month, I learned that there's still a place for dedicated music players, and if they'd just embrace the streaming music wave, that place would in my pocket.
  
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• New Mini Clubman charts a bigger (hopefully clearer) vision (CNET On Cars, Episode 92) video - Roadshow

  19-06-2016 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  The 2016 Mini Clubman restates what a Mini can be; we find out why premium fuel is becoming the new normal; and here are Cooley's Top 5 reasons why EVs are winning him over.
  
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• Bose QuietComfort 35 review - CNET

  19-06-2016 13:45 via cnet.com
  
  Bose's noise-canceling headphone now comes in a wireless Bluetooth version and it's the little things -- not just the sound -- that make it top notch.
  
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• Six of the best DAB radios

  19-06-2016 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As the price of digital radios continues to drop, which one best suits your listening habits?Digital is on the way to accounting for half of radio listening, although uptake hasn’t been quick enough for a date to be set for switch-off of the AM-FM analogue network. The two reasons most often cited for this are the preponderance of AM-FM units fitted in cars and the expense of DAB sets. However, the prices of DAB radios have been falling, so here we look at some of the more reasonably price
  
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• Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy S7 Active

  19-06-2016 07:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "What's the best nearly waterproof, dustproof and shatterproof phone you can buy? Asking for a friend." I hear this question all of the time, and it's now easier to answer with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active.The S7 Active is a rugged Android phone that takes everything we loved about the Samsung Galaxy S7 and wraps it into a much tougher package that's easier to grip and harder to break, just like last year's Samsung Galaxy S6 Active.Yes, there's extra heft to this AT&T-exclusive
  
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• LIOS Nano: bike review

  19-06-2016 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A sleek, lightweight carbon folding bike that rides as well as it looksPrice: £3,500
  Frame: carbon
  Gears: Shimano 8-speed hub
  Weight: 9.2kgIn 2011, Major Steve McCulley was commanding 175 men in Afghanistan when he was struck by an IED. Serious injuries meant he spent three weeks in a coma and then three years at the rehabilitation centre at Headley. Steve knew his injuries meant the end of his life as a soldier – and also of his passion for cycling. So he decided to do the next best
  
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• AP Interview: Jia Zhangke plans virtual reality romance

  19-06-2016 06:14
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Critically acclaimed Chinese director Jia Zhangke says he will make a virtual reality film next year with a romantic story as he and viewers get used to the new medium, and declared: "I think VR is going to be the next big thing."
  
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• Museum of Broken Relationships turns heartache into art - CNET

  19-06-2016 02:01 via cnet.com
  
  What happens to all the shared personal items when couples call it quits? Two artists hope to put leftover lovelorn items on a pedestal for all to see.
  
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• Has Samsung gone and copied Apple (again)? - CNET

  19-06-2016 01:54 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The latest campaign for Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge bears an eerie similarity to a campaign Apple has been running for some time.
  
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• Apple cites Trump as it turns its back on GOP convention, says report - CNET

  19-06-2016 00:28 via cnet.com
  
  The company won't provide any support to the Republican National Convention because of The Donald's inflammatory remarks, says Politico.
  
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