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Snapchat’s new Spectacles and how to get them

Snap’s back with Spectacles, round two. Designed for use exclusively with Snapchat, the $150 Spectacles are sunglasses with a camera. They record circular video you can view in Snapchat. Now playing: Watch this: Snap refreshes Spectacles, adds water resistance 1:33 How do they work? With a single button on the glasses frame. Press it once to snap a 10-second video, …

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Facebook nears deal for Zuckerberg to face European Parliament

Facebook is close to a deal that would bring CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Brussels to answer questions from members of the European Parliament, according to a report by Politico.  Earlier this month, Zuckerberg endured 10 hours of grilling over two days in the chambers of Congress. That followed the onset several weeks earlier of a spiraling scandal for Facebook triggered …

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How to avoid tech support scams

The phone rings. It’s a support tech calling from Microsoft: They’ve identified a virus on your computer, and a serious one at that. Fortunately, they can remotely connect to your PC and eliminate the threat. They’ll just need a credit card number and permission to take control of your system to do it.  That’s just the kind of scam that’s …

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The 7 best new features of Windows 10 April 2018 Update

Microsoft is readying the release of its semi-annual update to Windows 10. It’s now called Windows 10 April 2018 Update, a last-minute change from its development name: Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. I’ve been using the final beta of the update — Windows 10, version 1803 — to get a sense of the new features and design tweaks it’ll bring …

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Nintendo’s new mobile game is Dragalia Lost

It took Nintendo a while to jump on the mobile gaming bandwagon, but now the Japanese giant is really leaning into it. On Thursday Nintendo announced its latest venture into mobile gaming, Dragalia Lost. It’s an RPG game jointly developed with Cygames, a studio Nintendo now owns a 5 percent stake of, and it’ll debut in Asia this summer before …

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