Tim Berners

Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, outlined his vision for bringing the whole world online and protecting the freedom of internet users at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Monday. Through his organization the Web Foundation, Berners-Lee unveiled the creation of a “Contract for the Web” that he hopes governments, companies and …

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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Obama

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal related to Obama-era net neutrality regulations that could have gutted the authority of the Federal Communications Commission. On Monday, the high court rejected an appeal that challenged a 2016 decision by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the rules to protect an open internet and validated the FCC’s …

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Olloclip has new pro and entry

If you’re into phone photography, you know the name Olloclip. The company launched its first iPhone lens in 2011 and has been cranking them out ever since. However, while it has a lot of lens options, it has stayed away from premium lenses. As of Monday, that changes with the introduction of a new Pro series to use with its …

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Amazon drops its $25 free shipping minimum for the holidays

Amazon is joining its rival retailers in beefing up its free shipping program just ahead of the holiday shopping blitz. In a first for the company, the Seattle retailer said Monday it’s dropping its $25 minimum for free shipping to non-Prime shoppers in the US. The offer starts Monday and lasts until Amazon’s delivery cutoff window for Christmas (which is …

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Talking about the pretty and pricey new iPad Pro (The 3:59, Ep. 484)

On this podcast, we talk about: CNET’s review of the 2018 iPad Pro. An election scam against Vote411.org. Now playing: Watch this: Talking about the pretty and pricey new iPad Pro (The… 5:15 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and …

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Apple reportedly cancels iPhone XR production boost

Apple told its main phone assemblers, Foxconn and Pegatron, to stop plans for additional iPhone XR production lines, a report said Monday. The order to the two Taiwanese companies suggests that demand for cheapest of the 2018 iPhones hasn’t lived up to Apple’s expectations, according to Nikkei, which cited anonymous sources. “For the Foxconn side, it first prepared nearly 60 …

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Motorola One is a $399, ‘pure’ Android phone for Best Buy

Worthy midrange Android phones are few and far between, but the Motorola One aims to prove its mettle for $399. First announced in August for Europe, Asia and Latin America, the Motorola One will make its US debut with Best Buy on Nov. 11. Preorders start Nov. 9 at BestBuy.com. (The phone’s 299 euro price converts roughly to £270 and …

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Google Doodle honors Michael Dertouzos, who predicted internet’s impact

A Google Doodle on Monday celebrated the life of Michael Dertouzos, who foresaw how the internet would change the world. Dertouzos was born in Athens, Greece on Nov. 5, 1936, and went on to earn a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined MIT’s faculty and became director of its Laboratory for Computer Science in 1974. He spearheaded …

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$99 USB

If you want a bunch of cables poking out of the side of your iPad just like they do with your laptop, good news: accessory maker Sanho has a dock that adds a bunch of potentially useful ports to Apple’s new USB-C-enabled iPad Pro tablets. The iPad Pro models, the first Apple mobile devices to come with industry-standard USB-C ports …

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Barnes & Noble Nook 10.1″ is a new reading tablet (really) for $130

Barnes & Noble is offering a new Nook tablet. The bookseller said Monday the Nook 10.1″ has a bigger display than any of its previous models and can be used for reading, taking photos and sending emails. The tablet — with a 10.1-inch display — is available for preorder now for $130 and will come out Nov. 14. Another view of …

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Samsung teases a foldable phone with a warped logo

Gearing up for its developer’s conference on Nov. 7, Samsung teased a foldable phone reveal with a folded version of its logo on couple of its social media accounts. The appearance of the bendy logo on the Samsung Mobile Twitter and Facebook pages follows recent rumors the company is planning to finally go public with the long hinted-at device. Samsung has previously …

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Find out if your old Apple devices qualify for repair

You may be able to breathe new life into that old iPhone ($899 at Amazon) rattling around in a desk drawer or an old MacBook ($445 at Amazon) collecting dust in the back of a closet. Before you write off your out-of-commission Apple devices as obsolete and beyond repair, it might be worth your while to check if they are …

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Get a 10.1

Welcome to Day 1 of CNET’s 10 Days of Deals! You’ve just landed at the first of 10 exclusives, 10 hand-picked products with discounts you won’t find anywhere else. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Digital photo frames get no respect… no respect at all. Which is understandable, given what an expensive pain they used to be. …

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls for an end to ‘illegal robocalls’

Ajit Pai has called on top executives in the tech industry to put an end to scam phone calls. The Federal Communication Commission chairman on Monday sent letters to the heads of AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Google and others, asking them to adopt a call authentication system that would combat illegal caller ID spoofing. He asked the companies to have …

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Scammers are targeting interested voters with fake websites

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