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• 'Return of the Living Dead' actor Don Calfa passes away at 76 - CNET

  03-12-2016 23:39 via cnet.com
  
  The actor also starred in "Weekend at Bernie's," but horror fans know him best for getting a half-bodied zombie to disclose just why the living dead eat brains.
  
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• Apple's car letter: What's it driving at? - Roadshow

  03-12-2016 22:53 via cnet.com
  
  A note to a US agency is the closest we've come to official word from Apple on an autonomous car project. But it doesn't exactly shine brights on the effort.
  
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• An Apple fan just saved you $300 (Apple Book not included)

  03-12-2016 22:52
  
  Some made fun of Apple's attempt at self reflection with its debut of the Apple Book, a minimalist photo book showing off the company's product design history. The punch line? The paper book about Apple's often expensive products costs $300.  Despite the $300 price tag for what amounts to a catalog, some Apple fans rushed to snag the book. One in particular (see video below) had the predictable yet brilliant idea of showing off many of the real life products next to the images of the produc
  
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• 7 can't-miss apps: Hardbound, Sundial, Super Cat Tales and more

  03-12-2016 22:25
  
  The shopping madness from Black Friday and Cyber Monday has subsided, but 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 delivers you original, interactive news, and a music throwback app that tells you what you were listening to exactly a year ago. Check out the gallery below to see our top picks. If you're looking for even more downloads, take a look a our last roundup of c
  
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• Surgeon Simulator VR revealed at PlayStation Experience

  03-12-2016 22:06
  
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• Cards Against Humanity has filled in its giant hole to nowhere - CNET

  03-12-2016 21:24 via cnet.com
  
  Hole lotta nothing? Turns out the hole, a Black Friday-week stunt, was in Oregon, Illinois, and its short life has now ended.
  
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• Spectacles Snapbot lands at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California

  03-12-2016 20:29
  
  Behold: Yet another Spectacles-selling Snapbot has appeared. The latest Snapbot to show up finds itself in a pitch-perfect place to rip the Spectacles you buy from its loins right out of their packaging, for immediate use: California's Six Flags, Magic Mountain.  SEE ALSO: Snapchat Spectacles: The teardown In recent weeks, Snap's Bluetooth-connected camera glasses have been trickling out everywhere from Venice Beach, to New York to Florida, with each release drawing tons of interest, as evi
  
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• The world's most expensive headphones might make you consider a mortgage - CNET

  03-12-2016 19:37 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac luxuriates with Sennheiser's ultimate statement design, the HE1 headphone and amplifier.
  
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• Atlas humanoid robot can now tiptoe over rubble to track down wayward humans

  03-12-2016 19:26
  
  In this latest episode of How We're Making Robots That Will Be Able to Hunt You Down Wherever You Go, our old friend the Atlas humanoid robot has learned a scary new trick: walking over pretty much any unexpected obstacle.  SEE ALSO: Elon Musk thinks universal income is answer to automation taking human jobs We've seen the Atlas show off its walking and balancing skills before, but in this new demonstration it navigates its way over random, unknown objects of varying sizes. You know, kinda
  
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• iPhone vs. iPod: Which one sounds better playing music? - CNET

  03-12-2016 18:53 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac ponders the sound of the iPod Classic, iPhone 6S and other options.
  
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• Apple shows ambition to get into self-driving car race

  03-12-2016 18:27
  By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is wading in to the debate over regulation of self-driving cars, declaring it is excited about the potential for automated transportation and calling on U.S. regulators not to restrict testing of such vehicles. A five-page letter from Steve Kenner, Apple's director of product integrity, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is the company's most comprehensive statement yet about its interest in self-driving vehicle technology.
  
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• The art of Minecraft: Building beauty, block by block - CNET

  03-12-2016 17:00 via cnet.com
  
  Think you're good at building castles and towns in Minecraft's creative mode? Excerpts from 'Beautiful Minecraft' show what serious talent can do.
  
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• Snowden film review: a fawning depiction of an otherwise incredible story

  03-12-2016 16:00
  
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• Airbnb regulation deal with London and Amsterdam marks dramatic policy shift

  03-12-2016 15:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Under agreement, Airbnb takes responsibility for ensuring hosts follow local rental limits – leading some analysts to express optimismAirbnb, the startup that has fought tooth and nail to avoid regulation in cities around the world, appears to have reversed its attitude toward regulators in a dramatic change of policy.In a deal with London and Amsterdam announced this week, the company has agreed to take on the responsibility of policing limits on the number of days per year a full unit ca
  
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• Infoporn: the 40 cities on the edge of disaster

  03-12-2016 15:00
  
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• Infoporn: the 30 cities on the edge of disaster

  03-12-2016 15:00
  
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• What you can watch on Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Android TV - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:45 via cnet.com
  
  The mainstream video streamers offer hundreds of entertainment apps, from DirecTV Now to Netflix to Nick Jr. to NBC News to NHL, and the list is growing all the time. Here's a big chart showing which of the top 75-odd apps are available on which device.
  
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• How I battled the elements to capture Scotland's wildlife on camera video - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:30 via cnet.com
  
  I suffered through rain, mud, loneliness and lack of sleep to get the best photographs I could manage of some of Scotland's most majestic creatures.
  
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• Darkness, rain and dirt: My wildlife photography adventure - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:30 via cnet.com
  
  How I tried to battle the elements to capture Scotland's stunning wildlife on camera.
  
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• Service station thieves 'using car key jammers'

  03-12-2016 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thieves are using radio jammers to steal from cars parked at motorway service stations, police warn.
  
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• Managed services in a cloudy world

  03-12-2016 14:17 via zdnet.com
  
  ​How the cloud and managed services will work together
  
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• Hey Snapchat, just sell Spectacles normally already, will ya?

  03-12-2016 14:15
  
  What started out as a fun, entertaining way to get people hyped about Spectacles is now just frustratingly annoying. That's right, I'm talking about how Snapchat Snap is still milking Spectacles out with its extremely limited release using Snapbot vending machines.  It's been three weeks already. Either sell me the damn camera glasses without me needing to stalk your website or I'm throwing my money on other more useful gadgets, like a pair of Beats Solo 3 wireless headphones for my headpho
  
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• Want to throw the perfect dinner party? Try the Theory of Deliciousness

  03-12-2016 14:00
  
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• Twitter was the place to be in 2016. Is that enough to save it? - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The social network didn't see a rush of new users, even though it was impossible to ignore.
  
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• This custom, synchronized Christmas lights display is incredible video - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Mike Ziemkowski has been building his home's holiday light display for over 40 years, but technology is what brought his ambitious designs to the next level.
  
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• Real-life 'Game of Thrones' locations - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The fantasy world of Westeros from "Game of Thrones" looks a lot like our world...because it's largely shot on location on Earth. Here's a tour of several amazing locations, inset with actual scenes from the show.
  
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• RayVio Ellie UV Sterilizing Pod Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Indiegogo's latest, the Ellie Sterilizing Pod, makes sure your child gets exposed to even fewer germs.
  
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• 'Game of Thrones' locations in the real world, from King's Landing to the Iron Isles - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The world of Westeros might be fantasy, but the television show is shot in real places all over the world. Here's what several amazing locations look like in real life.
  
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• Acer Iconia One 10 is easy on the wallet, but not the eyes - CNET

  03-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The 10-inch tablet only costs $130, so, really, what do you expect?
  
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• Over a million Google accounts breached, Netflix green-lights downloads video - CNET

  03-12-2016 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  In this week's wrap-up, a piece of Android malware compromises user data. Meanwhile, Netflix finally caves and lets customers download video on their mobile devices.
  
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• Find out what your web browser is telling websites about you

  03-12-2016 13:26 via zdnet.com
  
  Interested in knowing what information a website has access to about you as soon as you visit a page? Here are a couple of websites that will show you what information you are leaking as you browse the internet.
  
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• Mercedes E-class car review – ‘Makes driving feel like flying’

  03-12-2016 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Every move I made, it was already there. Every thought I thinked, it had already thunk itIf you were given to conspiracy theories, the Mercedes E-class would be your nemesis. Every move I made, every corner, every rev, it was already there. Every thought I thinked, it had already thunk it. Opening the boot in a shower, watching water drip round the perfectly designed rubber piping, so that nothing touched me or my luggage, I felt gripped by a sudden mourning. Such a lot of thought has gone into
  
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• Gole Gole1

  03-12-2016 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The arrival of power sipping computer components combined with the abundance of compatible cheap parts from the smartphone world has fostered the rise of interesting new form factors in the world of personal computers.From the keyboard that contains a computer through the HDMI dongle that plugs into the back of a monitor, to the one-eyed ‘monster’ or the PC that looks like a CD box: we’ve seen a fair few coming through our doors.The Gole Gole1, however, looks like nothing we&rs
  
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• The tech enabling a man with quadriplegia to drive

  03-12-2016 04:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The semi-autonomous Corvette has been modified to enable Sam Schmidt to drive on public roads.
  
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• Inside the Nikola One hydrogen-electric semi-truck video - Roadshow

  03-12-2016 03:16 via cnet.com
  
  We sit down with Nikola Motor Company CEO Trevor Milton to get the skinny on this zero-emission hauler.
  
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• Check to see if your iPhone 6S is eligible for a free battery replacement video - CNET

  03-12-2016 02:07 via cnet.com
  
  Apple is replacing batteries for some iPhone 6S owners whose phones keep shutting down unexpectedly. Find out if you're on the list.
  
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• FCC slams AT&T and Verizon over zero-rating offers - CNET

  03-12-2016 01:56 via cnet.com
  
  Officials say AT&T's DirecTV Now, which lets you stream video without it counting as data, violates net neutrality. They're eyeing a Verizon offer too.
  
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• 'Aquaman' release date is now deep into 2018 - CNET

  03-12-2016 01:54 via cnet.com
  
  Set to begin production next year, the film starring Jason Momoa will dive into theaters late 2018.
  
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• Would you buy a foldable Apple iPhone today? (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy, Ep. 65) - CNET

  03-12-2016 01:48 via cnet.com
  
  Plans are in the works to use drones to help to improve Apple Maps. Apple comes clean about the iPhone 6S battery issue, and AirPods could be coming in the next few weeks.
  
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• Apple addresses iPhone 6S battery problems — on its Chinese website

  03-12-2016 01:11
  
  Good news iPhone 6S owners with battery woes: Apple has finally issued a statement to explain those unexpected battery shutdowns. Bad news (at least for non-Chinese 6S owners): It appears that the statement is only visible on its Chinese language website. SEE ALSO: Apple's working on a fix for mass iCloud calendar notification spam Turns out, the malfunctioning iPhones have batteries that degrade faster than normal because they were "exposed to controlled ambient air longer than [they] should ha
  
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• Check! Star Trek tridimensional chess set makes a logical gift - CNET

  03-12-2016 00:36 via cnet.com
  
  One board is way too easy. Play like Kirk and Spock and unfold your game across seven boards, four of which are movable.
  
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• Facebook is developing AI to bust 'offensive' Live video: report

  03-12-2016 00:35
  
  Facebook has long been vigilant about keeping your News Feed free of "inappropriate" content. That's relatively simple when you're talking about material that can be reviewed in full after it's posted — but what happens if something goes wrong during a livestream?  A new initiative is reportedly in the works to build up the social network's flagging system for offensive content in a particularly difficult area: Facebook Live.  SEE ALSO: Facebook wants to teach you all about how A
  
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• Set your alarm: Microsoft's '12 days of deals' starts really early Monday - CNET

  03-12-2016 00:32 via cnet.com
  
  Microsoft is once again serving up a new holiday deal each day in its online and brick-and-mortar stores, starting Monday, December 5 at 12 a.m. PT, or 3 a.m. ET.
  
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