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Pono is dead. Probably. Long live Xstream

After five years, it appears that Neil Young’s Pono initiative — which resulted in a hardware player and digital music store — may be finally over. In its place: Xstream. A post on Pono’s forums this week (membership required) confirmed that eight months after its music download store went down, the company was now channeling its efforts into a new …

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Galaxy S8 drop test: The screen survived, but the glass back cracked

If you’ve just splurged on the new Galaxy S8, the last thing you want to do is drop it. So we did it for you… We learned from Samsung’s previous “Edge” designs that while the curved glass may look great, it leaves more of the surface exposed to everyday bumps, cracks and scratches. And this year, the edges on Samsung’s …

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