I’ve been listening to the Audeze Deckard for months on my desktop, and I’ve taken it for granted. It was just there, doing its job so well that I didn’t really think about how it sounded, but when I started paying attention to write this review I really came to appreciate what the Deckard does. …
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26 February
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By one count, 49 people have died in fatal selfie accidents over the past few years, with the biggest chunk of those deaths happening in India. In response to two recent deaths, Mumbai has reportedly designated 16 “no-selfie zones” around the nation’s largest city, which is home to a number of photogenic sites. In January, an 18-year-old woman fell into …
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26 February
How to blur objects in YouTube videos
YouTube has offered the ability to blur faces of people in your uploaded videos since 2012. While the face blur tool worked relatively well, it couldn’t be applied to any other objects. Now there’s a secondary blur tool you can apply to any object, even moving ones. Google’s announcement of the blur tool mentioned that it will be a “… …
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26 February
Why The Dress lives on in infamy one year later
Families warred from within. Friends bickered. The Internet’s collective mind broke apart like an egg dropped on a tile floor. What was it that brought such a calamity upon our world? It was a photograph of a dress. Not just any dress. The Dress. Here’s a refresher. One year ago, on February 26, 2015, a lacy dress with horizontal layers …
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26 February
They came for phones, but VR swept them off their feet
Few people have tried virtual reality, but it’s already become a meme. Earlier this week, a photo went viral showing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg striding past unsuspecting journalists strapped into virtual reality headsets. Reactions ranged from comparisons to “The Matrix” to the observation that Zuckerberg may be our new overlord. The occasion was a Samsung press conference for the unveiling …
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26 February
Court tosses Apple’s $120 million patent win over Samsung
A US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a 2014 jury verdict that had found Samsung Electronics infringed on three of Apple’s patents and had awarded the iPhone maker $119.6 million. Apple originally had sought $2.2 billion, claiming Samsung infringed on eight software patents. Apple maintained that Samsung infringed on patents for sliding to unlock the phone, autocorrecting text …
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26 February
Crave giveaway: Bizarre and amazing swag bag
Editor’s note: This week’s giveaway has a Snapchat component. Please read the below rules carefully. We’ve turned off comments on this post to avoid confusion as to how to enter the contest. Congratulations to Jonathan M. of Kansas City, Missouri, for winning a Timbuk2 laptop backpack last week. Fans of “Shark Tank,” this one’s for you. My fellow CNET editor …
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26 February
Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone to be a video star
Android users, are you ready for your close-up? Facebook has begun rolling out its Live Video feature to devices running Android mobile software, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Friday at a town hall Q&A session in Berlin. The company has been slowly releasing the feature to Apple’s iOS devices over the past few months. “Live Video is one of the …
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26 February
Tap to preview links in Safari for Mac OS X
When browsing about the Web, I often open links I come across in new tabs in the background, which can leave me with too many open tabs to keep track of after an embarrassingly short time. I am easily distracted but also gamely attempt to finish what I’m reading before jumping to the next thing. With Safari and a trackpad …
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26 February
Get Bohm Bluetooth noise
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. Enlarge Image Bohm Cheap headphones are good, but quality headphones are awesome. Luckily, sometimes you can find quality headphones for cheap. Today, for …
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