Now playing: Watch this: GoPro’s Hero5 likes water, swearing and flying on the… 4:18 One of the loudest complaints about using a GoPro for the average person is the inability to easily back up and edit photos and videos captured with the tiny camera. Along with its new lineup of cameras and the Karma drone, …
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7 November
Google Home recycles much of Chromecast’s guts, teardown finds
If something about the Google Home voice-operated speaker sounds familiar, there’s a good reason: apparently much of its muscle is borrowed from the tech giant’s Chromecast. That was the conclusion of iFixit, which routinely conducts teardowns of new products to find out what makes them tick. iFixit’s latest target was the $130 smart home speaker, which showcases the artificially intelligent, …
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7 November
AT&T’s DirecTV Now may include free Apple TV, Fire TV Stick
AT&T may be hoping a free Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV stick may be enough to get you to sign up for its upcoming DirecTV Now streaming video service. The telecom giant could offer the streaming devices to people who subscribe to the service, according to a Variety report Sunday based on leaked customer-support documents. Consumers who commit to …
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7 November
Amazon primp? Housekeepers wanted in Seattle
Amazon may be looking to hire a few housekeepers to spruce up its Prime members’ homes. The e-retailer put up two job postings on an Amazon website last month for Amazon Assistants in its hometown of Seattle. The program, which the company has not announced, would send housekeepers employed by Amazon to help with “tidying up around the home, laundry, …
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7 November
Twitter could save Vine by selling it
Internet products come and go, and microvideo platform Vine — which built itself on the notion of just 6 seconds of footage per video — is set to be on the way out. Twitter purchased the startup for $30 million in 2012, launched it shortly after in October of that year, and in October 2016 announced it would be closing …
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7 November
Monday two
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. I don’t know about you, but my brain needs a break. I’m appalled by what this election has revealed about our country, sad …
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7 November
Samsung takes out full
In a full-page ad taken out in major US newspapers on Monday, tech manufacturer Samsung has offered an apology for the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which was fitted with a faulty battery, leading to an unprecedented number of the devices exploding. In September of this year, Samsung issued a full recall; now it’s promising to fully investigate the phone, Korea …
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7 November
One reason why the 12
As I write this blog post, I have ten tabs open in Chrome and no other apps running on my five-year-old MacBook Pro. Despite this low workload, my MacBook Pro’s cooling fan whirs loudly. This is not a rare occurrence. It seems that with each passing day, the fan spins more and rests less. And should I do something as …
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7 November
How to watch the presidential election results from your laptop, phone, or streamer
Now playing: Watch this: Digital ways to follow Election Day, or just chill with… 2:14 Josh Miller/CNET The 2016 presidential election that’s been obsessing the nation for months culminates tomorrow, November 8. Election Day has become a charged event characterized by polarized views of the candidates, and while all eyes will be glued to the results, the good news is …
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7 November
Facebook challenges LinkedIn with new job openings feature
While helping you keep in touch with friends from your past, Facebook might also help you find a job in the future. The online social network confirmed Monday it is testing a feature that will allow administrators of business pages to promote job openings on their pages and receive applications from job candidates. TechCrunch, which first spotted the new feature, …
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