Jason Hiner

The 5 biggest tech trends from CES 2020

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. With thousands of new products shouting for your attention, you can easily miss the bigger takeaways at CES. Recognizing the trends that develop and will impact the future is one of the most valuable things about …

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Apple makes surprise appearance at CES 2020 in a unique Samsung product

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The buzz about Apple officially returning to CES after 28 years is true. Apple’s Jane Horvath is speaking on a panel about privacy on Tuesday at 1 p.m. PT, and HomeKit-compatible devices are expected to be on display when the show …

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CES 2020: 6 things that will dominate this year’s show

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2020 will do what CES always does best — preview future products and reveal the trends that will shape the year ahead in tech. Of course, some of the products that make headlines at CES are sneak peeks at real …

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CNET Innovation Awards celebrate four products that gave us 2019 breakthroughs

CNET writers and editors strive to give you the best buying advice while keeping an eye out for technologies that will open up new possibilities for tomorrow. For two decades, our Editors’ Choice Awards have singled out the products you should spend your money on. This year, we’re fired up to launch our first Innovation Awards for the most groundbreaking …

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CNET names 2019’s top tech products of the year

A ton of new tech came flying at us again in 2019. But weeding out the minor upgrades and the products that aren’t ready for prime time from the stuff that’s actually worth your hard-earned money is what CNET’s all about. Our team kicked the tires on a lot of new products, and a bunch of those ended up in …

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MacOS Catalina review: Mac goes pro, makes iPad a partner

If you’ve been a fan of the Mac during the past decade, you’ve probably felt like a kid who had been an only child until their parents surprised everyone by having a baby late in life. But, this wasn’t just any new baby. The little wunderkind went on to become a straight-A student, a sports star and a decent human …

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Countdown: The 10 most important tech trends of the decade

This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. When I hustled out of CNET headquarters in San Francisco on May 26, 2010, and slipped into a rental car with two of my co-workers to head to a meeting across the …

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Shinsekai Into the Depths delivers Apple Arcade’s most console

This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. When you take the controls of Shinsekai Into the Depths, you’re not sure what’s going on or where to go. You’re an underwater explorer in an astronaut-like suit crisscrossing an aquatic world that’s deceptively empty and elusively …

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The Enchanted World transforms personal tragedy into a ‘magical’ Apple Arcade game

This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. Three years ago in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Amar Zubcevic and Ivan Ramadan started making a little video game together. They had no clue that the journey would end in 2019 with a puzzle game that’s now one of …

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MacOS Catalina’s 3 best features in the public beta

The public beta of MacOS 10.15 Catalina is here for everyone to try, now that Apple has released it early — along with the public betas for both iOS 13 and iPadOS. We’ve been testing the various Catalina betas since early June and we have hands-on insights on what’s in it and the best new features you’re going to be …

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