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• 7 Gmail tips every emailer should know - CNET

  19-05-2018 22:00 via cnet.com
  Want to quietly opt out of an email chain or take back that pathetic note to your ex? Gmail can help.
  
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• Koss’ iconic Porta Pro headphone gets a Bluetooth model - CNET

  19-05-2018 20:17 via cnet.com
  The new Koss Porta Pro Wireless goes for not quite double the price of the wired model. Is it worth it?
  
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• Here’s a pint-size, yet feature-packed power amp from PS Audio - CNET

  19-05-2018 19:47 via cnet.com
  PS Audio revised their popular little integrated amp and rechristened it the Sprout 100.
  
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• X-Force, Deadpool 2's new superhero team, explained - CNET

  19-05-2018 19:05 via cnet.com
  Deadpool 2 features the cinematic debut of a long-running Marvel comics team. Here's everything you need to know about them. Mild spoilers ahead.
  
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• Samsung owes Apple $1B -- or maybe just $28M. OK, jury, what'll it be? - CNET

  19-05-2018 19:03 via cnet.com
  Either way, design patents are looking like a hot commodity in Silicon Valley as the jury starts deliberating.
  
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• How many Google Home or Alexa speakers should you own? It depends - CNET

  19-05-2018 19:00 via cnet.com
  Can't get enough of Google Home or Alexa? This is for you.
  
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• Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Watch the replay - CNET

  19-05-2018 18:51 via cnet.com
  Slept through the royal wedding? Here's how to watch it.
  
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• 13 Instant Pot tips, recipes and features everyone should know - CNET

  19-05-2018 18:45 via cnet.com
  Here's proof we spend way too much time with the Instant Pot.
  
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• The Instant Pot Community is the best page on Facebook - CNET

  19-05-2018 18:00 via cnet.com
  Commentary: I joined the Instant Pot Community group on Facebook to learn why this electric, countertop pressure cooker had such a fervent following. I stay because of the recipes, camaraderie and low-stakes, politics-free internet drama.
  
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• Six deals for Saturday: $21 wireless headphones, $55 4K Roku and more - CNET

  19-05-2018 17:26 via cnet.com
  Here are a few of the top tech deals we think are worth checking out this weekend.
  
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• Google Assistant 101: Get to know Google's voice-activated helper - CNET

  19-05-2018 17:00 via cnet.com
  What is Google Assistant? What can it do? How do you control it? Get caught up on Google's version of Siri or Alexa.
  
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• Tech firms can't keep our data forever: we need a Digital Expiry Date

  19-05-2018 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Requiring companies to erase our information quarterly would offer us greater freedom online – without destroying profit marginsIt’s taken a long time, but people have finally discovered how much information companies like Google and Facebook have on them. We cannot keep sacrificing our privacy and dignity to continue using the internet. However, at the same time, new digital innovations that millions love and enjoy require our data. So what are we to do?The biggest issue with the so
  
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• In New York, his neighbors pounded on his walls, so he built this home theater in Texas - CNET

  19-05-2018 15:59 via cnet.com
  Growing up in a New York City apartment, Rajesh could never have his dream home-entertainment system. But he finally got his wish in Texas.
  
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• Deadpool is not part of the MCU. Please stop asking - CNET

  19-05-2018 15:00 via cnet.com
  He's barely even part of the X-Men (trainee!).
  
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• Facebook suspends apps, Senate votes to stop net neutrality repeal video - CNET

  19-05-2018 14:50 via cnet.com
  This week's major tech headlines include Facebook suspending over 200 apps due to misuse of data, the Senate's effort to preserve net neutrality and Xbox's Adaptive Controller aimed at aiding disabled gamers.
  
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• Our favorite tech and luxury features of 2018 - Roadshow

  19-05-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  Roadshow's editors pick their favorite in-car luxury, convenience, infotainment and safety tech features.
  
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• Meet the smartest locks on the block - CNET

  19-05-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  Take your pick of these smart locks that let you lose your keys for good.
  
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• How one little thermostat started a design revolution - CNET

  19-05-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  Commentary: Thermostats used to be ugly. The Nest Learning Thermostat changed all that.
  
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• Deadpool 2 cameos: Yes, that is Brad Pitt - CNET

  19-05-2018 14:00 via cnet.com
  If you blink, you'll miss these hilarious cameos.
  
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• Deutsche Boerse to include tech stocks in MDAX and SDAX in index shakeup

  19-05-2018 09:38
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse, the German stock exchange operator, is planning a major shakeup of the composition of three key indexes later this year that affects technology stocks.
  
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• Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS

  19-05-2018 07:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Although Huawei has been making phones in partnership with Porsche Design when the Mate 9 launched, these phones have really only been a more polished design of the identical product that's packaged more lavishly.But with the latest Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS released alongside the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro, we are seeing a product that takes the best Huawei has to offer and add enough on top to make it a new, separate product.You get a better and higher-res screen, wireless charging and the wor
  
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• NHS warns patients they could lose text alerts as GDPR deluge continues

  19-05-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Health service joins UK firms in rushing to comply with new data protection rulesThe National Health Service is texting patients to warn they could lose alerts about hospital and doctor appointments, joining the deluge of more than 1bn “GDPR” messages currently hitting personal inboxes to meet an EU deadline this week.GDPR, which stands for General Data Protection Regulation, has been described as the biggest overhaul of online privacy since the birth of the internet, and comes into
  
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• ISS sides against two Tesla directors, backs split of Musk's roles

  19-05-2018 06:50
  BOSTON (Reuters) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommended on Friday that investors vote against Tesla Incdirectors Antonio Gracias and James Murdoch, increasing pressure on the car maker over their roles on its board.
  
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• TCL 6-Series Roku TV (R615, R617)

  19-05-2018 04:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There’s no doubt in our minds - the TCL P6-Series was hands down the best budget TV of last year in the sub-$1,000 price range. It made our Best TVs of 2017 list, as well as our Best 4K TVs of 2017 list, alongside OLEDs from Sony and LG, and QLED TVs from Samsung - all of which cost two, three, four or even five times as much as TCL’s budget-friendly series.If there was a downside to last year’s models, one that could’ve and should’ve been fixed by year’s end,
  
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• Germany calls on chip and hardware makers to tackle processor flaws

  19-05-2018 03:00
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal cyber agency called on chip and hardware-makers to address new vulnerabilities discovered in computer central processing units, but said no complete fix was possible at the moment.
  
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• Nuance reportedly acquires Voicebox Technologies

  19-05-2018 02:46 via zdnet.com
  Voicebox, based in Bellevue, Washington, has developed a VoiceAI platform used in home and IoT devices, as well as connected cars.
  
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• Maker Faire captures the DIY spirit in art, science, music and robotics - CNET

  19-05-2018 02:44 via cnet.com
  The spirit of innovation, culture and education.
  
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• FCC investigating website flaw that exposed mobile phone locations

  19-05-2018 02:18
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it was referring reports that a website flaw could have allowed the location of mobile phone customers to be tracked to its enforcement bureau to investigate.
  
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• Get to know the new AI-powered Google News app video - CNET

  19-05-2018 02:16 via cnet.com
  The app replaces the Google Play Newsstand app on iOS and Android and is rolling out to users now.
  
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• The apps designed to help mental health

  19-05-2018 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  New apps and platforms are seen as a way to reach younger people with mental health conditions.
  
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• Revamped YouTube Music aims to better appeal to local audio tastes

  19-05-2018 01:37
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - YouTube is hiring music experts across the world to make its revamped music streaming subscription more locally "authentic," officials at YouTube, a unit of Alphabet Inc'sGoogle, told Reuters on Friday.
  
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• GoFundMe campaign raises money to send Mariachi band, taco truck to racist NYC lawyer - CNET

  19-05-2018 00:59 via cnet.com
  Twitter sure has a creative approach to dealing with racism.
  
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• FCC investigating LocationSmart over phone-tracking flaw - CNET

  19-05-2018 00:59 via cnet.com
  The company that boasts it can find any phone in the US lands on the FCC's radar after a report its website exposed millions of Americans.
  
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• Hearing Yanny? You might speak a lot of languages - CNET

  19-05-2018 00:34 via cnet.com
  Polyglots aren't picking up on Laurel.
  
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• Tidal investigates data breach, denies report it faked streams - CNET

  19-05-2018 00:25 via cnet.com
  A Norwegian newspaper says Tidal inflated streaming numbers for Beyonce and Kanye albums.
  
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• The Hello Kitty bullet train you dreamed of enters reality on June 30th - Roadshow

  19-05-2018 00:15 via cnet.com
  Hello Kitty is the subject of Japan's second pop culture-themed bullet train which enters service on June 30.
  
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