Donald Trump won the popular vote. The Clinton Foundation bought $137 million worth of illegal arms and ammunition. An FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton’s email leaks was found dead in a murder-suicide. The Pope endorsed Trump. If you saw any of these stories on the internet over the past few weeks, let’s be crystal …
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15 November
Should I get a 4K TV now?
If you’re happy with your TV, keep it. But if your TV is getting old and you’re curious how much better modern TVs are, this guide should be able to help you out. What we’ve done is break it down by type and age of the TV, and given a recommendation about whether you should consider upgrading. Should you upgrade …
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15 November
Intel to invest over $250M in autonomous driving
Intel‘s making a big bet on self-driving cars. Brian Krzanich, the chipmaker’s CEO, said Tuesday at the LA Auto Show that the company’s investment arm, Intel Capital, plans to make more than $250 million in new investments over the next two years “to make fully autonomous driving a reality.” In particular, Intel will look at technology that will drive internet …
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15 November
Snap said to ‘confidentially’ file for IPO
Now playing: Watch this: Snapchat may be worth $30 billion with IPO filing 1:30 The new move for Snap may be going public. The Venice, California, startup has “filed confidentially” for an initial public offering of its shares, according to Reuters, which cited sources familiar with the situation. The company behind the popular Snapchat app and Spectacles smart glasses has …
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15 November
Mac image editing app Pixelmator adds Touch Bar support
The biggest new feature in Apple‘s updated MacBook Pro laptops is the Touch Bar, a slim touch-enabled second screen that lives above the keyboard. In our initial review of the Touch Bar version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro, we said it was potentially very useful, but for the moment, it was locked to Apple-created apps such as Safari, Photos and …
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15 November
12 awesome drone
I was browsing Twitter earlier and came across a tweet from James Martin, one of our CNET photographers. He was sharing a piece called 12 drone photographers changing the way we see the world from the Feature Shoot website. There are definitely some amazing shots; you should check it out. It got me to thinking that there must be a …
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15 November
Apple’s peach emoji looks like a butt again, world rejoices
Fear not, iPhone users, the butt emoji is back. Of course, there is no actual butt emoji — there are standards and practices against that sort of thing. But Apple‘s initial iOS 10.2 update changed the peach emoji, a longtime representative of the behind, into less of a butt and into more of an actual peach. That grave wrong, protested …
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15 November
Google PhotoScan saves irreplaceable photos in four snaps
Now playing: Watch this: Scan old printed photos easily with Google’s PhotoScan… 2:04 The genesis of Google‘s latest push in photos arose 69 years ago. For vice president of Google Photos Anil Sabharwal, the inspiration for PhotoScan, which quickly creates a digital copy of a printed image, reaches back in his family’s history to 1947. His grandparents, who were Hindus …
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15 November
What to expect in 2017, according to Twitter
The unpredictability of 2016 means all bets are off for 2017. Twitter users have created a hashtag to predict next year’s news. The results are pretty wild. Meanwhile, Facebook users are conquering a new challenge. The mannequin challenge is so last week. Social Cues is our guide to what people are talking about on Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what is …
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15 November
The iPhone camera’s newest feature makes life a little easier
Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10.2 best new features in beta 2:13 Do you always shoot in square mode? Or mostly shoot video? The next iPhone update will make your life a little easier. Starting with iOS 10.2, iOS users will get a new setting in the camera app that keeps your preferences each time you open and close the …
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