The Internet is the best for work. The Internet is the worst for work. It makes research a thousand times easier than in the dark days before Google, and web tools like Slack and Google Drive can certainly help streamline your workday. But then there’s Twitter, Reddit and the wormhole that is Wikipedia among the …
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Google’s Pixel 3 XL ($400 at Walmart) is the first phone from the company that features a notch at the top of the display. The notch is where Google has tucked the front-facing cameras and a speaker in an attempt to give you more screen without increasing the size of the phone. If you feel adamant about using a Pixel …
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Google Lens already lets you use your phone’s camera to copy text from a sign, identify plants and animals, scan bar codes and get details on a monument or building. Now Google is bringing the feature’s ID skills to search. Tap on a Lens button in mobile image search and it will place dots over objects in images so you can …
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Anker is known for its mobile charging products but in recent years has branched out into other consumer electronics categories. Heading into the holiday season, it announced a handful of new products at a media event in New York. They include the Nebula Capsule II pico projector, the PowerPort Atom PD charger (Anker’s smallest 27W charger yet) and the Soundcore …
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Responding to a report that President Donald Trump’s personal iPhone was tapped by its spies, China suggested that he switch to Huawei. “If they are very worried about iPhones being tapped, they can use Huawei,” said Hua Chunying, deputy director of the Chinese foreign ministry information department, according to a Thursday morning tweet by The Washington Post’s Luna Lin. Hua …
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This is part of CNET’s “Crossing the Broadband Divide” series exploring the challenges of getting internet access to everyone. I sit in a massive green tractor, called a sprayer, as we drive down the field. A tablet in the machine’s cabin shows a map with blue rectangles marking where we’ve applied chemicals. Soon, I can see another sprayer pop up …
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Starting today, you can ask your Google speaker to control Roku. Roku’s popular streamers and smart TVs now have the ability to take commands from Google Assistant. That means a Google Home, Google Home Mini or Google Home Hub, for example, can control Rokus using “OK Google” voice commands from across the room. People with Roku streamers and a compatible Assistant gadget …
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Mobvoi hosted its LookUp event on Oct. 24, where it announced two new products: the TicWatch C2 smartwatch and TicPods Free wireless earbuds. Mobvoi is a Chinese company focused on AI, but it’s also known for its various wearables and tech products like the TicWatch Pro and TicHome Mini. The newly announced TicWatch C2 is an upgrade from the previous TicWatch …
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Snapchat’s tool to help people register to vote has apparently been a success. Snap, the popular app’s parent company, on Tuesday said that Snapchat has helped more than 400,000 users register to vote over the past two weeks. Snapchat introduced a tool on Sept. 25, National Voter Registration Day, that lets users click a link on their User Profile page …
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Google tweaked its software to make it easier for you to delete search history and find important privacy controls, the company said Wednesday. Here’s where you alter your privacy controls in search. Google The tech giant has updated its menus, giving you the ability to review and delete search history within Google search itself, Eric Miraglia, director of the product …
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