Google Wear smartwatches have been a little quiet lately — there have been few splashy new watch releases and not a lot of excitement on the OS front. But even so, one of the cooler Google Wear options is the Fossil Sport, which combines a snazzy visual design with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 3100 chipset, integrated GPS …
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The perfect portable projector has yet to be invented, but the new Xgimi Mogo Pro comes close. I’ll explain why below, but first here’s the deal: For a limited time, you can save $50 on the Mogo Pro 1080p projector with promo code 2020MOGOPRORICK. That brings the $550 price down to $500 — still a lot, I know, but keep …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. In a sea of rectangular black smartphones, the Cyrcle concept phone at CES 2020 immediately stands out for its novel design. Though not in its final stages (the encasing I saw was literally rough around the edges and printed by a …
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Federal agencies and local law enforcement in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska met this week to investigate a mystery that’s generated buzz in those states: swarms of drones. Since mid-December, sheriff’s departments in the border area of the three states have been flooded with at least 30 reports of nighttime drone sightings, sometimes groups of a dozen or more machines, and …
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Facebook‘s begun giving some users access to its redesigned desktop experience, first announced in April, that’s less cluttered and uses brighter icons. The company said it plans to offer the new look more broadly sometime before the spring. In the meantime, when the “small percentage” of people who can access this new feature sign in to Facebook for the first …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. You’re going to see more laptops in 2020 that give you an experience more like using your phone thanks to Intel’s Project Athena program. It’s not limited to Windows 10 PCs anymore, either, with Intel announcing at CES that Google has …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Manna, an Irish drone startup that — as its name suggests — sends food down from the heavens, has inked a deal with a Qualcomm-backed networking company to help its aircraft navigate the skies. The three-year deal with fellow Irish company …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Chinese phone-maker OnePlus generally keeps a quiet presence at CES, preferring instead to hold off any phone news until after the show in the spring and fall. But during a press conference at this year’s biggest tech show, it announced its …
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Last year, Apple began focusing more on the products that are sold alongside its iPhones, such as subscriptions for its $4.99 per month Apple TV Plus video service and $9.99 Apple Arcade video game program. The company’s App Store has also continued its characteristically strong growth, particularly during the holidays. Apple said developers on its App Store earned $1.42 billion …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung has certainly made its share of premium Chromebooks over the years, but nothing quite as swanky as its upcoming Galaxy Chromebook. Built from aluminum and only 0.4 inch (9.9mm) thick, the $1,000 13.3-inch two-in-one weighs just 2.2 pounds (1 kg) …
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