If you’re into Android phones, the newly announced OnePlus 6 is exciting. If you’re one of the approximately 7.6 billion people who’ve seen Avengers: Infinity War, here’s something extra to get excited about. OnePlus unveiled the Avengers edition of its OnePlus 6 at the phone’s launch in Beijing, China. It’s the same as the regular …
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Since it launched a year ago, Hulu’s live TV service has had its share of complaints about the interface. In particular, it’s been tough to find what’s actually on now. Today the company introduces a new tab that should be familiar to anyone used to a cable TV or satellite box. Hulu calls it a live guide, and it’s basically a …
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Comcast is rounding up financing to make an all-cash $52 billion bid to acquire most of 21st Century Fox’s assets, Reuters reported Monday. The US cable giant’s deal would upset Walt Disney’s proposed deal with Fox. In December, Disney agreed to purchase 21st Century Fox in a $52.4 billion all-stock deal. Comcast’s 21st Century Fox bid is the latest in a frenzied …
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I faced off with a fellow CNET editor, lightsaber ready. His was ready, too. We stared at each other in our mirror-lensed headsets, and started swinging away. Multiplayer AR, kinda-sorta, has arrived. Disney and Lenovo teamed up last year to make a Star Wars-themed AR headset toy, Star Wars Jedi Challenges, that uses a phone to project holograms to do …
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As live TV streaming services mature, one of the biggest differentiators is the ability to record shows, play them back later and (maybe) skip commercials. Now one of the cheapest such services, Sling TV, has expanded its cloud DVR feature to work with a bunch more devices. Sling now supports the DVR on the Chrome browser, Chromecast, Xbox One, LG …
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Twitter is widening its video partnerships with media companies — both old and new school — by bringing in new shows like SportsCenter Live from ESPN and live video and clips from NBC Universal. As its video views have nearly doubled in the past year, Twitter is almost doubling the number of shows it broadcasts over its social network to 30 …
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OtterBox continues its quest to cash in on Disney’s hottest film franchises. Last week the company introduced a new collection of Star Wars Symmetry Series cases in advance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. This week it’s releasing new Avengers: Infinity War cases ahead of that movie’s opening on Friday. The four new Marvel cases include Black Panther, Thanos and …
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When ESPN+ launched last week it was missing the ace of the streaming hardware rotation: Roku. Now Roku, the most popular streaming platform and a CNET favorite, has an updated ESPN app that includes a section dedicated to ESPN+. That brings ESPN’s new subscription service to all major streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast, as well as phones …
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What’s the Galaxy S9’s least loved feature? That’s easy: AR Emoji, the Samsung exclusive that whips up 3D avatars. It’s a pretty transparent imitation of the iPhone X’s 3D animoji characters — fox, monkey, swirl-capped turd — but with one major, absolutely crucial difference: You. While, yes, you can become a character like Donald Duck, you can also make Samsung’s …
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Netflix wants to give parents the keys to the kingdom — so they can lock it up. The streamer said Monday it would be improving its parental controls options, so parents can block individual movies and shows with a PIN. The release says Netflix will implement these controls in the coming months. Currently the primary account holder can set a maturity …
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