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Our March Madness showdown against Bing’s NCAA bracket picks

I (still) think I can beat Bing Predicts. I was fairly confident I can take down Microsoft’s forecasting engine by picking the winner of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. We’re sure Bing had a similar reaction like Villanova guard Donte DiVincenzo after the defending NCAA basketball champs were upset Saturday by Wisconsin, busting many tournamnent brackets in the process. …

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Why you should install Chrome on your laptop

For quite some time, Google Chrome has had a reputation: great browser, terrible performance. In particular, if you’re a laptop user and typically keep more than a few tabs open, expect hits to not only overall speed, but also battery life. Google has acknowledged this in the past, and in fact promised to make reducing power usage a “top priority …

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Weekend streaming: Netflix picks up two seasons of ‘Lucha Underground’

Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. For more information on what’s available to watch online, check out CNET.com/Netpicks or …

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​It’s World Sleep Day, go back to sleep

Today isn’t just Saint Patrick’s Day. It’s also the 10th World Sleep Day, something I didn’t even know until my Withings app reminded me in a phone notification. World Sleep Day is an annual raising-awareness day for sleep health, sleep disorders created by the World Sleep Society, an organization founded by the World Association of Sleep Medicine and the World …

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