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• Apple's 'spaceship' campus looks like a futuristic, solar-powered fortress in new drone video

  26-11-2016 23:58
  
  A number of drone videos have captured the construction of the new UFO-style Apple Campus 2, but this latest video is the best look we've had yet.  The new video, captured by YouTube user Sexton Videography, shows the Apple structures in their nearly completed form, with most of the walls and solar panels now in place.  From the main circular structure, to the similarly flying saucer-like underground auditorium, to even the massive 20,000 car parking lot, it's now clear that this solar
  
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• Pricing aside, there's nothing "entry level" about McLaren's stunning new 570S supercar video - Roadshow

  26-11-2016 23:08 via cnet.com
  
  Big on thrills and crowd-stopping visuals, the 2016 McLaren 570S is high-fidelity, high-speed motoring.
  
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• Domino's Japan is training reindeer to deliver holiday pizza. Yes, really.

  26-11-2016 21:40
  
  Of all the U.S. traditions Japan has adopted, Christmas might be the biggest. And now one company is taking it to the next level by rolling out pizza delivering reindeer.  SEE ALSO: Pizza delivered by drone? It's been done for real in New Zealand No, it's not the special eggnog messing with your eyes, you read that right, Domino's Japan is currently training reindeer that will pull sleds packing fresh pizza around the country.  Aside from the obvious attempt to connect Santa Claus with
  
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• Online sales hit $3.34 billion as mobile commerce dominates, says Adobe

  26-11-2016 21:01 via zdnet.com
  
  Thanksgiving and Black Friday are delivering record online sales and a lot of that traffic is being delivered via smartphones and tablets.
  
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• Police tweet One Direction music threat to drunk drivers - CNET

  26-11-2016 21:00 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The Wyoming, Minnesota, Police Department has a slightly different approach to social media.
  
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• Turning it up to '11' with Volti Audio Rival speakers - CNET

  26-11-2016 20:47 via cnet.com
  
  The Rival dares to go where few high-end speakers tread.
  
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• Your Black Friday brawl videos, in all their glory - CNET

  26-11-2016 20:30 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: For some people, it's a tradition to go to the mall on Black Friday and film their fellow humans fighting over bargains.
  
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• Black Friday breaks $1B sales mark on mobile devices - CNET

  26-11-2016 20:02 via cnet.com
  
  Shoppers making purchases through their phones and tablets set a one-day sales record, Adobe reports.
  
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• Cards Against Humanity is digging a giant hole to nowhere - CNET

  26-11-2016 19:20 via cnet.com
  
  Call it a ground-breaking stunt in the annals of online streaming. As long as people keep paying, the game company says it intends to keep digging.
  
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• Spectacles newest surprise Snapbot pops up in Florida

  26-11-2016 18:57
  
  Finding new a Snapbot to buy Spectacles is becoming almost as popular as searching for Pokémon, which is why you'll be happy to know that we have the newest Snapbot location: Florida.  SEE ALSO: Snapchat Spectacles: The teardown Specifically, Tallahassee, Florida, near the campus of Florida State University.  The latest location for Snap's Snapbot was revealed Saturday afternoon, just as many Americans were finally recovering from their turkey feast hangovers.   pic.twitter
  
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• Hermés unveils '80s fashion inspired Apple Watch band

  26-11-2016 18:51
  
  While many were focused on Black Friday deals on electronics, one of Apple's biggest partners, Hermés, released a special holiday treat: a new Apple Watch band.  SEE ALSO: TOMS extends its social good mission to Apple Watch straps and fueling solar power The new band, called the Equateur tatouage, joins the brand's Single Tour line of Apple Watch bands and is offered in 38mm ($410) and 42mm ($340) sizes.  The mostly black and white band is covered in a jungle foliage design and
  
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• Sennheiser's surprisingly decent, low-cost headphones - CNET

  26-11-2016 18:37 via cnet.com
  
  Even this company's dirt cheap headphone model sounds good, and comes with a two-year warranty.
  
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• Twitter offers opposing tributes upon Fidel Castro's death - CNET

  26-11-2016 18:20 via cnet.com
  
  Technically Incorrect: The Cuban dictator dies aged 90. There is little agreement about his legacy.
  
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• Yoda wails about seagulls in new Bad Lip Reading video - CNET

  26-11-2016 17:20 via cnet.com
  
  Luke Skywalker is having a bad day, but Master Yoda knows the only cure is a terrifically weird song.
  
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• 'Overwatch' is incredibly cheap this Saturday

  26-11-2016 17:20
  
  If you're a gamer who somehow managed to avoid the complete and utter annihilation of your bank account on Black Friday this year — congratulations! However, Amazon has a new offer Saturday that might break your resolve. Overwatch: Origins Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is marked down to $32.99, a savings of 45 percent overall and ever so slightly cheaper than the $34.99 asking price you may have seen Friday.  SEE ALSO: How to get your 'Overwatch' Genji skin in 'Heroes of the
  
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• 7 can't-miss apps: Hop, Honcker, 'Fantastic Beasts' and more

  26-11-2016 16:34
  
  With Snapchat's Spectacle glasses taking the tech world by storm, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.  Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes an app that makes sending emails feel as easy as texting, an app that lets you lease a car and some cool new foodie apps.   Check out the gallery below to see our top picks. If you're looking for more items to fill up your phone, take a look at our last roundup of ca
  
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• The 33 best Black Friday tech deals you can still get right now - CNET

  26-11-2016 16:25 via cnet.com
  
  Black Friday is over, but the deals aren't. Here are 33 great deals that are still available. (Updated Saturday, November 26, 7:23 a.m. PT/10:23 a.m. ET.)
  
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• You don't know me, online shopping algorithms

  26-11-2016 16:20
  
  No one waits for Cyber Monday to launch the internet's biggest holiday shopping surge anymore. We start shopping on Black Friday and don’t stop until our Santa’s bags of holiday goodies are full. But when the online shopping is done, do you ever look back at the choices you made and wonder how many were yours and how many were made by online algorithms? Do you ever look when the online choices are not about holiday gifts? I have and I’m starting to hate these algorithms. There
  
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• Vinyl records top the popularity charts - CNET

  26-11-2016 14:30 via cnet.com
  
  From CNET Magazine: The demand for vinyl records -- from hipster millennials, retro-fans and musicians -- is spinning up faster than ever.
  
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• This beautiful building in Calgary can be 'played like a musical instrument'

  26-11-2016 13:00
  
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• Tracking down gadgets gets easier, DirecTV Now details coming video - CNET

  26-11-2016 12:00 via cnet.com
  
  In this week's wrap-up, hunting down hard-to-find gadgets online gets simpler. Meanwhile, AT&T will spill more info on its new video-streaming service.
  
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• These haunting fish skeletons reveal the hidden terror of the sea bed

  26-11-2016 12:00
  
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• Five of the best phablets for 2016

  26-11-2016 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From top-of-the range offerings from Apple and Google to more modest fare, which big-screen smartphone is the one for you?If a big screen for watching videos, playing games or simply to fit more on the screen when browsing, emailing and texting is what you’re after, these are the best phablets available right now. Continue reading...
  
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• Disturbing images of fish skeletons make Nemo look almost demonic

  26-11-2016 12:00
  
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• Tech solutions to tackle overfishing, labor abuse at sea

  26-11-2016 07:39
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Fishing boats used high-tech systems to find vast schools of fish for decades, depleting stocks of some species and leading to the complete collapse of others. Now more than a dozen apps, devices and monitoring systems aimed at tracking unscrupulous vessels and the seafood they catch are being rolled out — high-tech solutions some say could also help prevent labor abuse at sea.
  
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• Encrypted email service Riseup sparks worry after warrant canary 'expires'

  26-11-2016 03:00 via zdnet.com
  
  Warrant canaries are useful but flawed when not implemented properly.
  
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• The US telescope looking for extra-terrestrial life

  26-11-2016 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Green Bank Telescope listens for signs of communication or activity by species that are not from Earth.
  
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• Sorry, Negan: TSA says Lucille has to go in checked luggage - CNET

  26-11-2016 00:37 via cnet.com
  
  Someone in Atlanta tried to take a replica of the infamous "Walking Dead" barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat on board a plane.
  
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