This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. CES 2021 is going to look a lot different in 2021, going entirely virtual for the first time. Many of us radically changed the way we work in 2020 too, leaving the office behind and working primarily …
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Some folks will go to great lengths to get tech to work just the way they want it to. So it was with CNET Editor at Large Ian Sherr, who awhile back not only built his own computer but also did the coding needed to get MacOS working on it. Voila! Hackintosh. But that machine’s days are numbered, thanks to …
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2020 isn’t the only thing coming to an end Thursday. The last day of the year is also the last day for FarmVille, one of the original addictive Facebook games. FarmVille, which allowed players to cultivate colorful cartoonish farms by tending crops and caring for livestock, had 30 million daily players at its peak. But game developer Zynga announced in September …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. App spending hit a massive $407.6 million during Christmas, according to estimates by Sensor Tower. The record comes as COVID-19 cases continue growing, with lockdowns and quarantines reinvoked across the globe over the holidays. During the same period last year, people spent $100 …
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Every once in a while, back in a year called 2019, I’d run off every few weeks or so and spend time in a VR headset, or peek at some augmented reality device. I’d come back from demos imagining a world lived virtually. With all the pieces in play from so many companies, it seemed like the possibilities were almost …
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As a long year winds down, we could all use something to smile about. Well, for starters we have an effective coronavirus vaccine, and it’s on the way across the country, starting with the people who need it most. Developed in record time, it’s a technological breakthrough that also bodes well for future vaccines. Closer at hand for a lot …
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I haven’t played Cyberpunk 2077 on a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X, or a PS4 or Xbox One, or a PC. Instead, I’ve been playing the game on a couple of iPads (and a TV, and laptops) using Google’s streaming game service Stadia. Considering the outcry over dated console graphics and massive glitches and bugs, it feels like …
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Marvel Realm of Champions, a real-time RPG that lets you create your own Marvel characters and have them join alliances, launched Wednesday on iOS and Android devices. The game was developed by Kabam, the maker of Marvel fighting game Contest of Champions, and tells a Secret Wars-inspired story in which alliances of superheroes fight in order to take control of …
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Not many games let you virtually save animals and the environment while actually making an impact in real life, too, but Alba: A Wildlife Adventure from Ustwo Games makes this goal a reality. Released Friday on Apple Arcade and Steam, Alba centers on a child who travels to a Mediterranean island to spend the summer with her grandparents and her …
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Microsoft is bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to iOS and Windows PCs next year. In a blog post Wednesday, Microsoft said its cloud-gaming platform will be available in spring 2021 as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for Windows PCs through the Xbox app and web browsers and for Apple’s iOS through mobile web browsers. “Whatever screen you choose, we want …
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