What if headphones didn’t have to touch your head? No earbuds falling out of your ears, no pressure on your skull. A beam of sound only you can hear, coming from tiny speakers mounted on a neckband, or perhaps an article of clothing. That’s what a few developers inside Samsung wanted to build — and …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. I hate Skype. And though I’ve had better luck with Google Hangouts, I mostly hate it too. In 2018, it’s still a big freaking chore to meet people face-to-face over the internet, particularly for business meetings — even if your company uses something …
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Google’s Project Fi phone service is pretty slick. It combines multiple cellular networks and Wi-Fi into a single network with more coverage than any single standard carrier — and it just recently added the LG G7, LG V35 and Moto G6 to the traditionally sparse list of phones you can use with it. And Tuesday, Google’s removing another hurdle that …
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More battery life. We all want it, but batteries aren’t improving, at least not quickly enough. So companies have to find battery savings elsewhere. But when it comes to laptops, chipmaker Intel may have just found a veritable jackpot. According to the company, Intel’s new Low Power Display Technology will let a standard lightweight laptop run up to 28 hours …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Ever noticed your iPhone X’s camera roll filling up with unintentional screenshots — because you accidentally press the physical buttons when fishing it out of your pocket or purse? Ever wondered why it’s so hard to force-close an app? Reportedly, both of these …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Traditionally, gold watches are heirlooms that never go out of date. The 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition, however, is now officially behind the times. According to Apple (via Kyle Seth Gray on Twitter) the original first-generation Apple Watch, gold or otherwise, won’t get …
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It’s a lot later than we expected, but it’s finally here — with today’s download of MacOS 10.13.5 (via 9to5Mac), the Messages in iCloud feature has arrived to keep your texts and shared photos in sync across all your Apple devices. So when you delete a message on your Mac, it’ll be gone from your iPhone, too. Wait, didn’t we just report that …
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What do we know about Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9? If we were to guess based on previous years, Samsung’s upcoming stylus-centric flagship would launch in August and come with an improved camera and a faster processor. That’s what Bloomberg is now reporting, quoting unnamed sources, but it gets rather specific about one point: The Galaxy Note 9 will be launched …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC 2018) kicks off this coming Monday, June 4, and we’ve got a whole list of predictions — but Bloomberg says we shouldn’t expect a new Mac, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or even an Apple TV to be …
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An Amazon Prime subscription costs $119 a year for free, fast shipping on everything you buy. Walmart’s new Jetblack service costs $50 every month — but you won’t have to do the buying. It’s a personal shopper service where you’ll simply text a request to have Walmart fulfill your needs, by purchasing the item and shipping it to you — generally …
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