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Apple may be getting ready to unveil the iPad Pro, iPad Mini 4 and a new Apple TV. Now playing: Watch this: Is a 12.9-inch iPad Pro coming soon? 2:58 CNET Update delivers the tech news you need in under three minutes. Watch Bridget Carey every afternoon for a breakdown of the big stories, hot …

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Apple’s iPhone 6S: The peak of smartphone boredom?

You can feel the difference, can’t you? The excitement that once gripped you as hype built for the next Apple iPhone isn’t quite there anymore. Smartphone makers used to wow us with every new bell, whistle and fingerprint reader, but nowadays a slightly sharper display or crisper camera elicit little more than a shrug. It’s a dilemma the entire industry …

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​If you stream it, they will come: Choice cites ‘Netflix effect’ for piracy decline

Louie Psihoyos/Corbis While consumer advocates, government ministers and even rights holders have long said that piracy rates are reduced by opening access to affordable content in a timely manner, the numbers have finally come through to prove it: Australians are pirating less now that we have more streaming services. Consumer advocacy group Choice has today released new data that shows …

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Enlarge Image The 3D-printed Maze hairbrush has sections that flex forward and backward to make hair removal a snap. Scott Shim When I see my wife cleaning her hairbrush, I get depressed and think, “I remember when I had hair.” When Scott Shim, associate professor of design at Ohio State University, saw his wife undertaking the task, it got him …

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Gear S2 propels Samsung into sleeker design, focus on apps

Enlarge ImageSamsung’s newest smartwatch, the Gear S2, comes in two models and features a round screen. Tyler Lizenby/CNET BERLIN — Samsung on Thursday showed the world its newest smartwatch, one that the company hopes will help it regain lost ground in the hot wearables market. The Gear S2, Samsung’s seventh smartwatch but its first featuring a circular screen , will …

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Look out, iPad Pro: Samsung teases its own big

Enlarge ImageSamsung on Thursday teased what appears to be a big-screen tablet or a 2-in-1 device, called the Galaxy View. Andrew Hoyle/CNET BERLIN — Samsung may not be done with product launches for the year. The South Korean company on Thursday teased what appeared to be a big-screen tablet or a 2-in-1 device called the Galaxy View. The brief video …

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3 things you should know before you buy your next laptop

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. Enlarge Image Asus A couple months back I reviewed, then bought, an Asus ZenBook UX305 — a thin, lightweight laptop that, at first glance, seemed an ideal replacement for my aging, slowing, increasingly …

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T-Mobile announces video calling. CNET T-Mobile customers with one of Samsung’s newer Android-powered smartphones can now make video calls right from the handset’s dialer. While video calling is widely available through third-party apps, the carrier said Thursday that its customers with the Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 Edge+ will be able to use T-Mobile Video Calling to make and …

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