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• 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' director reveals film's first word - CNET

  03-12-2017 22:25 via cnet.com
  It's kind of a spoiler, if you can get Rian Johnson to spill a few thousand other words, all in order.
  
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• They blew it: Silverdome still stands after implosion attempt - CNET

  03-12-2017 22:08 via cnet.com
  Humans said they were going to blow up the old Detroit Lions stadium, but the stadium thought that was a blast.
  
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• Best cabin tech from the 2017 L.A. auto show - Roadshow

  03-12-2017 21:44 via cnet.com
  Cooley shows you the best in-dash tech coming to showrooms next.
  
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• Justice League reacts to 'Avengers: Infinity War' trailer - CNET

  03-12-2017 21:40 via cnet.com
  Commissioner Gordon unrolls the long-awaited Marvel footage for DC's heroes, and they're either impressed, intimidated or both.
  
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• Top in-car tech from the 2017 LA Auto Show video - Roadshow

  03-12-2017 20:57 via cnet.com
  Jump in next to Cooley and see what's new in next year's dashboards.
  
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• The women of SNL offer biting view of sexual harrassment - CNET

  03-12-2017 20:30 via cnet.com
  Commentary: A simple pop song laments (not) the demise of "House of Cards" and explains that women have been in harassment hell for hundreds of years.
  
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• Pixel 2, Nintendo Switch, iOS 11, and Samsung S9 rumors (MobileTechRoundup #415)

  03-12-2017 20:19 via zdnet.com
  The holiday shopping season kicked off with Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, which we both took advantage of, primarily for family purchases. We are also gearing up for CES in January.
  
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• Vodafone launches NBN services

  03-12-2017 20:11 via zdnet.com
  Customers whose premises are ready for service across Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Newcastle, and Geelong are now able to order an NBN service from Vodafone.
  
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• 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' actor is sorry about punching that porg - CNET

  03-12-2017 19:42 via cnet.com
  The Star Wars creatures are going to have to keep working on their interspecies friendship.
  
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• I went to buy an iPhone X. T-Mobile told me it wasn't worth it - CNET

  03-12-2017 18:00 via cnet.com
  Commentary: A visit to a T-Mobile store reveals some very particular feelings about Apple's new phone.
  
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• Turf's up! Guy fixing football field is Twitter's new hero - CNET

  03-12-2017 16:49 via cnet.com
  If you had majored in turf-grass management (which is a real thing), this is your Super Bowl.
  
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• Liberty Shield VPN Router

  03-12-2017 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Liberty Shield is a UK-based proxy and VPN provider, previously known as UK Proxy Server.The company offers the usual range of software clients, along with a preconfigured router, both of which give you access to the same small network of eight locations: UK, US, Ireland, Germany, Canada, Spain, France and Switzerland.The Liberty Shield website makes big claims about performance, claiming to offer "superfast Tier 2 network speed with sophisticated routing to help ensure zero buffering with video
  
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• We put ’Elon’s Musk’ to the smell test - CNET

  03-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  This isn’t the reaction we expected.
  
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• These kitchen gadgets made an impression in 2017 - CNET

  03-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Here are some of the small appliances, tools and devices that impressed us this year.
  
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• Smart baby gear for new parents video - CNET

  03-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  A smarter spin on baby gear to give new parents a helping hand.
  
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• It's still weird to make mobile payments in the US. Here's why - CNET

  03-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  The future of America's payment system still feels half-broken. But a trip over to the UK showed how much better things could be.
  
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• 'Elon's Musk' doesn't smell like you think it should video - CNET

  03-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  There's an Elon Musk-inspired car air freshener. What does "Elon's Musk" smell like? We give it a whiff in a blind smell test.
  
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• 7 kitchen appliances that will make you give cooking a try - CNET

  03-12-2017 14:00 via cnet.com
  Intimidated in the kitchen? These small appliances and gadgets will help calm your nerves.
  
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• Where do online worlds go to die?

  03-12-2017 10:30 via theguardian.com
  As defunct games are shut down, players are increasingly demanding a rousing finale – and a part in itIn times like these the anxious among us are spoiled for choice when it comes to imagining fitful scenarios of how the world might end. Will we expire in a plume of nuclear smoke, or under a sloshing tide? Will the intricate machinery that stocks supermarket shelves and hospital pharmacies fail in the hazy chaos of a pandemic, or a genocide of bees?It’s truly a golden age for apocaly
  
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• Bitcoin investors hoping to make billions may end up with a sack of fool’s gold

  03-12-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The cryptocurrency may not be a threat to the world economy, but that should not stop regulators from protecting investors from itSifting the Yukon river for gold was a waste of time for most of the 100,000 prospectors seeking to make themselves rich in the 1890s. The same can be said of the bitcoin miners who dream of striking it rich by getting their hands on some of the extremely lucrative and painfully elusive electronic currency.Relatively few people have managed to decipher the codes neede
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook says developers have earned $17 billion from China App Store

  03-12-2017 05:38
  WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($16.93 billion), representing roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings.
  
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• For security agencies, blockchain goes from suspect to potential solution

  03-12-2017 04:01
  (Reuters) - Police and security agencies have so far only taken an interest in blockchain - the distributed ledger technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin - for tracking criminals hiding illegal money from banks.
  
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• China's Xi says country will not close door to global internet

  03-12-2017 03:50
  WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key to the development of the internet.
  
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