Halloween is over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the horror genre. Whether you’re into movies, TV shows or braving a Stephen King novel, horror’s scares can last all year long. And horror video games are no different. (Check out our full list of scary PC and console games.) We’ve pulled together a list of 10 …
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AT&T might not be the first place you’d think to look for Black Friday savings, but if you’re in the market for a phone upgrade there are some pretty substantial sales happening right now. The big blue carrier just dropped its first round of early Black Friday deals today, with more to follow next Friday. The standard terms and conditions …
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Your Gmail profile picture probably doesn’t get as much attention as your photo on Facebook. If you’re looking for a change, Google has an idea that may appeal to you — turn yourself into an illustration using its tool, appropriately named Google Illustration. Currently, the feature is only available on Android, but it gives you the opportunity to make your …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The day after Thanksgiving is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, and despite a worldwide pandemic, shoppers spent a record $9 billion on Black Friday back in 2020, an increase of 21.6% over the previous year, according to Adobe Analytics. And with …
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For those longing for more control over their tweets, your time has come. On Tuesday, Twitter rolled out Twitter Blue, a subscription service that (finally) allows you to undo a tweet, among other desired features. First available in Australia and Canada back in June, the paid version is now open for users in the US and New Zealand. It’s time …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The president of Samsung‘s visual display business will deliver the preshow keynote at CES 2022, hinting that the largest tech conference of the year could begin with Samsung’s perspective on sustainability in the tech industry and possibly updates about its TV …
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YouTube is removing public dislike counts, the visible tallies of how many people click on “thumbs down” for a video. Google’s video site, the largest source of online video on the planet with more than 2 billion monthly users, said the move is designed to impede “dislike attack” harassment campaigns. The change “will start gradually rolling out” on Wednesday, YouTube said. …
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Google is developing and testing an app designed to help people with speech impairments more easily communicate with others. Project Relate, an app for Android, is now inviting an “initial group of people” to test the product, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. The app is also designed to help facilitate interactions with the Google Assistant. “[We] realized …
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As the holiday shopping season gets underway, everybody is starting to look for deals on gifts. One category of gadgets that remains a popular option is streaming sticks, the small, inexpensive dongles that bring TV shows and movies from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, HBO Max and Hulu to any TV. Over the past few years CNET has reviewed nearly all of the major streaming devices, and …
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Microsoft’s trying to shoulder Google out of the way for a spot at the education trough — again — with a low-end Surface sibling. The Surface Laptop SE is a clamshell laptop priced between $249 and $329, depending on the configuration, which will sell via education suppliers. It’s designed to run only Windows 11 SE, the company’s new pared-to-the-bone operating …
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