$99 gizmo kicks up your headphones’ sound at home

I’ve lost count of how many Schiit reviews I’ve written, but I keep coming back for more because the company’s products are always so good and affordable. Take the Schiit Magni 3 headphone amp/stereo preamplifier: It’s a cute little critter, a mere 5×3.5×1.25 inches (127x89x32mm), so it’s tiny enough to fit on a crowded desktop. …

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iPhone 8 Plus vs Pixel 2: Which phone records better video?

The Google Pixel 2 and iPhone 8 Plus both take really good still photos. So let’s see how well they shoot video. The iPhone 8 Plus’s camera is an improvement over the 7 Plus, but whether or not it’s worth the extra cost will depend on your needs. I found the biggest differences between these Pixel 2 and 8 Plus came …

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I went to buy a Pixel 2. Verizon tried to sell me a Galaxy S8

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image A fine camera with a mediocre phone attached? Josh Miller/CNET You might watch a launch event and decide you must have that new phone. You might read a review — they’re very good on CNET, you know — and hope you’ll be influenced. …

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Amazon Echo, Pixel 2 get strong reviews, and Wi

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Asus ZenPad Z8s is a small tablet with cell service and great battery life

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iPhone 8 Plus vs 7 Plus camera, photo and video comparison

The iPhone 7 Plus takes great photos and video. But now it has a new younger sibling, the iPhone 8 Plus, with larger camera sensors, a faster processor and new software tricks including Portrait Lighting Mode. But just how much better is the 8 Plus at shooting pchotos and videos? Can you even really tell the difference between them? To …

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Apple gets sued over animoji trademark

Apple‘s animojis were a key part of the company’s iPhone X announcement last month — and are also key to a trademark lawsuit filed against the company this week. Japanese company Emonster filed a suit claiming it had already invented the term “animoji” back in 2014 and registered it with the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2015, The Recorder first …

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Chinese phone maker Vivo entering Hong Kong, Russia and beyond

You may not have heard of Vivo, but you would have seen its phones in “Captain America: Civil War.”  Besides making product placement cameos, the Chinese company is actually the world’s fifth largest phone maker, as well one of the big four in China alongside Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo. The company is set to become even bigger, with the announcement …

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Andy Rubin’s Essential sued over modular connector tech

Andy Rubin’s Essential Products has slipped right back into hot water. Keyssa, a wireless technology company backed by iPod co-creator Tony Faddell, is suing Essential, founded by Android co-creator Rubin, in a lawsuit filed on Monday that alleges the company stole trade secrets, according to Reuters. Keyssa alleges that Essential for 10 months considered using the company’s wireless tech for …

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Lights, camera, livestream: How anyone can make it big

Walking into Tomás Puig’s San Francisco apartment, I notice something is a little unusual.  There are three cameras in the kitchen and what looks to be a TV switcher sitting against the wall. Rather than hosting a handful of guests for dinner, twice a week Tomás opens his home to thousands who watch his cooking show on Facebook Live. “Tomás’ …

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Facebook Messenger now lets you pay pals with PayPal

Facebook Messenger can make payments to friends, and has already worked with Paypal. But it can now make payments to people using Paypal using peer-to-peer, too (in the US, for now). The service is live on iOS, and is coming to Android soon. The service connects its 2.5 million customers in the US to make the same payments to friends …

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Project Loon brings limited internet access to Puerto Rico

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is hoping its high-flying internet balloons can help the people of Puerto Rico, about a month after Hurricane Maria made landfall. On Friday, the search giant announced some balloons from its Project Loon program had been deployed over Puerto Rico, in an effort to provide people with limited internet access. That will allow for basic activities …

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Apple Watch 3 in the UK: What you need to know about using 4G LTE

Apple‘s latest smartwatch has plenty to be excited about, but it’s the addition of 4G connectivity that makes this version stand out above its predecessors. Here’s what you need to know about using LTE on the watch.  The 4G connectivity on the Apple Watch ($199 at Best Buy) works exclusively with the EE network. While you can pair the watch …

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4 simple, legit ways to find hidden money

Everyone wants to make money with little to no effort. It may seem like a faraway dream, but there are a few ways you can make a few bucks while you’re already goofing off online. Here are four legit money makers to add to your cash flow. Ask the government You may have some money out there just waiting for …

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Equifax hack may shake up US consumer data laws

There’s nothing like a disaster to prompt a call for change.In early October, Congress grilled Equifax’s former CEO, Richard Smith, in four separate committee hearings about how his credit reporting agency put the consumer records of over 145 million people in jeopardy.How bad was the hack? Pretty bad. We’ll be feeling the effects for “essentially a hundred years, until everybody …

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