June, 2018

• 28 June

  Google Maps could help you avoid Fourth of July traffic

  

  Sitting in traffic is probably not how you’d like to spend your Independence Day. Google Maps took a look at traffic on the national holiday from 25 cities in the US and has some advice to share that could keep you out of a jam.  The report, out Thursday, shows that if you’ve got somewhere …

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• 28 June

  Pokemon Go creator will sell its AR tech to spawn games like Harry Potter

  

  I’m holding a phone about FaceTime length away from my face as I’m running around a room. If a certain company has its way, everyone will be doing this a lot more soon. I’m playing a game created by Niantic, the startup that was the force behind the 2016 smash hit mobile game Pokemon Go. You know, the game that …

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• 28 June

  Supreme Court decision spells danger for Berkeley cell phone radiation law

  

  The US Supreme Court stepped into the long-running debate over wireless and health on Thursday when it vacated a Berkeley, California, law requiring retailers to warn customers about possible wireless radiation exposure. Berkeley’s “Right to Know” ordinance, which went into effect in 2016 after years of discussion, mandated that anyone buying a cell phone in the city receive a notice …

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• 28 June

  Sling TV raises price of live TV streaming to $25 per month

  

  Bad news, cord cutters: The cheapest way to watch SportsCenter just got 25 percent more expensive. For three and a half years Sling TV has let you watch 20-odd live TV channels including ESPN, AMC, TNT, CNN and Disney, without subscribing to cable, for $20 a month. It now costs $5 more. The new price for people who subscribe to …

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• 28 June

  Lego and iPhone connect for low

  

  Sarin nerve gas is one of the most frightening chemical weapons ever created. The odorless gas can kill within minutes.  Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have come up with a simple way to detect and identify nerve agents like sarin and VX, a substance implicated in the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s half-brother in …

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• 28 June

  Game faster with an Nvidia GTX 1060

  

  Hey Cheepies, Rick is on vacation for the next few days, but he’ll be back in this space very soon. In the meantime, the rest of the CNET crew will be doing our best to fill his shoes, focusing on the best deals we can find in the run-up to the Independence Day holiday. Anybody in the market for a …

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• 28 June

  Amazon will help entrepreneurs form companies to deliver its packages

  

  Amazon is keeping up its push to build its own delivery capabilities. The online retailer said Thursday that it’s going to support entrepreneurs who form companies to deliver its packages with its new Delivery Service Partners program. Amazon will offer discounted vehicle leases and insurance, training and access to logistics tech, saying that its partners can earn profits up to …

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• 28 June

  AT&T fined $5.25M over 911 outage that dropped 15,000 calls to emergency services

  

  When you call 911, you expect emergency services to pick up the phone. But last year, AT&T dropped some 15,000 emergency calls and failed to notify call centers quickly — and now the company has been fined $5.25 million to settle an FCC investigation into the outages. According to the FCC (PDF), there were actually two outages: the one in …

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• 28 June

  This startup gives an easy

  

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• 28 June

  Resurrecting an old

  

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