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• Military helping kids follow Santa's fabled flight

  24-12-2016 23:07
  
  Children from around the world are calling the North American Aerospace Defense Command to ask where Santa is, and they're getting a cheery answer about the mythical route. The wildly popular NORAD Tracks ...
  
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• Stay and be safe: Facebook tidies up advice on preventing online bullying

  24-12-2016 23:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The social network says it must encourage better behaviour otherwise users will stop using it It is widely held that people are meaner on the internet than in person. Now Facebook is attempting to teach its users how to play nice.Its newly updated safety centre, including its “bullying prevention hub” are central to its strategy to improve the quality of discourse on the platform – for the sake of its future as much as for its users’ experience.Continue reading...
  
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• ​Cyanogen to shut down services by year's end - CNET

  24-12-2016 22:54 via cnet.com
  
  Startup that promised a better version of Android will stop updating its OS on December 31 as part of an ongoing "consolidation."
  
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• Apple removes products from store amid patent war with Nokia

  24-12-2016 22:47
  
  Apple's patent quarrel with Nokia has officially gone from minor tiff to full scale patent war.   It appears that Apple has taken down listings for Withings products from its online store (Nokia owns Withings, a company that makes Wi-Fi scales and digital fitness products.)  SEE ALSO: Apple's software has been anything but 'magical' lately If you try and search Google for Withings products on the Apple Store, you’ll still be able to see the phantom listings, but if you try to cli
  
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• ​Apple working with Consumer Reports on MacBook Pro's battery issue - CNET

  24-12-2016 21:38 via cnet.com
  
  ​After the reviews site dings the newest MacBook Pro models for their battery life, Apple's Phil Schiller tweets about test discrepancies.
  
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• Tesla holiday Easter Eggs make your car dance, fly to Mars

  24-12-2016 21:31
  
  Tesla continues to demonstrate why its success among a crowded field of auto giants isn't a fluke, this time with a special holiday greeting.  SEE ALSO: Elon Musk seems serious about creating a boring company to solve traffic Hidden in a recent Tesla Model X software update released earlier this week was an Easter Egg that allows owners to put the car into a holiday-themed light show mode.  Pressing the Tesla logo for about five seconds on the car's control screen and then typing in th
  
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• ​Apple 'working' with Consumer Reports on MacBook battery issue - CNET

  24-12-2016 20:26 via cnet.com
  
  ​After the reviews site dings the newest MacBook Pro models for their battery life, Apple's Phil Schiller tweets about test discrepancies.
  
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• Ever wonder why old tech appeals to audiophiles, but videophiles not so much? - CNET

  24-12-2016 19:47 via cnet.com
  
  Audiophiles are still passionate about LPs, but you won't find too many videophiles yearning to return to VHS tapes!
  
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• Apple responds to damning MacBook Pro battery test

  24-12-2016 19:24
  
  The dark cloud hovering over the MacBook Pro since its release grew larger earlier this week when Consumer Reports delivered a stinging report claiming that the laptop's battery life was inconsistent. That report resulted in the nonprofit organization's decision to, for the first time, not give the MacBook Pro its "recommended" ratting.  Late Friday, Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, took to Twitter to alert the public to the fact that the company was in c
  
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• Secretlab gaming chairs now available in the US - CNET

  24-12-2016 18:31 via cnet.com
  
  The Singapore-based gaming chair company takes on the US market.
  
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• Megyn Kelly accuses Shutterfly of lying - CNET

  24-12-2016 18:24 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In a series of tweets, the Fox News anchor says the personalized photo and card service let her down badly over a Christmas card order.
  
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• On Twitter, Trump supports Putin's mockery of Democrats - CNET

  24-12-2016 18:07 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: The president-elect supports the notion of Democrats as sore losers, by tweeting the words of his alleged bromantic interest.
  
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• Here's why expensive headphones might make sense for you - CNET

  24-12-2016 17:46 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac makes the case for investing in a great pair of headphones.
  
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• Finnish phone app finds reindeer, helps to avoid road kill

  24-12-2016 16:27
  
  There's good news for Rudolph and his friends — an app is helping officials reduce the number of reindeer killed in traffic accidents in Finland. Some 300,000 reindeer freely wander the wilds of Lapland ...
  
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• Cyanogen shutting down services and OS by December 31

  24-12-2016 15:44 via zdnet.com
  
  Rocky times at Cyanogen turn for the worse. The open source project and source code will remain available, but there will be no more nightly builds.
  
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• 10 things you should do now that you've welcomed Alexa into your life

  24-12-2016 15:30
  
  So you just got an Amazon Echo or an Echo Dot — fantastic, because they're sold out almost everywhere!  Welcome to the future, where ordering a pizza or controlling your lights is just a voice command away. SEE ALSO: 11 useful things you didn't know your Amazon Echo could do What's an excited futuristic, cutting-edge person like yourself supposed to do first with your new vocal powers? Here's where to start. 1. Connect your music Image: OLE SPATA/PICTURE-ALLIANCE/DPA/AP IMAGES Since t
  
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• Could we soon 'upgrade' our bodies? Extreme bionics will create modular superhumans

  24-12-2016 15:00
  
  By: Juan EnriquezContinue reading...
  
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• The most expensive stuff sold on eBay in 2016 - CNET

  24-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Take a look at the priciest items sold worldwide on the site this year in a handful of categories, including the highest-priced car, watch and art.
  
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• Here's what 1-percenters bought on eBay in 2016 - CNET

  24-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  eBay gave CNET an exclusive look at some of the most expensive items bought on its website this year.
  
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• 4 reasons why 'Atlanta' was the best show of 2016 - CNET

  24-12-2016 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: The surrealist comedy-drama starring Donald Glover was one of the most original TV series to debut this year.
  
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• WIRED Weekender: Our top longreads of 2016

  24-12-2016 13:00
  
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• Listen up: augmented reality is coming to your ears

  24-12-2016 13:00
  
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• Distant black hole may disprove Einstein's theory of relativity

  24-12-2016 12:00
  
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• Is this the age of the smart wallet, or are they more trouble than they're worth?

  24-12-2016 10:11 via zdnet.com
  
  If your smart wallet is lost or stolen, you can locate or track it with a smartphone. That's a cool idea, and it has attracted several crowd-funded projects such as Cashew, Ekster, SmartWallet, Walli, Wallor and Woolet. However, small, standalone trackers like TrackR's may do the job cheaper, and they're less risky purchases.
  
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• What does your router name say about you?

  24-12-2016 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  What you call your wireless network might seem a trifling decision, but it’s a window into the way a person wants to present themselves in a connected worldWhat you choose to call your wireless network can say a lot about you. If you’re the attendee of an “alt-right” event at Texas A&M University who decided to promote genocide in the form of a network ID, it can say you are violently racist. While it is perhaps not surprising to see the USA’s new far-right whit
  
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• Robotic process automation: the latest promise to liberate back offices

  24-12-2016 06:32 via zdnet.com
  
  New generation of software seeks to pick up the work of previous solutions and digitize 'repetitive, routine, dreary and uninteresting' tasks.
  
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• This device fixes the worst thing about the new MacBook Pro

  24-12-2016 06:17
  
  'HyperDrive' is a compact adapter for the ports lost in the recent MacBook Pro upgrade, turning the two Thunderbolt 3 slots into various HDMI, USB-C, USB 3.0, SD and Micro SD.
  
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• Carrie Fisher reportedly suffers heart attack, in intensive care - CNET

  24-12-2016 05:41 via cnet.com
  
  Developing: Reports say the writer and actress who played the iconic Star Wars princess was rushed to the hospital after a flight from London to LAX.
  
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• Christmas detox

  24-12-2016 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions are logging off after feeling overwhelmed by online life.
  
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• Carrie Fisher reportedly suffers heart attack, said to be stable - CNET

  24-12-2016 01:31 via cnet.com
  
  Developing: Reports say the writer and actress who played the iconic Star Wars princess was rushed to the hospital after a flight from London to LAX.
  
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• 11 Apple Watch tips every owner should know - CNET

  24-12-2016 00:40 via cnet.com
  
  There's a lot more to the Apple Watch than one would think. Here are 11 tips to help you get the most out of it.
  
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