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• Amazon's Echo Look offers fashion advice. Here's why video - CNET

  26-04-2017 23:53 via cnet.com
  
  Many people immediately judged the Echo Look camera as "silly," but the fashion industry isn't small potatoes.
  
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• The Galaxy Note 7 is reportedly coming back in June, to Korea - CNET

  26-04-2017 23:41 via cnet.com
  
  Word is that refurbished models -- with a few important changes -- may appear in Samsung's home base.
  
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• Is it time to get a new dryer? Here's how to know - CNET

  26-04-2017 23:25 via cnet.com
  
  If your dryer isn't doing so hot, here's when to replace it.
  
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• Amazon's new Echo Look device wants to be your AI-powered stylist

  26-04-2017 23:16 via zdnet.com
  
  The device will take pictures of your outfit, via voice command, and offer fashion advice through style-trained machine learning algorithms.
  
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• Watch Acer's annual global press conference, Thursday at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT - CNET

  26-04-2017 23:10 via cnet.com
  
  Watch the live stream, plus updates on new laptops, gaming PCs and more.
  
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• 'Alien: Covenant' prologue short resurrects some old friends - CNET

  26-04-2017 23:06 via cnet.com
  
  The chilling two-minute video nicely connects the end of 2012's "Prometheus" with the upcoming film.
  
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• Earnings roundup: ServiceNow, Citrix beat expectations, F5 misses

  26-04-2017 22:56 via zdnet.com
  
  ​ServiceNow, which specializes in automating work flows, is seeing progress with its "land and expand" strategy.
  
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• Survey hints at cloud computing consolidation, staffing woes

  26-04-2017 22:46 via zdnet.com
  
  Intel Security survey finds strong movement to hybrid clouds supported by a few top-tier providers.
  
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• Astronaut snaps unreal sunset spacecraft photo - CNET

  26-04-2017 22:37 via cnet.com
  
  A cargo ship on approach to the space station stars in a gorgeous sunset image that looks like a sci-fi movie still.
  
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• Google Trips travels farther into Features Land - CNET

  26-04-2017 22:31 via cnet.com
  
  The travel logistics app, which pulls from your Gmail inbox to help organize your vacay, adds a few more bells and whistles.
  
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• PayPal delivers solid Q1, payment volume reaches $99 billion

  26-04-2017 22:20 via zdnet.com
  
  PayPal says it processed 1.7 billion payment transactions, which is equal to 32 payment transactions for each active account.
  
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• Adam Savage cosplays as Chewbacca with C-3PO in tow - CNET

  26-04-2017 22:12 via cnet.com
  
  Watch the former "MythBusters" co-host secretly invade Silicon Valley Comic Con while dressed as the famous Star Wars Wookiee.
  
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• FCC chairman launches process to reverse net neutrality rules

  26-04-2017 22:02 via zdnet.com
  
  "This will be the beginning of the discussion, not the end," Chairman Pai said, promising to seek public input before reversing rules.
  
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• SAS drives growth strategy in Brazil

  26-04-2017 21:56 via zdnet.com
  
  The business analytics giant ploughs resources to further develop one of its fastest-growing markets
  
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• Chrysler offers new, fancier Pacifica trim to leather seat haters - Roadshow

  26-04-2017 21:54 via cnet.com
  
  The Touring Plus trim is now the highest trim you can purchase without leather seats.
  
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• FCC Chairman begins assault on net neutrality rules - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:49 via cnet.com
  Ajit Pai introduces a proposal that would eliminate the legal foundation of the FCC's controversial net neutrality rules, but still try to preserve some openness.
  
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• Samsung wants its new app to make you a better driver - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:45 via cnet.com
  
  The In-Traffic Reply app is an attempt to stop drivers from reaching for their phone while on the road.
  
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• Can you cook a pizza in a forge made for melting metal? - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:40 via cnet.com
  
  Your kitchen oven has some competition from a raging hot forge usually used for metalworking.
  
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• TalkTalk hack attack: Friends admit cyber crime charges

  26-04-2017 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Matthew Hanley, 22, and Connor Allsopp, 20, accessed customer's information during the cyber attack.
  
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• US Air Force asks hackers to do their worst

  26-04-2017 21:30 via zdnet.com
  
  The military unit has joined the bug bounty movement following the success of the "Hack the Pentagon" competition.
  
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• Unroll.me co-founder calls users naive - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:27 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: In a passionate and some might say slightly elitist screed, the co-founder of the company that sold Lyft receipts to Uber tries to defend the practice.
  
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• Overcast shows how the Apple Watch could be a better music (and podcast) player - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:26 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: The Overcast podcast app's latest update shows the promise -- and the problems -- of away-from-phone playback on Apple Watch.
  
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• Palantir to pay $1.7m over accusation it discriminates against Asian applicants

  26-04-2017 21:17
  
  Government lawsuit against the huge Silicon Valley data-analytics firm comes at a time of heightened debate about discrimination in the tech industryPalantir, a Silicon Valley company with ties to Donald Trump, has agreed to pay $1.7m to settle a government lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Asian applicants. The $20bn data analytics company, co-founded by Peter Thiel, one of the president’s advisers, has not admitted wrongdoing in the settlement, which comes at a time of incre
  
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• Big blimp dreams: Sergey Brin's secret airship video - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:15 via cnet.com
  
  The Google co-founder is said to be building a blimp-like aircraft at a NASA hanger.
  
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• BMW built a diesel wagon with FOUR turbochargers - Roadshow

  26-04-2017 21:10 via cnet.com
  
  It's available as a sedan, too, but don't expect either to come to the US.
  
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• BMW's latest performance diesel has a quad-turbo engine - Roadshow

  26-04-2017 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  Bugatti, eat your heart out. (Not really.)
  
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• 8 things Google Home can do that Alexa can't - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:06 via cnet.com
  
  The Google Home is the first major competitor to Amazon's Alexa speakers, and Google came out of the gates swinging. Here are eight things the Google Home can do that the Echo, Dot and Tap still can't.
  
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• Serena Williams Snapchat pregnancy post was accidental - CNET

  26-04-2017 21:00 via cnet.com
  
  The tennis superstar demonstrates how easy it is to fault on social media.
  
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• Whirlpool's smart washer is a skilled cleaning machine - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:52 via cnet.com
  
  Explore the Whirlpool WTW8700EC from every angle to learn more about its main features and design elements.
  
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• Whirlpool WTW8700EC review - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:52 via cnet.com
  Whirlpool's $1,399 Smart Cabrio washer is pretty great, but you'll pay a premium for its Wi-Fi features.
  
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• Tiny hands and toppling heads show off 'SNL' visual effects - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:45 via cnet.com
  
  This fun video-effects compilation features heads and limbs flying, a creepy girl crawling out of a TV set, and yes, the president gets a hand.
  
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• Chuwi Hi13 review: The tablet that thinks it's a laptop

  26-04-2017 20:38 via zdnet.com
  
  If you want to have the flexibility of a tablet with the functionality of a laptop, then the Chuwi Hi13 will fit the bill rather nicely.
  
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• Whirlpool's Wi-Fi washing machine is actually smart video - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:32 via cnet.com
  
  The $1,399 Whirlpool Smart Cabrio top-load washer cleans well and sends you alerts when your clothes are ready.
  
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• Cheating driver gets a YouTube shaming - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:25 via cnet.com
  
  Commentary: Some people think they can skip traffic lines. Until someone teaches them a lesson.
  
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• The Guardian view on Apple-Uber affair: reasons to tame Silicon Valley | Editorial

  26-04-2017 20:23
  
  The dealings of two of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies shows that there remains an urgent political task to bring a rogue culture to heelThe taxi-hailing company Uber brings into very sharp focus the question of whether corporations can be said to have a moral character. If any human being were to behave with the single-minded and ruthless greed of the company, we would consider them sociopathic. Uber wanted to know as much as possible about the people who use its service, and those who
  
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• AutoComplete: Tesla loses points with Consumer Reports video - Roadshow

  26-04-2017 20:23 via cnet.com
  
  Plus: The Kia Cadenza earns IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus, and Hyundai patches Blue Link vulnerabilities.
  
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• Giant bunny dies on United, and Twitter hops right to the jokes - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:17 via cnet.com
  
  If there were ever an airline that didn't need another public-relations disaster, every bunny knows which one it is.
  
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• 'Alexa, does this outfit make me look fat?' (The 3:59, Ep. 217) - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:16 via cnet.com
  
  We talk about Amazon's newest Echo device and also discuss Sergey Brin's secret airship.
  
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• Solid gold Darth Vader helmet only costs $1.4 million - CNET

  26-04-2017 20:09 via cnet.com
  
  More like Darth Bling. A gaudy gold version of Darth Vader's headgear goes on sale in Japan, but it will put you back a lot of credits.
  
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