To celebrate Prime Day and an accompanying photo contest, Amazon commissioned local artists in every Prime-eligible country to create art inspired by its concept of #PrimeLiving. Here is the Tokyo piece by Whole 9. Amazon For Amazon Prime members, Christmas is coming early this year. To celebrate Amazon’s 20th birthday next week, the e-commerce giant …
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Schiit Magni 2 Uber headphone amp (left) and Modi 2 Uber digital converter (right). Schiit Audio The Schiit Magni 2 Uber headphone amp and Modi 2 Uber digital converter are downright affordable, but still qualify as legitimate high-end audio components. Five years ago, I reviewed the Schiit Asgard headphone amp, and since then every Schiit product I’ve reviewed boasted an …
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Recording artist Zendaya poses for a selfie with fans at the 2015 BET Awards. Christopher Polk/BET/Getty Images Say cheese: MasterCard has come up with an app that lets you pay for stuff with a selfie. The credit card company is experimenting with a mobile app that uses facial recognition to verify your identity. After downloading the app, you pay for …
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Sarah Tew/CNET I’m sitting down in the middle of an asteroid belt. And I forgot where my controller was. Somewhere off to the left of me, I think. My hand’s fumbling over papers, I think I knocked over a can of soda. That gamepad has to be around…but I’m blind. I’m being shot at. I reach up and fumble for …
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Enlarge Image Misfit Congratulations to last week’s winner, Rebecca H. of Troutdale, Ore., for scoring two Alchemy Goods bags made of recycled bicycle inner tubes, plus an iBattz battery case for the iPhone 6, a set of Moshi earbuds and a Sonix iPhone 5/5S case. This week’s prize ought to light up your life. We’ve got a pack of three …
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A winning image of a sea lion caught on camera by a teenager.Ann Basu You don’t have to be all grown up to take great photographs. Kids between the ages of 9 and 17 are showing off their camera talents with a collection of pictures capturing crackling light bulbs, swarming ocean life and a curious young sea lion. National Geographic …
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Pick up the latest tips and tricks in iOS 8.4 with Apple’s new user guides. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Apple has followed up the launch of iOS 8.4 with new user guides designed to explain every aspect of its new mobile OS. On Tuesday, Apple released iOS 8.4 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. The OS provides access to …
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Reddit users are facing online walls after a number of subreddits were made private. Screenshot by Claire Reilly/CNET Entire sections of Reddit are going dark as key subreddits are being made private in protest of the alleged firing of Victoria Taylor, one of the social news site’s highest profile administrators. Reddit users are reporting Taylor, the site’s director of talent …
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Don’t wait all day on July 29 for your Windows 10 upgrade. It may not show up. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Those of you who expect to get Windows 10 at the end of this month may be disappointed. At the start of June, Microsoft said Windows 10 would officially launch on July 29. But as it turns out, that …
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Is Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinking of signing a deal with her former employer? James Martin/CNET Yahoo and Google are testing ways — yet again — to work together. The companies confirmed to The New York Times that they’re currently testing a partnership that will see Google supply search results and search ads to Yahoo. The discovery was first reported …
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Apple Music offers a lot of cool features from streaming music to an online radio station. But it also seems to be creating some headaches for loyal iTunes users. On Tuesday, Apple launched iOS 8.4, which turned on Apple Music, a new service that offers streaming music with playlists curated by “music experts,” a 24/7 radio station called Beats 1 …
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Apple Music’s new Connect feature allows you to follow your favorite artists and groups, similar to Facebook or Twitter. Only, so far Connect hasn’t proven to be all that useful. What is useful, however, is the new playlist feature in Apple Music. You can add playlists created by others to your Apple Music account, or create your own from and …
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Snapchat has changed a defining feature of its app. You no longer have to hold down your finger on the screen to view a message. Your thumb may be grateful, but it does make it easier for someone to take a screenshot of your “disappearing” message. That’s not all that’s changing on the app. Watch this CNET Update report to …
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President Renee James holds the highest-ranking position any woman ever has held at Intel. Intel Intel President Renee James will step down to seek a CEO job elsewhere, ending a career of more than 25 years at the world’s largest chipmaker. The move, announced Thursday, means Intel will be losing its highest-ranking woman at a time when CEO Brian Krzanich …
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Telecommunications service provider Optus has unveiled new monthly pre-paid plans featuring unlimited voice calls and texting, as well as a data rollover system, which will come into effect from July 5. The new plans range from AU$30 to AU$60 and also include allowances for limited international calling. The data rollover feature will allow users to keep any unused data from …
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