July, 2017

• 15 July

  Google Pixel 2: Why you’ll want to squeeze it

  

  The Google Pixel 2 is coming later this year — and we’re hearing it may have a “squeezable” frame.  What the heck does that mean? Enlarge Image You can squeeze the HTC U11 for an extra layer of functionality. CNET It’s like a phone you can squeeze With a squeezable frame, you can literally grip the …

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• 15 July

  Onkyo’s new stereo receiver offers unique HDMI switching

  

  I’ve long been an advocate of stereo home theater, but there was one stumbling block: stereo receivers and integrated amplifiers lacked video switching of any kind. For years I’ve asked manufacturers about that and all I got was a lot of blank stares. So, I’m especially happy to report Onkyo’s TX-8270 stereo receiver sports four HDMI inputs and a boatload …

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• 15 July

  Replace your dubious iPhone 7 headphone dongle with this $40 Lightning adapter

  

  Let’s say you dropped $300-plus on a nice set of wired AKG, Beats, Beyerdynamic, Bose, Bowers & Wilkins, Grado, Oppo, Sennheiser or Ultimate Ears headphones. Then later, you bought an iPhone 7 and discovered it doesn’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack onboard. Are you going to toss your headphones to get a set of Bluetooth headphones that don’t sound as …

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• 15 July

  Oculus Rift and Touch get price cuts, Microsoft to bring broadband to US

  

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• 14 July

  Why fitness wearables aren’t for me

  

  Editors’ note:  Welcome to Boom With a View, a new column by Daniel Van Boom (yes, that’s a real name), CNET Australia’s Asia news editor. He’ll be doing what he grew up doing: talking about nerdom, and pretty much everything else, to strangers on the internet.  “I gave up after a month,” my friend says of his new fitness exploits. …

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• 14 July

  Drone Racing League’s RacerX drone is faster than your car

  

  The Drone Racing League’s RacerX quad is so fast it gives new meaning to the saying “blink and you’ll miss it.”  With a top speed of 179.3 mph (288.6 kph) and an average speed of 163.5 mph (263.1 kph), the RacerX set a Guinness World Record for the fastest racing drone. Designed and built by the DRL’s techs, it took …

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• 14 July

  What Google’s Backup and Sync app can and can’t do

  

  Now playing: Watch this: How to get started with Google’s Backup and Sync app 1:28 Google’s new Backup and Sync app replaces both the company’s Drive and Photos desktop apps for Windows PCs and Macs. You can use the app to back up the contents of your entire computer — or just selected folders. Set up Backup and Sync First, …

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• 14 July

  How to record your own voice for Waze navigation

  

  Navigation app Waze has long offered a choice of voices, including the occasional celebrity. Now, thanks to a recent update, you can get directions from the biggest star of all: you. Waze now lets you record your own voice, meaning you can be the one that tells you when it’s time to turn left, when there’s a hazard ahead and …

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• 14 July

  Get an HP Pavilion Wave desktop PC for $299.99

  

  CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Twitter! Now playing: Watch this: HP’s new living room PC looks sharp, but is built for… 1:17 What. Is. This? …

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• 14 July

  The fight for net neutrality will continue in court and in Congress

  

  Millions of people have answered a call to support the Federal Communications Commission’s existing net neutrality rules.  But will that be enough to convince the agency to back off of its plan to kill them? In response to the planned overhaul, the Republican-led FCC has received a record-breaking 7.4 million comments — nearly double the amount it received in 2014 when it …

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