June, 2016

• 16 June

  Get the MacOS Sierra wallpaper right now

  

  You’ll need to wait a little longer for MacOS Sierra — July for the public beta, sometime in the fall for the final release — but you can outfit your Mac right now with a little Sierra flair. The default wallpaper for MacOS Sierra features a majestic, sun-splashed view of the Sierra Nevada mountain range …

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• 16 June

  Hard of hearing? Pornhub now provides audio description for its adult films

  

  In March, Pornhub sent out thousands of VR goggles so its tech-savy users could enjoy the virtual reality revolution for free. Now, the porn streaming site is looking to take care of another section of its userbase: the visually impaired. Pornhub on Wednesday announced its “Described Video” feature. It adds audio description to the site’s most popular videos to explain …

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• 16 June

  LG’s big

  

  LG’s brand-new X Power smartphone hopes to win over shoppers who thirst for better battery-life. The power-hoarding mobile has a 4,100 mAh battery, LG says, and will charge at twice the speed of other phones. Despite its juicy battery, the X Power — announced today alongside three other new LG phones — measures a slender 7.9mm thick. Meanwhile LG’s X …

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• 16 June

  DISH y Sling TV lanzan CUBAMAX TV, un canal de contenidos cubanos

  

  Cuban immigrants in the US will soon be able to see some of their favorite movies and television shows. Satellite TV provider Dish today announced the launch of Cubamax TV, a Cuban culture and entertainment channel featuring novelas, movies, variety shows, children’s programming and music videos. The channel is available today on DishLatino, the company’s suite of English and Spanish-language …

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• 16 June

  Social media rallies activists to remove Stanford rape

  

  The music stopped the moment Shelby Belfast came on stage Wednesday night. Belfast, co-organizer of the local chapter of GRLCVLT (for “girl culture”), asked people to raise their hands and say “I’m a survivor.” Slowly, about 200 men and women at the Starline Social Club, in Oakland, raised a hand and looked around in silent solidarity against what GRLCVLT calls …

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• 16 June

  Samsung to start producing Galaxy Note 7 next month, says report

  

  Samsung may ramp up a hefty supply of its Galaxy Note 7 for an August rollout. The South Korea-based electronics maker will reportedly manufacture 5 million units of its next stylus-based phablet for its initial supply, tech news site ETNews reported Thursday, citing an anonymous industry source. For last year’s Galaxy Note 5, Samsung produced 5 million units for an …

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• 16 June

  Facebook Messenger to put your favorites first

  

  Changes to Facebook are coming, and this time you can direct your ire at the messenger — or Messenger, to be exact. Instead of seeing your most recent messages, you’ll now be able to see people who are currently active on Messenger, the day’s birthdays and the people you send messages to most frequently, the social network said Thursday. Think …

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• 16 June

  Get an Obihai OBi200 voice

  

  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. Free home phone service, anyone? Whenever I write about landline alternatives such as the Ooma Telo, readers invariably sing the praises of Obihai, …

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• 16 June

  Salesforce also considered bidding for LinkedIn

  

  Microsoft wasn’t the only company interested in buying LinkedIn; Salesforce also looked at making a bid for the professional-networking site, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Goldman Sachs Group advised Salesforce during the negotiation, sources described as familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Ultimately, whatever overture Salesforce made or was considering wasn’t enough to win the hearts at LinkedIn, which announced an agreement …

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• 16 June

  Twitter makes Periscope easy to launch right from the Twitter app

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Twitter live streaming (sort of) comes to iOS, Android 1:15 If you’re looking to add a Periscope video stream to your latest tweet, you can now trigger that option directly from the Twitter mobile app. All Twitter mobile users can now tap directly into Periscope for live video streaming. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Following a limited …

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