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Pioneer and Onkyo have announced two new smart speakers with a different spin — they combine multiroom streaming audio with Amazon‘s Alexa assistant. Prices will start at $250. Ever since the first smart speaker, the Amazon Echo, was released almost three years ago this category has primarily been more concerned about the “smarts” than the …

If you want to understand and tweak how Google uses your private data, the internet giant hopes to make it a bit easier soon with a new dashboard that works better on mobile devices. The dashboard already lets you see what data Google stores about you, like websites you’ve opened with the Chrome web browser and destinations that Google Maps …

A year ago, I put AirPods in my ears and they became a Reddit joke. Cigarettes in my ears. Hipster jewelry. Mini vape pipes. Dorkwear. Hell no. They were a Google Glass-level example of face-worn tech gone wrong. And then, people starting wearing them. After a September 2016 unveiling, AirPods didn’t start shipping until mid-December. As 2017 began, I slowly …

This much we think we know: Google and HTC are in the “final stages of acquisition talks,” according to a report Thursday by Business Insider, citing a translation from the Taiwanese Commercial Times. The Commercial Times doesn’t say what Google would pay for HTC’s phone business, according to the report.  That lack of detail raises some questions. Is it for …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Drive is dying — time to update 1:05 The Google Drive app for personal computers will stop working March 12, 2018. Its fuller-featured replacement, Backup and Sync, is available now. Stephen Shankland/CNET If you’re among the hundreds of millions of people using Google Drive to synchronize files across your PCs and phones, be warned: you’ve …

Now playing: Watch this: Nokia finally has a flagship Android phone to get excited… 1:43 The Nokia 8 is generating a lot of hype for good reason. The company’s flagship phone has a blazing fast processor, custom camera software and, perhaps most importantly, the Nokia brand name.  What it won’t have? American buyers anytime soon. “We are not planning to bring …

Get ready because iOS 11 is going to make your iPad look and act in completely different ways. Apple puts multitasking front and center with iOS 11, making the iPad a more powerful and more flexible device. You’ll likely come to enjoy your iPad’s newfound multitasking abilities after upgrading to iOS 11, but the changes will take a little getting used …

With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — from prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. For Todd Spodek, the decision to equip his New York law firm with Google‘s software applications boiled down a single need: collaboration. “We settled on Google because it was at the forefront of …

New reports are quashing rumors that the Pixel 2 will have an all-new, even faster processor than the Galaxy S8 and OnePlus 5. The new chip, speculated to be the Snapdragon 836, was said to be an improved version of the Snapdragon 835, similar to how Qualcomm upped the Snapdragon 820 with the 821. Enlarge Image Could the Pixel 2 look like this? Android Police The latest …

The Galaxy Note 8 is a great phone, but there are some reasons for you to give it a second thought. It’s the Android phone out there, but it’s unclear if it will remain the champ, according to CNET reviewer Jessica Dolcourt in her full review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.  It’s got a ton of features and a …