There’s a special place in my heart for The Karate Kid, and not just because I had a mad crush on Elisabeth Shue. In 1984, I was exactly the right age for the story about an awkward teen who stands up to bullies with the help of a kind mentor. (Could have used one of …
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The 71st Emmys will air Sept. 22 on Fox, which gives you plenty of time to binge the Emmy-nominated shows you have yet to see. Pretty much every single one is available online, no cable subscription required. You’ll need an assortment of streaming subscriptions to catch them all, and that’s where we come in. If you are keeping score by …
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The four big broadcasters in the US — Disney‘s ABC, CBS, Fox and Comcast’s NBCUniversal — are suing a small, nonprofit streaming service, called Locast, which grabs over-the-air channels and makes them available to stream. The Locast service is available in 13 cities, including New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The suit is the first attack against a company that many see …
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri said it might start hiding likes as it tries “rethinking the whole experience” of the social media site and fight bullying. He talked to CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King about this new approach — which prioritizes “well-being” — in a Wednesday interview with CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King. “One of the ideas we’re currently …
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In a sit-down interview with Gayle King for CBS This Morning, head of Instagram Adam Mosseri discussed some of the controversies surrounding the photo-sharing app. When King brought up the deepfake video of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that circulated last week, Mosseri explained why the video wasn’t taken down right away. “We don’t have a policy against deepfakes currently,” he …
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Hope you’re ready to start or expand your streaming library, because CNET and TV Guide are giving away three awesome bundles that’ll be sure to have you binge-watching all summer! Our grand-prize bundle includes an Apple TV 4K, a $25 gift Card to CBS All Access and a $100 gift card to a streaming service of choice (HBO Now, Hulu or Netflix). The grand …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple might be responsible for popularizing the smartphone, but its CEO doesn’t want you using your device all the time. In an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook talked about the weekly reports he receives using his iPhone’s Screen Time …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks we should all be concerned about the possibility of fake news impacting the next presidential election. “I worry that the fake news is not under control,” Cook said in an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell, adding that …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says that so far the company’s products have managed to escape fallout from President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China, and he’s optimistic it will stay that way. Beijing said in May it would impose a 25% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump’s plan to increase tariffs on goods imported from China. Analysts …
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AT&T said it’s adding Locast, an app that streams local broadcaster TV for free, to DirecTV and U-Verse starting Thursday. Locast provides access to local broadcast stations including ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX to people with broadband-connected receivers. It’s available in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Washington DC, Houston, Boston, Denver and Baltimore. AT&T said it’ll still provide its free Local …
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