Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image All about togetherness? Tyler Lizenby/CNET Have you already ordered your Apple HomePod? Or does your heart hanker for a smart speaker with a camera and a screen that lets Amazon drop in to your life whenever it’s, well, necessary? …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A prime role for the CEO. Amazon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What’s the worst thing that could happen to your favorite tech company? For Samsung, it might be if its phones started exploding again. For Apple, it would surely be if people stopped obsessing over …
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Apple wants to get you reading on your iPhone again — but with its own app. The company is working on a redesigned version of its iBooks app — potentially called just Books — that’s supposed to be simpler to use and feature an updated digital bookstore, according to Bloomberg, which cited unnamed sources. Apple has hired an Amazon executive …
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US Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, wants to make sure local authorities never send a mistaken missile alert again. US Sen. Brian Schatz (left), Democrat of Hawaii, said he plans to introduce legislation to make federal agencies solely responsible for sending alerts about a missile attack. A Hawaiian state agency bungled a …
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In the same week Apple revealed the Feb. 9 availability of its first smart speaker, the HomePod, Sonos has a response: two Sonos One speakers for $349 or £349. The Sonos One smart speaker is $199 or £199 on its own, and the company says the bundle deal will be available from Friday, Jan. 26, for “a limited time.” The HomePod goes …
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On Wednesday’s podcast, we talk to CNET’s Scott Stein about these stories: Apple will offer a fix for that battery slowdown feature. We just don’t know exactly when. Apple’s iOS 11.3 will come with new tricks for ARKit. Virtual reality could cut the cord this year with HTC offering a wireless adaptor for its Vive headset. The 3:59 gives you …
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Games that let you bounce virtual balls off the floor and wall. Apps that make you feel like you’re at the 1969 moon landing after pointing your phone at a poster. These are a couple of the new things you’ll be able to do on your iPhone and iPad with Apple’s augmented reality update, ARKit 1.5. The software, which …
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Remember when we told you not to eat Tide Pods? Here’s another one: Don’t try to eat phone batteries either. Last Friday, a man walked into an unspecified electronics shop in China, picked up an iPhone battery and bit into it, Chinese media reported Sunday. The battery blew up in his face, literally. Footage of the incident, uploaded to Chinese …
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Listen up. Now you can hear the bestselling book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” along with other popular audiobook titles, via Google Play. The company said Tuesday it’s releasing audiobooks on its Google Play store in nine languages across 45 countries. Titles will be available on iOS and Android for phones and on the web with Google Play Books, …
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