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Scooters roll deep at CES 2016

This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Scooters are definitely a thing. Over the last few months in San Francisco I’ve noticed more and more people using them to (sometimes annoyingly) zip around downtown. I …

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Where to find the hidden three

The reason I use a MacBook rather than a Windows laptop might have less to do with the differences in the operating systems and more to do with the superiority of the MacBook trackpad. I have yet to encounter a trackpad on a Windows laptop that can match the feel of a MacBook’s trackpad. I enjoy the generous proportions of …

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Get a Harman Kardon Onyx Bluetooth speaker for $79.99

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. Cool looks, awesome sound. Harman Kardon Regular Cheapskate readers know that I love Bluetooth speakers. They also know I tend to favor super-inexpensive …

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Google, HUD on a mission to narrow the digital divide

Widespread access to the Internet should be made available to low-income households to close the so-called digital divide, and it needs to happen soon. That was the conclusion Thursday in a chat between Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro. The pair met at Alphabet’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, to discuss ways …

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Facebook’s free Internet service bashed in India

Mark Zuckerberg’s proposal to provide free, basic Internet service in India has hit an old-fashioned snag: People don’t believe they’re getting something for nothing. On Wednesday, dozens of Internet rights groups criticized Facebook, Zuck’s company, for making “disingenuous” claims about opposition to the Free Basics plan, which promises to give India’s rural poor access to the social network and a …

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