July, 2017

• 11 July

  Oculus Rift gets a big price cut, Twitter debuts new anti

  

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• 11 July

  How to hide the navigation bar on the Galaxy S8

  

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• 11 July

  Microsoft wants to bring broadband to millions of rural Americans

  

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• 10 July

  So long and thanks for all the tech: Girt by CNET podcast 114

  

  So it’s come to this. After 114 episodes of “Simpsons” references, spontaneously bursting out into song and occasionally, if there’s some time left, talking about tech news. As we close in on two years, the Girt team prepares to go on hiatus, but we’ll be farewelling the show in style. The team looks back at how the big stories of …

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• 10 July

  Facebook drops the price of its Oculus VR hardware yet again

  

  Facebook‘s Oculus Rift VR headset already got one price drop back in March. Now it’s getting another. As part of the “Summer of Rift” sales promotion Oculus is having, the VR headset and a pair of Touch controllers are down to a combined $399, a $200 drop. (In the UK, it’s down to £399. You can ship it to Australia …

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• 10 July

  China’s Great Firewall may squash VPN workarounds by Feb. 1

  

  Last week, we’d heard that China was cracking down on virtual private networks (VPNs), when one such popular VPN reported that the government had shut it down. But now, it appears that China is ordering the country’s three biggest cellular carriers — indeed, three of the biggest cellular carriers in the world — to block users from accessing VPNs in …

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• 10 July

  Checkout these Prime Day alternative deals from Best Buy

  

  Not to be outdone by Amazon’s big Prime Day promotion, electronics retailer Best Buy also has a bunch of high-tech deals up its sleeve. The list of discounted gear includes everything from Apple Watches, Roomba robot vacuums, iPhones, headphones, and HDTVs. The bulk of the sale kicks off tomorrow on Tuesday 11 July, though some products are already on sale …

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• 10 July

  First Prime Day deals revealed: $35 Echo Dot, $90 Echo, more

  

  Now playing: Watch this: The real deals of Amazon Prime Day 2:24 Amazon’s Prime Day online shopping extravaganza starts later today, and the company has just teased some of the first big deals available.  As always, Amazon’s own hardware is at the top of the discount list. Prime price cuts include some of the best-ever deals on the Echo speaker …

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• 10 July

  New Twitter update lets you mute even more trolls

  

  Twitter, like many internet conversation platforms, is currently struggling to fight hate speech. But in the meanwhile, Twitter is rolling out a few new tools to help you police your very own feed.  Today, the company has added options (find them in Settings > Notifications > Advanced Filters) that’ll let you automatically mute any user 1) who doesn’t follow you, or …

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• 10 July

  The best Amazon Prime Day tech deals of 2017

  

  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! For Prime Day, Amazon has slashed prices on the Echo and Echo Dot. CNET Amazon Prime Day 2017 has …

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