January, 2018

• 4 January

  OnePlus 5T gets a cool new sandstone white look

  

  A new year, a new OnePlus variant. This time, it’s the OnePlus 5T, which has been given a fancy new lick of white paint.  The sandstone white colour, as it’s known, also brings a matte texture to the phone. It’s designed to mimic the smooth matte feel of earlier OnePlus handsets. While I can’t vouch …

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• 4 January

  Roku to power smart speakers, sound bars and whole

  

  Roku TVs routinely earn high marks in CNET’s reviews for their ease of use, superb streaming options and, in one example, excellent image quality. Now playing: Watch this: Roku smart speakers are coming 1:08 Unlike its streaming devices, however, Roku doesn’t actually manufacture the TVs. Instead it partners with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), brands including TCL, Sharp, Hisense, RCA, Hitachi, …

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• 4 January

  HP laptop batteries overheating leads to recall

  

  If you own a laptop, you already have the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws to worry about. If you own a HP laptop, add another potential woe to your list. A small number of HP laptops and mobile workstations shipped between December 2015 and December 2017 will need their batteries replaced because they have a “potential to overheat, posing a fire …

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• 4 January

  Jimmy Iovine reportedly leaving Apple Music in August

  

  Jimmy Iovine’s tenure at Apple may come to an end this summer. The music mogul, who joined Apple as part of its acquisition of Beats Electronics, could be leaving the company in August, according to a Hits Daily Double report Thursday. Iovine’s expected departure is likely timed to his Apple shares fully vesting, the report said. The 64-year-old Iovine, a …

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• 4 January

  CNET Asks: Has Apple lost your trust?

  

  After the company behind Geekbench released a report revealing that Apple appeared to be deliberately slowing its older phones, Apple claimed that it was doing so in order to preserve battery life in phones where the battery was wearing out. Replace your phone’s battery and it should work like new. As an apology for not being fully transparent with its customers, Apple …

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• 4 January

  Wicked Audio’s new line of budget headphones includes a totally wireless model

  

  I tend to write more about premium headphones, but there are plenty of companies like Wicked Audio that cater to younger, more budget-conscious consumers. Every model in its new line of headphones, including its first totally wireless headphone, the Arq ($80), costs less than $100. They’re all scheduled to ship this spring. (No word yet on international pricing).  Wicked’s touting …

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• 4 January

  T

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. T-Mobile’s John Legere. Is his company satisfying customers? James Martin/CNET When you’re loved, do you keep it to yourself, for fear the love will wane? Or do you boast about it from the highest mountain top because, well, that’s just who you are? T-Mobile seems …

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• 4 January

  Dell’s new XPS 13 for 2018 is thinner, lighter, smaller, cooler

  

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• 4 January

  Taking a leap into the tech of the 2018 Volvo XC60

  

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• 4 January

  2018 Volvo XC60 has a powerplant like no other

  

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