It’s not every day you see a famous competitive shooter dressed as a Marvel superhero. But in the video “Real-life bullet-proof Captain America shield,” host and pro shooter Jerry Miculek dresses as Captain America himself and tests the round shield the Avenger would never enter a battle without. “We have created the first functional version …
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Get back the 10GB of free OneDrive storage Microsoft is taking away
Microsoft giveth, and Microsoft taketh away. Last November, the company announced plans to scrap its unlimited-storage option for OneDrive subscribers and cut free storage to 5GB from the previous 15GB amount. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the latter change will take place in July. Anyone who didn’t opt in to the 10GB camera-roll storage bonus, or who’s new to OneDrive, …
Read More »Families of teens lost at sea fight over recovered iPhone
Clues to the fate of two teens who went missing at sea last summer may be held by an iPhone that’s now the center of a legal battle between the boys’ families. Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos were lost in the sea off Florida around July 24, but the phone was recovered last month along with their boat off the …
Read More »‘Thriller’ dance video creepier without music
Anyone who grew up in the ’80s can tell you that knowing all the steps to “Thriller,” Michael Jackson’s creature feature music video, was a must at school dances. Most of us can do the zombie line shuffle in our sleep. Despite Vincent Price’s narration and fantastic monster makeup, however, the music video wasn’t particularly scary. Until now. Take the …
Read More »9 settings every Samsung Galaxy S7 owner should change
Now playing: Watch this: Customize your Galaxy S7 with these hidden features 1:18 After going through the basic setup process of your new Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge, there are a few more things you should do to get the most out of the device. In fact, here are nine settings you should change: Change your theme Samsung’s theme store …
Read More »Get a refurbished Acer Cloudbook 11 for $99.99 (or less)
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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image That’s a pretty handsome laptop, especially for the price. Acer Thanks to reader Mark for steering this my way… A laptop …
Read More »The future of Samsung Pay is frictionless, says Samsung’s self
When somebody tells you they’re a “payment nerd,” that’s gotta be a good sign. And this is basically how Elle Kim, Samsung’s new VP of business development for Samsung Pay, introduced herself to me at the company’s headquarters in Suwon, South Korea (which I visited as part of a 19-day tech-seeking trip through Asia). Click to read more of Jessica’s …
Read More »CoWatch keeps Amazon Alexa Voice Service at arm’s length
Amazon is getting its own smartwatch, sort of. The CoWatch, an Indiegogo project currently more than $45,000 past its $80,000 funding goal, will use Amazon’s cloud-based voice service, Alexa, to do things like control smart home devices, get traffic and weather reports or play music. It’s like have the power of an Amazon Echo on your wrist. CoWatch’s capabilities are …
Read More »Apple sales drop as iPhone shipments decline for first time ever
It finally happened. Apple on Tuesday reported its first-ever drop in iPhone sales, with fiscal second-quarter unit shipments down 16 percent to 51.2 million. That’s lower than the 61.1 million the company sold the same time last year, though it is in line with the 51 million analysts expected Apple to sell in the three months ended in March. Even …
Read More »Dropbox looks to declutter your hard drive
Dropbox wants to make sure your documents and other files don’t gobble up your hard drive. The online file-sharing service introduced a new feature Tuesday called Project Infinite. The idea behind the service is to make your online files look and feel just like those saved on your hard drive. Instead of storing all your files both locally and in …
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