I’m going to let you in on a little secret: A lot of the web is built on a lie. That lie is a little bit of text called the User-Agent string that a browser uses to identify itself to websites. User-Agent strings are problematic — and to get around one of those problems, browser …
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CNET writers and editors strive to give you the best buying advice while keeping an eye out for technologies that will open up new possibilities for tomorrow. For two decades, our Editors’ Choice Awards have singled out the products you should spend your money on. This year, we’re fired up to launch our first Innovation Awards for the most groundbreaking …
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One after another, media and tech giants are hurling themselves into a battle for your streaming-TV dollars. Last month ushered in the first clash: Apple TV Plus versus Disney Plus. The king of Hollywood and the smartphone profit king both launched their own services within days of each other. By all early measures, Disney trounced Apple. These battles are more …
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Every year, phones get faster, smarter and more efficient, thanks to the processors inside. If you love your phone’s photography, slow-motion video and face or fingerprint unlocking, it’s because of the chip that powers them. Qualcomm’s next chipset for high-end Android phones, the Snapdragon 865, lays the groundwork for new features your phone could pick up next year. With Snapdragon …
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Just because you don’t have a smart TV, it doesn’t mean you need a smart TV. In this age of streaming video content, cable TV cord cutting, Netflix, Amazon Prime video, and YouTube, there’s plenty of ways to stream that video onto your TV. But the cheapest is a dedicated media streamer from a company like Roku or Amazon Fire …
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Next year’s best Android phones from Samsung, LG, OnePlus and Google may be different, but they’ll have one thing in common — the Snapdragon 865 processor inside, which Qualcomm announced in early December at its third-annual Snapdragon Summit. While the Galaxy S11 is still months away, we already have an idea of some of the features we could see inside, including some …
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Several US tech companies are being accused of benefiting from cobalt that’s mined by children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nonprofit group International Rights Advocates this week filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Washington on behalf of 14 plaintiffs who are the guardians of children either killed or seriously injured in tunnel or wall collapses while …
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The next big Apple event is just a few days away, and while we think we know a lot about the upcoming iPhone 11, there’s still plenty more to be revealed about other potential products we may see, like a new Apple Watch. In this week’s Apple Core roundup, we’ll be going over the latest leaks on what to expect from …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Get ready to say bye to buttons. Next year, some phones will replace the physical buttons for power and volume with ultrasonic sensors that power virtual buttons. The benefits include better waterproofing and durability, at least in the eyes of startup …
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This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. I had a vision of the future when I was in high school in the early ’90s, and it involved a world in which we were immersed in headsets that were doorways …
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