Best Buy has sporadically had some big discounts on Logitech’s UE Roll 2 Bluetooth speaker, and now Amazon has matched the low price for this flying-saucer-shaped wireless speaker that’s also fully waterproof. You can pick it up in blue or green for $55, or $45 off its list price. We saw the earlier UE Roll …
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11 April
Does Google’s AutoDraw AI grasp modern art better than you?
Turns out Google is a better artist than you. The company has unveiled a new web-based drawing tool called AutoDraw, which will turn your terrible Microsoft Paint skills into actual pictures. Just scrawl something on your phone screen with your finger (or on your desktop with a mouse) and Google’s machine learning will detect what you’re trying to draw, and …
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11 April
Walmart promises new online deals in price war with Amazon
Walmart has opened a new battlefront in its price war with Amazon, and now it’s enlisting its online shoppers. The retailer’s new move promises to lower the prices on 1 million online-only items if consumers pick up their purchases at a local store rather than opting for home delivery. The salvo reflects Walmart’s belief that its network of physical stores …
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11 April
Moto C and C Plus phones rumored for first
Motorola might not be done introducing affordable Moto phones this year. The latest rumored phones from the Lenovo-subsidiary could be called the Moto C and Moto C Plus and aimed at first-time buyers, according to a VentureBeat story by gadget leaker Evan Blass. The Moto C allegedly could come with a 5-inch display with 854-by-480-pixel resolution, while the Moto C …
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11 April
Apple Pay to rule over Samsung, Android rivals, study says
UK-based analyst Juniper Research released a new study Tuesday that showed the number of “contactless” Apple Pay users nearly doubling year over year, with the total number of Apple Pay users reaching 86 million by the end of 2017. Android Pay (Google) and Samsung Pay are also seeing big increases in usage. Still, Juniper expects Apple to dominate the contactless …
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11 April
Samsung Galaxy S8 hits launch snag with Bixby voice assistant
Now playing: Watch this: Belated Bixby: Virtual assistant not ready for Galaxy… 1:40 Don’t expect to start talking to Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant when you boot up your new Galaxy S8 later this month. The key feature was expected to debut on the new flagship handset, but the electronics giant is now saying Bixby won’t be operational on the US …
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11 April
Did Apple intentionally cripple your iPhone 7? (The 3:59, Ep. 208)
The gloves are off in Qualcomm and Apple’s legal battle. A rumor has been swirling for months that Apple purposely slowed down Qualcomm chips in some iPhone 7 devices so they’d be even with the same iPhones that used an Intel chip instead. In Qualcomm’s response to a lawsuit from Apple, the chipmaker blasted Apple with the same accusation. We …
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11 April
GoPro will give you $100 for your old Hero, sort of
GoPro wants you to buy a new Hero5 camera and is willing to give you a price break to do it. The catch: You’ll have to send them your old one first. For a limited time, GoPro owners can knock $100 off a Hero5 Black or $50 off a Hero5 Session if you send GoPro any Hero camera. And it …
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11 April
Best tablets money can buy
There are some really great tablets out there, but a lot of them suffer from expensive prices. Pricing usually declines to a reasonable point, but only after those models are no longer shiny and new. If you don’t want to wait, or don’t have to, here are the tablets that offer a high-end experience for a premium price. Tablet manufacturers …
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10 April
Aussie news anchor’s flub inspires blooper solidarity
I have screwed up on camera more times than I can even count. At CNET, we have a team of awesome (and patient) video producers who edit out our f— ups, and don’t talk s#!& to us when we c*%k up the whole bloody thing. But on live TV? You sure as hell get a lot less wiggle room. That’s …
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