This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Intel wants to power more than PCs. It wants to power drones, too. The Santa Clara, California-based chip giant said Monday it will acquire Ascending Technologies, a German …
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4 January
Dish CES 2016 press conference: Join us Tuesday at 3 p.m. PT (live blog)
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. When Dish Networks announced its low-cost live TV service in January 2015, it shared a simple plan: to convince millenials and other cord cutters, unwilling to pay hefty monthly fees for traditional TV …
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4 January
Reserve your Oculus Rift headset on January 6
The year of virtual reality is finally here. Oculus, one of the biggest names in the game, is opening preorders of its highly anticipated virtual-reality headset this week. Oculus Rift orders start Wednesday at 8 a.m. PT on the company’s website, Oculus said in a blog post Monday. The virtual-reality startup, which Facebook bought last year for $2 billion, did …
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4 January
The first 4K Roku TV is coming, courtesy of TCL
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. There isn’t much to watch in 4K today, but the Roku 4 box offers just about all of it that’s available via streaming. And coming next year, you’ll be able to get the …
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4 January
Sphero’s Force Band sends Star Wars’ BB
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Now playing: Watch this: No mind tricks required: Control BB-8 with Sphero’s Force… 0:54 Ever since he rolled across the sand dunes of Jakku in the opening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” …
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4 January
Why did LG copy Samsung by naming its TVs Super UHD?
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Samsung is often accused of copying Apple’s products. But its executives may soon know what it feels like when they see LG’s new TVs. No, it’s not the design this time — TV …
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4 January
Get a huge business e
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. Happy new year, cheeps! Hope everyone had a safe, healthy and happy holiday. Here’s to another great year of deals! Starting with this one, already on my Favorites list for 2016: The Humble …
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4 January
Apple Watch is $100 off, but here’s why you shouldn’t buy one
US retailers Best Buy and Target have both chopped the price of both the Steel and Sport versions of the Apple Watch by $100. This is no Black Friday deal, folks. The discount appears to be more permanent and we should see more retailers offering deep discounts on the Watch in the coming weeks. The reason for it seems pretty …
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3 January
How to dominate CES 2016 (Hint: we’ll help you)
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Good grief. We just ditched our New Years Day sweatpants, and CES 2016 is almost here. There’s no better way to kick a new year off than to fill our suitcases with work …
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3 January
LG puts the Super in new Ultra High Definition LCD TVs
This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. With a name like Super Ultra High Definition, you might think LG’s latest TVs are actually the best the company will offer in 2016. You’d be wrong. The company has announced three series …
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