Amazon‘s first bookstore in the San Francisco Bay Area won’t be in The City but rather in a suburb 20 miles to the east. The store will be located in Broadway Plaza, an upscale, open-air shopping center in the city of Walnut Creek, as first reported Monday by the East Bay Times. A spokeswoman said …
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In this week’s This Feels A Little Like Skynet: IBM built a new voice assistant using artificial intelligence called Hayvn, focused on cybersecurity. Think of it as Amazon Alexa, but instead of ordering soap, it’s helping you manage threats. Sure, this might sound like it’s ripped straight out of the plot for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, in which …
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Microsoft‘s Surface tablet PCs have come a long way since their 2012 launch, but the concept behind the design remains unchanged: A tablet that can convincingly double as a laptop. Both the hardware and the Windows OS had to mature, and it finally hit its stride with 2015’s Surface Pro 4. It instantly became the ideal that other PC makers …
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Here’s our brief weekly roundup of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services, such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. Hit play below — we’ve folded in some trivia so you’ll know more about what you’re watching. For more information on what’s available to watch online, check out CNET.com/Netpicks or …
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Sonos demonstrated Amazon Alexa voice control of its speakers at an event in Boston yesterday. Antoine Leblond, Sonos vice president of software, walked onstage and said, “Alexa, pause Sonos” to an Amazon Echo Dot speaker, pausing the music playing over the Play:5 speakers lining the room. Leblond said the company still had some work to do and that it was …
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It’s still no PayPal, but Amazon’s payments service is picking up steam. The online retailer said Tuesday that Amazon Payments has been used by over 33 million customers since it launched in 2013. That’s up from 23 million customers a year earlier. In addition, payment volume nearly doubled last year for the service, which lets people use their Amazon login …
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Looking for Super Bowl 2019? Check out Super Bowl 2019: How to watch Patriots vs. Rams online, start time and much more The matchup for Super Bowl LI (that’s 51 to you non-Romans) is set. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will take on Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons at 6:30 p.m. ET, 3:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, February …
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Amazon’s Alexa was showered with attention at last month’s CES tech show in Las Vegas, as dozens of companies invited the voice assistant to live in their cars, washing machines and set-top boxes. Yet, behind all that luster is a somewhat uncomfortable question about Amazon’s 2-year-old artificial intelligence platform: Does Alexa make Amazon any money? The answer, say several analysts: …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Josh Miller/CNET It’s weird: All of a sudden my kids aren’t happy with their Chromebooks. One wants access to Steam so he can …
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Apple hasn’t dramatically changed its iPhone design in two years, but customers don’t seem to care. The world’s highest-valued company reported another record-setting quarter, thanks to strong sales of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Apple broke its record for most iPhones sold in a quarter, hitting 78.3 million, ahead of analysts’ expectations. Also on the show, we talk about …
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