All eyes are on the Senate today as some of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his White House cabinet go through their confirmation hearings. People on social media are paying particularly close attention to the hearing for Jeff Sessions, who’s up for attorney general. Protesters are still rallying against Trump’s choice, as the senator’s controversial …
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Last month, venerable product testing publication Consumer Reports said it couldn’t recommend Apple’s latest MacBook Pro models because of inconsistent battery life results. On the 13-inch model, CR got battery runs that ranged from 16 hours down to less than four hours. After working with Consumer Reports to figure out why its tests we not giving the expected results, Apple …
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Most of the big television news from CES 2017 was about LG’s paper-thin OLED sets and Samsung’s new push for quantum dots QLED TVs. Just days after the show doors closed, budget TV king Vizio has a new product update, but not for its line of high-value televisions. Instead, Vizio on Tuesday said it’s updating the SmartCast app that controls …
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If you just got a new TV, chances are good it’s a high-resolution 4K model. But the electronics industry, ever eager to get you to upgrade yet again, has laid important groundwork for televisions that quadruple the pixels of 4K. The HDMI Forum, a group of electronics companies that includes everyone from LG and Sony to Google and Netflix, has …
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You have the right to remain silent — but your smart devices might not. Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot are in millions of homes now, with holiday sales more than quadrupling from 2015. Always listening for its wake word, the breakthrough smart speakers boast seven microphones waiting to take and record your commands. Now, Arkansas police are hoping an Echo …
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Now playing: Watch this: Gift cards and exchange tips 1:00 Most shoppers go into Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the pre-holiday shopping frenzies with the concern that their most-desired bargains will sell out. But the truth is many manufacturer discounts, which make up the bulk of those “great” seasonal prices, run until at least the end of the year and …
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Apple is working with Consumers Reports to figure out why the reviews site’s battery test results for the new MacBook Pro do not match the gadget giant’s lab tests and field data. Consumer Reports published a surprise report Thursday saying it could not recommend any new MacBook Pro model due to its erratic, if not bad battery life. “The MacBook …
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Kickstarter: It could be tech speak for “fixing problems that Apple creates.” The Cupertino company’s decision to abandon most ports on the new MacBook Pro in favor of USB-C left many people scratching their heads — especially fans of the MagSafe connector. Apple’s super-logical MagSafe power connectors were the ones pop on and off with magnetic ease, saving anyone prone …
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Strange but true — when we went looking for a Windows alternative to the new 15-inch MacBook Pro, only one laptop stood out. Right now, the Dell XPS 15 is the only machine with portability and performance to match Apple’s largest laptop. Problem is, its CPU and graphics are about to be a year out of date. It looks like …
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Sometimes, a simple “happy holidays” isn’t enough. To help you spread some yuletide cheer, Instagram on Tuesday released a set of holiday stickers you can add to photos and videos in your “story,” the Snapchat-like Instagram feature that disappears after 24 hours. Instagram also said it will add another set of stickers to help ring in the New Year. A …
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