June, 2016

• 13 June

  iOS 10: Here are the new features you missed

  

  This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: Apple unveils iOS 10, packs it with new features 3:43 Apple’s big 2016 WWDC keynote wrapped up just a few hours ago, and iOS 10 was a big star of the show. But despite …

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• 12 June

  It ain’t pretty to look at, but this stereo amplifier sounds beautiful

  

  Right after I finished working on the Tavish Design Vintage 6SL7 phono preamplifier review I wanted to check out another Tavish, namely the Minotaur integrated stereo amplifier. It arrived here in Brooklyn in a huge cardboard box, and I tell you upfront the sound more than lived up to my expectations. Tavish Design’s Scott Reynolds holds a Ph.D. in electrical …

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• 12 June

  Facebook activates Safety Check after Orlando massacre, its first use in US

  

  Facebook activated its Safety Check tool to help people near the site of a deadly shooting early Sunday in Orlando, Florida let friends and loved ones know they are safe, the first time it has done so in the US. The tool was activated after a man with an assault-style weapon killed at least 50 people inside a gay night …

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• 12 June

  Star Trek: Bridge Crew will let you captain a starship in VR this fall

  

  VR is about to make another sci-fi dream come true. LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) and Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy) have already gotten an taste — according to the Associated Press, video game giant Ubisoft gave the three Star Trek actors an early peek at a brand new VR game dubbed Star Trek: Bridge Crew. …

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• 12 June

  How Apple can save the iPod

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Why you should buy an MP3 player 2:21 It’s 2016. Why would you ever need a straight-up MP3 player? The iPod Touch I can see. You can use it just like you would an iPhone — pair it with your wireless Bluetooth headphones and use apps like Spotify or Pandora to stream music. To be fair, …

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• 11 June

  Facebook will delete your synced photos unless you download its Moments app

  

  You’ll need to spend a few Moments downloading another Facebook app if you want to keep all your photos inside the social network’s world. Facebook users with a synced photo album are receiving an email from the social network that says they’ll have to install and log in to the company’s Moments app by July 7, or else have all …

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• 11 June

  Carrie Fisher dishes out ‘Advice from the dark side’

  

  Princess Leia’s life has been anything but easy. Her controlling birth father is responsible for helping murder her friends. She kissed her brother without realizing it. She was chained to a ruthless crime lord while wearing a very uncomfortable metal bikini. And her love interest is a space smuggler with commitment issues. Related stories Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill show off …

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• 11 June

  How to back up your precious photos while traveling abroad

  

  It’s tragic enough when your phone is lost or stolen while you’re on vacation, but it’s even worse when it also happens to contain every one of the thousand pictures you took on your holiday. Phone cameras have gotten so good, you may not need to take a separate camera on vacation. Many shutterbugs are opting to leave their point-and-shoot …

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• 11 June

  How Google’s Tango works

  

  Now playing: Watch this: What is Tango? 1:22 Google’s Tango is hard to explain. The new feature, which will first be available on the Lenovo Phab2 Pro superphone this September, is an indoor mapping technology…but it’s also augmented reality. You can measure objects! Take dinosaur selfies! Live out your Ghostbuster fantasies. Perhaps most impressively, you can construct an elaborate chain …

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• 11 June

  Could you live (happily) without music?

  

  Recorded music is more accessible than ever today. You can listen to almost anything, wherever you are, for free, or very little money. Music is all too easy to take for granted, but just how important is music in your life? To put it in perspective: Would you rather trade TV, movies, pizza, ice cream, beer, swimming, reading or –maybe …

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