August, 2020

• 28 August

  2020 Mini JCW GP: Fierce looks and a wild ride

  

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• 28 August

  Amazon has a new fitness band, TikTok boss quits

  

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• 28 August

  SC Says Hold Exams By Sept 30, Adds Universities Cannot Promote Students Without Final Exam

  

  The Supreme Court has said that states and universities cannot promote students without holding final year exams by September 30. Upholding the UGC decision to hold final year exams, a bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said if any state feels they can’t conduct exams by that date, they must approach the UGC for new dates to hold the exam. …

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• 27 August

  Before Galaxy Z Fold 2 arrives: These were the first Fold’s best and worst features

  

  Samsung’s next foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Fold 2, was officially announced at the company’s August Unpacked event, with more details forthcoming on Sept. 1. Rumors and leaks suggest that some of our least favorite things about the original Galaxy Fold might have been eliminated — that ugly notch comes to mind — but it remains to be seen when …

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• 27 August

  Apple’s back to school deal: Get $159 toward AirPods when you buy a Mac or an iPad

  

  It’s time to head back to school — whether that means going off to campus or staying home because of social distancing. Regardless of whether your school is open for classroom learning this fall, Apple has the best offer for returning students that we’ve seen in a while: You can get a free set of AirPods ($100 at Amazon) (or …

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• 27 August

  We toured Facebook Horizon, a social VR playground entering beta with lots of unknowns

  

  We’re standing in an escape room space, where one of us is trying to guide a block into a target and communicate to the other person, standing behind a wall at a control panel. CNET colleague Joan Solsman and I are in this world, but haven’t seen each other in person for months. It’s weird, fun stuff, the sort of …

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• 27 August

  More Galaxy Z Fold 2 info is officially coming at another Samsung Unpacked on Sept. 1

  

  Get ready for a busy week of Samsung news. On Tuesday, the company will share more details about its new Galaxy Z Fold 2 as preorders for the foldable begin. Then on Wednesday, it will unveil news it normally would have introduced at the IFA trade show in Berlin.  Instead of attending this year’s scaled-down-for-coronavirus IFA show, Samsung has opted to host its own …

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• 27 August

  Galaxy Note 20 costs $300 less than the Ultra. So what’s the trade

  

  Take a look at the photo above and what do you see? Two Galaxy Note phones for power users that cost $1,000 or more, with a stylus to wield as a navigation tool, digital pen and more. You see immediate differences, too — camera mounts that look wildly different and finishes that aren’t quite the same. That’s exactly how Samsung …

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• 27 August

  Windows 10 Insider preview build comes with laundry list of fixes

  

  Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.487 (20H2) on Wednesday, and it came with a long, long list of fixes. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel, and to commercial customers in the Beta Channel and Release Preview Channel. The 72 fixes in the update range from tweaks to the Start menu and the taskbar to …

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• 27 August

  Amazon Fresh brings smart grocery carts and Alexa to an LA supermarket

  

  If you haven’t noticed, Amazon really wants you to buy more groceries from its stores. It’s already introduced a bunch of new store formats and services to entice food shoppers, and the company has now come out with another one. It’s called Amazon Fresh, essentially a traditional supermarket but with a few Amazon-centric touches like Alexa as a shopping assistant …

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