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• When apps collect more data, outrage is powerful -- sometimes - CNET

  13-12-2016 23:48 via cnet.com
  
  Et tu, Whatsapp, Uber and Pokemon Go? These apps gained even more access to our personal information in 2016. Here's what users did about it.
  
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• Watch all the changes made to the original Star Wars movie - CNET

  13-12-2016 23:48 via cnet.com
  
  As you prepare to see "Rogue One," relive the many tweaks George Lucas made to the granddaddy of them all.
  
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• Uber expands its motorbike-hailing service in India

  13-12-2016 23:45
  
  Uber’s bike-hailing service, UberMOTO, will be available in another Indian city starting next month.  The company had piloted the service in Bangalore earlier this year by allowing users to take short rides on motorbikes for fares as low as Rs 3/km. Now its expanding it to Hyderabad.  SEE ALSO: As Ola and Uber join the fray, are bike taxis the next big thing in India? UberMOTO in Hyderabad will offer customers rides at Rs 20 (30 cents) for the first 3 km and Rs 5/km thereafter. I
  
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• Uber expands its bike-hailing service in India

  13-12-2016 23:45
  
  Uber’s bike-hailing service, UberMOTO, will be available in another Indian city starting next month.  The company had piloted the service in Bangalore earlier this year by allowing users to take short rides on motorbikes for fares as low as Rs 3/km. Now its expanding it to Hyderabad.  SEE ALSO: As Ola and Uber join the fray, are bike taxis the next big thing in India? UberMOTO in Hyderabad will offer customers rides at Rs 20 (30 cents) for the first 3 km and Rs 5/km thereafter. I
  
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• The most anticipated tech of 2017 - CNET

  13-12-2016 23:44 via cnet.com
  
  Let's forget about 2016. There are plenty of reasons to look forward to 2017.
  
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• IBM promises to hire Americans ahead of Trump meeting

  13-12-2016 23:32
  "We have thousands of open positions at any given moment, and we intend to hire about 25,000 professionals in the next four years in the United States," Rometty said in a USA Today editorial published on Tuesday afternoon. IBM spokesman Adam Pratt declined to say how that hiring might be offset by staff reductions or disclose how many people IBM employs in the United States. “We expect to end 2016 with our U.S. workforce about the same size as it was at the beginning of the year.
  
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• Use Google's updated Switch tool to go from iOS to Android - CNET

  13-12-2016 23:29 via cnet.com
  
  Using Google Drive you can back up and sync your contacts, calendars and photos with ease.
  
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• How to block Rogue One spoilers - CNET

  13-12-2016 23:21 via cnet.com
  
  "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" is just days away. Save yourself from any potential spoilers with Force Block.
  
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• Apple's TV app embraces the future of watching video, but it needs more services - CNET

  13-12-2016 23:14 via cnet.com
  
  Apple TV can now skip the "app middleman" to send you directly to the individual shows and movies you want to watch. Now it just needs more middlemen to skip.
  
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• Google Home officially plugs into the smart home - CNET

  13-12-2016 23:04 via cnet.com
  
  Belkin's might be the first in a line of critical smart home partnerships for Google Home.
  
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• Video teases smart speaker with Cortana voice assistant - CNET

  13-12-2016 22:54 via cnet.com
  
  Harman Kardon's 30-second YouTube video showing a competitor to Amazon Echo gets Windows fans in a tizzy.
  
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• 12 crazy coffee tables to enliven your living room - CNET

  13-12-2016 22:23 via cnet.com
  
  You'll want to keep your dirty shoes off these impressive tables inspired by the USS Enterprise, Star Wars, gaming console controllers and old cassette tapes.
  
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• Government to require cars be able to talk to each other

  13-12-2016 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Department proposed Tuesday. Officials say the technology holds the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths and transform driving.
  
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• Xbox One controller coffee table gamifies your living room - CNET

  13-12-2016 22:14 via cnet.com
  
  Take your home furniture to the next level up with a coffee table disguised as a huge Xbox One controller.
  
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• Logi Circle

  13-12-2016 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Update: When we reviewed the Logi Circle, we enjoyed how simple it was to setup and use on a day-to-day basis. However, we criticized it for not offering a video backup solution.Since then, Logi has introduced Circle Safe, a tiered subscription service that allows you to backup video clips for later viewing. The free account gives up to a day's worth of clips to look back on, while Circle Safe Basic allows for up to 14 days of storage. But, if you're looking for the most amount of features
  
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• Slack swallows even more of your life with long-awaited feature

  13-12-2016 21:56
  
  Slack is taking aim at the wheelhouse of one of its chief rivals with a new video-calling feature. The workplace chat service announced a hotly anticipated tool on Tuesday that will for the first time let co-workers chat face-to-face, in groups or individually, within the platform.  The move ups the competition between the company and Microsoft-owned competitor Skype for Work, which made its name in video conferencing, along with other services like Google Hangouts. It also follows rival Hi
  
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• Sprint has hidden a secret turbo boost in your phone - CNET

  13-12-2016 21:52 via cnet.com
  
  The wireless company plans to unlock a capability in many of its flagship devices next year that's designed to amp up connection speeds.
  
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• Videoconferencing comes to Slack - CNET

  13-12-2016 21:51 via cnet.com
  
  You can now make one-to-one and group video calls from the popular chat app for the workplace.
  
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• Oculus CEO steps down to lead new PC virtual reality group - CNET

  13-12-2016 21:39 via cnet.com
  
  The Facebook-owned virtual reality company is restructuring into two divisions: one working on VR powered by personal computers, and another working on phone-based VR.
  
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• New fingerprint sensor could expand your phone's display - CNET

  13-12-2016 21:35 via cnet.com
  
  By hiding the Synaptics optical sensor beneath the display, phone makers could get rid of home buttons and lengthen screens by a half inch.
  
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• Google's self-driving car project gets a new name: Waymo

  13-12-2016 21:29
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called Waymo, signaling its confidence that it will be able to bring robot-controlled vehicles to the masses within the next few years.
  
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• Microsoft's version of the Amazon Echo will be a Cortana-powered speaker

  13-12-2016 21:24
  
  Microsoft will soon bring its digital assistant to a lot more places. The company is opening up Cortana to third-party hardware companies so they can integrate it into hardware devices like speakers, cars and home appliances. The first of these will be a Cortana-enabled speaker made by Harman Kardon with a planned February 2017 launch, the tech giant announced at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday. SEE ALSO: Microsoft made speech recognition software that's as accurate as humans Microsoft reve
  
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• Microsoft officially launches Zo.ai, more bot-building tools

  13-12-2016 21:21 via zdnet.com
  
  This year was a big one for Microsoft, across the company, in expanding its AI footprint. Today, Microsoft is rolling out new bot -, translation and tools that all have an AI tie-in.
  
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• 9 photos that prove this weird-looking guinea pig is a star - CNET

  13-12-2016 21:19 via cnet.com
  
  While checking out Reddit's Photoshop battles, I came across a strange submission I didn't think would gain traction. I couldn't have been more wrong.
  
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• Is this the Samsung Galaxy S8 fingerprint scanner we've been looking for? - CNET

  13-12-2016 21:16 via cnet.com
  
  Samsung's next Galaxy S phone is rumored to have an optical fingerprint scanner. Samsung manufacturing partner Synaptics just announced one of its own. Coincidence?
  
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• Gear Of The Year 2016: Sports and Leisure

  13-12-2016 21:00
  
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• Google's driverless cars will now have to prove themselves as a real business

  13-12-2016 20:57
  
  After it looked to be putting our self-driving dreams on hold (for a moment, at least), Google parent company Alphabet has revealed its real plans for driverless cars. The project, previously one of the major endeavors of Google X, is getting spun out into its own independent company.  Dubbed Waymo, the new company will continue development of the autonomous-driving tech that has been in the works at Google for the last eight years. According to a Medium post from the new company's CEO, Joh
  
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• Smart shopping baskets that calculate your bill and bag your items could be just around the corner

  13-12-2016 20:55
  
  Roll on 2018.
  
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• Popular CentOS Linux server gets a major refresh

  13-12-2016 20:53 via zdnet.com
  
  The new CentOS 7 release, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, has arrived.
  
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• This baker's trick doubles your oven capacity - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:49 via cnet.com
  
  If you're making a zillion cookies this holiday season, you'll love this tip.
  
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• Slack intros video calling for Google Chrome, Mac and Windows 10 apps

  13-12-2016 20:45 via zdnet.com
  
  Slack is also rolling out a emoji response feature, so colleagues can throw out a virtual high-five or thumbs up during a meeting.
  
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• Want more 'Stranger Things'? 'The OA' is Netflix's gift to you - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:39 via cnet.com
  
  The promising new eight-episode series also has a mysterious disappearance at its heart, though we didn't spot any Eggos in the preview.
  
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• AutoComplete: Google's self-driving car is now under the Waymo banner video - Roadshow

  13-12-2016 20:35 via cnet.com
  
  Chevrolet sticks to promise, delivers first Bolt EVs in 2016 and the Department of Transportation wants to mandate V2V.
  
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• Lifx smart bulbs to work with Apple HomeKit this February - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:33 via cnet.com
  
  HomeKit compatibility -- and the Siri voice controls that come with it -- is coming to new Lifx bulbs this February.
  
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• James Franco rumored to be in 'Alien: Covenant' movie - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:32 via cnet.com
  
  Franco may join Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Crudup and Guy Pearce for the upcoming "Prometheus" sequel.
  
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• Google's self-driving car unit spins off as Waymo

  13-12-2016 20:30 via zdnet.com
  
  Waymo, which stands for "a new way forward in mobility," launches after nearly eight years as part of the Google X research unit.
  
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• Clash of the color-changing bulbs: Philips Hue vs. Lifx - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:28 via cnet.com
  
  It's time for a face-off between the two biggest names in the color-changing smart bulb game. Who've you got?
  
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• Kanye West visits Trump, Twitter gasps - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:18 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Could the great rapper be offered a spot in the cabinet? After all, he said he'd have voted for Trump.
  
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• Philips Hue vs. Lifx: Which color-changing smart bulb is best? - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:14 via cnet.com
  
  If you're thinking of filling your home with smart, color-changing light bulbs, two options sit at the top of the list. Now, they'll battle it out in a smart home showdown.
  
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• ​Uber to put self-driving cars on the road in SF 'very soon' - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:12 via cnet.com
  
  The ride-hailing company appears to be getting dozens of autonomous vehicles passenger-ready in California.
  
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• HMD launches its first new Nokia phones

  13-12-2016 20:10
  HMD Global, the Finnish company that owns the rights to use the Nokia brand on mobile phones, announced its first new products on Tuesday - two basic handsets without internet access priced at $26 before local taxes and subsidies. HMD said the Nokia 150 and Nokia 150 Dual SIM would go on sale in selected markets early next year. The company, led by former Nokia executives, earlier this month took over the Nokia basic phone business from Microsoft and has struck a licensing deal with Nokia Oyj to
  
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• Hammer down in the desert with the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor video - Roadshow

  13-12-2016 20:01 via cnet.com
  
  Ford's updated dirt monster is a race truck right off the showroom floor.
  
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• Microsoft translation app vaults over language barriers - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  A group speaking nine different languages can hold a conversation together -- with help from a Microsoft app on their phones.
  
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• Everything you need to know to master Snapchat Groups

  13-12-2016 20:00
  
  While Instagram is busy ripping off Snapchat feature-for-feature, the original ephemeral messaging app has finally added something Instagram has had for years: group chat. SEE ALSO: This is getting ridiculous. Facebook just ripped off Snapchat's navigation. Snapchat's group chat is simply called "Groups" and it's pretty straightforward if you know your way around the app, but it does come with a few quirks, and some of its features may not be that obvious. How many people can join a Group? 16. S
  
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• 9 travel hacks you'll wish you knew all along - CNET

  13-12-2016 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  Already taking a trip or just planning your next one? These tips will help you save time, money and sanity.
  
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• Swifties rejoice! Binge all you want with Taylor Swift Now - CNET

  13-12-2016 19:58 via cnet.com
  
  AT&T is giving DirecTV and U-verse customers a binge watcher's paradise of on-demand videos, concert performances and behind-the-scenes footage.
  
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• Microsoft's supersized Surface Hub appears to be a hit - CNET

  13-12-2016 19:44 via cnet.com
  
  Microsoft says it's sold Surface Hub conferencing systems to more than 2,000 customers since March. Oh, and it's got the supply problems under control.
  
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• Tinder on TV is your new favourite party game

  13-12-2016 19:43
  
  LONDON — Move aside Monopoly. And charades for that matter. The game everyone will be playing this party season is Tinder. Yes, Tinder.  SEE ALSO: I asked my colleagues to take over my online love life Tinder just announced the launch of its app on Apple TV, which means you can now bring your swiping to an Apple TV screen and enjoy it with friends. It's the dating site's first move away from mobile devices in an effort to make the app a more collaborative experience. And by 'collabora
  
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• How to save and sync your passwords for free - CNET

  13-12-2016 19:39 via cnet.com
  
  One of the top-rated password managers now includes cross-platform syncing in its free offering. Here's how to get started.
  
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• TalkTalk hacker, 19, pleads guilty at the Old Bailey

  13-12-2016 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man pleads guilty to involvement in the major hack attack on telecoms firm TalkTalk last year.
  
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