Every car ride can feel like a journey to greatness as DJ Khaled brings his inspiring words to Waze. The hip hop musician’s voice is available on the navigation app globally from Wednesday until the end of June as music streaming service Deezer celebrates the launch of his eleventh album, Father of Asahd. Khaled will …
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22 May
Pokemon Rumble Rush: Here’s how to get it for your Android or iPhone
The Pokemon Company is rolling out a new game for mobile. Pokemon Rumble Rush, the latest in the Pokemon Rumble series, launched on Android in Australia last week and globally Wednesday. It’ll hit iOS soon, according to the game’s site, and we’ll update as we know more. Rush is the fourth Pokemon Rumble game, and features beat-’em-up gameplay wherein you collect …
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22 May
Google Duplex calls are made by humans one
When Google unveiled Duplex last year, it was touted as a booking system that uses eerily human-sounding artificial intelligence to make reservations. Turns out that about 25% of the time, it actually is a human — and not a robot — placing the call to book an appointment, Google said Wednesday. And about 15% of the time, a call is …
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22 May
You can hire this startup
Plenty of folks get hit with hefty and unexpected medical bills they have a hard time paying. Earnin, a Palo Alto, California-based startup, thinks it can help. The company, which already offers customers an alternative to high-interest payday loans, on Wednesday introduced a new service called HealthAid. It lets people take pictures of their medical bills and load them into …
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22 May
Fujifilm’s $10K GFX100 is the most versatile medium
Fujifilm follows up its 50-megapixel mirrorless medium-format GFX 50S and 50R models with the 102MP GFX100, both the least- and most-Fujifilm-like camera the company’s delivered in quite a while. It’s pure Fujifilm in the way that matters: X-T3-like autofocus with fast-for-its-class continuous shooting, 4K video capture, plus the desirable five-axis sensor-shift image stabilization capability that it briefly debuted in last year’s …
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22 May
Google’s problems in China are bigger than Huawei
Google’s troubles in China now include Huawei. For years, the tech giant has been dogged by its relationship with the world’s biggest country. In 2010, Google pulled out of the search market in China after co-founder Sergey Brin cited the government’s “totalitarian” policies, including censorship of the web. Since then, Google has tried to tiptoe back into the huge and appealing …
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22 May
Samsung asks court to mask details of Qualcomm settlement
Samsung filed an emergency motion on Wednesday asking a federal court to redact details of its settlement with chipmaker Qualcomm that were “inadvertently” made public late Tuesday. The “highly sensitive and confidential” details had previously been under seal but were disclosed as part of ruling that found Qualcomm illegally hurt competitors in the wireless chip market, Samsung said in its …
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22 May
EE to switch on UK’s first 5G network on May 30
UK mobile carrier EE announced its plans to launch 5G in the UK on Wednesday. The network will be switched on on May 30, with the first 5G phones available to preorder from today. EE’s initial 5G rollout will focus on six cities (London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester), with promises to expand to 19 cities by the end …
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22 May
How to watch Indians baseball in 2019 without cable
The Cleveland Indians have won three consecutive AL Central titles, but are still looking for their first World Series crown since 1948 — the longest drought in baseball now that the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs have won titles this century. The Indians are off to a lackluster start this season, but should challenge the Minnesota Twins for a …
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22 May
Everything we know about Apple WWDC 2019
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. We’re just a few weeks away from Apple’s annual developer conference, which kicks off with a June 3 keynote, and expectations are ballooning. If the rumors are true, the company may use the event to unveil new hardware and announce one of the more …
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