Your Super Bowl party deserves one of these 70

The stage is set for Super Bowl 53. The New England Patriots will meet the Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta on Sunday, Feb. 3. And this year you can watch it more places than ever: On CBS (CNET’s parent company) or streamed for free via CBSSports.com, or with a subscription via CBS All Access or the NFL …

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FTC’s witness criticizes Qualcomm’s economics experts as ‘sloppy’

“Outrageous.” “Fabricated.” “All messed up.” “Sloppy.” That’s how the US Federal Trade Commission’s key expert witness on Monday said he viewed testimony given by Qualcomm’s expert economists last week.   Carl Shapiro, a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, on Monday defended his theory that Qualcomm’s high royalty rates hurt competitors, handset makers and consumers and helped …

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Apple turns off Group FaceTime after discovery of eavesdropping bug

A newly discovered FaceTime bug could pose an eavesdropping problem, and Apple says it will have a fix out later this week. The bug allows iPhone users to call another device via the FaceTime video chat service and hear audio on the other end before the recipient has answered the call. That is, it can turn any iPhone into a …

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Android Q might have facial recognition similar to Apple’s Face ID

Google is reportedly working to bring secure facial recognition support to Android Q. Code discovered in a leaked build of the upcoming 17th version of the search giant’s Android operating system hints at native support for facial recognition, according to XDA. The Android Q system would be used to sign into your phone, authorize purchases and sign in to apps, …

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Bluetooth 5.1 update means you’ll know exactly where the remote is hiding

Bluetooth has become quite popular for tracking — it’s used by pet trackers, add-on tracking tags, beacons and more — but thus far has been limited by its mutually exclusive abilities to sense how close something is or where it reports it is. With the latest update to the specification (here’s a PDF with more detailed information), announced Monday, Bluetooth combines …

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Robots will fix us, whether we like it or not

The hollow ball rattled back and forth across the table between me and the robot. Sometimes I outplayed the robot. More often, the robot outsmarted me. That was at CES, a show that keeps you moving, but my heart never raced faster than when I was squaring off against Forpheus. Forpheus, made by a company called Omron, used a combination …

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Facebook restricts the ability to monitor political ads, reports say

Activists seeking greater transparency for online political ads say they’ve been struggling to monitor ads on Facebook after changes by the company. Tools created by WhoTargetsMe and ProPublica, groups based in Britain and the US, respectively, have been limited by the social networks’ crackdown on third-party plug-ins, The Guardian reported over the weekend. The browser extensions have allowed the groups …

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How to sign up for Vizio’s AirPlay beta

At CES this year, Samsung, Vizio and LG announced their connected TVs would soon support Apple’s AirPlay 2 feature.  Meaning after a software update, you’ll be able to stream music, movies or photos directly to your TV via AirPlay without the need for an Apple TV ($99 at eBay). You’ll even be able to use Siri to control your TV. While …

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Another killer TV deal: The 49

The TV hits just keep on coming. Last week brought the likes of a 43-inch Toshiba model with Fire TV for $200 and a 58-inch Sharp with Roku for $350. Today, and for a limited time, Amazon has the TCL 49S325 49-inch LED TV with Roku for $199.99. Most other places, it runs $250. And, somehow, you can get the …

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Fight against child sex abuse images requires smarter tech, Google expert says

Some of the worst jobs in technology involve finding and stopping the spread of child sexual abuse images. They’re horrible because they require people to see images that can leave deep emotional scars. What’s more, technology is making this important job harder because cameras on phones make it easier to create more of this content which then changes hands on …

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Apple’s iPhone sales tanked. Now all eyes are on what’s ahead

Early this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave us the bad news in broad strokes. On Tuesday, we’ll find out just how bad it was. In a letter shared with investors on Jan. 2, Cook revealed that revenue in the company’s fiscal first quarter, ended on Dec. 29, would miss Apple’s own forecasts by about 15 percent. He laid most of the …

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The power of the McLaren 720S Track Pack is addictive

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Disney doubles down on VR entertainment

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Facebook restricts political ad checks, Android Q could have FaceID

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