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• Twitter may find a new home with Google or Salesforce video - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:57 via cnet.com
  
  The social network's stock surges with news that it's talking with potential buyers.
  
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• Confirmed: Fruit Ninja game will be blended into a big-screen film - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:49 via cnet.com
  
  Move over, Angry Birds. The juicy mobile-game app will soon be coming to a theater near you.
  
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• Crazy hipster beards rule 2016 facial-hair championships - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:46 via cnet.com
  
  The 2016 National Beard and Moustache Championships featured some of the most flamboyant facial hair you'll ever see. Marvel at some of the crazy looks here.
  
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• Quick tip: Discreetly check the time on your Apple Watch Series 2 - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:41 via cnet.com
  
  A new feature specific to Apple's newest wearable makes checking the time a more subtle affair.
  
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• The Logitech Bluetooth Music Receiver is a dead simple audio streaming solution, no wires attached. video - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:34 via cnet.com
  
  If you're looking for a simple way to add wireless audio streaming to a powered speaker or stereo system, the Logitech Bluetooth Audio Adapter is your best bet.
  
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• Lifx White 900 BR30 Wi-Fi LED Smart Bulb review - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:30 via cnet.com
  
  The Lifx White 900 is a simple, no-fuss smart bulb that costs half as much as Philips Hue's floodlight.
  
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• Trump Hotels settles with N.Y. Attorney General over data breaches

  23-09-2016 23:20
  By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trump International Hotels Management LLC agreed to pay $50,000 to settle with New York State over data breaches that exposed 70,000 credit card numbers and other personal information, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced on Friday. The company, which is led by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and three of his children, manages a number of hotels around the world under the Trump Hotel Collection name. According to Schneiderman,
  
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• Eric Trump says millennials admire his dad because he's like Zuckerberg - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:17 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The Republican nominee's son insists that his dad has come from nothing and built something.
  
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• Crazy hipster beards rule 2016 facial-hair championships (pictures) - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:08 via cnet.com
  
  The 2016 National Beard and Moustache Championships featured some of the most flamboyant facial hair you'll ever see. Marvel at some of the crazy looks here.
  
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• It'll grow on you: Check out America's best facial hair - CNET

  23-09-2016 23:05 via cnet.com
  
  From the exotic to the elegant, these guys were a big hairy deal at the National Beard & Moustache
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• Lifx Color 1000 BR30 Wi-Fi LED Smart Bulb review - CNET

  23-09-2016 22:48 via cnet.com
  
  The Lifx Color 1000 floodlight offers full color controls and Alexa compatibility. But is it worth fifty bucks?
  
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• Welcome to the club, Yahoo: 10 other massive hacks - CNET

  23-09-2016 22:39 via cnet.com
  
  With hacking tools outpacing cybersecurity developments, breaches have become more common.
  
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• SpaceX zeroes in on cause of spectacular rocket explosion - CNET

  23-09-2016 22:34 via cnet.com
  
  Elon Musk's space company posts preliminary results of its investigation into an "anomaly" that led to the loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6 satellite.
  
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• Editors' picks: $20,000 used pickups are ready to work it out - Roadshow

  23-09-2016 22:30 via cnet.com
  
  Fall is here, and with the change of seasons comes autumnal yard cleanup and winter preparations. What could be a better assistant for such chores than a pickup in your driveway? Our editors have picked their secondhand favorites you can buy for just $20,000 -- well under half today's average transaction price for a new, full-size pickup. We used NADA Guide pricing data, assumed 12,000 miles per year and selected "Clean Retail" values to keep things fair.
  
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• Facebook apologizes for overstating key ad metric

  23-09-2016 22:29
  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Friday apologized for an error in the way it measured a key metric of video viewership that significantly amplified users' viewing times on its platform. At the time, Facebook had said that the "discrepancy" did not impact advertising billings and introduced newer metrics to replace the previous method. Facebook has made a significant strides into video, which has attracted significant advertising interest and has benefited from the shift in advertising spending towar
  
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• Review: Starry Station

  23-09-2016 22:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Starry StationEven for some of us that write technology reviews, configuring Wi-Fi ranges from annoying to some sort of sorcery that we dare not meddle with to somewhere in between. It's for that reason that this editor has admittedly used internet service provider (ISP) supplied routers for years.Look, I just couldn't be bothered, OK? But, that was until we received the Starry Station for review.For $299 (about £230, AU$392), the Starry Station promises to simplify Wi-Fi in your house wit
  
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• The 404 Show 1677: The iPhone's headphone jack vs. lightning port, Italy, Palmer Luckey (podcast) - CNET

  23-09-2016 22:17 via cnet.com
  
  Steve Guttenberg has done the legwork and has declared a winner in the battle of the iPhone's headphone jack versus the lightning port. Which one sounds better? We'll also talk about Jeff's Italian vacation, what the hell is up with Palmer Luckey and much more.
  
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• UPS tests time-sensitive deliveries by drone - CNET

  23-09-2016 22:11 via cnet.com
  
  The company has teamed with drone maker CyPhy Works to explore making quick deliveries in places that are difficult to access.
  
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• Hackers post image of Michelle Obama's passport - CNET

  23-09-2016 22:09 via cnet.com
  
  Breach of White House contractor's email apparently reveals schedules, whereabouts of first lady, VP Joe Biden and presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
  
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• VW releases some sketchy pictures of its 300-mile Parisian EV concept - Roadshow

  23-09-2016 22:01 via cnet.com
  
  Sliding rear doors on a hatchback? OK, you've got my attention.
  
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• IBM, China UnionPay complete block chain pilot project on bank loyalty points

  23-09-2016 21:52
  IBM said on Friday it completed a pilot project with Chinese credit card company China UnionPay that will facilitate the sharing of loyalty bonus points among banks using block chain technology. Bonus points earned through purchases on bank cards have long been an effective tool to attract and encourage customers to use specific cards. IBM's collaboration with China UnionPay will enable consumers worldwide to exchange bonus points from their various banks in less than a minute to select rewards
  
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• Play a VR video game on this real roller coaster - CNET

  23-09-2016 21:49 via cnet.com
  
  Regular roller coaster rides not intense enough for you? Try playing a video game inside a VR headset as you ride this train at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
  
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• Want to carve your jack-o'-lantern in record time? Here's the drill - CNET

  23-09-2016 21:48 via cnet.com
  
  Scraping and scooping out a pumpkin is the boring part of making a jack-o'-lantern. Make it faster-- and more fun-- by power scooping it with a cordless drill. If you're feeling particularly creative, you can even decorate your jack with various drill bits. Here's how.
  
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• Ride a real roller coaster while playing a VR video game video - CNET

  23-09-2016 21:37 via cnet.com
  
  A new virtual-reality roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, lets you fly around and shoot gargoyles using a VR headset. Watch what happens as we experience the new Rage of the Gargoyles ride.
  
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• Star Wars fan film humanizes the Stormtroopers - CNET

  23-09-2016 21:36 via cnet.com
  
  The heartbreaking Star Wars fan film "Jakku: First Wave" goes behind the helmets as three Stormtroopers prepare to join a hopeless battle.
  
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• What's leaving Netflix soon (October 2016) video - CNET

  23-09-2016 21:27 via cnet.com
  
  A new month means that lots of stuff is leaving Netflix including the "Back to the Future" trilogy and "The Exorcist." Find out what else is going bye-bye.
  
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• Apple's Echo rival could make Siri the master of your home

  23-09-2016 21:24
  
  Amazon is sitting pretty on top of the smart home with its Alexa voice-controlled Echo devices, and Google will close in later this year with its own Home assistant device. But what about Apple? While iOS 10's much-needed Home app for controlling all your HomeKit-compatible smart home devices is a step in the right direction, the company may need an Echo rival of its own. SEE ALSO: Amazon Echo will soon speak up without voice commands, report says Apple is reportedly working on an Echo-like smar
  
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• Turn off all Samsung Note devices on planes, aviation authority warns

  23-09-2016 21:23
  
  On Friday morning, another Samsung-related phone incident took place onboard an aircraft carrier, but much to everyone's surprise, it wasn't a Galaxy Note7.  A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 — released back in 2012 — caught fire mid-air on an IndiGo plane en route to Chennai from Singapore. Passengers noticed smoke in the cabin and notified crew members, who discovered it was coming from a Samsung Note 2 in the overhead bins and extinguished the fire. SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 catc
  
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• SpaceX blast investigation suggests breach in oxygen tank's helium system

  23-09-2016 21:15
  By Irene Klotz DALLAS (Reuters) - A SpaceX rocket that burst into flames on its launch pad ate the beginning of this month likely suffered a large breach in its upper-stage helium system, the company said on Friday. SpaceX, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, was fueling a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad in Florida on Sept. 1 in preparation for a routine test-firing when a bright fireball suddenly emerged around the rocket's upper stage. "At this stage of the investigation
  
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• Ride a VR roller coaster, play a video game video - CNET

  23-09-2016 21:07 via cnet.com
  
  A new virtual-reality roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, lets you fly around and shoot gargoyles using a VR headset. Watch what happens as we experience the new Rage of the Gargoyles ride.
  
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• Japanese antitrust regulators weigh action against Apple, carriers - CNET

  23-09-2016 21:01 via cnet.com
  
  Japan's Fair Trade Commission is eyeing Apple's iPhone supply agreements with the wireless carriers it works with there, according to Reuters.
  
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• Meet the man working with NASA on a real-life tractor beam - CNET

  23-09-2016 20:59 via cnet.com
  
  In a New York lab, tractor beams are real -- and becoming powerful enough to be a tool for space exploration.
  
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• T-Mobile outage? Customers wouldn't know the difference, says Verizon - CNET

  23-09-2016 20:55 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In response to reports of a nationwide outage at T-Mobile, Verizon is withering in its criticism of its competitor.
  
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• Here's how much Honda's big-booty Civic Hatchback will cost - Roadshow

  23-09-2016 20:53 via cnet.com
  
  It's available in five different trims, so choosing the five-door won't limit your options much, if at all.
  
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• Watch a Samsung Note 7 being used to grill meat (allegedly) - CNET

  23-09-2016 20:52 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: In a parody video from Taiwan, the notion of Samsung's overheating phones is taken to an amusing extreme.
  
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• View at almost any angle with the Sony A99 Mark II's LCD - CNET

  23-09-2016 20:48 via cnet.com
  
  The redesigned LCD flips, twists and tilts, but the rest of the body remains very similar to its predecessor.
  
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• Uber drivers will snap selfies to signal they're legit - Roadshow

  23-09-2016 20:32 via cnet.com
  
  Uber's new Real-Time ID Check feature helps verify a driver's identity. How? By taking a selfie, of course.
  
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• What if Yahoo hackers have my details?

  23-09-2016 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's technology reporter Chris Foxx explains how you can stay safe following the Yahoo hack.
  
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• AutoComplete: Chevrolet unveils the all-new 2018 Equinox crossover video - Roadshow

  23-09-2016 19:57 via cnet.com
  
  Tesla takes Michigan to court over sales ban, and Audi teases its new Q5 for the first time.
  
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• Cancer blogger Anna Swabey fundraising target met

  23-09-2016 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The target of raising £100,000 created by a blogger Anna Swabey, who was killed by brain cancer, is met on the day of her funeral.
  
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• Virtual reality fans are disappointed in Palmer Luckey's secret Trump fund

  23-09-2016 19:24
  
  When you find out the enigmatic 24-year-old who built one of the first commercially viable virtual reality headsets also funds a pro-Trump political action group aimed at spreading anti-Hillary Clinton memes, you may feel like your worldview has shifted a bit. At least that was the response of scores of virtual reality fans, some of whom had followed Oculus founder Palmer Luckey since he posted the Oculus Rift development kit on Kickstarter in 2012. Luckey is a key figure in the growth of virtua
  
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• Amazon UK tried to airmail danger. Now it's paying the price - CNET

  23-09-2016 19:11 via cnet.com
  
  An internal review process wrongly labeled lithium batteries and flammable aerosols as non-dangerous and safe for airmail. Now, the online retailer's is getting slapped with a fine of £65,000, or about $84,000.
  
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• Philips Hue White LED Starter Kit review - CNET

  23-09-2016 19:09 via cnet.com
  
  It's counterintuitive, but the white-light-only Philips Hue bulbs represent serious smart-home value thanks to the power of the Philips Hue platform.
  
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• Women and queer-inclusive game jam aims to boost diversity

  23-09-2016 19:03
  
  By: Matt KamenContinue reading...
  
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• Samsung Gear VR gets Xbox One controller support

  23-09-2016 19:01
  
  Minecraft will be the first VR game to support the new set-up.
  
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• Use a virtual credit card for safer online shopping video - CNET

  23-09-2016 19:00 via cnet.com
  
  Online shopping is a convenient way to make purchases, but can put your credit card details at risk. Virtual credit cards protect your financial transactions when making purchases.
  
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• Yahoo hack hits 500 million users, but who are the suspects?

  23-09-2016 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Yahoo announces a huge data breach by "state-sponsored hackers" - who could that mean?
  
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• Lexus UX concept interior is positively Looney Tunes - Roadshow

  23-09-2016 18:50 via cnet.com
  
  There are floating globes, electro-chromatic windows and a removable soundbar. OK...
  
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• Siri has eyes for you: Apple reportedly testing Echo rival with camera video - CNET

  23-09-2016 18:49 via cnet.com
  
  Apple is said to be testing its own smart speaker, and it could know how you feel with facial recognition.
  
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• Amazon UK gets fined £65,000 for airmailing dangerous materials - CNET

  23-09-2016 18:38 via cnet.com
  
  An internal review process wrongly labeled lithium batteries and flammable aerosols as non-dangerous and safe for airmail. Now, the online retailer's getting slapped with a fine.
  
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