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Apple listens to some Siri recordings to make it better

There’s a lot Apple’s done to improve the Siri voice assistant since its launch in 2011. The company’s made it capable of doing more things, like calling an Uber or looking up a dictionary term. Apple’s also making its voice sound more human. Still, it needs to check to make sure Siri’s getting things right. A team of contractors around …

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Company T-Mobile (TMUS) Sprint (S) Ranking by total number of customers No. 3 No. 4 Employees 52,000 30,000 Revenue $43.3B $33.6B Price per share (Following announcement 7/26/19) $82.53 $7.90 Shares outstanding 854,303,011 4,090,807,600 Market cap $70.51B $32.32B Total wireless customer count 81.3M 54.5M Total wireless postpaid 45.54M 32.77M Total wireless prepaid 21.2M 8.8M Coverage map https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/coverage-map https://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp? Retail store numbers …

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Get an unlocked Google Pixel 3A for $365 or Pixel 3A XL for $410

Happy Friday, cheeps! A few quick housekeeping notes: First, my summer vacation starts next Tuesday, so Cheapskate duties will be in the hands of my super-savvy CNET colleagues. When I return, be ready for big news regarding the next Cheapskate Mystery Box! It’s happening, and soon. Second, you’ve probably noticed this sentence in recent posts: “Note that CNET may get …

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Adobe’s mixed

Adobe’s research team has created an experimental display prototype that blends digital and physical worlds, the company said in a Friday blog post. The project, called Project Glasswing, features a transparent display that lets users tweak a screen’s opacity to reveal objects on the other side. They can also interact with or reposition images and videos on the screen, which …

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John McAfee apparently in London after detainment

After tweeting a photoshoot of his time in jail this week, John McAfee is offering a little more detail on what went down. Saying he’s now in London, McAfee is laying the blame on the CIA and an “extremely corrupt Bahamian official.” The latest chapter in his continuing saga began this week. Operating McAfee’s Twitter account, McAfee 2020 campaign manager …

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