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The stories you may have missed from 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. We may be in the middle of a desert, but there’s been a blizzard this week — a blizzard of technology news, that is. The technology industry gathered …

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Paying full price for your new phone is a good idea

The era of $200 smartphones with two-year contracts has ended. You can take a moment to mourn this milestone. But could this actually be a good thing for you? The surprising answer is yes. First, let me explain what just happened. This past week AT&T and Sprint joined T-Mobile and Verizon in eliminating two-year service plans and phone subsidies. If …

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This drone catcher shoots out nets like Spider

Bad drones look out: a new flying robot could be coming to capture you. For all the fun and utility they can provide, pesky drones in 2015 did things like crash into the White House lawn, deliver drugs to a prison in Ohio and distract firefighters from doing their work in upstate New York. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) …

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TVs at CES 2016: The 4K, super

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. Now playing: Watch this: OLED TV trends upward at CES 2016 18:59 Enlarge Image The TVs of the future are getting cooler, but they might also get confusing. Sarah Tew/CNET With one hand, …

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Dish adding multiroom music to Hopper DVR

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. Satellite TV provider Dish is working on a DTS Play-Fi multiroom music app to use on its networked Hopper DVR . At Dish’s booth at CES 2016, the company was demonstrating streaming music …

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Antiterrorism on the agenda as Silicon Valley meets with top federal officials

Top federal law enforcement and security officials are in Silicon Valley on Friday, meeting with representatives from the biggest names in tech. At issue: how tech and government can work together to fight terrorism. The summit highlights the government’s heightened sense of urgency in the wake of the San Bernardino, California, shootings last month, when followers of the Islamic State …

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Streaming funeral for metal

When Lemmy Kilmister, leader singer and bassist of the iconic English heavy-metal band Motorhead, died of cancer on December 28, fans and fellow rock stars the world over mourned online via social media. Now they will able to able to attend his funeral online as well. A private service for family and friends at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Hollywood, …

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