As you might have guessed, I spend a lot of time listening to speakers to evaluate their sound quality. No speaker I’ve heard in 20 years of reviewing, and another 16 years of selling high-end audio speakers sounded exactly like live music. Of course some get closer — a lot closer — than others. That’s …
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24 March
Google Home on CIA and spying gets defensive
Nope, there’s certainly no CIA spying going on here. Absolutely not. In fact, don’t even bother asking your Google Home smart speaker about the CIA. But if you do, the stolid little device is going to get defensive. A YouTube clip from someone named Michael Hraba shows the voice assistant‘s jargon-filled answer to “Do you know what the CIA is?” …
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24 March
Weekend Streaming: ‘Buffy,’ ‘Angel’ and ‘X
Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. See trailers and read more about Dave Chapelle’s specials here, and “Mystery Science Theater 3000” here. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what …
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24 March
Trump talks up Charter’s $25 billion investment and jobs
President Donald Trump touted Charter Communications’ new $25 billion investment in broadband infrastructure and its already announced plan to hire 20,000 American workers as signs that his policies are working to attract new investment and create jobs. Charter, the second-largest cable operator in the US since its $65 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last year, …
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24 March
Apple’s red iPhone 7 and new, cheaper iPad are now available
Red-y or not, here it comes. The Red Special Edition of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are now available through Apple’s website for $749 and $869, respectively. Apple announced the new color on Tuesday, marking the first time the company has partnered with Product Red for one of its phones. The tech giant has worked with the program …
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24 March
Goodbye, GChat! Hello, Hangouts
If you still use an alternative instant message app to connect to Google, life’s about to get harder. Google is once again streamlining its services, and that means Google Talk (launched in 2005, and also known as Gmail Chat or GChat) is being replaced with Hangouts on June 26. For most people, this won’t mean much other than now it’ll …
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24 March
How to tether your iPad to your phone
With just a few taps you can connect your iPad to your iPhone or Android device, turning it into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Using an iPhone If you know how to select a Wi-Fi network on your iPad, you already know how to turn your iPhone into a hotspot thanks to Instant Hotspot, a feature Apple added with the release …
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24 March
No network? No problem for Google Docs on Firefox
If you use Google’s G Suite apps and Mozilla’s Firefox browser, good news: The two are going to get along much better. The G Suite tools for word processing, spreadsheets, Gmail and other chores have worked better on Google’s Chrome than on rival browsers in one important way: You can open and edit documents even when you don’t have a …
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24 March
Amazon Prime Air drone completes its first US public delivery
Now playing: Watch this: Amazon delivery drone makes US debut 1:00 Amazon Prime Air said Thursday it shipped its first package out in public in the US this week, marking another small step toward its goal of filling the skies with delivery drones. The e-commerce giant’s drone delivery arm has been testing flights for years, though due to federal regulations …
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24 March
Get the new Ninja Loop 2.0 phone strap for $3.75
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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. The new Ninja Loop is a bit wider, thicker and softer. And on sale! Loop Continuing this week’s unofficial theme of simple, effective, …
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