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• CNET News talks to "Annihilation" director, Alex Garland - CNET

  07-02-2018 23:56 via cnet.com
  Garland has a thing for all the ways the future could go wrong. Watch as CNET News' Editor-in-Chief Connie Guglielmo explores his obsession sci-fi horror.
  
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• Reddit cracks down on involuntary pornography - CNET

  07-02-2018 23:54 via cnet.com
  It's just the latest platform to boot faked pornographic material this week.
  
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• Google awards $2.9 million for bug bounties in 2017

  07-02-2018 23:50 via zdnet.com
  Google has awarded close to $12 million to security researchers since November 2010.
  
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• Kylie Jenner's baby beats Beyoncé as most-liked Instagram photo - CNET

  07-02-2018 23:44 via cnet.com
  Kylie Jenner's newborn baby Stormi is now the reigning queen of Instagram, with the most popular image on the photo-sharing platform.
  
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• How the 2019 Ford Raptor Ranger compares to the Colorado ZR2 - Roadshow

  07-02-2018 23:43 via cnet.com
  Ford has announced an overseas Raptor version of its new Ranger midsize pickup. How would it compare to its toughest competitors if it makes it to the US?
  
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• Tesla Q4 2017 report looks sunny, bodes well for 2018 - Roadshow

  07-02-2018 23:28 via cnet.com
  While the numbers weren't huge, the net result of Tesla's efforts in 2017 put the company in an excellent position to have a banner year in 2018.
  
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• Don't worry, Apple probably won't throttle your iPhone X or 8 - CNET

  07-02-2018 23:20 via cnet.com
  In Apple's rebuttal to congress, the company says its newest iPhones have unspecified "hardware updates" that prevent them from needing to be slowed down like the iPhone 6 or 6S.
  
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• 5 reasons to use Facebook Marketplace instead of Craigslist video - CNET

  07-02-2018 23:20 via cnet.com
  Here are some points in favor of Marketplace and why it might be even better than Craigslist.
  
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• Elon Musk's Tesla announces biggest quarterly loss ever

  07-02-2018 23:06
  Loss of $675.4m announced day after Musk’s car sent into space in test of SpaceX rocketThe tech billionaire Elon Musk sent one of his Tesla electric cars into space yesterday, a day before the company that built it announced its biggest ever quarterly loss.Musk’s Tesla electric car and energy storage company lost $675.4m in the three months ending 31 December, the company announced on Thursday, compared with a loss of $121m for the same period last year.Continue reading...
  
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• 2018 Lexus RX three-row models priced from $47,670 - Roadshow

  07-02-2018 23:04 via cnet.com
  Your mom and dad's dream SUV just got way more practical, and way nicer to spend time in thanks to optional luxury packages.
  
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• How to open iPhone HEIC images on Windows - CNET

  07-02-2018 23:01 via cnet.com
  After the iOS 11 update, iPhones now use HEIC images by default. The new standard isn't widely supported yet. Here's how to deal with HEIC images on your Windows machine.
  
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• About 20 percent of cryptocurrency owners bought with credit - CNET

  07-02-2018 22:59 via cnet.com
  A survey of around 3,000 people finds some were so desperate to buy cryptocurrencies, they bought on credit.
  
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• Google's hardware team absorbs Nest to co-develop products

  07-02-2018 22:40 via zdnet.com
  Nest previously operated under Alphabet's 'Other Bets' group of projects.
  
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• Tom Cruise shows off his daring 'Mission: Impossible' stunt - CNET

  07-02-2018 22:39 via cnet.com
  Cruise proves his daredevil determination in this stunt maneuver on a crashing helicopter from "Mission: Impossible - Fallout."
  
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• Comical Mars crater spotted by NASA looks like a tadpole - CNET

  07-02-2018 22:35 via cnet.com
  There's a pollywog on Mars. NASA has fun describing an oddball crater spotted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
  
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• British phone maker Wileyfox enters administration - CNET

  07-02-2018 22:33 via cnet.com
  The 3-year-old maker of budget phones runs out of funds ... for now at least.
  
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• 'Greed is good': ex-Uber boss likened to Gordon Gekko at trade secrets trial

  07-02-2018 22:23
  Lawyers for self-driving car company Waymo play clip from Wall Street in court, as Travis Kalanick is accused of stealing rival’s ideasA scene from the 1987 movie Wall Street became a flashpoint in the trial in which Google’s driverless car spinoff Waymo accuses the ride-hailing company Uber of stealing trade secrets. “The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good,” said the lead character, Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, in a
  
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• ​How to stream the 2018 Winter Olympics

  07-02-2018 21:44 via zdnet.com
  Watching the Olympics can be challenging -- with or without cable. Streaming can make viewing the Olympics more pleasant.
  
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• Should North Koreans get Samsung phones donated to the Olympics? - CNET

  07-02-2018 21:29 via cnet.com
  The electronics giant is giving some 4,000 Galaxy Note 8 phones for athletes to shoot, selfie and post their experiences. But they've created a dilemma.
  
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• No telecommuting allowed: Why is Google investing billions of dollars in office buildings?

  07-02-2018 21:14 via zdnet.com
  For being such a huge digital company there is nothing virtual about Google when it comes to its office space:it cannot get enough.
  
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• Apple Watch and other wearables can detect diabetes, study finds - CNET

  07-02-2018 21:13 via cnet.com
  Research from Cardiogram and UCSF shows heart rate sensors on ordinary wearables can detect diabetes with 85 percent accuracy.
  
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• Google 'Yeti' revives rumor of cloud-gaming entry, reportedly - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:53 via cnet.com
  It's not the first time Google has toyed with the idea.
  
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• AutoComplete: Ford Ranger Raptor brings the nasty video - Roadshow

  07-02-2018 20:50 via cnet.com
  Plus: Harley-Davidson recalls 175,000 bikes and Moparized Durango for Chicago.
  
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• Google sent me junk mail to drum up ad business - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:45 via cnet.com
  Commentary: You think Google is the world's most sophisticated online ad company? So why is it using junk mail -- via snail mail -- to get ad business?
  
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• 'Kim Possible' is getting a live-action Disney movie - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:41 via cnet.com
  The teen crime fighter who saved the world is coming back. But who'll play Rufus the naked mole rat?
  
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• Google and Nest reunite in push to add AI to every gadget - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:36 via cnet.com
  Nest has shipped 11 million devices, so Google isn’t ditching the brand. The new strategy: Try to get Google Assistant into more of Nest's smart gadgets in a war against Amazon's Alexa.
  
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• NBC will livestream key Olympic moments on Snapchat - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:31 via cnet.com
  Snap's new Live feature will give Snapchatters a window into Winter Olympic events in real time.
  
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• Snapchat revamp gets full-scale UK rollout

  07-02-2018 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The new design launches days after the company announced a strong fourth quarter.
  
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• Nest says it has sold over 11 million devices since 2011 - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:23 via cnet.com
  Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz says his smart home company has sold more than 11 million devices since it was founded.
  
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• Justice Department shuts down massive cybercrime ring - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:22 via cnet.com
  US attorneys charge 36 people who allegedly maintained one of the largest online criminal organizations ever.
  
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• Olympics 2018 Opening Ceremony: Start time, how to watch online and more - CNET

  07-02-2018 20:15 via cnet.com
  XXII Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea has its opening ceremony Friday.
  
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• Waymo v. Uber trial looks at Kalanick's push for 'cheat codes' - CNET

  07-02-2018 19:59 via cnet.com
  The second day on the stand for Uber ex-CEO Travis Kalanick gets off to a rough start as Waymo lawyers grill him about what he knew and when he knew it.
  
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• 'Deepfake' face-swap porn videos banned by Pornhub and Twitter

  07-02-2018 19:47
  Films depicting celebrities’ faces superimposed on to adult film actors using AI also banned from Gfycat, but not RedditTwitter and Pornhub have become the latest platforms to ban pornography made using AI-generated face-swap technology – known as “deepfakes” – as non-consensual porn.There has been an explosion in the creation of videos that use cutting-edge machine learning techniques to superimpose the faces of female celebrities on to explicit clips, due to the r
  
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• 'Deadpool 2' trailer pokes fun at Josh Brolin as Cable - CNET

  07-02-2018 19:43 via cnet.com
  Ryan Reynolds stops the trailer briefly to whine about the unfinished CGI on Cable's metal arm -- then has some real fun.
  
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• iOS 11.3: How to check if your iPhone is being slowed down - CNET

  07-02-2018 19:34 via cnet.com
  Apple's new battery health tool is now available; here's how to get it and what you need to know.
  
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