Life is stressful enough without the hassles of lost or misplaced keys, phones, wallets and such. Thankfully, there’s helpful technology in the form of Tile trackers, which establish a sort of digital tether to your phone. Something goes missing? Use the Tile app to locate the tracker. Can’t find your phone? Use the tracker to …
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Facebook is reportedly getting ready to launch music video streaming on its platform in the US next month. The endeavor would represent a direct challenge to Google‘s YouTube, the ruler of online music video viewing. Owners of pages linked to artists won’t have to upload or link to the videos, according to materials reviewed by TechCrunch. Instead, a new setting will …
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The robot rests delicately atop a power line, balanced high above the ground, almost as if it’s floating. Like a short, stocky tightrope walker, it gradually makes its way forward, leaving a string of cable in its wake. When it comes to a pole, it gracefully elevates its body to pass the roadblock and keep chugging along. This isn’t …
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Several popular iOS apps experienced crashes on Friday morning, including Spotify, Waze, Tinder and Pinterest. Problems persisted for roughly two hours, though the apps for Apple’s mobile operating system appear to be working again. Multiple members of the CNET staff experienced crashes with the Spotify app on iOS, and the Waze app also crashed for one staff member. There were …
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As surely as wearing a mask reduces the rate of coronavirus transmission, Amazon regularly runs deals on its various gadgets, including Echo speakers and Fire tablets. But it’s not often we run into a deal quite this juicy. HSN has put together a bundle that includes the Fire Tablet HD 10 64GB and a few assorted goodies for $140. The …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. Artificial intelligence — which encompasses everything from service robots to medical diagnostic tools to your Alexa speaker — is a fast-growing field that is increasingly playing a more critical role in many aspects of our lives. A country’s AI prowess has major implications for how its citizens …
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Despite improvements to its platform, Facebook has made “vexing and heartbreaking decisions” with “real world consequences that are serious setbacks for civil rights,” says an independent audit of the social network’s practices and policies, released Wednesday. The 89-page report, led by civil right experts Laura Murphy and Megan Cacace and conducted with Facebook’s cooperation, questions the social network’s commitment to tackling …
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The CEOs of US tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon are set to appear at an antitrust hearing on July 27. The news came from Rep. David Cicilline, as reported by Recode and confirmed by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on July 6. Apple’s Tim Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos will all testify. …
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For the past year, Huawei has gradually been beefing up the AppGallery, its rival to Apple’s App Store and Google Play. This week sees a crucial new addition, according to people familiar with the project, in the form of Bolt, its first ride-hailing app that serves the European market. Bolt is an Estonia-based ride-hailing company that’s quickly gaining traction in …
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Facebook on Thursday said it’ll start pushing information on face coverings and other preventive measures for COVID-19 on its platform, as well as on Instagram, which it owns. This comes as the US sees an increase in cases across the country. All US users will see an alert at the top of their Facebook news feed, as well as a …
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