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WatchOS 5.1.2: How to update your Apple Watch

Apple first released WatchOS 5 and iOS 12 back in September, adding a new walkie-talkie mode, improved notifications, the Podcasts app and other welcome tweaks to the Apple Watch. Last week, Apple released WatchOS 5.1.2. This update includes a critical feature for Apple Watch Series 4 owners — the ECG app. The app enables the …

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Magic Leap works best when it makes you question reality

There are two porgs from Star Wars running around a living room. One waddles near my feet while the other is out of my sightline behind a small bookshelf. Things are getting chaotic, but also really fun. To get them to behave, a hologram of C-3PO advises I gain their trust by offering the porg near my feet a treat. …

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WatchOS 5: How to use the Walkie

There’s something nostalgic about pressing a button, talking, and then hearing another voice come through a speaker a few seconds later. With WatchOS 5, Apple Watch ($70 at Amazon) owners will gain a feature that mimics this old-school form of communication. It’s incredibly fun to use.  Now playing: Watch this: WatchOS 5 updates the Apple Watch with Walkie-Talkie… 1:40 The …

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Google Lens launches on iOS to power visual searches within the Google app

The Google Lens AI smart search app (download on iOS or Android) is rolling out for iOS users, Google announced Monday. The feature was released for Android in March but was only accessible to iOS users through the Google Photos app (iOS, Android). Now, instead of having to take a picture and use Lens through the camera roll, iPhone and iPad users can …

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Apple Watch: How to quickly turn on Walkie

When Apple released WatchOS 5 and the new Walkie-Talkie app, the company also made it possible for your Walkie-Talkie contacts to randomly — and without warning — start talking to you through your watch’s speaker. If you’re in a meeting, class, or even on a date, having someone randomly start talking to you through the Walkie Talkie app can be …

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As Huawei CFO faces charges, company bookends 2018 with controversy

Huawei, the second-largest smartphone maker and one of the biggest telecommunications equipment suppliers in the world, had a rough start to the year. A widely expected deal to be announced at CES that AT&T would carry the Huawei Mate 10 Pro never materialized. Then reports surfaced that Verizon Wireless had also pulled out of a deal. In March, CNET reported …

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Apple, Qualcomm legal battle heats up in China (The 3:59, Ep. 501)

On this podcast, we talk about: Apple facing a potential ban in China, thanks to Qualcomm. Qualcomm throwing shade at Apple and Intel during its Snapdragon Tech Summit. How the EU is clamping down on Silicon Valley with more regulation.  The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News …

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iPad Pro’s potential becomes clear with this $99 HyperDrive USB

With a chunk of electronics fitted to the side of my iPad Pro, I have glimpsed the future of computing. I’ve been putting Sanho’s HyperDrive USB-C Hub for the 2018 iPad Pro through its paces, trying this six-port dock that plugs into the USB-C port in Apple’s newest iPad Pro models. And it works. The $99 dongle transformed my iPad Pro …

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Apple faces ban on sale of older iPhones in China, Qualcomm says

The iPhone may have hit a roadblock in China as Apple continues its legal fight with Qualcomm. A Chinese court has ordered that four of Apple’s Chinese subsidiaries must immediately stop the “importation, sale and offers for sale in China of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X,” …

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Amazfit Verge is a better $160 watch than I expected

Premium budget. I’m not sure how I feel about that term, but it feels appropriate here. When I heard Amazfit was making a new watch called the Verge, I was definitely curious. Amazfit, a brand of the Chinese wearables company Huami, already has several fitness trackers and watches that are popular on Amazon. One is the Amazfit Bip, which looks …

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