iOS 10: Here are the new features you missed

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple unveils iOS 10, packs it with new features 3:43 Apple’s big 2016 WWDC keynote wrapped up just a few hours ago, and iOS 10 was a big star of the show. But despite …

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It ain’t pretty to look at, but this stereo amplifier sounds beautiful

Right after I finished working on the Tavish Design Vintage 6SL7 phono preamplifier review I wanted to check out another Tavish, namely the Minotaur integrated stereo amplifier. It arrived here in Brooklyn in a huge cardboard box, and I tell you upfront the sound more than lived up to my expectations. Tavish Design’s Scott Reynolds holds a Ph.D. in electrical …

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Star Trek: Bridge Crew will let you captain a starship in VR this fall

VR is about to make another sci-fi dream come true. LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) and Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy) have already gotten an taste — according to the Associated Press, video game giant Ubisoft gave the three Star Trek actors an early peek at a brand new VR game dubbed Star Trek: Bridge Crew. …

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How Apple can save the iPod

Now playing: Watch this: Why you should buy an MP3 player 2:21 It’s 2016. Why would you ever need a straight-up MP3 player? The iPod Touch I can see. You can use it just like you would an iPhone — pair it with your wireless Bluetooth headphones and use apps like Spotify or Pandora to stream music. To be fair, …

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Carrie Fisher dishes out ‘Advice from the dark side’

Princess Leia’s life has been anything but easy. Her controlling birth father is responsible for helping murder her friends. She kissed her brother without realizing it. She was chained to a ruthless crime lord while wearing a very uncomfortable metal bikini. And her love interest is a space smuggler with commitment issues. Related stories Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill show off …

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How to back up your precious photos while traveling abroad

It’s tragic enough when your phone is lost or stolen while you’re on vacation, but it’s even worse when it also happens to contain every one of the thousand pictures you took on your holiday. Phone cameras have gotten so good, you may not need to take a separate camera on vacation. Many shutterbugs are opting to leave their point-and-shoot …

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How Google’s Tango works

Now playing: Watch this: What is Tango? 1:22 Google’s Tango is hard to explain. The new feature, which will first be available on the Lenovo Phab2 Pro superphone this September, is an indoor mapping technology…but it’s also augmented reality. You can measure objects! Take dinosaur selfies! Live out your Ghostbuster fantasies. Perhaps most impressively, you can construct an elaborate chain …

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Could you live (happily) without music?

Recorded music is more accessible than ever today. You can listen to almost anything, wherever you are, for free, or very little money. Music is all too easy to take for granted, but just how important is music in your life? To put it in perspective: Would you rather trade TV, movies, pizza, ice cream, beer, swimming, reading or –maybe …

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Clean up iTunes by hiding Apple Music

Not every iTunes user is an Apple Music subscriber. If you purchase music through iTunes instead of subscribing to a streaming music service or subscribe to Spotify or a streaming service other than Apple Music, you can streamline the iTunes interface and hide the four Apple Music-related buttons — For You, New, Radio and Connect — that sit between the …

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Trump scorns Google after viral video claims search feature is biased

There’s a viral video going around that asserts Google has manipulated its autocomplete function in favor of Hillary Clinton. On Friday, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, reportedly called out the search giant. “If this is true, it is a disgrace that Google would do that,” Trump said, according to a report Friday by Business Insider. “Very, very dishonest.” …

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Tivoli Audio founder creates new audio company to sell guess what?

When Tom DeVesto sold Tivoli Audio in May of 2015 he signed a one-year non-compete agreement. Well, now that year has passed, and DeVesto has decided to start making wireless tabletop radios again. This time he’ll do it under his new Como Audio brand, which just launched a Kickstarter campaign for two new music systems, the Solo and Duetto, which …

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With Tango, Google is now equipped to map the entire world

Open up Google Maps on your phone and, depending on where you are, you’ll see some streets, some buildings and a blue dot. That blue dot is you, in “YOU ARE HERE” form. When you move, it moves. The dot is helpful when you’re walking around outside, but if you’re indoors — in an airport, a mall, or even a …

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How I increased my MacBook’s battery life by 39 percent

If you are like me, then you are more concerned with the battery life of your laptop than the battery life of your cell phone. My aging MacBook Pro barely makes it to lunch on a single charge, while my iPhone lasts all day. I have tweaked a few settings to extend the life of my laptop’s battery, but I …

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