This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Good headphones — really good headphones — are a treat, an indulgence. And I know some folks who would never deign to put inferior ‘phones on their ears. But, come on: $350 for a sweet pair of Sonys? I love …
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Samsung will be globally launching its Galaxy S21 phone on Jan. 14, according to a recent report from Android Authority. This information comes from Samsung’s largest mobile store in India. This report comes on the heels of others like it, including leaked official renders of the phone — along with the rest of the S21 series. The S21 will reportedly …
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Apple has begun developing its own cellular modem for its devices, Bloomberg reported Thursday, in a move that could replace components provided by Qualcomm. Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, told employees of the effort during a town hall meeting, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the comments. Cellular modems allow smartphones to make phone calls and …
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8.4 Bose QuietComfort Earbuds $219 at Bose $219 at Crutchfield Get Price Alerts $200 at Target You’re receiving price alerts for Bose QuietComfort Earbuds Like Best-in-class noise canceling with transparency mode Top-notch sound Comfortable, secure fit Rock-solid wireless connection Decent battery life for noise-canceling earbuds (up to 6 hours) Wireless charging (and USB-C) Decent voice calling with sidetone “self voice” …
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You can certainly spend $1,000 or $1,500 or more on a laptop, but the question is: Should you? After all, it doesn’t take a lot of horsepower to delivery a satisfying experience web browsing or doing ordinary productivity work like creating documents and spreadsheets. To figure out how much laptop you really need, we enlisted CNET laptop guru Dan Ackerman …
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Microsoft is bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to iOS and Windows PCs next year. In a blog post Wednesday, Microsoft said its cloud-gaming platform will be available in spring 2021 as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for Windows PCs through the Xbox app and web browsers and for Apple’s iOS through mobile web browsers. “Whatever screen you choose, we want …
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WhatsApp on Wednesday took issue with Apple’s requirement that companies submitting apps to the App Store highlight any user data they collect for its privacy labels. The Facebook-owned messaging service said the requirement is anti-competitive because you don’t see any labels for Apple’s iMessage service, since it’s preinstalled on iPhones, as previously reported by Axios. “Our teams have submitted our …
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With the next version of Chrome, Google is moving ahead with a plan to improve privacy and security by reining in some abilities of extensions used to customize the browser. The move had angered some developers who expected earlier it would cripple ad blockers. Manifest v3, the programming interface behind Google’s security plans, will arrive with Chrome 88 in mid-January, …
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Apple on Tuesday revealed that its new fitness streaming subscription will launch next week. Apple Fitness Plus will be available starting Monday and will offer guided workouts using the workout metrics from an Apple Watch. At launch, Fitness Plus will have guided HIIT, yoga, cycling, dance, treadmill walking, treadmill running, strength, core and rowing workouts. There are also mindful cool-down videos to use after any workout. The service is similar to …
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Snapchat’s and Instagram’s lenses and filters have been building out weird transformative camera tools for years, and they’re starting to get more ambitious. And weird. And maybe fun? But will they become more essential? There are still no magic AR smartglasses people are wearing in 2020, at least not in this universe. But if you want an idea of where …
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