Face it: most of today’s hottest products become yesterday’s news in a hurry, but when a product sticks around for 10 or more years it has to be pretty darn special. This collection of oldie-but-goodie headphones are still more than worthy contenders when compared against the best of the latest headphones. Which proves, once again, …
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If ‘House of Cards’ schemer Frank Underwood joined the US presidential race
Just when you thought we couldn’t see any more drama in presidential politics, Netflix dropped the fourth season of “House of Cards” on Friday. Binge watchers will be able to escape the insane melodrama of the real-world race for the White House for 10 glorious hours this weekend and dive in to the insane melodrama of a fictional presidency instead. …
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This blog post should first serve as a public service announcement: Before you sell, erase, lose or otherwise divest yourself of your current iPhone and move to a new iPhone, Apple Watch wearers should unpair their Apple Watch from their old iPhone. Because if you don’t, the only way to pair it with your new is to reset your Apple …
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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. Greetings, cheeps! Who’s ready for the weekend? Me me me! But, first, a question: Do you think you’ll buy an HTC Vive or …
Read More »Meerkat, star of last year’s SXSW, is ditching live streaming
What a difference a year makes. When the live-streaming app Meerkat launched last February, just before the popular tech, music and film festival called South by Southwest (SXSW), it captured the imaginations of Silicon Valley. Suddenly, people could easily use their smartphones to broadcast live video over the Internet. And it was everywhere. While at the festival last year, I …
Read More »Crave giveaway: Nail yourself a ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ prize pack
If you like thrillers, you might just be thrilled by this week’s giveaway. We’ve got a copy of the movie “Hitman: Agent 47,” along with some Agent 47 swag. The 2015 film, which is based on the Hitman video game series, recently came out on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. You’ll get a Blu-ray copy with a prequel comic book …
Read More »How to play Android games on your Windows PC
For many a game fan, playing desktop games on a mobile device is a kind of Holy Grail pursuit. Hence the creation of devices like the Nvidia Shield tablet and streaming apps like Remotr. Ah, but what if you want to flip the equation? Android is home to innumerable great games, many of which have no desktop counterparts. Wouldn’t it …
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Last spring, Benedict Cumberbatch fans were treated to Benedict Chocobatch, a 6-foot tall, 88-pound version of the “Sherlock” star crafted out of 500 Belgian chocolate bars. This year, an even more adorable version of Cumberbatch has debuted. Cumberbunny mixes the actor’s face with bunny ears and the body of a rabbit wearing a bowtie. Created by the same UK-based food …
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We may have just seen the newest flagship phone from HTC. Photos of the company’s next smartphone, dubbed the HTC 10, have appeared on Twitter Friday. From Twitter account @OnLeaks, we see a prototype phone that looks to have a fingerprint scanner, dedicated menu and back buttons, a matte black design and a USB Type-C charging port. The tweet claims …
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Let’s face it, news happens — lots of it. And that’s awesome. But it can be overwhelming to try to stay on top of that density of tech-related news. In fact, here at CNET our editorial staff writes upward of 80 articles per day, and we’re pretty selective about what we cover. And we know many of you just don’t …
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