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Am I swiping right? How Tinder falls short for men and women

As part of “It’s Complicated,” CNET’s series about how tech is changing our relationships, we thought you might enjoy this story, originally published Oct. 26, 2016. “If they had Tinder when I was single…,” the guys say, imagining the possibilities. “You’re single? Have you not tried Tinder?” the gals ask incredulously. People who have never …

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Rhett & Link’s ‘Buddy System’ goes old school to try new tricks

Now playing: Watch this: Rhett & Link battle for artistic supremacy — in VR 4:56 For their most ambitious online video yet, YouTubers Rhett and Link went back to their roots. The pair, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, rose to prominence with their daily YouTube variety show “Good Mythical Morning,” in which they challenge each other to eat strange foods …

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Steam Direct will let any developer sell any PC game

Steam, the world’s biggest PC game store, is about to get a lot bigger. That’s because its owner, game developer Valve, is done picking and choosing which games will appear there. (Yes, the same Valve behind Half-Life, Portal and DOTA 2, among other popular games.) Valve has been experimenting for the past five years with a feature called Steam Greenlight, …

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All new iPhones will feature wireless charging, analyst says

Now playing: Watch this: The iPhone 10th anniversary edition could cost $1,000 5:17 We’ve only got about seven or eight months to go before Apple introduces its next iPhones and there’s been some chatter about Apple putting out three new iPhones instead of the usual two, with one being a super high-end model with prices for it approaching $1,000 in …

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A kid’s advice for Nintendo Switch

Are you excited, I ask? He shrugs. “Yes.” What, you don’t like the Switch? I ask him after showing him the trailer. What do you think? “So so,” he says. My 8-year-old son is a Nintendo fan. He loves the Wii U, and plays several times a week. And yet he’s ambivalent about the Nintendo Switch, the next gaming system …

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How an iPhone 4 and OkCupid led to love

This is part of CNET’s “It’s Complicated” series about the role technology plays in our relationships. By the time I’d met my husband in 2010, I had been dating online for nearly a decade. I had profiles on all the big sites: Match.com, eHarmony, Chemistry.com and, later, OkCupid. I was even selected by ABC’s “20/20” for a TV special testing …

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Weekend Streaming: ‘Superbad’ goes online at Netflix

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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