The Nokia phone lineup might get a bit longer. Renders have recently surfaced of what is rumored to be the Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 1. While the two phones are still unconfirmed, they may become a reality soon if these renders are accurate. The images were tweeted by mobile tipster Evan Blass, who has …
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Andy Rubin, the father of the Android operating system, created a new phone last year — a surprisingly powerful and pocketable handset with no logos to mar its gorgeous titanium and ceramic frame. And though the Essential Phone was a bit of a flop — here’s our recent re-review — the company isn’t throwing in the towel just yet. On …
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If you’re the kind of person who digitizes film-era photos, then painstakingly edits them with the actual date they were taken, you’re also probably the kind of person who’s going to be very unhappy when a Google Photos bug wipes out your work. That’s why dozens of people are complaining about a problem with Google Photos. For any photos people …
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Browser maker Brave Software is giving away another $1 million in crypto-tokens, this time to try to get publishers and YouTube stars to sign up for the technology and get their followers to do the same. The promotion uses Brave’s basic attention tokens (BAT), a digital currency Brave created in 2017 to let advertisers pay publishers and browser users. Publishers …
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Sure, sure… Chrome now blocks web ads. Pigs also fly, and pizza is now a health food. But it’s true: As of today, Chrome does block ads — some of them, anyway. Here’s what you need to know about the browser’s new groove. Not all ads, just ‘bad’ ads Google’s goal is to improve the user experience by stripping away …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Google Chrome’s new ad-blocking tools. The annoyance of using bitcoin as digital cash for buying goods and services. Now playing: Watch this: Google is cracking down on annoying online ads (The 3:59,… 4:30 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET …
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Three voice assistants walk into a bar and they all start talking. But the conversation never stops. Here’s how to make Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant talk to each other in an infinite loop using their respective smart speakers: the Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo and Google Home ($75 at Walmart). Let’s be real: you probably won’t have three of these …
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Score another goooooaaaaal for live sports online. ESPN Plus, Disney’s upcoming $5 per month streaming service, has nabbed exclusive rights to MLS Live, Major League Soccer’s out-of-market streaming package. Previously MLS Live cost $80 for the year, so its inclusion in ESPN Plus, which costs $60 per year, represents a major price cut for fans of US soccer. In addition …
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What was once unthinkable — that Chrome would block online ads, Google’s lifeblood — becomes reality on Thursday. That’s when Chrome takes a significant step in the direction that hundreds of millions of us already have gone by installing ad blockers. Chrome stops far short of those browser extensions, which typically ban all ads, but the move carries plenty of …
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