Dec 2021 Editor’s note, Dec. 4: The Bose SoundLink Flex now has a CNET Editors’ Choice Award. The original review, published Nov. 11, follows. When it launched, Bose made some bold claims about the sound quality of the SoundLink Flex, particularly its bass performance. The exact quote was that it has “astonishing bass … that …
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December, 2021
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4 December
Headspace: Get tools for mindfulness, meditation and more for just $5 a month
A Headspace subscription will give you access to hundreds of exercises for mindfulness, meditation, sleep, focus and more. You can listen to sessions on your phone, tablet or computer, and if you’re on-the-go, there’s even options to download the sessions to use offline. Headspace sends new meditation videos to you each day and has a library of inspirational videos to …
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4 December
Make your own bot for tracking holiday gift restocks this year (it works anywhere)
Between the clogged supply chain and chip shortage, many products have become so hard to find lately. For instance, the highly sought-after PS5 has been so hard to find in stock that CNET has been intensely tracking it. And now that we’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, it’s not likely to get better any time soon. It’s tiring …
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4 December
The pandemic changed our relationship with our phones, and Samsung’s upgrading accordingly
The COVID-19 pandemic required us to to work, attend school and socialize from home — meaning our tech reached a new level of importance in our lives. Although the lockdowns are over, the time we spent at home in 2020 gave Samsung plenty of ideas for how the smartphone experience could be improved. Those takeaways surface in One UI 4, Samsung’s next …
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4 December
The iPhone 13 Mini hasn’t changed my mind about smaller phones
As phones have grown larger over the years, Apple took the opposite approach by launching another small iPhone in 2021. The $699 (£679, AU$1,199) iPhone 13 Mini is the cheapest device in Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup, and it comes with a 5.4-inch screen just like last year’s iPhone 12 Mini. Here’s CNET’s review of the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini, and our …
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4 December
Free COVID
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4 December
Mirage Jet Tyre Stolen From A Moving Truck Heading To Jodhpur Air Base
A bizarre incident of theft has been reported at the Ashiana police station in Lucknow claiming that a brand new tyre of a Mirage fighter jet was stolen from a moving truck on Shaheed Path while being transported to Jodhpur air base in Rajasthan recently. Having registered the FIR, Ashiana police are interrogating the driver of the truck. The men …
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3 December
Twitter says it mistakenly suspended accounts after new policy spurred ‘malicious reports’
Twitter said it suspended accounts by mistake after a new photo policy prompted a series of “coordinated and malicious reports.” According to The Washington Post on Friday, those reports targeted anti-extremism researchers and journalists. Earlier this week, Twitter expanded its private information policy to ban the sharing of photos and videos of private individuals without their consent. A Twitter representative told CNET …
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3 December
Twitter’s leadership shake
When co-founder Jack Dorsey returned to Twitter as chief executive in 2015, he made it clear the social media company needed to constantly reinvent itself. “The world needs a Twitter that not only remains relevant,” Dorsey said during a conference call that year, “but thrives and continues to redefine what came before it.” Parag Agrawal became Twitter CEO with Jack …
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3 December
Sony WF
Dec 2021 When I first reviewed Sony’s WF-1000XM4 noise-canceling earbuds back in June 2021, I noted they were pricey at $280 (£250, AU$500) but still serious AirPods Pro competitors and worth considering if you were willing to pay the premium. We’ve since seen the release of some impressive competing and less expensive products such as the Beats Fit Pro, Sennheiser …
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