As the holidays approach, everybody is starting to look for deals on gifts. One category of gadgets that’s more popular than ever are streaming sticks, the small dongles that bring TV shows and movies from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max and Hulu to any TV. CNET has reviewed nearly all of the …
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When I joined up with executives from Spatial to try a new phone app last Friday night, I was expecting some sort of AR meeting experience where people would seem to float in my virtual space. That isn’t exactly what I got. Instead, I felt like I was floating in someone else’s space. Or rather, in a third space. Chatting …
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Google’s $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit earned the EU’s conditional approval, the Competition Commission said Thursday. It follows the Commission’s investigation into the company’s promise not to use Fitbit users’ health data for targeted ads. Under the Commission’s conditions, the search giant can’t use the data of EU Fitbit users for advertising, it must maintain a technical separation between Fitbit …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. If you’re looking for an amazing holiday gift idea for 2020, when people are spending more time at home than ever, a new TV would truly deliver. But a new media streamer, which is a lot less expensive, would also pack quite the punch. There’s still time to get a streamer …
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Apple on Monday released iOS 14.3, the latest version of its software for iPhones and iPads. The updated OS includes support for Fitness Plus, Apple’s new fitness streaming subscription service, and ProRaw photos, its new photo format that gives amateur photographers better editing options. It also includes support for the new noise-canceling AirPods Max headphones, and new app privacy labels so you …
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If topping a Christmas tree with Baby Yoda isn’t your jam, Google has just served up a new way to bring the galaxy’s most-wanted baby into your home this holiday season. The search giant has added The Mandalorian’s breakout star to its growing repertoire of 3D search results ahead of the show’s season two finale on Friday. Searching for either …
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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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The Apple TV app is coming to Google’s Android TV platform, the companies announced on Monday. The new app will first appear on Google’s latest Chromecast with Google TV streaming stick “early next year” before heading to other Android TV devices “in the future.” In bringing Apple TV to its platform, Android TV joins Apple’s TVOS software in supporting all …
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Last week 2020 took another turn for the worse, with Apple’s launch of the AirPods Max, a set of $549 headphones. To be sure, they sound good — CNET’s own audio expert David Carnoy was impressed by their sound quality and noise cancellation. But they’re priced well beyond their value, at least in my humble opinion, and any number of …
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The Federal Trade Commission has asked all major social media and video streaming platforms to provide information on how they deal with users’ personal data. The order was sent Monday to Facebook, WhatsApp, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok owner ByteDance, Twitch, Reddit and Discord. The FTC wants to know how the internet giants collect, use and track personal and demographic …
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