iPhone X vs. OnePlus 6: Which phone has the best camera?

OnePlus has branded itself the flagship killer, and for good reason. At $530, its latest phone, the OnePlus 6, boasts a lot of the same premium features its pricier competitors like the iPhone X have, including cameras. We put the cameras on the OnePlus 6 up against the iPhone X’s cameras to see if they could keep up. OnePlus …

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Future Samsung phone might get face

Apple‘s had Face ID on its iPhone X for a while now, and Samsung aims to have something similar or even better, soon. The Korean tech giant has been granted a patent for its 2014 filing of a biometric camera by the US Patent Office, and it will feature iris recognition as well as 3D face recognition, reports Patently Apple. It will …

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Will digital music kill vinyl anytime soon?

An audio buddy recently asked me, “When will the LP bubble burst?” and I was at a total loss for words. The thought had never crossed my mind. Enlarge Image LPs aren’t just black anymore! Steve Guttenberg/CNET Back in the early 1980s it looked like the CD would kill the LP in a year or two — digital would permanently …

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The Audeze LCD2C will ruin your taste for other audiophile headphones

Audeze came out of nowhere in 2009. Its very first headphone, the LCD-2, put establishment brands like AKG, Beyerdynamic, Grado, Sennheiser and Stax on notice.  Nine years later, the LCD-2 is still in the line, and it still makes most other brands’ full-size headphones sound rather puny. They all lack the LCD-2’s visceral bass and shockingly wide dynamic range. In …

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This boat runs on solar power

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Tesla hits Model 3 milestone, Amazon dishes Prime day details

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RAF launches free augmented reality app ahead of London flypast

The RAF released a free app on Friday, making it easier to watch the RAF100 formation over Buckingham Palace on July 10 through their phones and tablets. The app — called RAF100 AR Flypast — is on the UK Google Play and iOS Stores and features 35 types of aircraft spanning the RAF’s 100-year history. The list includes icons such …

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Google says no, Duplex AI won’t take over human call centers

Google Duplex is a technology that’s designed to work for people, not take their jobs — at least, according to Google. When Google unveiled Duplex at its I/O conference in May, it caused quite a stir. The technology is an expansion of its Google Assistant AI that is meant to sound much more human. Google says the main purpose of …

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Did Apple Music just eclipse Spotify in the US?

Apple Music still trails Spotify in total users, but it may have just taken the lead in one all-important market: the US.  Each of the two music services has more than 20 million paying subscribers in the US, but Apple‘s is “now a hair ahead,” Digital Music News reported Thursday, citing an unnamed music distributor.  In the midst a larger cultural shift to …

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Facebook to stream Premier League matches in Asia in $265M deal

Premier League soccer matches are becoming the next tech darling.  Facebook secured a deal to become the only place to stream Premier League matches in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos starting next year until 2022, in a deal worth about £200 million (or about $265 million), according to a report by the Times of London.  Last month, rival Amazon snapped up exclusive …

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Save ten percent on 4K TCL Roku TVs this Saturday

Hey Cheeps, Rick is still on vacation for the few more days, but he’ll be back in this space soon. In the meantime, the rest of the CNET crew will be doing our best to fill his shoes, finding the best deals we can. If you’re looking for a new TV at a great price, this deal’s a doozy. In …

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How to set up a Fitbit family account

With Fitbit now selling a device specifically made for kids — the Fitbit Ace — privacy concerns are only natural. Creating a standard Fitbit account for your child and adding friends opens them up to the broader social aspects of Fitbit’s services, as well as random friend requests. Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the Fitbit Versa 2:24 Enter Fitbit’s new Family …

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