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How to customize iOS 9’s proactive search

Editor’s note, October 2, 2015: This review has been updated to include information about how to hide the Nearby section of Spotlight search. Spotlight search is a more proactive assistant with iOS 9. When you swipe down, Spotlight throws four app suggestions at you in addition to the search bar. Swipe right on the home screen and you’ll see a …

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Motorola sheds light on its Android 6.0 Marshmallow plans

The Moto X Pure Edition should soon receive an Android 6.0 update. Josh Miller/CNET Motorola confirmed its intention on Friday to issue Android 6.0 software updates for a number of its smartphones. Additionally, the handset maker says it’s making some changes to the apps that come pre-loaded with the Marshmallow update. Whereas most phone manufacturers typically take months to release …

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Enlarge ImageThank you, dolphin. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET If you drop your cell phone into a large body of water, you don’t have a lot of options. You can wave goodbye and look forward to a new phone. You can go after it, getting soaked in the process. Or you can have a smart dolphin go pick it up …

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Three easy ways to speed up Windows 10

Are you running Windows 10 on a brand-new PC? Or did you upgrade one that’s eight years old? Maybe something in between? Whatever your PC’s origin story, there are ways to make it faster. And I don’t mean faster at crunching complex spreadsheets or processing mammoth Photoshop edits; I’m talking about speedier startup, shutdown and Start-menu access. You know, the …

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Crave giveaway: SnapPower Charger USB

Enlarge ImageThe SnapPower USB-equipped coverplate snaps into place. SnapPower Congratulations to Joseph L. of Jupiter, Florida, for winning a Zivix Jamstik+ portable digital guitar in last week’s giveaway. This week, we have a power outlet coverplate — with a built-in USB port. Cool, huh? The SnapPower Charger has an unobtrusive USB outlet at the bottom that draws power from the …

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