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• Twitter's Dorsey: Site to get 'more aggressive' policing tweets - CNET

  14-10-2017 21:34 via cnet.com
  CEO Jack Dorsey responds to the #WomenBoycottTwitter protest with a string of tweets saying the company is changing policies around how it vets content.
  
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• Magnepan’s wall-of-sound speakers redefine state of the art - CNET

  14-10-2017 20:37 via cnet.com
  The Audiophiliac gets a preview of Magnepan’s new 30.7 flagship speaker.
  
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• High-end audio show dazzles the eye and ear - CNET

  14-10-2017 20:17 via cnet.com
  Hand-crafted headphones and even affordable gear take the spotlight at this show.
  
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• Tesla fired hundreds of employees in past week

  14-10-2017 19:41
  (Reuters) - Luxury electric vehicle maker Tesla Incfired about 400 employees this week, including associates, team leaders and supervisors, a former employee told Reuters on Friday.
  
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• Qualcomm wants iPhone sales, manufacturing banned in China

  14-10-2017 18:34 via zdnet.com
  In the latest edition of the Apple-Qualcomm war: Qualcomm wants iPhones out of China.
  
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• Enterprise architecture and business planning: now joined at the hip

  14-10-2017 18:25 via zdnet.com
  Thanks to cloud, lines of business are increasingly engaging in technical activity. But without deep architectural expertise, things could get very messy -- and expensive.
  
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• RIP Windows Mobile, new Oculus and Kindle video - CNET

  14-10-2017 14:50 via cnet.com
  The week's most important tech stories include Microsoft's focus shifting away from Windows Mobile, Facebook's debut of a cheaper Oculus VR headset and Amazon unveiling an new Kindle Oasis.
  
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• How to order parts for your dishwasher - CNET

  14-10-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Fix your dishwasher by finding affordable replacement parts online.
  
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• How to get an estimate on dishwasher repair - CNET

  14-10-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Find a good price on repairs when you can't fix the problem yourself.
  
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• Everything you need to know about FM radio on your phone - CNET

  14-10-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET’s Marguerite Reardon helps readers figure out the ins and outs of accessing free radio from their mobile phones.
  
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• All iPhones could have Face ID next year - CNET

  14-10-2017 13:00 via cnet.com
  Face ID may replace Touch ID on iPhones as early as next year.
  
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• Airbnb select to offer loans and advice to hosts under new scheme

  14-10-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The trial, dubbed Airbnb Select, will see rental firm provide home improvement loans as it seeks to standardise offeringsAirbnb is looking to take an increasingly active role in ensuring the homes it offers for rent on its site are pleasant to stay in, from offering loans to hosts for home improvements to actively partnering in the construction of an apartment block in Florida, according to reports.The changes, which see the company move further than ever from its origins as a listing site conne
  
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• BBC presenter challenges table tennis playing robot

  14-10-2017 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The robot can track a player's body language allowing it to play shots accordingly.
  
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• Why Pinterest boss Tim Kendall takes a daily ice bath

  14-10-2017 02:28 via bbc.co.uk
  A daily ice bath is "like having morning coffee", the tech giant's president Tim Kendall tells the BBC.
  
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• What to play this weekend: Cuphead, Shadow of War and Evil Within 2 - CNET

  14-10-2017 02:19 via cnet.com
  Playable cartoons and virtual reality.
  
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• 'Stranger Things' is on its way back: Here's how to see it - CNET

  14-10-2017 01:35 via cnet.com
  The boys, and Eleven, are returning for a second season. Here's how to book your ticket to the Upside Down by way of Hawkins, Indiana.
  
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• See a fidget spinner go bonkers in space - CNET

  14-10-2017 01:28 via cnet.com
  Just when you thought the fidget spinner rage was subsiding, astronauts on the space station get one of their own.
  
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• Uber embarks on legal battle to retain London license

  14-10-2017 01:25
  LONDON (Reuters) - Uber [UBER.UL] lodged a court appeal on Friday to overturn a decision by London's transport regulator that stripped the taxi app of its operating license in its most important European market, the first stop on what is set to be a long legal road.
  
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• VW wants to sell you new cars by advertising old ones - CNET

  14-10-2017 01:14 via cnet.com
  Commentary: A new Volkswagen ad says look at this 1960s Microbus and that old, old Beetle. Now buy, um, a Tiguan.
  
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• BlackBerry patent licensing director says he has left company

  14-10-2017 01:11
  TORONTO (Reuters) - A key attorney executing BlackBerry Ltd's patent licensing strategy has left the company, the second recent departure from the team tasked with making money from the Canadian company's intellectual property.
  
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• Garmin Forerunner 30

  14-10-2017 00:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With the Forerunner 30, Garmin has launched yet another running watch to its already impressive collection. The 30, confusingly, is actually a more recent version of the Garmin Forerunner 35.The reason for the lower number is that the Garmin Forerunner 30 is actually a pared-back version of the 35. Garmin describes it as a “simple-to-use running watch with wrist-based heart rate”. From the short amount of time that we’ve spent with it, Garmin has done a great job of removi
  
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