Justin Yu

LifeBeam artificial intelligence headphones put a biosensing fitness coach in your ear

Most wearable fitness trackers give you the option to choose your own headphones to listen to while you exercise, but the new Vi headphones from LifeBeam actually bundles a pair of proprietary “biosensing” headphones along with an artificial intelligence app to put a personal fitness coach right in your ear. Vi is outfitted with eleven …

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Netflix enables picture

Apple iPads have had the ability to display picture-in-picture mode for video playback since the introduction of iOS 9, but Netflix was slow to add the feature to its app, until today. The streaming video service on Tuesday released version 8.7.0 in the iTunes store. The app can now minimize videos so you can watch them while multitasking on an …

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Phab 2 Pro Tango phone and modular Moto Z: Everything Lenovo announced at its annual Tech World Conference

Now playing: Watch this: The Lenovo Phab2 Pro makes your current reality a bit… 1:06 Lenovo held its annual Tech World conference today in San Francisco with a live broadcast featuring Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing, who took the stage to share his vision for the future and of course, to launch a handful of new cross-connected products including the …

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Amazon just dropped the price of one of our favorite laser printers

There’s a reason why Brother’s laser printers have consistently earned a spot on this list of CNET’s favorite printers: they’re dead simple to use, the toner costs less than most of the competition on the shelf, and print jobs are out in seconds thanks to their speedy print engines. And whereas all-in-one inkjet printers often require a multi-step set-up, the …

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Instagram version 8.2 adds a photo

Instagram has announced an update to its popular social photography app that makes it a little easier for iOS users to upload photos directly from any iPhone app. Version 8.2’s latest trick takes a step out of the Instagram photo uploading process by adding a shortcut extension to the iOS Share menu in iOS apps, including the native Photos app. …

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Apple patent hints at ‘bone conduction’ EarPod headphones for improved voice call clarity

A patent awarded to Apple on Tuesday shows the company is researching the use of bone conduction technology to improve voice call quality in its EarPod headphones. Enlarge Image U.S. Patent No. 9,363,596 uspto.gov US Patent No. 9,363,596 shows a diagram detailing a pair of wired earbuds with an internal accelerometer that can distinguish between a user’s voice and ambient …

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Download all the Android apps you want on these two new Acer Chromebooks

Google has updated its online store, adding the Acer Chromebook 11 and Acer Chromebook 14 to its current offering. Announced at this year’s CES back in January, the laptops are the first of a new breed of Chromebooks that will be able to run Android apps when the stable release updates this September. The $180 (£125, AU $244) Acer Chromebook …

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Coloud launches three wallet

We’ve featured Coloud headphones on CNET in the past, but you might recognize the company as the brains behind other personal audio brands like Marshall and Urbanears. Today, the company added three new products to its lineup of budget-conscious headphones: the No. 16 on-ear, the No. 8 lightweight on-ear and the No. 4 earbuds. The No. 16 model is built …

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HP Deskjet 3755 inkjet printer boasts ‘world’s smallest all

Now playing: Watch this: The ‘world’s smallest all-in-one printer’ costs $70 1:05 Inkjet printers are so aesthetically forgettable that they usually live underneath a desk, hidden out of the sight until the occasional homework assignment, reservation confirmation or airplane ticket gives them a job to do. That’s why the new HP Deskjet 3755 inkjet printer is refreshing on two levels: …

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Fluance ships two new belt

If you purchased a pair of home audio speakers in the past ten years, there’s a good chance you’ve auditioned Fluance as an option, but the company is venturing into new territory today with the official release of two belt-drive turntables that both feature a built-in preamplifier. The company launched a Kickstarter page back in March to fund the project …

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