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• 6 ways Redditors made the 'Stranger Things' cast... stranger - CNET

  11-01-2017 23:58 via cnet.com
  
  Reddit's Photoshop battles bring out the creativity of its users. When a photo from the Golden Globe awards of the "Stranger Things" boys was submitted, there were cool and unexpected results.
  
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• Hovering river taxis channel WALL-E, could come to a waterway near you - CNET

  11-01-2017 23:47 via cnet.com
  
  Take my money now.
  
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• Bosch 800 Series Release Date, Price and Specs - CNET

  11-01-2017 23:45 via cnet.com
  
  Some of its connected appliances will work with Alexa, Amazon's Dash Replenishment Services and the Nest Learning Thermostat.
  
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• iPhone gains ground, but Android's still top dog - CNET

  11-01-2017 23:33 via cnet.com
  
  Google's mobile software continues to eat iPhone's lunch in the US, Europe and China, but Apple is catching up in key markets, according to a Kantar Worldpanel ComTech report.
  
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• Cozzia Qi massage chair makes rest seriously smart video - CNET

  11-01-2017 23:30 via cnet.com
  
  The Cozzia Qi reads your biometric data to design a custom massage suited to your stress points.
  
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• Finally, a bodysuit that'll have your grandma looking like a super-soldier

  11-01-2017 23:18
  
  The 'Aura' body suit from Superflex is a wearable for the elderly. It could aid in creating a better quality of life with more mobility. 
  
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• The key to preventing assault could be in your back pocket video - CNET

  11-01-2017 23:09 via cnet.com
  
  The Aluma Connect is a personal safety device that attaches to your phone and notifies your emergency contact network of your exact location in the event of an assault.
  
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• Report: Android Wear 2.0 to launch in February

  11-01-2017 23:04 via zdnet.com
  
  After many delays, Google's wearable platform will receive a major update in February according to an email sent to developers.
  
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• Android Wear 2.0 to launch in February

  11-01-2017 23:04 via zdnet.com
  
  After many delays, Google's wearable platform will receive a major update in February according to an email sent to developers.
  
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• These bubble-shaped hovering river taxis channel Wall-E and could come to a waterway near you - CNET

  11-01-2017 22:53 via cnet.com
  
  Take my money now.
  
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• Apple's weird-looking AirPods are already winning - CNET

  11-01-2017 22:40 via cnet.com
  
  Between Beats and AirPods, Apple is looking at a sweep in online sales, says one report.
  
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• Fury over India flag doormats for sale on Amazon

  11-01-2017 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's foreign minister threatens to rescind visas for Amazon staff over the "insulting" doormats.
  
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• Trump tweets up a storm after accusations emerge - CNET

  11-01-2017 22:12 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: One of the biggest trending topics on Twitter concerns the president-elect. So much so that he invokes Russia and Nazi Germany in response.
  
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• GE gets trendy with a door-in-door fridge - CNET

  11-01-2017 22:12 via cnet.com
  
  One of our least favorite fridge features claims another appliance brand.
  
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• Finally, a device that can work out your vagina

  11-01-2017 22:07
  
  'Perifit' is an exercise tracker and strengthening tool for women experiencing postpartum or age-related pelvic weakness.
  
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• Your selfies might be leaving you vulnerable to hackers

  11-01-2017 22:04
  
  If flashing a peace sign is your go-to selfie move, you might want to think about coming up with a new signature look. Turns out, your light-hearted display of goodwill to the world could be putting your personal data at risk — if you come across a truly determined hacker, anyway. According to research from a team at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics (NII), cyber thieves can lift your fingerprints from a photo in order to access your biometrically protected data (like the inf
  
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• Too lazy to vacuum? Use your shoes video - CNET

  11-01-2017 22:02 via cnet.com
  
  Denso's Ecology concept shoes are meant to vacuum as you go, but don't expect to get more than a few crumbs per mile.
  
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• 2017 Detroit Auto Show wrap-up - Roadshow

  11-01-2017 21:56 via cnet.com
  
  A rundown of the biggest reveals in the Motor City.
  
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• Ulefone Armor

  11-01-2017 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Like mechanical keyboards and lousy GIFs, rugged mobile handsets are now making a comeback as vendors try to differentiate their offerings from each other while making sure they add enough compelling features to ensure a reasonable profit margin.Chinese handset manufacturer, Ulefone, has joined in the fray with the Armor, a mid-range 4G smartphone that adds IP68 to its credentials.Available in bright orange or black, the Armor costs as little as £128 (about $155, AU$215) direct from Gearbe
  
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• This is President Obama's most retweeted tweet ever - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:45 via cnet.com
  
  The outgoing US president caps his Twitter career with a line from his farewell address, and people like it.
  
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• Bosch's connected appliances are coming to the US video - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:45 via cnet.com
  
  The German manufacturer will begin to sell a Wi-Fi-enabled coffee maker, oven, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer in the US this year. You can control all of them throughly Bosch's Home Connect app.
  
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• All ears? This jewelry gives you extra body parts - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:44 via cnet.com
  
  Crazy-looking jewelry by a Berlin-based artist will make you do a double take.
  
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• Android eats iPhone's lunch in most of the world -- for now - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:43 via cnet.com
  
  Android continues to feast in the US, Europe and China, with Samsung and Huawei as big winners. But the iPhone's gaining in key markets.
  
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• Brookfield Residential builds a dream home for Alexa - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:38 via cnet.com
  
  The Brookfield Residential Smart Home is built for Amazon's assistant from the ground up.
  
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• Alphabet shutters Google X's Titan drone program

  11-01-2017 21:32 via zdnet.com
  
  Alphabet is turning its focus to cheaper options -- like Google X's Project Loon.
  
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• Trump: I'll have 'hacking defense' report in 90 days - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:23 via cnet.com
  
  The president-elect promises to improve US cybersecurity so the nation won't get "hacked by everybody."
  
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• New 'Game of Thrones' book may arrive this year video - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:19 via cnet.com
  
  Winter could be coming in 2017, says author George R.R. Martin, but even he's not certain.
  
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• Apple partners with Tresorit to offer end-to-end encryption for CareKit

  11-01-2017 21:19 via zdnet.com
  
  Along with end-to-end encryption, ZeroKit offers user authentication and zero knowledge key management.
  
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• Charge your phone with this foldable electric vehicle

  11-01-2017 21:17
  
  'URB-E' released its new fleet of foldable electric vehicles thats got your charging needs covered.   It also has a battery with enough capacity to charge your MacBook Pro five times.
  
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• Samsung's foldable phone could transform into a 7-inch tablet

  11-01-2017 21:16
  
  All eyes will be on Apple to really wow with the iPhone 8 later this year, but Samsung could be the one to unveil a new phone that knocks everyone's socks off. Samsung is reportedly — for real, this time — planning to unveil a smartphone with a flexible display that folds open into a 7-inch tablet, according to The Korean Herald . SEE ALSO: Lenovo shows off some impressive bendable smartphones and tablets The report claims Samsung might produce more than 100,000 of the "fold-out devi
  
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• Apple AirPods: The perfect commuter headset

  11-01-2017 21:15 via zdnet.com
  
  I laughed at the white AirPods hanging from people's ears and made jokes about how they looked on Twitter. I judged too early and they are actually perfect for my two hour daily commute.
  
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• Twitter is showing some users tweets from people they don't follow (Updated)

  11-01-2017 21:13
  
  UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2017, 3:34 p.m. EST According to the Twitter, a bug caused the "Liked by ___ and # others" label to not display along with the tweets. The bug has been fixed and tweets in your timeline from people you don't follow, but who are within your broader network, should properly show the label again. The original story follows below. Seeing tweets in your Twitter timeline from people you don't follow? Stay calm, you're not going crazy. Some Twitter users started reporting on Wednesday
  
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• The Nintendo Switch could set you back $300 at Target - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:11 via cnet.com
  
  An alleged internal Target listing has pricing info on the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch.
  
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• SMBs, take your meds: Four ways the cloud can reduce your stress and expenses

  11-01-2017 21:11 via zdnet.com
  
  These are the key functional areas a small/medium business should be addressing with the cloud this year.
  
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• JetBlue makes satellite Wi-Fi free on all flights

  11-01-2017 21:09 via zdnet.com
  
  JetBlue's "Fly-Fi" is now available "on every aircraft from the departure gate to the arrival gate" -- free for all passengers.
  
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• Google-parent Alphabet's drone project may not soar after all - CNET

  11-01-2017 21:05 via cnet.com
  
  The Titan drone project is cut after setbacks, according to reports.
  
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• United States government indicts six high-ranking VW employees - Roadshow

  11-01-2017 20:54 via cnet.com
  
  The employees include heads of engineering teams and quality managers.
  
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• Workday lands massive Walmart contract

  11-01-2017 20:51 via zdnet.com
  
  Workday said Walmart, which has an estimated 2 million employees, has purchased a subscription to four key Workday products.
  
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• Samsung head named a suspect in Korean political scandal - CNET

  11-01-2017 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  A special prosecutor has accused Jay Y. Lee, the de facto head of Samsung Electronics' parent company, of bribery in exchange for political favors.
  
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• Awesome man-bear stars in trailer for Russian superhero movie - CNET

  11-01-2017 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  Forget werewolves. Upcoming Russian action movie "Guardians" features a werebear superhero as part of a team of superhumans.
  
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• Amazon halts sales of Indian flag doormat after visa threat

  11-01-2017 20:34
  By Sankalp Phartiyal MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-color flag from its Canadian website on Wednesday, after an Indian government threat to rescind visas of the U.S. company's employees if they did not stop selling the product. "Amazon must tender unconditional apology," India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Twitter. "They must withdraw all products insulting our national flag immediately." "If this is not done forthwith, we will not gr
  
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• Take a hyperlapse tour of the 2017 Detroit auto show in 360 degrees - Roadshow

  11-01-2017 20:09 via cnet.com
  
  Walk through the show at a normal pace? Ain't nobody got time for that.
  
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• Amazon removes Indian flag doormat link after visa threat

  11-01-2017 20:09
  By Sankalp Phartiyal MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-color flag from its Canadian website on Wednesday, after an Indian government threat to rescind visas of the U.S. company's employees if they did not stop selling the product. "Amazon must tender unconditional apology," India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Twitter. "They must withdraw all products insulting our national flag immediately." "If this is not done forthwith, we will not gr
  
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• How will Hulu stack up in its live competition? (The 3:59, Ep. 161) - CNET

  11-01-2017 20:01 via cnet.com
  
  Also on the podcast: ordering food with Amazon's Echo, and emojis in Monopoly.
  
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• Twitters sums up testy Trump press conference via #ShorterTrump - CNET

  11-01-2017 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  Overwhelmed by all the politics in the air this week? We found the hashtag for you.
  
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• Monkeys grieve over 'death' of robotic spy monkey-baby - CNET

  11-01-2017 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  A lifelike animatronic monkey takes a tumble and sets off a chain reaction of sadness throughout a Langur colony in a preview for "Spy in the Wild."
  
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• Uncovered: All the new cars unveiled at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show - Roadshow

  11-01-2017 19:58 via cnet.com
  
  A couple of the most popular cars in America received major updates, first seen on the floor of this year's Detroit Auto Show, along with a slew of popular luxury and sport models.
  
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• For heavy unlimited data customers, life just got harder - CNET

  11-01-2017 19:52 via cnet.com
  
  AT&T and Verizon are clamping down on their heaviest users. Does this play into T-Mobile's narrative about greedy carriers?
  
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• Apple once envisioned the iPhone with an iPod click wheel and it was horrible

  11-01-2017 19:52
  
  The iPhone we know and love today could have been very different, and maybe even a total flop, if Steve Jobs had picked a different interface for it. A new video published by Apple leaker Sonny Dickson shows off an early-stage version of "Acorn OS," an iPod-based interface for the iPhone that Apple was working on before deciding to go with the now-ubiquitous icon-based interface. SEE ALSO: The iPhone's remarkable 10-year history, in pictures The story goes like this: Apple had two teams working
  
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• Nokia's first Android phone coming February 26 - CNET

  11-01-2017 19:44 via cnet.com
  
  The Nokia 6 runs on Android and is already on sale in China, but it'll make its debut to the rest of the world at the end of next month, almost certainly at the world's largest mobile show.
  
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