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• How to find your eyeglass prescription without getting an exam - CNET

  06-05-2018 23:23 via cnet.com
  Need your vision specs so you can order new specs? This magical new tool can give you the numbers.
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War becomes fastest movie to make $1 billion - CNET

  06-05-2018 22:32 via cnet.com
  Disney says the Marvel superhero movie crossed the $1 billion landmark on Saturday, 11 days after its release.
  
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• LG G7 ThinQ, T-Mobile & Sprint, last mile commuting (MobileTechRoundup show #431)

  06-05-2018 21:54 via zdnet.com
  Matt has a new phone in hand to test with more coming soon, T-Mobile launched an excellent deal for military folks, and Kevin continues to move forward with Crostini on Chromebooks.
  
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• Elon Musk wants to be your candyman - CNET

  06-05-2018 20:17 via cnet.com
  The billionaire and SpaceX founder tweets plans to launch a candy company, and he's "super super serious."
  
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• Donald Glover, as Lando Calrissian, sings of space love on SNL - CNET

  06-05-2018 20:06 via cnet.com
  Dressed up as his Solo: A Star Wars Story character, Glover mocks the lack of diversity in space movies and sings about intergalactic love.
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook celebrates the iMac's 20th anniversary - CNET

  06-05-2018 18:43 via cnet.com
  Apple's CEO tweeted out his own tribute to the company's all-in-one computer on its 20th birthday.
  
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• Donald Glover's Lando Calrissian sings of space love on SNL - CNET

  06-05-2018 17:00 via cnet.com
  Dressed up as his Solo: A Star Wars Story character, Glover mocks the lack of diversity in space movies and sings about intergalactic love.
  
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• 5 things to consider before installing smart light switches - CNET

  06-05-2018 17:00 via cnet.com
  Smart lighting is a great place to start in building your smart home. But you should know these four things before installing smart switches.
  
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• Facebook privacy: Survey suggests continuing US loyalty

  06-05-2018 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A Reuters/Ipsos survey indicates most US users remain loyal, despite the Cambridge Analytica row.
  
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• ZTE says asked U.S. Commerce Department to suspend business ban

  06-05-2018 16:03
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ZTE Corp has submitted an application to the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the suspension of a business ban, it said in a filing to the Shenzhen stock exchange on Sunday.
  
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• InvisibleShield Glass Curve Elite for Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus: Bubbles, breakage, and broken promises

  06-05-2018 15:21 via zdnet.com
  Samsung's curved glass displays are a challenge for screen protector makers and despite several bold claims, my experiences show it's a tough nut to crack.
  
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• VW's Electrify America wants to cover the country in chargers by 2020 - Roadshow

  06-05-2018 15:00 via cnet.com
  It put out a map of its planned charging stations, and they're everywhere.
  
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• How to watch Google I/O 2018: Livestream, start time - CNET

  06-05-2018 14:43 via cnet.com
  Google I/O starts this Tuesday, May 8. Here's how to watch.
  
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• Apple and Buffett saw value, and acted

  06-05-2018 14:24
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Incwas not the only one to leap on a chance to buy its stock at a fat discount last quarter as Warren Buffett stepped in to scoop up an additional 75 million shares for Berkshire Hathawayat the same time.
  
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• Make the Kessel Run in Solo's new Millennium Falcon Otterbox Symmetry Apple iPhone X case

  06-05-2018 14:21 via zdnet.com
  Han Solo is my favorite Star Wars character so the day OtterBox announced new Solo: A Star Wars Story cases I placed my order and have one wrapped around my Apple iPhone X.
  
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• Nest Cam IQ Outdoor

  06-05-2018 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last year, Nest launched one of the most intelligent Wi-Fi cameras on the market, the Nest Cam IQ. It aimed to make your home more secure with the help of facial recognition, a 4K image sensor, and person-tracking. Now the Google-owned company is extending that intelligence outside, with the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor.The Nest Cam IQ Outdoor is essentially a redesigned and more intelligent version of the brand’s existing Nest Cam Outdoor, with a redesigned exterior and added features to give you
  
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• Microsoft Build 2018: Livestream, start time, what to expect - CNET

  06-05-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  What will we see from Microsoft over the next year? Its Build developer conference will deliver the first hints.
  
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• UK watchdog orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over American's personal data

  06-05-2018 13:45
  (Reuters) - Britain's data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a U.S. academic, confirming the right of people abroad to seek data held by a UK firm.
  
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• In defense of the Goldilocks phone - CNET

  06-05-2018 13:00 via cnet.com
  Boring phone specs? Don't be so quick to sneer.
  
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• Buffett craves more Apple shares, endorses its buybacks

  06-05-2018 12:58
  OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett has been buying a boatload of Apple Inc shares and on Saturday suggested he would buy even more shares at the right price.
  
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• Three-quarters Facebook users as active or more since privacy scandal: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  06-05-2018 12:05
  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Most of Facebook's U.S. users have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations that a political consultancy collected information about millions of accounts without owners' permission, a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday showed.
  
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• MSI WS63 Workstation Laptop

  06-05-2018 11:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MSI has long been known for their gaming laptops, but the WS63 is the company’s first foray into workstation-grade laptops. Bundled with NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards and plenty of RAM and storage, these new beasts aim to help professionals who handle video editing, CAD, 3D modelling and other GPU-intensive applications.For these kinds of applications, a traditional tower workstation is the norm, but for designers who are often on the move or hot desking, a laptop with workstation-grade per
  
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• No death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman?

  06-05-2018 09:59
  The 21st-century tech revolution is transforming human lives across the globeThe aims of the transhumanist movement are summed up by Mark O’Connell in his book To Be a Machine, which last week won the Wellcome Book prize. “It is their belief that we can and should eradicate ageing as a cause of death; that we can and should use technology to augment our bodies and our minds; that we can and should merge with machines, remaking ourselves, finally, in the image of our own higher ideals
  
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• God of War review – muscleman on a mission

  06-05-2018 09:00
  The latest in the God of War series, an affectionate father-son psychodrama, shows how video game bruisers are maturing alongside their creatorsIn an industry now in its mid-to-late 30s, and still with a predominantly male workforce, the glut of recent blockbuster video games featuring father-child relationships surely reflects the preoccupations of the men who make them. God of War is the latest specimen: a game in which a monosyllabic muscleman is on a journey to scatter his late wife’s
  
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• As Hubble turns 28, check out the marvel of the Lagoon Nebula

  06-05-2018 08:00
  
  4,000 light years away, the Lagoon Nebula – a vast stellar nursery of swirling gas and dust – houses Herschel 36, a star 32 times bigger than the Sun
  
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• Celebrity species: from the DiCaprio water beetle to Obama spiders

  06-05-2018 07:59
  Forget the awards and acclaim – nothing says you’ve hit the big time like having a creature named after youA new species of water beetle, discovered by scientists in Borneo, has been named after the Oscar-winning star of The Revenant. With its partially retractable head and slightly protruding eyes, Grouvellinus leonardodicaprioi was not named for its resemblance to the 43-year-old actor and environmentalist but because the scientists “wanted to highlight that even the smallest
  
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• Intel boosts class-leading speed with Optane SSD 905P drives

  06-05-2018 04:55 via zdnet.com
  Starting at $599, the new drive family promises improved performance and offers greater capacity for workstation users and desktop enthusiasts.
  
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• 2019 BMW X7 Prototype hides in plain sight - Roadshow

  06-05-2018 00:01 via cnet.com
  It won't be out for a few more months, but BMW let us have a crack at the prototype version of its biggest SUV to date.
  
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• 2019 BMW X7 Prototype first drive review: Super-sized split personality - Roadshow

  06-05-2018 00:01 via cnet.com
  BMW's first proper three-row SUV strikes an excellent balance between comfort and engagement.
  
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