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• Is recorded music better than live music -- or is it the other way around? - CNET

  03-06-2017 20:47 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac ponders the live vs. recorded music question.
  
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• 'A first step, not a finish line' — Disney and Epic Games have connected Disney World’s and Disneyland’s Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run to a brand-new Star Wars adventure in Fortnite

  16-08-2026 01:30 via techradar.com
  
  Disney and Epic Games have been promising a ‘persistent, open and interoperable’ universe since February 2024, when Disney took a $1.5 billion equity stake in Epic Games, and Bob Iger called it the company's biggest foray into games ever. Two and a half years and a handful of Fortnite islands later, we're finally getting something that behaves like what was actually promised: a Disney park experience that connects, mechanically, to Fortnite itself.Most of what's arrived since that 20
  
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• Quote of the day by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: 'Our industry does not respect tradition – it only respects innovation' — a communiqué stamping authority

  16-08-2026 00:00 via techradar.com
  
  Tech companies, including those in Silicon Valley and others outside of the set like Microsoft, have been through various guises through the years. Plenty of the old tech giants, like IBM and Toshiba, continue to enjoy success in the 21st century due to a chameleon-like quality that keeps them innovating and bringing in new revenue streams.Evolve or dieThe Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote these words in his first email to company employees when he took the reins from Steve Ballmer. Quote of the
  
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• How to watch UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry live streams, no PPV, start time, full card

  16-08-2026 00:00 via techradar.com
  
  UFC 330: Saturday, August 15Main Card time: 9pm ET / 6pm ET / 2am BST (Sun) / 11am AEST (Sun)Watch on Paramount Plus for $8.99 or for $1 with Walmart+ 30-day trial (US only)Overseas? Use Surfshark to watch your US services from anywhereTonight's UFC 330 headline bout is sure to be cracker as Islam Makhachev defends his welterweight crown for the first time, against Ian Machado Garry. Pound-for-pound king Makhachev is one win from a 17th straight UFC victory, a record, but Irishman Garry is despe
  
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• Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 16, #896

  15-08-2026 23:38 via cnet.com
  
  Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Strands puzzle for Aug. 16, 2026.
  
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• Today’s NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Aug. 16, #1162

  15-08-2026 23:30 via cnet.com
  
  Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 16, 2026.
  
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• Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 16, #692

  15-08-2026 23:11 via cnet.com
  
  Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 16, 2026.
  
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• The US Navy finally has a carrier with a built-in center for drones and other unmanned aircraft

  15-08-2026 23:05 via techradar.com
  
  USS Theodore Roosevelt is now the Navy’s first carrier ready for MQ-25 operationsUS Navy spent years developing infrastructure needed to operate unmanned aircraft aboard carriersRonald Reagan is expected to join the MQ-25 carrier fleet in August 2026The US Navy has completed a major step toward operating unmanned aircraft from carriers with dedicated facilities for controlling them.The USS Theodore Roosevelt is now the service’s first carrier with a fully operational Unmanned Air War
  
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• Finished watching My Brilliant Career on Netflix? Stream this 'wild' and 'bonkers' period drama on Prime Video next — it's an even better double bill than Bridgerton

  15-08-2026 22:00 via techradar.com
  
  I finished watching My Brilliant Career on Netflix almost a week ago, and I still can't stop thinking about it. Based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Miles Franklin, we're introduced to the voracious, outspoken, and self-assured eldest daughter, Sybylla (Philippa Northeast) from Possum Gully (what an incredible name), as she's forced to move into her Grandma's (Anna Chancellor) house to be conditioned for her entry into high society. Convinced that she doesn't want a husband but instead wa
  
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• Amazon's throwing in a $100 gift card with the Pixel 11 right now — probably the most boring, yet useful, opening deal

  15-08-2026 22:00 via techradar.com
  
  If you haven't secured yourself a Google Pixel 11 preorder, then I've got one more potential option to throw in the ring. In fact, it might be the best option if you're looking to buy an unlocked device outright.Amazon currently lists the Google Pixel 11 for preorder with a $100 gift card on all colors and storage sizes. That's a gift card to spend anywhere on Amazon, so it's definitely a very handy little bonus, even if it's not an outright discount.The closest deal I've seen to this gift card
  
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• Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris has signed up with a mysterious company claiming it provides 'rocket fuel for AI' — but why?

  15-08-2026 21:45 via techradar.com
  
  In today's social media age, celebrity brand ambassadors are a common sight, helping endorse or promote a brand's products or tools, giving that extra bit of sparkle or star power.This is especially true in the consumer market, but we're now increasingly seeing it in the B2B tech world, where what 10 years ago would have been niche businesses now have the power to hire top talent to promote their brand - I'm talking Idris Elba promoting ServiceNow, Keanu Reeves bigging up Palo Alto Networks, and
  
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• I’ve played 1,500 hours of Battlefield — here’s why Battlefield 4 is still the most essential entry in the series

  15-08-2026 21:00 via techradar.com
  
  I’ve played a lot of Battlefield. Across the series, I’ve spent more than 1,500 hours running and gunning through its virtual combat zones* — that’s about 0.7 per cent of my entire life. And as our Battlefield 6 review details, 2025’s flagship first-person+ shooter from Battlefield Studios has put the long-running franchise back in the spotlight after an extended off-season. It even beat Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 to become the best-selling FPS game of 2025.However,
  
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• X-Men Cast, VisionQuest Trailer: All the Big Marvel News Out of D23

  15-08-2026 20:58 via cnet.com
  
  Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds also begged to be cast in Avengers: Doomsday.
  
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• Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian Is Packed With Laughs, Flashbacks and Lots of Grogu

  15-08-2026 20:58 via cnet.com
  
  Starting September 2nd, The Mandalorian and Grogu are getting the Lego treatment.
  
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• Disney D23 Movies and Streaming Lineup: Biggest Surprises and Everything Else

  15-08-2026 20:43 via cnet.com
  
  Dek: Zootopia 3, Coco 2, Percy Jackson season 3, Ice Age 6, live-action Rapunzel, Bluey and a Kingdom Hearts series were some of the major announcements out of Disney’s big event.
  
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• OVH Cloud tells users to expect 87% price rise — with gaming servers hit particularly hard

  15-08-2026 20:35 via techradar.com
  
  OVHcloud will raise dedicated server prices from September 2026, with latest-generation Game range going up by as much as 87%Current-generation hardware will see increases of 51%, while older, 2024-gen hardware will see prices go up by 28% on averageMove is linked to AI-related surge in memory and storage prices, with OVHcloud CEO stating the former has increased sixfold and could potentially double again by early 2027French cloud platform OVHcloud is sounding the alarm for customers who use its
  
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• Light Up Your Space for Less With Up to 45% Off Govee Lights

  15-08-2026 20:00 via cnet.com
  
  These offers take up to $170 off some of Govee’s most popular indoor and outdoor lights.
  
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• Exclusive: 'If we're going to do it half-assed, let's not do it at all' — Co-founder reveals how a Batman chair changed Secretlab forever

  15-08-2026 20:00 via techradar.com
  
  Founded in 2014 by competitive Starcraft 2 players Ian Ang and Alaric Choo, Secretlab has steadily grown from one of Singapore’s countless plucky start-ups to one of the most recognizable gaming chair brands in the world.The award-winning Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 is its flagship product (named one of the best gaming chairs on the market in our review). The brand also manufactures a successful line of desks and this year branched into the productivity-focused task chair market with its new
  
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• Patent Filing Suggests Meta’s Facial Recognition Glasses Are Coming

  15-08-2026 19:26 via cnet.com
  
  A patent filing details ways that Meta could use facial recognition with its smart glasses to create media files, such as videos.
  
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• Anthropic becomes the 'Apple of AI' as it grabs most revenue despite being the most expensive

  15-08-2026 19:05 via techradar.com
  
  Volume and spend on tokens for Anthropic’s AI solutions made it more revenue than any of its competitors in July 2026, cementing its position as the top LLM providerThis success is despite Anthropic’s tokens being more expensive than its competitorsThe data was collated by Vercel’s AI Gateway, an API service that routes LLMs for easy AI provider swappingMonthly analysis of the AI industry has revealed a number of surprises for July 2026, not least the continued growth of Anthro
  
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• ‘The Qualcomm chipset offers very good performance for still image processing, but for video, it’s not good enough’: Honor explains why it created a dedicated imaging chipset for its gimbal-equipped Robot Phone

  15-08-2026 19:00 via techradar.com
  
  Writing about chipsets can be a bit like watching paint dry. These tiny mobile brains get more powerful every year, but 99% of smartphone users don’t get anywhere close to using their full potential. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, for instance, came out in 2023, but most people would be hard-pressed to notice a performance difference between that chipset and Qualcomm’s latest, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which powers most of today’s best Android phones.It’s a classic case of d
  
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• I think Seed is the dawn of a new age for MMOs — after spending one month building a metropolis with strangers, this imperfect yet addictive life sim feels like the next big thing

  15-08-2026 19:00 via techradar.com
  
  If you’d have told me that in the fine year of 2026, I’d be back to my hobgoblin ways of racing home to pour hours into a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, I’d probably have laughed you off. Under the RadarUnder the Radar is our way of highlighting great games that might have passed you by. Through a regular mix of news stories and features, we'll cover great experiences that we feel haven't found the audience they deserve. Read the full series here.However, here I am, w
  
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• I saw behind-the-scenes of a 4K movie restoration — and it's made me appreciate the quality of my 4K Blu-rays more than ever now I understand the 'ethical dilemmas' and artistry involved

  15-08-2026 19:00 via techradar.com
  
  4K Blu-ray is a big part of my work at TechRadar. Not only is it my staple source for testing the best TVs and best soundbars, but thanks to its superior picture and audio quality over 4K streaming, the movies themselves have now become one of my main areas of coverage. As a big fan of 4K Blu-ray, both as a user in AV testing and as a collector, I helped start our Blu-ray Bounty series, where we review the latest 4K releases from each month, scrutinizing their picture and audio quality, back in
  
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• Disney Snuck in and Overhauled the Millennium Falcon While You Were Sleeping. Here’s Why

  15-08-2026 18:47 via cnet.com
  
  Disney Imagineers put in way more work than you might think to update Smuggler’s Run in Disneyland.
  
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• I spent two months using the Eureka Ergonomic Wonder Glowing Glass Desk, and it's beautiful — but there's one small problem

  15-08-2026 18:30 via techradar.com
  
  Eureka Ergonomic Wonder Glowing Glass Desk: Two-minute reviewAs I'm writing this review, I'm surrounded by an abundance of glowing red stars decorated all over my desk. It's hard not to feel relaxed here, thanks to the beautiful desktop, which can be activated in specific areas by your touch, or turned onto a setting that allows them to twinkle manually all across the glass panel.When it comes to the best gaming desks or best standing desks, the Eureka Ergonomic Wonder Glowing Glass Desk is suit
  
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• Starfighter Trailer, Ahsoka and Anakin: Biggest Star Wars News Out of D23

  15-08-2026 18:23 via cnet.com
  
  Hayden Christensen is back, and Ryan Gosling is ready for his Starfighter role.
  
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• X-Men '97 season 3: everything we know so far about the popular Marvel animated show's return on Disney+

  15-08-2026 18:00 via techradar.com
  
  X-Men '97 season 3: key information- Already deep into its development cycle
  - Set to be released in 2027
  - No trailer available to watch yet
  - Vast majority of its main voice cast set to return
  - Other characters due to join its ensemble
  - Season 2 finale drops big clue about the direction of its plot
  - Season 4 already in the worksRejoice, Marvel fans, because X-Men '97 season 3 is already deep into its development cycle. That means we'll see it sometime in 2027, which is a welcome change from
  
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• This massive standing desk is everything I need and more — and best of all the Eureka Ergonomic Aero Pro won’t demolish your bank account

  15-08-2026 17:00 via techradar.com
  
  Standing desks boast a variety of comfort and long-term health benefits over sitting in your chair all day, and if you’re looking for one that won’t just serve as a simple desk but a command center for your setup — be it for working from home, content creation, or gaming, or a mixture of all three — you’ll love the Eureka Ergonomic Aero Pro, and it's one of the best standing desks we've tested.I’ve been testing it for the past couple of months, and this frankl
  
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• ‘Fitness is a natural extension of how people already use Spotify today’: That’s what the platform’s Senior Director of Product, Austin Lamon, believes — and he’s not done investing in the fitness hub's development just

  15-08-2026 16:00 via techradar.com
  
  Spotify has always found ways to branch out beyond music, now the platform is a hub for all-things audiobooks and podcasts. So what do you do when you’ve got every audio format under your belt? You venture into fitness, of course. The best music streaming service kick-started its new Fitness hub in April by announcing a partnership with Peloton, bringing a slew of video workouts from Peloton trainers right to the Spotify app. Just a few weeks ago, the platform launched Running Mode, a coll
  
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• How to watch La Liga 2026/27: Live streams, TV channels, schedule

  15-08-2026 16:00 via techradar.com
  
  Stream La Liga 2026/27 free on the CazeTV YouTube channel (Brazil)Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save up to 75%)La Liga week 1: Saturday, August 15 – Sunday, August 23Watch La Liga 2026/27 live streams, as Jose Mourinho sets about knocking Barcelona off their perch by any means necessary. There was a chasm between the champions and Real Madrid last season, even though Lamine Yamal missed a chunk of the campaign. For the Special One to stand any chance of closing it, he'll surely have to
  
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