Biggest tech moments of 2018

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The mobile world might finally get exciting again in 2019

When one of the biggest “innovations” in smartphones in 2018 was the addition of a notch on the display, you know the industry has hit a rut. With fewer big technical leaps between generations, there’s plenty of evidence that consumers are starting to hit the snooze button on upgrading their phones. A year ago, smartphone sales fell for the first …

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College Football Playoff 2018

You don’t need to wait until New Year’s Day to watch the biggest bowl games that college football has to offer. The Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl games double as the semifinals for the College Football Playoff this year and will be played on Saturday. The winners of the semifinal games will then meet in the National Championship game on …

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RIP: Farewell to tech that died in 2018

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Predicting tech trends in 2019

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Cheap HDMI cables are fine for your new 4K TV

If you just bought a new TV, chances are you might feel the need to get expensive new HDMI cables. Resist the temptation. Even with Ultra HD 4K resolution, high dynamic range, and wide color gamut, you don’t need expensive HDMI cables. It’s probably that your current HDMI cables could work fine, but if they don’t, no matter what a …

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Fortnite reportedly will pull in an epic $3 billion profit this year

The video game industry’s biggest title is raking in the dough, a new report says. Fortnite: Battle Royale, the cartoonish last-man-standing title that’s free to download from Epic Games, is set to notch $3 billion in profit this year, according to a TechCrunch report Thursday, citing a person familiar with the company’s finances. This comes after Epic was valued at more than …

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Facebook’s and social media’s fight against fake news may get tougher

Facebook isn’t the same social network it used to be. A decade ago, status updates had to include the word “is.” Catching up with friends meant writing on their Facebook digital walls.  Today’s social media couldn’t be more different. Users are sharing moments of their lives in vertical videos and photos that vanish in 24 hours through a feature called “Stories.” …

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Trump may use executive order to ban Huawei, ZTE purchases

The White House may issue an executive order early next year that limits purchases in the US from two of China’s largest telecommunications equipment makers. President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would limit US wireless carriers and other companies from purchasing network gear from foreign companies that pose national security risks, such as China’s ZTE and Huawei, …

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Smartphones in 2018: The biggest winners and losers

Good phones drop all the time, but when I glance back at 2018’s greatest hits, it’s clear that this year brought us something special. The parade of top models from tried-and-true hitmakers Apple, Samsung and Google include the iPhone XR, Galaxy S9 and Pixel 3.  These gems went beyond premium phones into midrange and budget devices, and even into innovations from …

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CNET’s end

This year, we reviewed dozens of laptops all across the spectrum of price and power. But, as 2018 draws to a close and we prepare to see loads of new systems at CES 2019, there are still several noteworthy laptops on our testing bench. Here are brief hands-on impressions of a few, along with preliminary test results and photos.  In …

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Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL Lite may come to Verizon in spring 2019

Reports about Google’s supposed budget model of its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones, the Pixel 3 and 3 XL Lite, are taking shape; the latest says that the new phones are coming to Verizon in spring 2019.  The news comes via a source for Android Police, adding to the supposed photos that surfaced at the end of November from …

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Some of the best games of 2018

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This speedboat can go underwater

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