In anticipation of next Friday’s release of the Apple HomePod speaker, Apple has updated some of the tech specs listed for the product on its website. The list of “Audio Sources” confirms that the HomePod sits very comfortably inside Apple’s walled garden of apps and services, and isn’t as friendly to outside sources as other …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! It’s hard to believe a printer of this size can autoduplex! Dell At the risk of sounding like …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image I wonder what level she’s on. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images The game of politics has become very polarized of late. There seems so little to unite, regardless of the rhetoric. Can it be surprising, then, that a Getty photographer captured more than …
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The entry-level model of the Microsoft Surface Laptop is now $799 direct from Microsoft. It has an Intel Core m3 processor, which isn’t as fast as the Core i5 or Core i7, but will satisfy anyone with simple needs. It also runs Windows S and has 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. While it’s not the high-end model, …
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Microsoft is planning to release the next version of its standalone Office suite sometime in the second half of 2018, with preview versions coming in the second quarter. But if you want to install it, you’re going to need a computer running the latest Microsoft operating system, Windows 10. That’s according to a support article published by Microsoft, outlining new service …
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Apple is said to be reducing its order of iPhone X components. According a report in Business Korea, some components for the current topline iPhone model are “estimated to reach zero in the second half of this year.” The phone’s OLED screens, notably, are sourced from Samsung Display, a division of Apple’s archrival in the smartphone sphere. That reinforces earlier …
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There is no white knight for Sprint. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier by subscribers spent much of 2017 in preparation for a merger with No. 3 T-Mobile, only for the companies to walk away from the deal in November. It was a shocking development because most in the industry believed the deal made sense, creating a larger combined player to …
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Just in time for the big game, the Winter Olympics, the Oscars and everything else, YouTube TV has finally made its way to Roku and Apple TV. Roku makes the most popular streamers and is a perennial favorite of CNET’s streamer and smart TV reviews, which are the best values on the market. Apple TV is more expensive but still highly recommended …
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Apple’s AirPods ($165 at eBay) may be built primarily for use with Apple’s own hardware, but they’re still Bluetooth headphones at the end of the day. Because of that, AirPods work with all sorts of devices. If you’re using AirPods with an Android phone or tablet, but wish you could monitor their battery level and that of the charging case …
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Sprint believes it can take the checkered flag when it comes to the great 5G race. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier by subscribers has set a goal of building the first nationwide mobile 5G network by early 2019, CEO Marcelo Claure said on a conference call with analysts on Friday. He added that the company plans to launch commercial service …
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