AT&T begins AirGig tests, beaming broadband from power lines

Sure, you can dig trenches across the land and fill them up with fiber-optic cables, but AT&T has begun testing what it says is a promising alternative called AirGig that relies on radio signals instead. Unveiled last year, AirGig sends data from one antenna to another along power lines in rural, suburban or urban areas. …

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Lose your Xfinity Mobile phone? Use your voice to find it

Finding your Xfinity Mobile phone in your home is now as easy as talking out loud. Comcast’s new Phone Finder feature lets subscribers of its wireless service locate their devices by speaking into their X1 voice remotes. You don’t have to set anything up. Simply say “Xfinity Mobile, find my phone” into your remote control, and the device will ring.  …

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Amazon really, really wants you to buy Fire TV

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. But do I want it to? Amazon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It’s all very well deciding to cut the cord. But what are you going to cut it with? Which of these little sticks and boxes will work for you: Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku Streaming …

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Future Samsung Galaxy phones may get this fingerprint sensor

Forget fingerprint scanners that live on the home button or on the back of the phone — why not put one directly into the screen? That’s exactly what one company is trying to do. Fingerprint sensor manufacturer Synaptics just announced that it has begun mass production with a top-five original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to produce its new Clear ID FS9500 …

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iMac Pro will be available Dec. 14

First announced in June, the new iMac Pro will drop later this week. An update to Apple’s website on Tuesday delivered the release date: Dec. 14.  With the iMac Pro, Apple is targeting professionals who need really fast processing and lots of computing horsepower.  “Pros love iMac,” Apple says on its iMac Pro page. “So when they asked us to …

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Monoprice apes Audeze with high

The Monoprice Monolith M300 in-ear headphone sounds like almost no other in-ear you’ve heard. I said almost because the M300 sounds and looks so similar to the Audeze iSine10 in-ear headphones. They both have strong appeal to audiophiles craving highly transparent sound that isn’t trapped inside your skull.  The biggest difference? The Monoprice M300 costs $150 while the iSine 10 …

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Facebook replies to Chamath Palihapitiya’s viral criticism

Several former Facebook executives have criticized the giant they helped create. Now Facebook is responding to one of them, saying the company has changed since the executive worked there.  Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook vice president and current CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, told a Stanford Graduate School of Business class last month that social media sites “are …

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Twitter’s threaded tweets get simplified

You know those times when the space of a single tweet isn’t enough? Enlarge Image Prolific tweeters like President Trump will soon be able to thread together tweets and publish them at the same time. Getty Images Well, the days of laboriously “threading,” or chaining tweets together, will soon be gone. Twitter is going to institute a threading feature designed …

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Firefox Quantum downloads surge with Mozilla browser overhaul

Nearly a month after releasing its new and faster Firefox Quantum browser, Mozilla says there’s evidence the years-long overhaul has paid off. Firefox downloads by users of Google Chrome, the dominant web browser today, increased 44 percent compared with a year earlier, Mozilla said Tuesday. A total of 170 million people have installed Firefox Quantum, with millions more arriving daily. …

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Instagram now lets you hit follow on hashtags

Instagram will make you seriously want to up your hashtag game. Starting immediately, the company said Tuesday, you can follow hashtags on the social photo app in the same way you follow individual accounts. This means any image marked with a hashtag that you follow can show up in your Instagram feed. Hashtags have always been used on Instagram to …

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Nintendo sells 10M Switch units in 9 months

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Nissan’s best

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Nanoleaf Rhythm turned our smart home into a dance club

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Take an assisted ride with Nissan ProPilot tech on 2018 Rogue

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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ strikes back in epic style

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