How to make satellite radio sound good. Well, less bad

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Mark Zuckerberg sure is saying he’s sorry a lot

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It’s official: Apple’s 2018 WWDC keynote is Monday, June 4

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The ritual annual pilgrimage to Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2018) is upon us, and the official lead-up starts with the sending of the invitations: So now it’s confirmed for June 4 with the keynote beginning at 10 a.m. PT, once again …

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Instagram Mute, because FOMO eventually wanes

Instagram on Tuesday introduced a feature that lets you Mute accounts without unfollowing them.  With it, you can filter out the oversharers, brands you only follow for the deals, miserable photographers, people who costume their cats or hashtag-happy friends from your feed — and they’ll never be notified, so no hurt feelings.  But when asked if you admired the latest …

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Marantz’s slim AV receivers add turntable input because 2018

What’s not to love about slimline receivers? They’re so little! So tiny. Come here little cutie!! Look at you! Marantz has been making half-height AV receivers for many years, and the NR1509 and NR1609 are the latest to slip off the production line. The look is familiar, and the features are more or less the same. Now that everyone is …

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Bitcoin explained by AI will melt your brain

By now I’m assuming we all have a fundamental understanding of what Bitcoin is: digital money regulated and distributed with encryption techniques, stored on a ledger independent of a centralised bank. Something like that. Maybe go here for a better explanation.OK, that’s good. That’s how a human being might explain Bitcoin. Here’s how an AI might try to explain it. …

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The Honor 10 is even more affordable if you buy it in Asia

Oppo and Vivo will need to watch out. Honor looks to be gunning for their piece of the pie. Chinese phonemaker Huawei’s sub-brand took to Asia after its European launch, and its new Honor 10 flagship looks set to disrupt the market with its competitive price of just S$579. That’s about $430, £320 or AU$570 converted — way lower than …

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The Razer Phone adds portrait mode

Buy the Razer Phone for its gaming prowess, stick around for its photography skills? Razer is pushing out a May update for the Razer Phone, and with it comes a brand-new portrait mode camera feature, as reported by XDA Developers. Portrait Mode — the camera effect that blurs the background of photos to draw focus to your subject — has …

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Slack’s new ‘action buttons’ could let you get more things done

I’m one of approximately 8 million people who use Slack every single day. I chat with co-workers, share links and pics, and the occasional emoji. Most of the time, I’m using it to coordinate actual work. Sometimes, I use it for fun.  Soon, I’ll be using it to launch other apps too with Slack’s new Action Buttons. They’re buttons that can …

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How to port your landline number to Google Voice

Still hanging onto your home phone? Worse, still paying for it? I suspect this is pretty common. It’s a hassle to give up a landline, if only because that number you’ve had for so many years is “on file” at so many places. It’s your home number — and you need to keep that, right? The number, yes. But the …

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Would you wear this muzzle around the office for private calling?

Back in January of 2017 I discovered a product at CES called HushMe that I described as “the weirdest, yet most useful wireless headphone ever created.” It was a voice muffling contraption that that kept people around you from hearing your phone conversations. HushMe seemed pretty unique but it now has competition. Bloxvox, a new “voice privacy tool,” has made …

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Samsung promises four generations of new chip technology

Moore’s Law, the drumbeat that for decades has marked progress in the chip industry, has been faltering of late. But Samsung has a few more generations of processor improvements planned, it detailed Tuesday at its Samsung Foundry Forum. A key part of chip progress is shrinking the components called transistors — extraordinarily tiny electronic switches that process data so we …

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Red Lucid 8K 3D camera uses Hydrogen One phone as viewfinder

On Saturday, high-end cinema camera maker Red held an event to show off its unreleased Hydrogen One phone. Red was eager to let people experience the phone’s 4-View holographic screen, which displays 3D content without the need for glasses. Booths from companies partnering with Red on the phone dotted the perimeter of the event. One of those companies was Lucid, …

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Facebook expands its protection of potential revenge porn photos

Facebook is going further in its fight against revenge porn, expanding a pilot program that lets users upload intimate pictures before they’ve hit the internet in a bid to stop them from ever being shared. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Facebook’s Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis said the company was updating its pilot program targeting the non-consensual sharing …

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