Bose has a plan to make AR glasses

OK, so this is weird, and not what we were expecting when Bose told us it was making a new product announcement at this year’s SXSW: It’s creating an augmented-reality platform. Now playing: Watch this: Bose AR aims for augmented audio instead of visuals 1:14 That’s right, Bose is getting into the AR glasses game, …

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Snapchat Stories testing out tagging feature

We’ve gotten kind of use to Instagram stealing features from rival Snapchat. But here’s a case of the opposite. Snap-owned Snapchat is giving some users the ability to tag others in Stories with a link to their profile, just like you can do on Instagram. It appears the feature was first spotted by Twitter user and actor Matt Rappaport, TechCrunch reported. …

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The $80 Amazfit Bip smartwatch after two weeks: Deal or no deal?

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! The Bip’s backlight makes the screen easily readable indoors, and the watch has a raise-to-backlight option. Photo by …

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OnePlus 5T review: 3 months in, here’s what I’ve learned

The Oneplus 6 has been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus.  Last November, the OnePlus 5T impressed us and earned CNET’s Editors’ Choice for its high-end specs, great camera and affordable price tag (the 64GB …

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Apple may be working on a crumb

The super-shallow butterfly style keyboards on Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops have caused serious headaches for some users. The keys and keyboard mechanism are so tightly packed together than even the tiniest crumbs or bits of debris can get lodged under or next to a key, preventing it from properly registering a keystroke. A view from Apple’s patent application.  …

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Dell XPS 13 vs. Asus ZenBook 13: An ultraportable face

Dell’s XPS 13 is one of our favorite ultraportables and has been for a while now. A lot of the love has to do with its design — it not only looks great, but is the smallest 13.3-inch laptop available from anyone, anywhere right now. Combine that with its excellent performance, features and battery life, and you’ve got a travel-friendly …

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Galaxy S9 and Gear VR: How not to break your new phone

The appeal of phone VR is simplicity and affordability: Just use a $100-ish set of goggles and your phone, and you’re set. Samsung gummed that up a bit over the last couple of years by requiring slightly different new models of Gear VR to fit its newer phones, most recently the Note 8 last year. This year, there are a …

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Facebook Watch gets exclusive rights to stream 25 MLB baseball games

Facebook wants baseball fans to turn off their TVs and instead log on to its social network. The company said Friday it signed a deal with Major League Baseball to exclusively stream 25 games this season on Facebook. It’s the first time the social network has gotten access to games from a major sports league that won’t be shown on …

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Android P: What to expect from the Android’s latest flavor

Google released the first developer preview of Android P on Wednesday, giving us a glimpse at what the upcoming update to its mobile operating system. Not a lot is known about the update right now, besides a few new features and tools for developers. However, we plan on covering new features and aspects of Android P leading up to its …

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Intel said to be buying Broadcom, which is trying to buy Qualcomm

Well, here’s a new wrinkle in Broadcom’s quest to buy rival chipmaker Qualcomm: Intel might actually try to buy Broadcom.  Intel, the world’s biggest PC and server chip company, is mulling a bid for Broadcom, a company that makes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other connectivity chips, according to a report Friday from The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper said Intel’s worried …

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5G projects awarded £25M from UK government Digital Strategy fund

The British government on Saturday announced the winners of a £25 million competition to test 5G technologies across the UK. The fund will be split six ways, with amounts of between £2 million and £5 million spread across projects exploring the benefits of 5G for rural communities, tourism, health care, agriculture, manufacturing and self-driving cars. The introduction of 5G is …

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Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo surprises all at Geneva 2018

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STOP changing your oil so often!

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Volkswagen’s hottest hatch is loaded with hot Digital Cockpit tech

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More power, more control: The 2018 Golf R is VW’s hottest hatch

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