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• The CraveCast boldly chats about 50 years of Star Trek (CraveCast Podcast, Ep. 27) - CNET

  23-08-2016 23:58 via cnet.com
  
  The crew welcomes Captain Kooser to share stories from the 50th-anniversary Star Trek con and away team member Kelsey Adams calls for a rethink of one reboot character.
  
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• The giant blue screen of death comes for us all - CNET

  23-08-2016 23:56 via cnet.com
  
  This photo of the infamous Windows error screen on a five-story Thai shopping mall is like something out of a sci-fi movie.
  
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• Wi-Fi? Why not? Homeless are avid users of free web kiosks

  23-08-2016 23:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An effort to replace obsolete pay phones with Wi-Fi kiosks that offer free web surfing and phone calls has been a hit with panhandlers and the homeless, the least wired people in the city.
  
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• Revel F36 review - CNET

  23-08-2016 23:39 via cnet.com
  
  The Revel Concerta2 F36 floorstander is a beautifully-made speaker which makes great sounding recordings shine.
  
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• Virtual reality studio could totally change how we record music

  23-08-2016 23:26
  
  SoundStage is a new app for the HTC Vive, a virtual reality headset. It allows users to play and record music without musical instruments. It's available on Steam Early Access for $9.99.
  
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• A $50 LG tablet worth buying -- if you're an AT&T customer video - CNET

  23-08-2016 23:23 via cnet.com
  
  The LG G Pad X 8.0 is a better deal than the Amazon Fire, but you have to sign a two-year AT&T contract to get it for $50.
  
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• 'Scoop' might be Samsung's itty-bitty Amazon Echo competitor - CNET

  23-08-2016 23:07 via cnet.com
  
  Documents submitted to the FCC reveal a pint-size speaker with internal microphones and built-in Bluetooth. Is there an Echo in here?
  
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• Humans may prefer expressive robots to competent ones, study finds

  23-08-2016 22:50
  
  Humans may prefer to work with robots that can communicate and express emotions, even if that means they're less efficient, according to a new study from University College London and the University of Bristol. Researchers tested how people reacted when robots messed up a given task. They had participants work with three different versions (A, B and C) of the same robot, BERT2. Each would bring the humans ingredients to make an omelet: BERT A never erred, but BERT B and C both dropped an egg at
  
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• That silly Galaxy Note7 vs. iPhone 6S speed test is meaningless

  23-08-2016 22:41
  
  Sorry nerds, but the days of claiming "Phone X" dramatically smoking "Phone Z" are over. Nobody cares which phone has a faster clock speed or more cores or more RAM. Speeds and feeds haven't mattered in years.  SEE ALSO: No, the Samsung Galaxy Note7 doesn't 'need' to be cheaper than iPhone Phones are now fast enough to do all of the daily tasks like web browsing, messaging, email, playing music, taking photos, playing games, etc., that a speed test only tells one increasingly meaningless pa
  
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• Watch the 2016 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon rock it topless video - Roadshow

  23-08-2016 22:32 via cnet.com
  
  We took America's SUV out in the wild so you don't have to.
  
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• The Microsoft HoloLens secret: A superpowerful 24-core processor - CNET

  23-08-2016 22:24 via cnet.com
  
  The "Holographic Processing Unit" can do a trillion operations per second, with each core focusing on a particular task.
  
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• Tesla touts vehicle speed and range with new upgraded battery

  23-08-2016 22:20
  By Alexandria Sage SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday the company will offer a larger upgraded battery pack for performance versions of its Model S and X vehicles that will extend range and allow for super fast acceleration. The new 100 kilowatt hour battery pack means high end versions of the Model S sedan, called the P 100D, will be the world's fastest accelerating car in production, the Silicon Valley automaker said. "These are very profound m
  
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• PlayStation Now game streaming is coming to PC

  23-08-2016 22:11
  
  Sony's PlayStation Now service is launching for Windows PC, meaning subscribers will soon be able to access PlayStation 3 games on their computer screen in the same way they'd watch a Netflix series. PS Now will launch in Europe first, starting on Aug. 24 in the U.K., Belgium and Netherlands. A U.S. launch will follow "shortly thereafter," according to a new PlayStation Blog post. SEE ALSO: Redesigned 'slim' PlayStation 4 is real, confirmed in video Sony also revealed the recommended PC specs fo
  
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• Tesla's new batteries add even more miles to the Model S and Model X

  23-08-2016 21:58
  
  Following rumors Tesla was readying a bigger, more powerful battery pack for its Model S and Model X vehicles, Elon Musk surprised no one when he revealed a 100-kilowatt-hour battery pack Tuesday afternoon. The larger battery will allow for both more range as well as faster acceleration. In fact, the new Model S P100D with Ludicrous mode is good for 315 miles of range on a single charge. What's more, that very same car is now the third-fastest accelerating production car of all time. T
  
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• Scientists have figured out how to make wires 60,000x smaller than a human hair

  23-08-2016 21:48
  
  Microbiologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found a way to make electrical wires that are thousands of times thinner than a human hair.  The secret? The "microbial nanowires," or little hair-like protein filaments, or pili, produced by genetically modified soil bacteria, Geobacter sulfurreducens. Researchers manipulated the bacteria to spin out very fine but highly conductive wires composed of natural amino acids.  They replaced two naturally occurring amino acids i
  
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• Tesla goes 0 to 100 (kWh) real quick - Roadshow

  23-08-2016 21:43 via cnet.com
  
  Say hello to the (alleged) quickest production car in the world.
  
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• Pinterest scoops up Instapaper - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:28 via cnet.com
  
  Instapaper will continue to work as a separate app, while Instaparser, the developer API, will be available till November 1.
  
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• PlayStation games are coming to PC, and other signs the end is nigh - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:25 via cnet.com
  
  Soon, you won't need a PlayStation to experience games like God of War or Uncharted. Also, cats and dogs are living together now.
  
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• Amazon could launch cheap music-streaming service for the Echo only - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:25 via cnet.com
  
  A new report says Amazon could launch a pair of new music services. One would be discounted and aimed at Echo owners.
  
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• Wi-Fi? Why not? Homeless are avid users of NYC's free kiosks

  23-08-2016 21:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An ambitious effort to replace obsolete New York City pay phones with Wi-Fi kiosks that offer free web surfing and phone calls has been a hit with panhandlers and the homeless, the least wired people in the city.
  
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• Sulfuric acid on a Big Mac makes for a gross-out combo meal - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:15 via cnet.com
  
  Corrosive acid makes contact with a McDonald's hamburger with disgusting (and slightly surprising) results.
  
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• LG InstaView Door-in-Door Refrigerator Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:15 via cnet.com
  
  LG's new "InstaView" refrigerators turn translucent when you knock on the door.
  
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• 'Nothing will prepare you' for 'Game of Thrones' new season, says Arya - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  Maisie Williams just read the season 7 script, and she's tweeting teases about just how bad things are going to get when the HBO show returns.
  
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• Cruise through Monterey Car Week 2016 in 100 photos - Roadshow

  23-08-2016 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  Each year, enthusiasts gather in Monterey Bay, Calif. to celebrate the rarest and most historic cars in the world. From the Quail Motorsports Gathering to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, here's what it's like to be there in 100 photos.
  
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• Adorable Pokemon burgers not made from actual monster meat - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:04 via cnet.com
  
  Take your Pokemon Go passion to a new level by stuffing some Pokemonsters in your mouth.
  
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• Why this date in World Wide Web History might not matter

  23-08-2016 21:00
  
  Let’s get real about #InternautDay. Today is being celebrated as the 25th anniversary of public access to the World Wide Web, (aka Happy #InternautDay), but in the history of the internet and Web access, this is a fairly inauspicious date.  In fact, my recollection of Aug. 23, 1991, is that there really was no such thing as public Internet or something called (much more frequently then) the World Wide Web. There was certainly nothing approaching the tiniest fraction of the Web we expe
  
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• The surprisingly effective way I solved my computer eyestrain problem - CNET

  23-08-2016 21:00 via cnet.com
  
  By early afternoon, my eyes were killing me. Then I did this.
  
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• Russians suspected in hack of New York Times, other U.S. media: CNN

  23-08-2016 20:52
  The FBI and other U.S. security agencies are investigating cyber breaches targeting reporters at the New York Times and other U.S. news organizations that are thought to have been carried out by hackers working for Russian intelligence, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials. "Investigators so far believe that Russian intelligence is likely behind the attacks and that Russian hackers are targeting news organizations as part of a broader series of hacks that also have focused on D
  
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• MIT creates self-assembling cell phones - CNET

  23-08-2016 20:52 via cnet.com
  
  A researcher puts magnetized hardware components into a tumbler, and they form two separate cell phones. The idea has potential applications for assembly lines.
  
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• The 3:59's big milestone (The 3:59, Ep. 100) - CNET

  23-08-2016 20:49 via cnet.com
  
  For our 100th episode, we discuss Apple, Samsung, VR, Pokemon Go and all the tech of 2016 so far.
  
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• Ashley Madison parent broke Canada, Australia privacy laws

  23-08-2016 20:48
  The parent company of infidelity dating website Ashley Madison was responsible for numerous violations of privacy laws at the time of a massive release of customer data in a cyber attack last year, privacy watchdogs in Canada and Australia said on Tuesday. The two countries launched an investigation after the 2015 breach of Avid Life Media Inc's computer network, when hackers exposed the personal details of millions who signed up for the site with the slogan "Life is short. Have an affair." The
  
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• Tesla to unveil new product Tuesday, shares rise

  23-08-2016 20:42
  (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday that the company planned to make a product announcement later in the day, sending the company's share price higher. "Tesla product announcement at noon California time today," Musk tweeted. SolarCity Corp was also up on the news, rising 1.5 percent to $23.37.
  
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• Prisma speeds up its app by moving its neural network magic

  23-08-2016 20:30
  
  Prisma, the app that lets you turn regular photos into beautiful artworks with a single tap, now works offline.  Since the app uses neural network-based tech to apply its photo filters, it has so far required an internet connection. The required computing power was simply too great. And some of the work needed to be offloaded to remote servers.  Now, Prisma has managed to implement the neural network tech into its iOS smartphone app, which should make it much faster.  SEE ALSO: Pr
  
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• Prisma moves its neural network magic to the phone

  23-08-2016 20:30
  
  Prisma, the app that lets you turn regular photos into beautiful artworks with a single tap, now works offline.  Since the app uses neural network-based tech to apply its photo filters, it has so far required an internet connection. The required computing power was simply too great. And some of the work needed to be offloaded to remote servers.  Now, Prisma has managed to implement the neural network tech into the smartphone app, which should make it much faster.  SEE ALSO: Prisma
  
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• Hillary Clinton says she's embarrassed by her emails - CNET

  23-08-2016 20:18 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: After a judge orders the release of 15,000 more emails from Clinton's private server, the Democratic candidate tells late-night host Jimmy Kimmel they're all boring.
  
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• PlayStation on Windows PC becomes a reality video - CNET

  23-08-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  Sony's PlayStation Now streaming game service is coming to Windows computers this fall.
  
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• Facebook really is keeping tabs on your political views

  23-08-2016 19:53
  
  Facebook claims to know your political biases — and it's generating ads to exploit them. The social network rolled out a new "ad preferences" page earlier this month, allowing users to understand more about how the company markets to them based on interests like "video games," "Airbnb" and the curiously labeled "human skin color." As The New York Times reported Tuesday, those interests also include political leanings and how likely a user is "to engage in politics." SEE ALSO: First look at
  
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• Watch this shopping cart get crash tested at 73 mph - Roadshow

  23-08-2016 19:50 via cnet.com
  
  Does this have anything to do with cars? Not really. Is it awesome? Definitely.
  
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• North Korea debuts its own Netflix-like video-on-demand service - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:50 via cnet.com
  
  The set-top box named Manbang is connected to state-controlled intranet and enables access to five TV channels that show documentaries about the leadership and learning programs.
  
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• This registry hack may fix your broken Windows 10 Anniversary Update webcam - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:49 via cnet.com
  
  You may be able to fix your webcam without uninstalling the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
  
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• Recore is Mega Man Meets Metroid Prime video - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:46 via cnet.com
  
  GameSpot's Mike Mahardy and Tamoor Hussain chat over their time with Microsoft exclusive Recore at Gamescom 2016.
  
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• Save $50 on a do-it-all Brother printer that shakes hands with your phone - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:44 via cnet.com
  
  Shopping for a new printer? You can get the high-scoring Brother MFC-J480DW at half price right now at Office Depot or Staples.
  
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• Courageous couple scales crane perched atop giant skyscraper - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:43 via cnet.com
  
  Love can soar to great heights. Watch as a loving duo dare to climb 2,099 feet up China's Goldin Finance 117 to prove romance isn't dead.
  
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• Poor security 'aided' Ashley Madison hack

  23-08-2016 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ashley Madison dating site had "inadequate" security systems and used fake icons to make people think it was safe, reveals a report.
  
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• Civilization 6's Spain Civ will make you want to take to the seas quickly - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:39 via cnet.com
  
  Get the rundown on what makes sets Spain apart in Civilization VI.
  
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• Microsoft explains Halo Wars 2, Scalebound, Crackdown 3 delays - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:35 via cnet.com
  
  Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg: "As you go through that creative process, some times things happen fast, some times they take longer than you expect."
  
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• Death Stranding: Here's why People Think Mads Mikkelsen Is in Kojima's New Game - CNET

  23-08-2016 19:32 via cnet.com
  
  Does the Star Wars and James Bond actor have a part in Kojima's next game? The evidence suggests he might.
  
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