This story is part of 2019 Holiday Survival Guide, featuring tips on the best ways to manage the holiday season. The holiday season is already upon us, which means it’s time to prepare for a whirlwind of parties, family and friends — not to mention eating and shopping. Whatever your plans, technology can help you …
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Samsung usually doesn’t announce its next Galaxy S phones until closer to the spring, but that hasn’t stopped rumors and leaks about what will be in the next-gen Galaxy S11 or what it will look like. Thanks to a new set of renders, we may now have our first look at what the latest Galaxy will offer. Created by noted …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has said he’ll keep fighting for what he believes in regardless of who wins the 2020 presidential election. And the tech giant’s chief executive is focused on protecting the people under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, as well as on immigration and environmental reform, he said an interview with ABC News Friday. “No matter …
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Russia has reportedly passed a law banning the sale of phones, computers and smart TVs without Russian software preinstalled. It’ll come into force in July 2020, according to the BBC. Legislation was apparently passed by the country’s lower house of parliament on Thursday, but the list of impacted devices and software has yet to be determined. It won’t mean devices …
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Google is launching Duplex on the Web, a booking service that’s basically autofill on steroids. The tool is designed to let people more easily buy movie tickets online, the company said Thursday. The service is available on Android phones. To use it, you’d ask the Assistant — Google’s digital helper software akin to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri — to look …
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Apple has quietly pulled customer reviews from its online store, AppleInsider reported Thursday. It’s not clear why the iPhone giant removed the section, but it seemingly happened over the weekend. Archives on the Wayback Machine show that the Ratings and Reviews section disappeared sometime between Nov. 16 and 17, AppleInsider notes. A tipster who reached out to AppleInsider said the …
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When Adobe launched the long-awaited iPad version of Photoshop in October, it looked like we had a little more waiting to do before it could really be used as intended; among other things, its masking and retouching tools are underpowered, especially given that Adobe’s planning to charge $10 a month for a stand-alone version (at the moment, the cheapest way …
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President Donald Trump is making the most out of his visit Wednesday to a Texas plant that makes Apple computers. In addition to taking credit for the plant, which has been open since 2013 and is run by a separate supplier, he tweeted Thursday that he asked Apple CEO Tim Cook about getting Apple involved in “building 5G in the …
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Apple’s new Mac Pro has entered production and will ship to users in December, Apple said Wednesday while touting its newly expanded Austin campus. The announcement coincided with a tour of Apple’s Texas Mac Pro production facility, during which CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump discussed the company’s manufacturing and other contributions to the US economy. The new 3-million-square-foot Texas campus, …
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The season of gifting and thanking is here and the CNET team wants to say thank you to our readers with a holiday giveaway. This time around we want you to pick the prize you want and we are having a total of five lucky winners. Let me break it down: The first step is to check the best holiday …
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