Raspberry Pi’s latest brings connectivity to its super-cheap computer. The Raspberry Pi Zero W expands on the Raspberry Pi Zero, a computer in its very simplest form. The original Zero cost just $5 (£4 or about AU$6.50) and had all the basics you’d need to build your own arcade cabinet, drone or smart home device. …
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Domino’s has delivered pizza by drone, by robot and by reindeer, but finally the fast food delivery company is coming through with a service that we can actually see ourselves using: pizza delivered anywhere. We’re not just talking about delivery to hard-to-find addresses or suburbs out in the sticks. Domino’s Anywhere will use your phone’s GPS to let you place …
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Business in the US has been tough for GoPro, so now the company looks to be targeting China. On Sunday at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, GoPro announced it will integrate an upgraded version of Quik, its photo editing app, into Huawei’s new babies, the P10 and the P10 Plus phones, reports Bloomberg. Although Huawei has a limited presence …
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Now playing: Watch this: DJI’s new drones are ready to tackle tougher jobs 1:46 DJI is looking to take on the tough jobs with its new line of M200 drones. These are rugged drones built specifically for industrial work like power line inspection, or search and rescue operations that would otherwise be inaccessible to workers. It’s drones are built on …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET It’s Oscar season, the time when people’s thoughts turn to movies — including the movies that have …
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Now playing: Watch this: Air Hogs introduces FPV flying to its DR1 racing drone… 1:00 Air Hogs’ next line of toy drones will lower the price and difficulty barriers for racing drones. The $100 DR1 FPV Race Drone (about £80 or AU$130) is a palm-sized quad with a camera in front that will live stream video to a phone you …
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User reviews are the internet’s gift to consumerism. When you want to know if a product or destination is worth your time and money, you can see what others had to say about it. That kind of crowdsourced opinion-sharing simply wasn’t available pre-internet. Just one problem: Not all user reviews are legitimate. A restaurant owner, for example, might try to …
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Now playing: Watch this: Aura is a drone you fly with hand gestures 1:03 Toy drones continue to get smarter and more stable. Their controllers, on the other hand, remain a mess of sticks, buttons and switches that take a lot of practice to master. The Aura drone from KD Interactive, on display this weekend at the New York Toy …
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Aaron Gordon would become the center of the basketball universe when he stepped on the court Saturday night for the NBA’s annual slam dunk contest. He’d be turning to an app to help get his mind right. The third-year Orlando Magic forward, who’s on the cusp of a breakout season, says a nearly year-old app called Lucid is helping make …
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Devin Wenig buys his garbage bags, shampoo and even toothpaste on eBay. That’s not typical for your regular eBay customer, who may visit for a car, cardigan or collectible coin. But as eBay’s CEO, the 50-year-old Wenig likes to buy as much as he can from the site, now the world’s third-largest e-retailer after Amazon and Alibaba. See also Looking …
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