I love desktop speakers, I really do. Since they don’t have to fill an entire room with sound they can be small, and when you’re listening from just 2.5 to 5 feet (.8 to 1.5 meters) away from the speakers you hear a lot more sound direct from the speakers; when you’re further away you …
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Streaming service Set TV is down, though it’s not clear why. A message on the Set TV site says, “Thank you for visiting SET TV. SET TV service is currently unavailable.” The company also tweeted out a similar message Thursday evening. Thank you for contacting SET TV. SET TV service is currently unavailable. For additional information send an email to: …
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Quick reminder: This Monday, June 11, I’ll be appearing live on the CNET Dads-and-Grads Deals show! It starts at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT and comes with a huge helping of cool products and exclusive discounts. Plus, you’ll have the chance to win an unlocked iPhone 8 (PRODUCT)RED from US Mobile and three months of service. Here’s a …
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Embattled Chinese telecommunications manufacturer ZTE may be alive after all. The company has agreed in principle to a settlement that would lift the Commerce Department ban preventing US companies from doing business with ZTE, according to a Reuters tweet on Tuesday. In exchange, ZTE would have to pay a total of $1.7 billion in penalties, according to the the report. The …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Amazon’s Fire TV Cube A cube that is powered by Amazon’s Alexa for your TV A six-sided 3-D version of a square that — you get the point, it’s all about Amazon’s Fire TV Cube. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s WWDC developer conference arrived with lots of news on the Apple Watch, and plenty of upgrades in WatchOS 5. But there’s one thing still missing. A big thing. The thing I want most of all: a watch face store. It needs to …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Four new Apple apps coming to MacOS Mojave later this year began their lives as iOS apps. And if Apple gets its way, that could be the beginning of a deluge of new software rejuvenating its personal computers. At the company’s Worldwide Developers …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The Apple TV 4K and iTunes are getting support for Dolby Atmos. Should you care? If you’re an AV enthusiast with an Apple TV 4K, or the desire to get one eventually, the answer is a solid “maybe.” But if you’re not, perhaps you’re …
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Good day, cheeps! A few housekeeping notes before we dive in… First, CNET has added a new button to my toolset, one designed to make the reading experience easier. So, for example, I might tell you that GOG has the X-Com-style strategy game Xenonauts (Win/Mac/Linux) free for a limited time. (Steam sells it for $25.) You can click that link, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. If you were looking to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference for big game-changing leaps or new hardware, you might have walked away a little disappointed. Monday’s keynote, it turns out, was about the little things. That’s not to say the changes were insignificant. Indeed, …
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