Social media companies may have been dreading the fireworks marking the start of the new year. On Jan. 1, Germany began enforcing strict rules that could fine major internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube up to 50 million euros ($60 million, £44 million, AU$77 million) if they don’t remove posts containing hate speech …
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This time last year the forecast for wearables was gloomy. Research firm eMarketer had slashed its 2016 wearables growth outlook from 60 percent to just under 25 percent. The smartwatch market had declined more than 51 percent in the third quarter of 2016, according to market researcher IDC. Wearable maker Pebble sold itself to rival Fitbit, and Jawbone all but disappeared. The …
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It’s another shot fired in a showdown between Amazon and Google. On Thursday, four days ahead of a deadline imposed by Google, its YouTube app has apparently been deactivated on Amazon’s Fire TV devices. People who want to use Fire TV to look at YouTube are being directed instead to a pair of browsers, including Amazon’s own Silk. It’s not …
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Remember the Google Pixel C? We called it “the best Android tablet money can buy” when the $500 slate arrived in 2015. Two years later, Google has officially confirmed that it’s stopped selling the Pixel C — officially retiring it in favor of the new $1,000 Pixelbook hybrid laptop the company released earlier this year. Here’s Google’s statement: “As …
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With high dynamic range (HDR) becoming available on more and more TVs, chances are your next TV will have it as a feature. But you might need to upgrade more than just the TV to get the full HDR experience. Depending on how complex your system is, you may also need to upgrade all or some of your gear, since …
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Slim bezels. All-screen designs. Portrait photos galore. The phone world in 2017 made these traits mainstream. Devices got faster, cameras took better low-light photos and more handsets than ever added wireless charging, which will help put public charging stations in higher demand. Meanwhile, while some top-of-the-line phones pushed prices to nosebleed heights, those propping up the budget end of the …
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Shortly after the launch of the Google Home Mini ($49 at Google Store), Google had to disable all touch controls due to an issue with the touch control on the top of the device constantly being triggered even when not touched. Now playing: Watch this: Watch Google Home Mini’s new side touch function in action 0:33 A few weeks later, …
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Even for streaming video, it’s true what they say: You can’t always get what you want. The top complaint consumers have about streaming-video services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu is lack of content, according to a survey by IBM Cloud Video, which powers streaming for online video providers. Nearly half of those users say video-streaming services rarely or …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Trustworthy? Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Claiming to be the good guy has its issues. Once you’ve set yourself up to be holier than all the world’s thou’s, you constantly have to live up to it. So when it emerged that Apple has been secretly …
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Whether you are heading home for the holidays or getting as far away as possible, the Waze app can help you get there with the least amount of traffic and hassle. To get the most out of the community-powered, feature-packed navigation app, I present the following tips. 1. Find the best time to leave Waze can tell you how your …
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