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• GoPro Hero5 Black is all about the feature upgrades video - CNET

  06-12-2016 23:55 via cnet.com
  
  From its waterproof body and built-in touchscreen to electronic image stabilization, GPS and voice commands, GoPro made a true top-of-line camera.
  
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• Millions in US still lagging along with slow internet speed - CNET

  06-12-2016 23:50 via cnet.com
  
  An FCC report shows that nearly half of Americans are still stuck with below-broadband data connections.
  
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• Trump claims $50 billion SoftBank investment due to his election win

  06-12-2016 23:43
  The head of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp , which in October set up a $100 billion fund for technology investments, said on Tuesday he would invest $50 billion in U.S. businesses, a move President-elect Donald Trump claimed was a direct result of his election win. The investment, which could create 50,000 new U.S. jobs, revived speculation on Wall Street that U.S. telecommunications giant Sprint Corp , 82-percent-owned by SoftBank, might rekinkdle merger talks with T-Mobile US Inc that died under
  
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• What to do with a broken iPhone 7/7 Plus screen - CNET

  06-12-2016 23:39 via cnet.com
  
  Get it fixed by Apple...or don't.
  
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• Call for privacy probes over Cayla doll and i-Que toys

  06-12-2016 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The makers of two popular smart toys are accused of violating child data protection rules.
  
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• Determine the speed of light, and be honored with a Google Doodle - CNET

  06-12-2016 23:37 via cnet.com
  
  Google Doodle celebrates of the 340 anniversary of Olaus Roemer's determination of the speed of light.
  
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• Trump: Japanese mogul pledges $50 billion US investment

  06-12-2016 23:33
  
  After meeting with Donald Trump on Tuesday, Japanese tech billionaire Masayoshi Son said he will invest $50 billion in the United States and would "commit" to creating 50,000 new jobs over an ...
  
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• Google data centres to be 100% renewable-powered by 2017

  06-12-2016 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google reveals it is on track to offset 100% of data centre and office electricity use with renewable energy.
  
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• Samsung wins in Supreme Court battle against Apple video - CNET

  06-12-2016 23:20 via cnet.com
  
  The ruling says that Samsung doesn't have to pay all its profits from sales of devices based on copied designs.
  
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• Millions of Dailymotion accounts exposed in hack - CNET

  06-12-2016 23:18 via cnet.com
  
  The video-sharing site strongly advises its users to reset their passwords.
  
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• BMW remotely locks alleged thief in car he's trying to swipe - CNET

  06-12-2016 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  Stealer's Wheel? Seattle police department quotes "Watchmen" movie in a recap of the recent arrest.
  
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• Sling TV: Everything you need to know - CNET

  06-12-2016 22:58 via cnet.com
  
  Sling TV is a live TV package that starts at $20 per month for more than 30 channels, including ESPN, AMC, TNT, CNN, History, HGTV and the Disney Channel. How does it work, how can you get it -- and will it let you quit cable?
  
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• 6 eye-opening facts about tech moguls and their homes - CNET

  06-12-2016 22:57 via cnet.com
  
  How do the rich and techy live? Research from real estate site Trulia gives you a glimpse.
  
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• Netflix's 'Fuller House' Mr. Bear toy is the shared-viewing experience we want

  06-12-2016 22:53
  
  Netflix is hoping to pull on some heartstrings this holiday season with a brand new way to snuggle up to loved ones near and far.  SEE ALSO: Everything you need to know about Netflix downloads The company announced the specs for "Connected Mr. Bear," a plush teddy based on Stephanie Tanner's beloved toy from the early seasons of the original run of Full House . The second season of the Fuller House revival series set to stream Dec. 9, so Netflix is hoping to double down on its nostalgia and
  
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• Little African primate's talents inspire leaping robot

  06-12-2016 22:45
  By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Inspired by the remarkable jumping ability of an African primate called a galago, scientists have fashioned a small robot with unique leaping capabilities they hope can someday be used in tricky search-and-rescue situations. The scientists said on Tuesday they had built a robot, dubbed Salto, with vertical jumping agility like no other machine, able to leap into the air and then spring off a wall, or perform multiple vertical jumps consecutively. To design S
  
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• Crazy CarTube concept puts vehicles in tunnels under cities - CNET

  06-12-2016 22:42 via cnet.com
  
  A wild idea for urban transportation sends high-tech cars speeding along deep underground inside small tunnels.
  
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• Q&A: A look at Trump's call to cancel new Air Force One

  06-12-2016 22:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he would cancel Boeing's contract to build a new fleet of presidential aircraft to replace the aging models that shuttle the president around the world. He cited "out of control" costs of more than $4 billion in a tweet that ended with "Cancel order!"
  
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• Lifx Z Multi-Color LED Wi-Fi Light Strip review - CNET

  06-12-2016 22:39 via cnet.com
  
  The new LED light strips from Lifx don't need a hub and let you "paint" whatever colors you like onto the strips -- two potential advantages over the competing strip lights from Philips.
  
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• Lifx Z: Color-changing light strips for the smart home - CNET

  06-12-2016 22:38 via cnet.com
  
  These Wi-Fi light strips connect directly to your home network for app-enabled in-home color control.
  
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• Data sovereignty

  06-12-2016 22:23 via zdnet.com
  
  Regulation of data sovereignty has been driven by the EU - but what happens after Brexit?
  
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• Watch 'Bohemian Rhapsody' turn into a noir crime thriller - CNET

  06-12-2016 22:22 via cnet.com
  
  Mama! I just killed a man! You know the words, but maybe you've never seen the famed Queen song taken quite so literally.
  
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• 7 practical gifts for people who always break their phones

  06-12-2016 22:20
  
  Most of today's flagship smartphones can be described as beautiful, but fragile. Materials like glass and metal also make smartphones more prone to slipping out of our hands than the plastic models of previous generations. Not to mention big phablets are nearly impossible to use with one hand, making them even more likely to accidentally take a tumble. Nobody likes a cracked a screen, a dented bezel, a destroyed charging port or a crushed headphone jack. And nobody likes paying to have their bro
  
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• Microsoft drops its Enterprise Advantage licensing program before it begins

  06-12-2016 22:15 via zdnet.com
  
  Microsoft won't be adding the previously announced Enterprise Advantage option to its licensing line-up, after all, officials are acknowledging.
  
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• Netflix offers very fortunate delightful look at Lemony Snicket - CNET

  06-12-2016 22:08 via cnet.com
  
  The latest trailer for "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" gives a more in-depth look at the new Netflix series.
  
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• Trump invites tech leaders to mid-December roundtable

  06-12-2016 22:01 via zdnet.com
  
  The meeting is set to take place at Trump Tower on December 14. It's not clear which companies will be in attendance.
  
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• Samsung's latest Gear smartwatch is like a smartphone on your wrist

  06-12-2016 21:55
  
  The Samsung Gear S3 is an excellent smartwatch just a few ticks short of perfection. With built-in LTE and GPS it’s more connected than rivals, but noticeably thicker as well. The device gets off on the right foot by looking and feeling like a watch. Whatever you think of wearables, the more they look like the familiar and the less like technology, the better. Apple splits the difference with its Apple Watch Series 2; it has hints of classic watch design (see the digital crown) but also te
  
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• Samsung latest Gear smartwatch is like a smartphone on your wrist

  06-12-2016 21:55
  
  The Samsung Gear S3 is an excellent smartwatch just a few ticks short of perfection. With built-in LTE and GPS it’s more connected than rivals, but noticeably thicker as well. The device gets off on the right foot by looking and feeling like a watch. Whatever you think of wearables, the more they look like the familiar and the less like technology, the better. Apple splits the difference with its Apple Watch Series 2; it has hints of classic watch design (see the digital crown) but also te
  
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• Japan's SoftBank to invest $50 billion in United States

  06-12-2016 21:54
  Japanese telecoms and internet firm SoftBank Group Corp plans to invest $50 billion in the United States in businesses and create 50,000 new jobs, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday. The money would come from a $100 billion investment fund that SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son is setting up with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund and other potential partners, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump made the announcement in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan wh
  
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• The story of Dead Rising 4's latest trailer is being told in Christmas lights

  06-12-2016 21:41
  
  The zombie game got into the Christmas spirit in a unique way.
  
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• 'The Circle' trailer looks an awful lot like Google - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:41 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: One of the great books about the tech industry is coming to the big screen, starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks and John Boyega.
  
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• The Polish Christmas ad that's making YouTube weep buckets - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:29 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: From a little-known auction site comes a tale of a grandpa and his attempts to learn English.
  
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• Net earnings: top YouTubers' income rises 23% in past year

  06-12-2016 21:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Ranking of 12 highest-earning YouTube stars by Forbes shows they are increasingly monetising their popularity on platformTheir talents range from comedy to gaming and from singing to playing pranks, often captured with nothing more than a handheld camera. But YouTubers are at the vanguard of an industry worth tens of millions of pounds.Forbes’ ranking of the 12 highest-earning YouTube stars shows they collectively earned £55m in the past 12 months, an increase of 23% on last year. Co
  
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• California EPA says settled with Apple on hazardous waste claims

  06-12-2016 21:28
  The California Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said Apple Inc agreed to pay $450,000 to settle state claims that it had mishandled hazardous electronic waste at facilities in Silicon Valley. Apple also agreed to increase inspections to settle allegations about facilities in Cupertino and Sunnyvale, the Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control said. "This matter involves an oversight in filing paperwork to close one of our recycling facilities as part of our expansion to a large
  
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• Headphone deal of the day: Klipsch Reference On-Ear Premium headphone for $30 - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:26 via cnet.com
  
  This headphone was way overpriced at $200, but at $30 it's a deal.
  
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• 80 million Dailymotion accounts 'compromised in cyber attack'

  06-12-2016 21:23
  
  The video site has said that no personal details have been accessed thanks to encrypted passwords.
  
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• The HP Omen X is for gaming on the edge video - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:22 via cnet.com
  
  This big, bold desktop cube stands on one edge, making access to its interior super easy.
  
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• Best-ever jumping robot has real-life ninja moves - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:20 via cnet.com
  
  Salto, a cute little machine that can leap vertically off walls, could revolutionize search and rescue missions, or at least parkour.
  
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• This personal holographic-like display makes video games way more immersive

  06-12-2016 21:18
  
  Based in Brooklyn and Hong Kong, Looking Glass Factory is a company working on some really cool displays. They recently showed Mashable how they are able to port popular games like 'Super Mario Kart' and 'Quake' on their personal displays.
  
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• 'Rogue One' trailer has more X-wings, more AT-ATs and more Vader - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:17 via cnet.com
  
  A new trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has everything you could hope for.
  
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• You can now get Alexa on your wrist, thanks to Martian - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:16 via cnet.com
  
  Martian has partnered with Amazon to bring the voice assistant to its line of mVoice hybrid watches.
  
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• Trump says Softbank to invest $50 billion in United States

  06-12-2016 21:07
  President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the head of Japanese telecoms and internet firm SoftBank Group Corp had agreed to invest $50 billion in the United States toward businesses and create 50,000 new jobs. Trump stopped in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, where he has been meeting with advisers and potential Cabinet picks, along with SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Masa from SoftBank of Japan, and he’s just agreed to invest $50 billi
  
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• Sony OLED TV coming next year for $2,000 and up, according to report - CNET

  06-12-2016 21:07 via cnet.com
  
  Rumor has it that Sony will sell a TV based on OLED display technology, competing against LG for the best image quality available.
  
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• Adobrable bush baby inspires super-jumping robot

  06-12-2016 20:58
  
  Researchers are looking to the natural world for inspiration that will one day help them design life-saving robots.  Salto is a monopedal and somewhat skeletal 10.2-inch-tall robot that can jump higher and more quickly than most other robots in the world today. A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, revealed the new hopping bot on Tuesday in a study published this week in the new journal Science Robotics. Instead of taking just one big leap, Salto bounces off a wal
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S8 could lose its headphone jack, too - CNET

  06-12-2016 20:56 via cnet.com
  
  The latest rumor has Samsung following Apple and Motorola's lack-of-audio-jack lead.
  
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• Audi's new tech makes traffic lights more tolerable video - Roadshow

  06-12-2016 20:56 via cnet.com
  
  Audi is the first automaker to connect vehicles directly to the traffic management grid (V2I) with the new Traffic Light Information service via a partnership with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
  
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• Stylish case can also protect your iPhone in a 45-foot drop

  06-12-2016 20:49
  
  Smartphone case company Mous is proving the strength of its newest product by testing its 'Airo Shock' material in some unconventional ways.
  
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• This jumping robot opens doors for cyborg ninjas video - CNET

  06-12-2016 20:48 via cnet.com
  
  Roboticists at UC Berkeley develop a cute little robot that springs off walls better and longer than even seasoned parkour pros.
  
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• Brits spent more on vinyl than on music downloads - CNET

  06-12-2016 20:43 via cnet.com
  
  Who says vinyl is dead!? In the UK, people spent more money on vinyl than on music downloads.
  
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• Scientists develop robotic hand for people with quadriplegia

  06-12-2016 20:39
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists have developed a mind-controlled robotic hand that allows people with certain types of spinal injuries to perform everyday tasks such as using a fork or drinking from a cup.
  
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• Q&A: A look at Trump's call to cancel new Air Force 1

  06-12-2016 20:36
  
  President-elect Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he would cancel Boeing's contract to build a new fleet of presidential aircraft to replace the aging Reagan-era models that currently shuttle the president ...
  
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