Beginning at 3 p.m. PT (6 p.m. ET) today, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will hear arguments from the government in a battle to restore Donald Trump’s travel ban. The hearing will be conducted by a telephone conference call and you can follow along with the live video on the …
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7 February
Fire Emblem Heroes: How to re
In Fire Emblem Heroes, your default heroes, well, suck. Unless you spend literally months leveling them up, they won’t have any of the epic stats and game-breaking abilities of the ones you can buy with orbs. Yes, I said game-breaking abilities! You can get heroes that can soak up loads of damage, counterattack at any distance, pull friends out of …
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7 February
How to make sure your Vizio smart TV isn’t spying on you
Now playing: Watch this: Stop your Vizio smart TV from spying on you 0:53 Most TV makers track your viewing habits using their smart TV systems, but the one you may have heard about recently is Vizio. That’s because the popular TV maker was just hit with a $2.2 million fine by the FTC for failing to properly disclose the …
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7 February
YouTube takes on Facebook Live with mobile live streaming
Now playing: Watch this: YouTube goes live on mobile 1:33 You’re already live streaming your life on Facebook Live, but now YouTube wants in on the (live) action. You’ll soon be able to live stream to YouTube from your phone, the company said Tuesday. Popular YouTubers will be the first to be get their hands on the feature, which was …
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7 February
Get a universal smartphone dashboard mount for $4.79
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. Enlarge Image Magnetic mounts are the best mounts. Because magnets! iTD Gear Hi, cheeps! Skip below if you want to read the latest …
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7 February
Amazon Payments makes gains but still lags behind rivals
It’s still no PayPal, but Amazon’s payments service is picking up steam. The online retailer said Tuesday that Amazon Payments has been used by over 33 million customers since it launched in 2013. That’s up from 23 million customers a year earlier. In addition, payment volume nearly doubled last year for the service, which lets people use their Amazon login …
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7 February
Is this ZTE’s first Android Wear smartwatch?
In January, ZTE CEO Lixin Cheng told CNET that his company would release its first Android Wear smartwatch in 2017 — one with an LTE cellular connection and longer battery life than typical, so you can use it independent of a phone. Now, we may be getting our first glimpse of the device, which will reportedly be named the ZTE …
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7 February
YouTube’s iPhone app got a major Chromecast update
Casting a YouTube video from your phone to your TV is a great way to share videos with friends or just watch by yourself on a larger screen and Chromecast ($80 at Walmart) makes it easy to do. Thanks to a recent update to the YouTube app for iOS, casting YouTube videos from your phone is easier than ever. The …
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7 February
Stan launches offline downloads, 4K streaming coming soon
Updated on March 22: Stan has now launched offline viewing, allowing you to download shows to go. Offline downloads, 4K streaming, a fresh lineup of originals… you’d be forgiven for thinking we were talking about Netflix, but think again. Stan, Australia’s home-grown subscription video on-demand player, is taking the fight to its massive US competitor with a bunch of new …
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7 February
Google just made ‘zoom and enhance’ a reality
This, my friends, this glorious TV and movie trope, may be coming true. The ability to “zoom and enhance” an image, one that’s far too low-res for humans to understand, is now way, way closer thanks to a team of AI researchers at Google. Behold: Enlarge Image Google At left, the crummy low-res image the computer had to work with. …
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