Google Home and Argos launch voice

Argos has launched a voice-activated shopping service that lets you ask Google Assistant to reserve products for in-store pick-up. It’s the first UK retailer to offer such a service. You can also use it to check the availability of up to 20,000 products from the Argos catalogue. And you can find your nearest store on …

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6 things you should know about FreedomPop’s Unreal Mobile service

FreedomPop has made a name for itself by offering free and inexpensive phone plans. Now, the company is expanding into the premium-service end of the market — but without the premium pricing. Unreal Mobile is a FreedomPop spinoff that hopes to lure customers away from soon-to-merge Sprint and T-Mobile. Is it a carrier worth considering? Let’s answer that question by …

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Comedian Samantha Bee launches trivia game with election twist

Samantha Bee thinks trivia might help get people interested in the midterm elections. The comedian and host of popular late night show Full Frontal said at an event in Manhattan on Wednesday that she and her team created a trivia app to prompt more people to vote during the midterm elections coming up in November. “From the last elections (2016), …

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Should you upgrade to Windows 10 October 2018 Update?

I get it. You are happy with the current version of Windows. It works. You know where things are located. You have no immediate need or desire for new features. And you feel that installing updates lies somewhere between inconvenient and laborious. Microsoft is set to release Windows 10 October 2018 Update soon — next month if its name is …

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Leaked image shows Nokia phone sporting 5 cameras

Two rear cameras might be the new normal for flagship phones, but it looks like Nokia maker HMD might be looking to change that soon.  A leaked image on IT Home shows a Nokia-branded phone with five camera lenses on the back. Lens-maker Zeiss seems to be involved in the project, too, as its name appears below one of the …

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Huawei caught cheating on benchmark test, says it was just AI

Benchmark tests can give us an idea of how fast a phone performs, but not when that phone cheats to get a higher score. Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the creators of the 3DMark benchmark test, have accused Huawei of cheating on its tests. To catch Huawei, UL ran certain Huawei phones through two different benchmark tests. The first test was the …

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Twitter faces the music and we debate 8K in CNET UK Podcast 544

Now playing: Watch this: CNET UK Podcast 544: We debate 8K and Twitter faces the… 35:10 Twitter, Facebook and Google are in a showdown with politicians. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg were the latest tech titans to face questioning.  Katie Collins and Richard Trenholm weigh up Dorsey’s performance this week as he tackled questions about alleged …

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Be ready for emergencies with this AC/DC power station: Just $105

Got power? Got enough power? Whether you’re headed out camping or just want to be prepared for the next big storm, consider something a little more substantial than your average phone charger. Like this: For a limited time, and while supplies last, you can get the Suaoki Portable Power Station with dual 110V AC outlets for $105 with promo code …

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AirPods 2 rumors and more: All the Apple headphone news expected on Sept. 12

Apple’s annual fall launch event on Sept. 12 is widely expected to bring new iPhones, the Apple Watch 4 and maybe even new Face ID iPad Pros. But that event also effectively marks the second anniversary of the Apple AirPods. Despite all the snarky remarks about their design when they were first unveiled in 2016, the AirPods have taken the headphone market by storm and become …

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Microsoft announces Oct. 2 event for Surface devices and more

Apple on Sept. 12. Google on Oct. 9. And now, Microsoft will hold its own special event between those two dates — we just received an invite to a Microsoft event on Oct. 2 in New York City. The only hint Microsoft’s giving us is the phrase “A moment of your time,” but CNET understands that there will be Microsoft …

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Windows 10 will soon show you your phone’s text messages

Soon you’ll be able to send and receive texts from your Windows 10 device without taking your phone out of your pocket. Microsoft is rolling out a Your Phone feature for Windows 10 that lets you send and receive texts from your Android phone, on your computer. Your Phone was first unveiled at Microsoft Build in May, and the company …

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Apple says Trump’s tariffs would make Watch, AirPods and Macs more expensive

The United States’ proposed $200 billion tariff on Chinese-made products might not affect your next TVs or phone purchase directly, but Apple now says that a whole lot of other Apple products would get hit by the 25 percent increase in import tax — including the Apple Watch, AirPods headphones and HomePod smart speaker. Here’s the whole list of products …

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AirPower wireless charging pad could be a powerful 2018 iPhone accessory

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Don’t think of Apple’s AirPower as an iPhone afterthought. The wireless charging pad, which the company announced almost a full year ago, could be an important piece of Apple’s iPhone strategy for 2018. If Apple finally announces AirPower’s sale price and sale date …

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Slack is down, so it’s time to contemplate how far humanity has come

Oh, the human reliance on technology — we’re already so dependent on a small number of products made by a tiny number of companies that when one of them goes down, it feels like the whole world has come to a screeching halt. GIF by Morgan Little/CNET Today, that product is Slack, the giant team messaging app that many companies …

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Volvo’s 360c concept is a luxury jet on wheels

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