Facebook has passed the $1 trillion in market capitalization mark for the first time ever. The social network giant hit $355.64 per share and a market cap of around $1.008 trillion by close of trade Monday. Facebook stock rose by over 4% after a federal court dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against the social media company …
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Browser-based Xbox Cloud Gaming leaves the limited beta it’s been in since the end of April and formally rolls out an open beta for iPhone, iPad and Windows 10 (or Windows 11!) PCs, Microsoft announced Monday. At the same time, the Backbone One — my favorite of the iPhone controllers that mimic the physical experience of the Nintendo Switch, such as …
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Phones are getting a speed boost. Qualcomm on Monday unveiled its newest, highest-end smartphone processor, the Snapdragon 888 Plus. The chipset supercharges the Snapdragon 888, which arrived earlier this year in premium phones like the Samsung Galaxy S21. Qualcomm increased the clock speed on the Snapdragon 888 Plus’s CPU — the brains of the chipset — to 3GHz from 2.84GHz in …
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Netflix has upgraded mobile downloads for Android phones and tablets so that you can watch partially downloaded titles offline. The change — which means you can watch the portion of a movie or episode you successfully downloaded before you lost connectivity — is available for Android phones and tablets now, and Netflix is going to test it for iPhones and iPads in the …
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Apple’s iPhone 12 is water-resistant, so it should be totally fine if you accidentally drop it in the pool or it gets splashed with liquid. The iPhone 12’s IP68 rating means it can survive up to 19.6 feet (six meters) of water for 30 minutes. But how deep can you really take this phone? We took a brand-new iPhone 12 for …
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There’s plenty to like about Apple AirPods: No wires to get tangled, automatic pairing with Apple devices, good battery life and solid audio performance. But there are two things not to like. There’s the premium price tag and the fact that they can fall out of your ears so easily. While there’s not much we can do about the price, …
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There’s plenty to like about Apple AirPods: No wires to get tangled, automatic pairing with Apple devices, good battery life and solid audio performance. But there are two things not to like. There’s the premium price tag and the fact that they can fall out of your ears so easily. While there’s not much we can do about the price, …
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This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Target’s sale event, which is separate from Amazon Prime Day, is ticking down. But there are still incredible deals left on vacuums, kitchen essentials, AirPods and much more. We’ve taken the opportunity to highlight what’s truly special …
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We may still be waiting to get a first look at the iPhone 13 this fall, but rumors around the iPhone 14 are already heating up. In a Wednesday investor note, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo doubled down on his prediction that in 2022, Apple will launch four iPhone 14 models, with support for under-display Touch ID, 9to5Mac reported. Kuo said …
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Adobe sees the future of creation being increasingly 3D. Its newest Adobe Substance 3D apps are aiming to be a complete destination for 3D art, sampling and even virtual photography, with uses that could range from video game assets to e-commerce to content for a possible world of VR and AR-compatible 3D assets. But these apps are PC, Mac and …
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