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Hound can outsmart Siri, Google Now with voice

If you have complex search questions about restaurants and hotels, you’re better off asking Hound over Siri. A new voice-assistant app is set on outsmarting Siri, Cortana and Google Now. Watch CNET Update to discover more about Hound, now available for free in Android and Apple app stores . Changes are also coming to Google Maps, and Google’s self-driving car …

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How to restore Hibernate mode in Windows 10

Windows has long offered two ways to “pause” your computer without actually shutting it down: Sleep mode and Hibernate mode. Sleep is often referred to as “standby,” a low-power state that enables your computer to “wake up” almost instantly when you open the lid or hit the power button. Hibernate, on the other hand, saves your current system state to …

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Pebble’s Time watches get a price cut

Pebble’s last round of smartwatches came in three flavors, and several prices. Over the holidays, Pebble dropped the price on some of these watches temporarily. Now those price cuts are in effect going forward. The Pebble Time now costs $150, while the Pebble Time Round is $200. The Pebble Time Steel remains at $250. It’s a bit of a shame, …

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Don’t hold your breath for an Xbox VR headset

Xbox VR? Don’t bet on it. Microsoft doesn’t see the need to produce its own virtual reality headset — and even if it did, that headset probably wouldn’t plug into an Xbox game console in the same way that rival Sony’s PlayStation VR headset works. “Would we ever do our own VR device? We could, if we thought we had …

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