How to stop worrying about speaker impedance

I wouldn’t blame you if you assumed an 8 ohm speaker is always 8 ohms, but it’s not. Far from it, an 8 ohm rated speaker is actually 8 ohms only a small percentage of the time because the speaker’s impedance varies, depending on the frequencies the speaker is playing at any given moment. Sometimes …

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Galaxy S9: Launch, release date, price, specs and more

The Galaxy S9 looks like this, according to these renders +19 more See all photos The big day is upon us. This Sunday, February 25, at 6 p.m. Barcelona time — that’s noon ET and 9 a.m. PT — Samsung lifts the curtain on the next generation of its flagship smartphone. On the eve of Mobile World Congress, we’ll finally get …

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Qualcomm’s prototype soundbar uses phone tech to aim audio at your ears

In a sound isolation room deep within Qualcomm’s testing labs in San Diego, California, six journalists snapped into blue, antistatic smocks watched a video play on an ordinary TV screen. The 5-foot-long sound bar piping out the music and dialogue, however, was anything but ordinary. Stretching 5 feet (about 1.5m) from side to side, Qualcomm’s prototype sound bar will perfect …

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The LG V30S ThinQ phone is the V30 with Ai and a memory boost

LG is out with a new smartphone. Sort of. Ahead of the Mobile World Congress 2018 trade show, the company on Saturday unveiled the V30S ThinQ, a version of last year’s flagship V30 with slightly better specs and a focus on artificial intelligence. (Because who isn’t talking about AI nowadays?) The V30S represents LG’s new strategy of quickly releasing minor …

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Did Samsung just accidentally release a Galaxy S9 launch video?

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. But not the smartphone of the future? Slashleaks; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When you’re launching a phone, creating mystery is important. Yes, it seems that leakers get hold of most developments early these days.  But when it comes to Sunday’s scheduled launch of the …

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Samsung to unwrap the Galaxy S9, SpaceX launches internet satellites

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How to buy bright LED light bulbs that don’t suck

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Infowars YouTube account has one ‘strike’ toward a ban

Alex Jones, the media personality behind the site InfoWars, has been put on notice about a potential ban from YouTube, according to a report.  The Alex Jones Channel, Infowars’ biggest YouTube account with 2.2 million subscribers, has received one strike under a “three strikes” policy for video violating the service’s content standards, CNN reported Friday, citing an unnamed source with …

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Apple’s wireless AirPower mat could debut next month

You may have another way to charge your Apple things soon. Apple’s newest iPhones support the wireless Qi charging standard, but Apple has another proprietary spin on contactless charging on the way, called AirPower. Announced and briefly seen at last year’s September iPhone event, the AirPower mat could debut next month, according to a new rumor via 9to5Mac, originally posted …

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Galaxy S9 with Snapdragon 845 will be crazy fast: Speed test

The Samsung Galaxy S9 will be revealed this Sunday, February 25 and there’s little doubt the upcoming phone will be fast. And on a warm, sunny day at Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego, California, we found out exactly how fast that might be. The Galaxy S9 is expected to be one of the first phones in 2018 to use Qualcomm’s …

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LG G7: 5 reasons why it won’t be at MWC 2018

MWC 2018, otherwise known as the world’s biggest mobile trade show, kicks off Feb. 26. Though a bunch of phones, laptops and smartwatches are expected to launch during the event, including the highly-anticipated Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, there will be one phone that definitely won’t be there: the LG G7. Despite unveiling its flagship phone at the show in …

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Print all the 3D things with the Monoprice Select Mini V2 for $179.99

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! Monoprice I’ll admit I was wrong about 3D printers. Years ago, I predicted that in the not-too-distant future …

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Google Lens is coming to phones from Samsung, LG and more

When Google unveiled Google Lens last May, it was billed as the future of search. Typing a search was outdated. Now you could just point your camera at, say, a landmark and instantly learn about it. Take a picture of a book, and there’s all the info you need about where to buy it, who published it and what reviewers …

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FCC’s Ajit Pai gets NRA award for ‘courage under fire’

The National Rifle Association on Friday gave Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai its “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award” for his push to repeal net neutrality regulations.  The award was handed out on the second day of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, about 6 miles outside of Washington, DC. CPAC is the country’s largest …

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