Now playing: Watch this: Android P developer preview now available 1:34 Google wants your photo files to be smaller with its upcoming Android P software, and it’ll get you there taking the same approach Apple did in 2017. The next version of Google’s software for powering smartphones and tablets will support a photo compression technology …
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Google is preparing its Android mobile software for something Apple popularized with its iPhone X — the notch. That’s the little cutout at the top of phones with screens that take up almost the whole handset. The search giant on Wednesday announced Android P, the next generation of its mobile operating system. And one of the biggest changes in the …
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Longtime tech entrepreneur Halsey Minor has a plan for tapping into all those idle servers — think of them as “zombie” computers — sitting in data centers and having them process, store and distribute video. And he says that plan will cost far less than rival services from Google and Amazon. Oh, and he’s come up with a way for …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Don’t worry, FKA Twigs. HomePod will change your life. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Do you come home at night and stare into a gray, messy living room? Do you sometimes stay out late, drinking with lonely strangers, so that you don’t have to go …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Oldman: Worried about the kids. Daniel Leal-olivas / AFP/Getty Images Who can dispute that technology has, um, disrupted our lives? Taken them over, even. We’re buried in our gadgets to an extreme level. Actor Gary Oldman believes this a threat to our future civilization. As …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Humans, stupefied, need Google’s Assistant to make them whole. Google/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What kind of world does Google want to create? One in which talking to machines is as natural — or even more natural — than talking to, well, humans. During the …
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Another half dozen tech companies are jumping into the legal battle over the FCC’s decision to undo net neutrality rules. Etsy, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Shutterstock, Automattic and Expa filed a petition Monday in a US Court of Appeals as part of a group called the Coalition for Internet Openness. The group is challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s move to repeal regulations …
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UPDATE March 5, 2018: LG has set pricing for many of the TVs described below, starting at $2,500. Click here for details. Aside from this update, this article has not otherwise been modified since its initial publication. If you bought an LG OLED TV in 2017, buyer’s remorse probably won’t be an issue. And if you’re waiting for a final …
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The new HTC U12 Plus has been officially announced. It has squeezable sides like the U11 and four cameras. The HTC U11 came with a unique squeezable-sides function for launching certain shortcuts. CNET HTC may release its next flagship phone as soon as next month. Expected to be called the HTC U12, the phone would serve as a follow-up to …
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