2018 Detroit Auto Show preview: Why we’re hyped

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The Phase One XF is the most elite camera I’ve ever held

I’m a professional photographer with more than 15 years of experience. Still, I was daunted when I took a £54,000 camera system out for a photoshoot test drive. I normally shoot on Canon 6D which costs £1,500, $1,699 or about AU$2,570 with a lens. On this occasion however I’d be using the Phase One XF IQ3 Achromatic — a 100-megapixel, black-and-white-only camera with …

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White House struggles for 22 minutes to mute conference call

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Is it hard to achieve a silent consensus via gadgets? Tetra Images The other day, I was on a Skype call with a hard-headed (and hard-nosed) techie. We could see each other. I could hear him. He couldn’t hear me.  We fiddled and we fiddled. …

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How to post a still frame of a video to Instagram

Here’s the scenario: I recorded a video but no photos from my son’s first ski race last weekend. My video footage tuned out to be less than compelling, but I wanted to share something from the big event on Instagram for his grandparents and my tens of followers.  Without any photos, what was I to do? With a little trial …

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Most Americans try to self

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Do you struggle with such things? Samsung Can you put an IKEA wardrobe together without even looking at the instructions? Oh, you can?  And when you buy a piece of home electronics, do you simply rip open the box, connect the wires with …

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On SNL, Bill Murray’s Steve Bannon wants Logan Paul for president

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Can Steve Bannon elevate Logan Paul’s image? SNL/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It all began with Logan Paul being Logan Paul. As he giggled and chuckled in a Japanese forest known for suicides — in front of a hanged body — perhaps the YouTube star …

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Sennheiser’s newest audiophile headphones will coddle your ears

I like the Sennheiser HD 660 S headphones a lot. They sound clean, they’re extremely comfortable and as high-end headphones go they’re pretty affordable at $500, £430, AU$799. The HD 660 S model looks like a near twin of Sennheiser’s older, and still available, HD 600 and HD 650 headphones, but the HD 660 S’ driver is different; it’s more similar to the …

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Yevo Labs builds its headphones using an improbable source: guns

A Swedish company, Yevo Labs, is building its latest headphones with material from an improbable source: guns. The headphones themselves are pretty standard Bluetooth earbuds, based on the company’s previously released Yevo 1 design. It’s around the edges that things get interesting. The accent metal is less polished than the mirror-finish chrome-like plating you’d find on its onyx-, ivory- or …

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Is Creative’s X

When it comes to high-end sound bars I had to wrack my brain to think of anything that approaches the $5,800 Creative X-Fi Sonic Carrier in price. (Pricing outside the US wasn’t mentioned but that price converts to around £4,225 or AU$7,330) Maybe Paradigm, or Bowers and Wilkins. Surely GoldenEar has something? It’s safe to say there has been nothing …

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Before you buy a Bluetooth speaker, read this

The Vizio SB3621 isn’t just a terrific little sound bar system for movies and TV, it’s also a sweet Bluetooth speaker for playing tunes. It’s the first sound bar CNET ever reviewed to earn five stars and an Editors’ Choice award. Heck, I’d be just as enthusiastic about the $149 SB3621 if it sold for $300, it’s that good. The …

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False missile alert spooks Hawaii

An emergency alert notification that went out Saturday warning of a missile strike on Hawaii was a false alarm, state officials said. “Hawaii – This is a false alarm. There is no incoming missile to Hawaii,” read a tweet from congressional Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. “I have confirmed with officials there is no incoming missile.” In her tweet, Gabbard included a …

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Laptop team

In the midst of CES 2018, the slate of new computers on display, including laptops, 2-in-1 hybrids, desktops and tablets, felt a little dry. There were few revolutionary new designs, and only a handful of brand-new products — most were modest internal or external updates to existing lines from Dell, HP, Lenovo and others. But looking a little deeper, I …

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PC

The modern phone has become a ravenous technology black hole, absorbing digital music players, point-and-shoot cameras and even many tablets along the way. Screens got bigger, camera lenses got better, and work and entertainment apps improved. Aside from the iPad and a handful of budget tablets like Amazon’s Fire HD series, the standalone tablet has largely been subsumed by big-screen phones. Many thought the …

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