Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Yes, she plays with her cat. AT&T/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As I understand it, the old Taylor Swift is dead. The new Taylor Swift is, on the other hand, taking names and settling scores. At least that was the …
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7 September
AirPods, one year later: How Apple bet on our faces and won
A year ago, I put AirPods in my ears and they became a Reddit joke. Cigarettes in my ears. Hipster jewelry. Mini vape pipes. Dorkwear. Hell no. They were a Google Glass-level example of face-worn tech gone wrong. And then, people starting wearing them. After a September 2016 unveiling, AirPods didn’t start shipping until mid-December. As 2017 began, I slowly …
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7 September
See how Dolby’s biophysical lab tracks your emotions
Now playing: Watch this: Dolby wants to give your senses superpowers 2:30 Scientists at Dolby are strapping a swimming cap with wires sticking out of it to my head. It’s actually a dry 64-channel electroencephalogram, or EEG, that’s reading my brain activity. Inside Dolby’s biophysical lab at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, neuroscientists are studying how audio and video …
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7 September
iPhone 8 production glitches could mean shipment delays
Do you have your heart set on the iPhone 8 — or whatever it will be called when Apple unveils its new phone lineup on Tuesday? Instant gratification may not be in the forecast, according to a report Thursday in The Wall Street Journal, which says a combination of manufacturing glitches and decisions have pushed back production by about a …
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7 September
Meet Samsung’s next dual camera phones: Galaxy J7+ and C8
The Galaxy Note 8 became Samsung‘s first phone to have dual rear cameras, but just two weeks later, the company has already taken the wraps off of two new dual-camera phones that couldn’t be less like the Note: the Galaxy J7+ and the Galaxy C8. Both much more affordable, much more basic Android phones, the presence of two lenses on the back is basically …
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7 September
Amazon tries to snuff out a bunch of Kindle publishing scams
Amazon has been working for years to clean its sites of fake reviews and fake products. It’s still got work to do. The online retailer on Wednesday filed five separate legal actions through the American Arbitration Association to cut down on a variety of alleged scams used to make money on Amazon’s Kindle self-publishing service, according to documents obtained by …
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7 September
Why G Suite may be right for your small business
With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — from prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. For Todd Spodek, the decision to equip his New York law firm with Google‘s software applications boiled down a single need: collaboration. “We settled on Google because it was at the forefront of …
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7 September
Google Drive dies next March. Get ready to update
Now playing: Watch this: Google Drive is dying — time to update 1:05 The Google Drive app for personal computers will stop working March 12, 2018. Its fuller-featured replacement, Backup and Sync, is available now. Stephen Shankland/CNET If you’re among the hundreds of millions of people using Google Drive to synchronize files across your PCs and phones, be warned: you’ve …
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7 September
Weekend Streaming: ‘BoJack Horseman’ returns for its fourth season
Welcome back to your weekly podcast that lets you know what’s new to watch in the next few days. Netflix has a tendency to release a lot of TV shows on Fridays and this time is no different. Full seasons of new series like “The Confession Tapes” and “Greenhouse Academy,” plus a new season of “BoJack Horseman” all arrive on …
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7 September
Spotify and Hulu team up for $5 student bundle
File this one under: I wish I had this when I was in college. Spotify and Hulu are teaming up to give US college students access to both companies’ premium services for $4.99 a month. The new service is aptly called “Spotify Premium for Students, now with Hulu.” Spotify’s announcement hints that this package is just the first of many …
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