When you want answers fast, chances are you think of Google: What’s the name of Prince’s third album? How tall is the Empire State Building? How long is a flight from San Francisco to New Orleans? That seemingly infinite breadth of knowledge made Google one of the most powerful companies on the planet. Now, the …
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December, 2016
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8 December
NSA, Wikimedia Foundation argue fate of surveillance lawsuit
The Wikimedia Foundation wants a judge to decide whether a major US surveillance program is constitutional. The US government says the organization has no business bringing the case to court. That was the conflict at the heart of arguments lawyers for both sides gave in a federal appeals court Thursday in Richmond, Virginia. The program, often referred to as “upstream” …
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8 December
Apple’s guiding voice(over) helps the blind create software
This story is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. When Dean Hudson was 12 years old, he’d bribe his brothers and sisters to read computer manuals to him. Hudson’s vision was muddled by glaucoma, and he wanted to learn how to code on the computer his dad brought home. “At …
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8 December
What to do with a broken Android screen
Many Android phones are a bit more durable than iPhones, but that doesn’t mean they’re immune to damage. Phone screens are made of glass, after all, and glass breaks when you drop it. So. You dropped your Android phone for the 60th time and you now have a beautiful spider web pattern blooming across your home screen. If you don’t …
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8 December
Want better iPhone photos? Shoot raw
Now playing: Watch this: Shoot raw photos in iOS 10 1:44 If you love taking photos, one of the best features in iOS 10 is the ability to capture in raw. Raw photos are images captured straight from the sensor without any processing. Usually when you take an image on your phone — or any camera — noise reduction, white …
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8 December
Lightroom for iPhones takes big step closer to PC version
When Adobe Systems launched Lightroom for phones and tablets, it was a pale reflection of the version for Windows and Mac. It’s been gradually improving, but an overhaul Thursday brings the mobile app much closer to the PC version of the photo editing and cataloging software. Adobe surveyed its customers to figure out what they’d like. The new editing interface …
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8 December
Need to charge your car? Apple Maps can now help
Apple is making it easier for drivers of electric cars find a charging station, teaming up with ChargePoint to bring its network of more than 30,000 EV charging stations to Apple Maps. Search for “ChargePoint” or “charging station” and Apple Maps displays badges to show you the location of ChargePoint stations. Tap on a ChargePoint badge and you’ll be able …
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8 December
Spotify said to drop bid to buy SoundCloud
It looks like the musical mashup of Spotify and SoundCloud won’t be happening after all. The Financial Times reported in September that music-streaming service Spotify was in “advanced talks” to acquire rival streaming service SoundCloud. However, months of discussions between the two have apparently been fruitless, and Spotify has abandoned its takeover plans, TechCrunch reported Thursday, citing a source within …
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7 December
Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Android TV: All the apps and channels compared
Updated December 7 to cover DirecTV Now and the addition of numerous other apps on various devices. These days just about every major entertainment app is available on just about every living room streaming device. You probably have five ways to stream Netflix. There are a couple of major exceptions — Amazon Video isn’t natively on Apple and Google devices, …
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7 December
Marvel teases an extended look at ‘Spider
Marvel‘s Spider-Man cinematic reboot will get the full trailer treatment later this week when new footage debuts during the Jimmy Kimmel Live late-night talk show on ABC. But Marvel’s Twitter account just posted a teaser of that trailer, making this one of the first opportunities to see any footage from the latest MCU film. In the 17-second clip, we see …
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