What the heck is a 5G network?

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Apple gets a Harvey Weinstein joke on SNL

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Apple’s new emojis linked to Harvey Weinstein. SNL/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As film producer Harvey Weinstein became society’s latest scourge, Apple reportedly canceled two series produced by the company that used to employ him. Yet on “Saturday Night Live,” Cupertino couldn’t quite get away …

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Facebook offers every UK high school an anti

Facebook committed to an anti-bullying strategy on Monday that will see it offer every secondary school in the UK a dedicated digital safety ambassador. The commitment is an expansion of its existing program run along with youth charities Childnet and The Diana Award that trains young people to provide peer-to-peer offline support for online bullying. Up to 4,500 schools could …

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How to watch the 2017 MLB playoffs

In the American League Championship Series, MLB’s shortest player and MVP candidate (Jose Altuve at 5 feet 6 inches) leads the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees, who employ MLB’s tallest player and MVP candidate (all rise for the 6 feet 7 inches tall Aaron Judge). Meanwhile, in the National League, baseball’s best pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, and the Los …

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Magnepan’s wall

I love small speakers, I really do, but the sound of the best of them never approaches the size of real instruments. Big, statuesque tower speakers get closer, but to my ears only flat panel speakers, thanks to their larger sound radiating areas convey scale better than other speaker types. The all-new Magnepan 30.7 projects a wall of sound like …

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Jack Dorsey: Twitter to get ‘more aggressive’ policing tweets

In response to a high-profile protest against Twitter, CEO Jack Dorsey said the social network will up its game when it comes to monitoring content and policing hateful and harassing tweets. Dorsey took to Twitter on Friday night to post a string of tweets about “critical” policy decisions he said the company had made earlier Friday. Twitter will take a …

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Apple could bring Face ID to all 2018 iPhones

Apple’s Face ID will make its debut on the iPhone X on Nov. 3, and it looks like the new tech may be here to stay. According to KGI Securities analyst and known Apple commentator Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors), all 2018 iPhones will likely have Face ID.  Thanks to Apple’s TrueDepth camera system, the X gets all sorts of new tricks like Face …

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FM radio on your phone: Here’s everything you need to know

You can get FM radio in your car, so how come you can’t get it on your phone? Well, here’s a news flash: You probably can.   Most smartphones include integrated chipsets that offer a variety of wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio. But until a few years ago, device manufacturers disabled the function — often at …

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The iPhone

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Just what you’ve always wanted. And needed. Cooler Cannon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There I was on a pleasantly warm Saturday, watching the MLB playoffs, when Cheddar tossed me this.  It’s a cooler that may well incite tailgaters to raptures they’ll never reach during the …

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RIP Windows Mobile, new Oculus and Kindle

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$50 to never lose your phone again

It doesn’t happen every day. But if you’re anything like me, you lose your phone in the couch, blankets, bathroom or heap of tech piled atop your coffee table on a semi-regular basis. At that point, you’ve got a few options. “Hey honey, can you call my phone?” Or you can try one of Google or Apple’s handy “Find my device” …

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Giveaway time! You could win* a OnePlus 5

The CNET giveaway team wants to keep the prizes coming. Once again we are partnering with OnePlus to give away its latest flagship phone, a handset that won the Editors’ Choice Award this past June, making it to the list of the best phones of the year with an 8.9 rating. Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 5 is the best, …

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3 ways iOS 11 makes the Mail app better

It’s a toss-up between Mail and Messages for the app I use most on my iPhone ($162 at Amazon). And maybe Instagram. (And, OK, the MLB.com At Bat app during the summer months.) But by and large, it’s email and texting that I do most regularly on my phone. The Messages app got a few new features with iOS 11, …

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Sprint’s unlimited data plan for a single line goes up $10

Sprint’s $50 unlimited data plan for a single line is no more. The carrier’s website now lists the plan at $60 per month. A Sprint spokesperson confirmed the change to CNET, which went into effect Friday. The $50 Unlimited Freedom plan, introduced earlier this year as part of a promotion, will remain in effect for existing customers who have already signed …

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Sprint’s Safe & Found app lets you keep tabs on your family

If you want to know what your family is up to at all times, Sprint‘s got a new app to help you do just that. The Safe & Found app offers a variety of functions, Sprint said Friday, like alerts when family members arrive at or leave designated areas like home or school. You can see where your family is …

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